simple past tense and past participle of backwater
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cheektowaga
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
downpatrick
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
jacksontown
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.
knackwursts
knackwursts
noun
plural of knackwurst
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
slackwitted
starchworks
switchbacks
switchbacks
noun
plural of switchback
tanglewrack
terracework
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
thwackstave
trackbarrow
trackwalker
trackwalker
noun
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of railway track.
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
watchmaking
watchmaking
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches
waterlocked
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.