(commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country.
(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
(horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
(obsolete) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete) License; indulgence.
A child's allowance; pocket money.
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
Acknowledgment.
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
verb
(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
(transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
anywhence
anywhence
adv
(formal, now rare) From anywhere.
archwench
awunctive
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
beclowned
beclowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclown
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
brucetown
candyweed
canewares
canewares
noun
plural of caneware
canoewood
canoewood
noun
The wood of the tree Liriodendron tulipifera.
catalowne
cedartown
chainwale
chainwale
noun
Obsolete spelling of channel (Etymology 3)
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
chengchow
chenoweth
chinaware
chinaware
noun
Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
clewiston
closedown
closedown
noun
(radio, television) The point when a radio or television station shuts down transmission and goes off the air for a predetermined period, as used to happen overnight.
closewing
clownheal
clownheal
noun
The herb Stachys palustris, supposedly used to heal wounds to the feet made with a scythe
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
comedowns
comedowns
noun
plural of comedown
cordewane
cotwinned
cowinners
cowinners
noun
plural of cowinner
cowperian
cowperian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist.
cowtongue
crownless
crownless
adj
Without a crown.
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crownment
crownment
noun
(obsolete) The act of crowning; coronation.
crowstone
crowstone
noun
(UK, dialect) Ganister, a kind of sandstone.
curfewing
decrowned
decrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrown
downcomer
downcomer
noun
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
downcomes
downcomes
noun
plural of downcome
downcried
downcurve
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
escrowing
escrowing
verb
present participle of escrow
flaxwench
greenwich
greenwich
Proper noun
A town on the south bank of the River Thames in London through which the prime meridian passes.
A London Borough within Greater London.
ingweonic
kennewick
kennewick
Proper noun
A city in in the southeastern part of the State of Washington, along the southwest bank of the
lacewings
lacewings
noun
plural of lacewing
lacewoman
lacewoman
noun
A woman who makes lace.
lacewomen
lacewomen
noun
plural of lacewoman
lancewood
lancewood
noun
(Australia) Any of various Australian trees having hard timber, especially Acacia shirleyi of Queensland and the Northern Territory; also a woodland made of such trees.
A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
New Zealand trees in the genus Pseudopanax.
landwreck
mcandrews
mcveytown
neckwears
neckwears
noun
plural of neckwear
newcastle
newcastle
Proper noun
A city in northeastern England; properly Newcastle upon Tyne.
A city in New South Wales, Australia, situated at the mouth of the Hunter River.
Any of several places in the UK, Ireland, and USA.
a city in Wyoming, USA
newchwang
newcomers
newcomers
noun
plural of newcomer
newscasts
newscasts
noun
plural of newscast
notchweed
notchweed
noun
A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria.
oceanview
oceanview
adj
Overlooking the ocean
noun
A view of the ocean.
oceanward
oceanward
adj
Closer to the ocean than something else.
Facing or leading toward the ocean.
adv
Toward the ocean.
oceanways
oceanways
noun
plural of oceanway
oceanwise
oceanwise
adv
(rare) Towards or along an ocean.
outwrench
overcrown
recrowned
recrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recrown
runchweed
scalewing
scentwood
scentwood
noun
Any aromatic wood.
scrawnier
scrawnier
adj
comparative form of scrawny: more scrawny
screwbean
screwbean
noun
Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The nutritious seedpod of this plant.
screwsman
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
snowcreep
snowscape
snowscape
noun
A landscape dominated by snow.
sosnowiec
sweelinck
swinecote
swinecote
noun
(dated) A pigsty.
switchmen
switchmen
noun
plural of switchman
tenchweed
townscape
townscape
noun
(art) A depiction of an urban scene
A view of a town, or a subjective image of a town
verb
(transitive) To design and lay out (buildings) as a town.
turnscrew
turnscrew
Noun
A screwdriver.
twopences
twopences
noun
plural of twopence
unbewitch
unbewitch
verb
(transitive) To free from a curse or enchantment.
uncrowded
uncrowded
adj
Not crowded
uncrowned
uncrowned
adj
Deprived of the monarchy.
Not crowned; not yet crowned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrown
unscrewed
unscrewed
adj
Not having been screwed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unscrew
unwatched
unwatched
adj
Not watched; unsupervised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwatch
unwelcome
unwelcome
adj
Not welcome.
verb
(transitive, rare) To treat as unwelcome.
unwitched
unwitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwitch
unwrecked
unwrecked
adj
Not wrecked.
vowinckel
wackiness
wackiness
noun
the state of being wacky
walcheren
watchment
weinstock
welcoming
welcoming
adj
hospitable, accessible and cordial.
noun
An act of giving welcome.
verb
present participle of welcome
wenatchee
wenatchee
Proper noun
a city in Washington, USA
wenchless
wenchless
adj
(archaic) Without women or a woman.
wenchlike
wenchlike
adj
Like or characteristic of a wench
werowance
werowance
noun
(historical) A chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland.
whenceeer
whencever
whencever
adv
From wherever: from whatever place.
whincheck
whitecorn
whitecorn
noun
(US) Any white variety of field corn.
wincopipe
wincopipe
noun
(dialect) The pimpernel flower, Anagallis arvensis.
windchest
windchest
noun
(music) A chest or reservoir of wind in an organ.
wingpiece
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.
wreckings
wreckings
noun
plural of wrecking
wrenching
wrenching
noun
The act by which something is wrenched.
verb
present participle of wrench
wrynecked
wrynecked
adj
Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.