(nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
adv
Alternative form of athwartships
campbeltown
carpetweeds
carpetweeds
noun
plural of carpetweed
carpetwoven
catawampous
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
downpatrick
edwardsport
giftwrapped
giftwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of giftwrap
harwichport
outweaponed
painsworthy
painsworthy
adj
Worth the pains or care bestowed.
pantherwood
pantrywoman
pantrywoman
noun
A female pantryman.
pantywaists
pantywaists
noun
plural of pantywaist
paperweight
paperweight
noun
(slang) A useless piece of equipment.
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Any object used for this purpose.
parsleywort
passionwort
pasturewise
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
patrolwoman
patrolwoman
noun
A female equivalent of a patrolman
patrolwomen
patrolwomen
noun
plural of patrolwoman
patternwise
pigweabbits
plasterwise
plasterwork
plasterwork
noun
Architectural work executed in plaster.
plateworker
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
playwriting
playwriting
noun
(authorship) The writing of plays.
plowrightia
pointswoman
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
potawatomis
potwalloper
potwalloper
noun
Alternative form of pot-walloper
powerplants
powerplants
noun
plural of powerplant
prebestowal
proteanwise
shallowpate
shallowpate
noun
(derogatory) One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.
sparrowtail
sparrowwort
sparrowwort
noun
An evergreen shrub, Erica passerina.
Any plant in the genus Passerina
Any plant in the genus Thymelaea
spatterware
spatterware
noun
Synonym of spongeware
spatterwork
spatterwork
noun
Art produced by spattering ink or paint against a surface.
sportswears
sportswoman
sportswoman
noun
(UK) A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete.
springwater
springwater
noun
Water originating from a spring.
Water that is purportedly, and marketed as, originating from a spring, but is mostly or entirely filtered or tap water.
stewardship
stewardship
noun
Foresters believe in stewardship of the land.
The act of caring for or improving with time.
The rank or office of a steward.
stopwatches
stopwatches
noun
plural of stopwatch
sweepstakes
sweepstakes
noun
Synonym of sweepstake
plural of sweepstake
thistlewarp
thistlewarp
noun
(obsolete) The goldfinch.
thwartships
topeewallah
unpathwayed
unpathwayed
adj
Without a path.
waiilatpuan
waitpersons
waspnesting
wastepapers
wastepapers
noun
plural of wastepaper
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
waterpowers
waterpowers
noun
plural of waterpower
waterproofs
waterproofs
noun
plural of waterproof.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waterproof
waterscapes
waterscapes
noun
plural of waterscape
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waterscape
waterspouts
waterspouts
noun
plural of waterspout
weaponsmith
weaponsmith
noun
A person skilled at making edged weapons
wentletraps
wentletraps
noun
plural of wentletrap
westphalian
westphalian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
Of or pertaining to the of 1648 which established a new system of political order in central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
Noun
Someone from Westphalia
One of the major dialect groups of West Low German (also called Westfalish) spoken in Westphalia.
A European phase of the upper Carboniferous period.
A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.
whippertail
whitecapper
whitecapper
noun
(US, historical) Synonym of whitecap (“type of vigilante”)
whitechapel
whitechapel
Proper noun
A district in east London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood.