(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
belchertown
benchfellow
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blowtorched
blowtorched
verb
past participle of blowtorch
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
chalkworker
changchowfu
charlestown
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
cheektowaga
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chestertown
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chittamwood
chittamwood
noun
A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree
chocowinity
chowderhead
chowderhead
noun
(US, informal, derogatory) An idiot; a dummy.
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
coachwright
cowcatchers
cowcatchers
noun
plural of cowcatcher
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
crashworthy
crashworthy
adj
(of a social event) Worthy of being gatecrashed.
(of a vehicle) Capable of withstanding a crash.
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
flowcharted
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
harwichport
hollowfaced
kawchodinne
kwangchowan
microswitch
microswitch
noun
An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator.
oswegatchie
otherwhence
otherwhence
adv
(formal, now rare) By other means; From otherwhere.
outwatching
outwatching
verb
present participle of outwatch
overwatched
overwatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwatch
overwatcher
overwatcher
noun
One who watches over; a supervisor.
overwatches
overwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwatch
paschflower
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
schoolwards
schoolwards
adv
Alternative form of schoolward
schoolworks
schwarzkopf
scotchwoman
scotchwoman
Noun
A woman from Scotland.
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
starchworks
stitchworts
stitchworts
noun
plural of stitchwort
stockwright
stopwatches
stopwatches
noun
plural of stopwatch
switchboard
switchboard
noun
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
switcheroos
switcheroos
noun
plural of switcheroo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of switcheroo
waistcloths
waistcloths
noun
plural of waistcloth
watchdogged
watchdogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of watchdog
watchtowers
watchtowers
noun
plural of watchtower
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.
werchowinci
whenceforth
whenceforth
adv
(formal) From which place, time, or point forth; forth from which; onward from which.
(formal, interrogative) Forth from what place, time, or point; onward from what place, time, or point.