(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
archmugwump
archsteward
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
birdwatched
birdwatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birdwatch
birdwatches
birdwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
cartwheeled
cartwheeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel
cartwheeler
cartwheeler
noun
One who performs a cartwheel (gymnastic spinning manoeuvre).
chairwarmer
chairwarmer
noun
(derogatory) One who occupies a post or employment but does no useful work.
chalkworker
changewater
charlestown
chowderhead
chowderhead
noun
(US, informal, derogatory) An idiot; a dummy.
churchwards
churchwards
noun
plural of churchward
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
coachwright
cowcatchers
cowcatchers
noun
plural of cowcatcher
crashworthy
crashworthy
adj
(of a social event) Worthy of being gatecrashed.
(of a vehicle) Capable of withstanding a crash.
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
flowcharted
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
harwichport
jinrickshaw
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
micawberish
overwatched
overwatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwatch
overwatcher
overwatcher
noun
One who watches over; a supervisor.
overwatches
overwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwatch
paschflower
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
schoolwards
schoolwards
adv
Alternative form of schoolward
schwabacher
schwarmerei
schwarzkopf
schwarzwald
scratchweed
scratchweed
noun
cleavers (Galium aparine).
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
scrimshawed
scrimshawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrimshaw
starchworks
switchboard
switchboard
noun
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
switchgrass
switchgrass
noun
A tall North American perennial grass, Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
switchyards
switchyards
noun
plural of switchyard
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
watchtowers
watchtowers
noun
plural of watchtower
waxchandler
weathercast
weathercast
noun
(meteorology) A weather forecast, especially one broadcast by radio or television.
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
(transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
weathersick
whalebacker
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
wheelchairs
wheelchairs
noun
plural of wheelchair
whinchacker
whipcracker
whipcracker
noun
One who cracks a whip.
whitecapper
whitecapper
noun
(US, historical) Synonym of whitecap (“type of vigilante”)
windcatcher
windcatcher
noun
A traditional Persian architectural element for creating natural ventilation in buildings.