Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backwatered
backwatered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwater
backwoodser
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
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).
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cakewalkers
cakewalkers
noun
plural of cakewalker
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
caseworkers
caseworkers
noun
plural of caseworker
chalkworker
checkerwise
checkerwise
adj
Alternative spelling of chequerwise
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkwriter
checkwriter
noun
A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
One who writes checks.
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
clockworked
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coforeknown
copperworks
copperworks
noun
A place where copper is manufactured and/or shaped.
corkscrewed
corkscrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
crackleware
crackleware
noun
Articles made with a crackle glaze.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
crowkeepers
crowkeepers
noun
plural of crowkeeper
deckswabber
dockworkers
dockworkers
noun
plural of dockworker
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
gedecktwork
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
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.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
pedricktown
pieceworker
pieceworker
noun
A worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced.
racewalkers
racewalkers
noun
plural of racewalker
racewalking
racewalking
noun
(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
verb
present participle of racewalk
rockafellow
sheriffwick
sheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
shipwrecked
shipwrecked
adj
Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shipwreck
shrewstruck
spacewalker
spacewalker
noun
An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
stockertown
tanglewrack
terracework
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
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.
(transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
weathersick
westermarck
whalebacker
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
whinchacker
whipcracker
whipcracker
noun
One who cracks a whip.
wickerworks
wickerworks
noun
plural of wickerwork
wisecracked
wisecracked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack
wisecracker
wisecracker
noun
A person who makes wisecrack remarks; a smart aleck.