(transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
awkwarder
awkwarder
adj
comparative form of awkward: more awkward
backwater
backwater
noun
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
(paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
verb
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
berkowitz
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
blackware
blackware
noun
Any pottery of a black or nearly black colour.
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
bowerlike
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
breakaway
breakaway
adj
(entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
Having broken away from a larger unit.
The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.
noun
(Australia) A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
(Australia) A stampede of animals.
(Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd.
(Australia, geography) An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
(cycle racing) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.
(theater) An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.
A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway.
A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
The act of breaking away from something.
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
brickwise
brickwise
adj
In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.
brockwell
brokenbow
brookview
brookweed
brookweed
noun
A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel.
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
byeworker
capeworks
caseworks
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
cookwares
cookwares
noun
plural of cookware
corkscrew
corkscrew
adj
Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
noun
(amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
(boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
verb
(intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
(transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
(transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
coworkers
coworkers
noun
plural of coworker
cowsucker
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
dayworker
dayworker
noun
An employee paid on an irregular basis; a casual worker.
deadworks
deadworks
noun
(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
dronkelew
drunkelew
dryworker
duckwater
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
eyewinker
eyewinker
noun
(childish) An eyelash.
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fireworks
fireworks
noun
(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
flukewort
flutework
flutework
noun
(architecture) Fluted ornamentation; groovework.
foreknown
foreknown
adj
anticipated or predicted
verb
past participle of foreknow
foreknows
foreknows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreknow
framework
framework
noun
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
fretworks
fretworks
noun
plural of fretwork
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gateworks
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
hardwicke
headworks
headworks
noun
Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
homeworks
homeworks
noun
plural of homework
housework
housework
noun
(uncommon) Homework.
Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
inkwriter
interknow
interknow
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be mutually acquainted with.
interwork
interwork
verb
(transitive) To work (two or more things) into and through each other.
jackscrew
jackscrew
noun
A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.
jayhawker
jayhawker
noun
(historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War.
Any robber or bandit.
jaywalker
jaywalker
noun
A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.
jerkwater
jerkwater
adj
(US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
noun
(US, historical) A train on a branch line.
A jerkwater town.
killigrew
killigrew
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect, archaic) A bird, the red-billed chough.
knitwears
knitwears
noun
plural of knitwear
knowinger
knowinger
adj
comparative form of knowing: more knowing
knowperts
kowtowers
kowtowers
noun
plural of kowtower
krautweed
kwarterka
kylertown
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
landwreck
lawmakers
lawmakers
noun
plural of lawmaker
leadworks
leadworks
noun
A factory that processes lead (the metal).
plural of leadwork
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
lordswike
meatworks
meatworks
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
meshworks
meshworks
noun
plural of meshwork
metalwork
metalwork
noun
Objects made of metal.
The act of shaping metal, metalworking.
neckwears
neckwears
noun
plural of neckwear
networked
networked
adj
joined by a network, or to form a network
verb
simple past tense and past participle of network
newmarket
newmarket
Proper noun
A market town in Suffolk, England, with a famous racecourse.
Noun
A long, close-fitting cloak.
A card game in which players try to play their cards in a sequence selected by cards from a second deck.
newsbreak
newsbreak
noun
An instance of news broadcasting.
nonworker
nonworker
noun
One who does not work.
openworks
openworks
noun
plural of openwork
outworked
outworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwork
outworker
outworker
noun
(dated) One who takes away work to do at home.
(dated) One who works outdoors.
A subcontractor who carries out work at an off-site facility.
overworks
overworks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwork
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
paperwork
paperwork
noun
(US, prison slang) Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
(hyperbolic) excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
routine work involving written documents
written documents
penworker
perwitsky
perwitsky
noun
(archaic) The fur of the marbled polecat.
piecework
piecework
noun
Alternative spelling of piece work
platework
plowmaker
presswork
presswork
noun
(cabinet-making) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.
(metalwork) The act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; or the product of such work.
Pottery produced by pressing clay into moulds.
Printed material.
The operation of a printing press.
prestwick
prestwick
Proper noun
a coastal town in council area, Scotland, which is probably more famous for its airport
rangework
rangework
noun
Masonry consisting of horizontal rows of ashlar.
reawakens
reawakens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reawaken
reawaking
reawaking
verb
present participle of reawake
rewakened
rewakened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rewaken
reworking
reworking
noun
An act in which something is reworked.
verb
present participle of rework
rockweeds
rockweeds
noun
plural of rockweed
ropewalks
ropewalks
noun
plural of ropewalk
sawworker
scalework
scalework
noun
Artistic ornamentation resembling the scales of a fish.
schweiker
screwlike
screwlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a screw (mechanical fastener).
seatworks
semiworks
semiworks
noun
Alternative form of semi-works
sewerlike
sewerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sewer (drainage pipe).
sheetwork
sheetwork
noun
Metalwork done in sheets.
The printing of sheets of paper using a printing press.
shellwork
shellwork
noun
A form of decoration made from shells arranged in a pattern.
The making of objects from shells.
shewmaker
shipwreck
shipwreck
noun
(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
(figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
verb
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
shirewick
shrewlike
shrewlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shrew (ill-tempered woman); shrewish.
Resembling or characteristic of a shrew (mouselike mammal).
siegework
siegework
noun
A temporary fort where siege guns are mounted.
skewering
skewering
noun
The act by which something is skewered.
verb
present participle of skewer
skywriter
skywriter
noun
One who does skywriting. A pilot who writes messages, by leaving a trail of smoke from the plane, that are visible from the ground.
skywrites
skywrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skywrite
snakeworm
snakewort
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
snowbreak
snowmaker
snowmaker
noun
A device for creating snow.
spadework
spadework
noun
(figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
Work done by digging with a spade.
spellwork
spellwork
noun
Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.
The formula or formulation of one or more spells or enchantments; the individual parts constituting such a formulation; the inner workings or structure of a spell.
squawkers
squawkers
noun
plural of squawker
squawkier
squawkier
adj
comparative form of squawky: more squawky
steelwork
steelwork
noun
(construction) All the steel components of a structure.
stonework
stonework
noun
(uncountable) The skill of constructing with stone; stonecraft.
Constructions made of stone.
storkwise
storkwise
adv
In the manner of a stork.
strawlike
strawlike
adj
Resembling straw.
subworker
subworker
noun
A subordinate worker or helper.
superweak
superweak
adj
(physics) Describing a class of particles (superWIMPs) that interact with others very weakly