(now dialectal) A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
hoedowns
hoedowns
noun
plural of hoedown
hometown
hometown
noun
(attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
honewort
honewort
noun
A perennial plant, Cryptotaenia canadensis, sometimes cultivated as a vegetable.
A small European plant, Trinia glauca, once thought to be a remedy for swellings.
honeydew
honeydew
adj
Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
noun
(countable) Short for honeydew melon (“a melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind”).
(countable, figuratively) Something that is enjoyable or pleasant.
(uncountable) A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1.
(uncountable) A light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
(uncountable) A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible.
(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.
(uncountable, originally US) In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses).
hornweed
hueytown
hydetown
lewisohn
newhouse
nonwhite
nonwhite
adj
Not associated with white people.
Not belonging to the white race.
Not white in color.
noun
A person who is not white.
nowhence
nowhence
adv
From no place; from nowhere.
nowheres
nowheres
adv
(dialect, nonstandard) nowhere
nowtherd
oldwench
onewhere
preshown
preshown
verb
past participle of preshow
shareown
showance
snowshed
snowshed
noun
Alternative form of snow shed
snowshoe
snowshoe
noun
A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.
verb
(intransitive) To travel using snowshoes.
somewhen
somewhen
adv
(rare, nonstandard) at some time; indefinitely; some time or other, sometime
theowman
theowmen
townhome
townhome
noun
(US) A townhouse or row house.
unshowed
wahpeton
whoreson
whoreson
adj
(obsolete) mean; base; worthless
noun
(literally) The son of a whore.
(obsolete) Often used as a term of abuse: an illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
windhoek
windhoek
Proper noun
The capital of Namibia.
windhole
wineshop
wineshop
noun
(India) A liquor store.
A shop selling wine.
wishbone
wishbone
noun
(American football) A particular kind of offensive formation. See wishbone formation.
(automotive) A suspension component similar in shape to a chicken wishbone.
(nautical) A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew.
(nautical) Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone.
A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.