The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
ackworth
alsworth
alyworth
aquashow
aquashow
noun
A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
bathwort
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
bedworth
behallow
behallow
verb
(transitive) To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.
behowled
behowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behowl
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
beshower
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
blowhole
blowhole
noun
(computer hardware) A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.
(geology) A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled.
(geology) A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.
(marine biology) The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
(metallurgy) An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
verb
(metallurgy, transitive, intransitive) To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.
bobwhite
bobwhite
noun
Any one of four species of quail in the genus Colinus, of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas.
bodewash
boneshaw
bosworth
bosworth
Proper noun
A city/town in Missouri, US.
bothwell
bowditch
bowheads
bowheads
noun
plural of bowhead
bowshots
bowshots
noun
plural of bowshot
browache
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
budworth
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
bushwood
cashtown
chaochow
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chawbone
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chaworth
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
cheswold
chinwood
chipwood
chlodwig
choctaws
chowanoc
chowchow
chowchow
adj
Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed.
noun
A Chinese preserve.
An American relish, containing pickled green tomatoes, cabbage, and often other vegetables.
chowders
chowders
noun
plural of chowder
chowries
chowries
noun
plural of chowry
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
coachway
cogwheel
cogwheel
noun
(attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.
A gear wheel.
cohdwell
cowhages
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowheart
cowherbs
cowherds
cowherds
noun
plural of cowherd
cowhided
cowhided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cowhide
cowhides
cowhides
noun
plural of cowhide
cowhouse
cowhouse
noun
A house or barn for keeping cows.
cowichan
cowichan
Noun
A member of a certain Native American tribe of British Columbia.
Adjective
Of or relating to this tribe.
Of or relating to a form of distinctively-patterned heavy knitting developed by the tribe.
cowleech
cowleech
noun
(obsolete) One who heals disease of cows; a cow doctor.
cowpunch
cowpunch
noun
A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
cowshard
cowsharn
cowsheds
cowsheds
noun
plural of cowshed
cowwheat
cowwheat
noun
Alternative spelling of cow-wheat
crowshay
dilworth
disworth
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
doorhawk
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dowdyish
dowdyish
adj
Like a dowdy; frumpy.
dowhacky
downhaul
downhaul
noun
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
downhill
downhill
adj
(by extension) Easy.
Going down a slope or a hill.
Located down a slope or hill.
adv
(by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
Down a slope.
noun
(countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
(uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
verb
To take part in downhill skiing.
downrush
downrush
noun
A rushing down.
verb
(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
downwash
downwash
noun
The downward motion of air as a result of eddies behind a wing or chimney, etc.
downward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet, but especially by helicopter blades
downwith
dworshak
echowise
elsworth
emsworth
emsworth
Proper noun
A small coastal town in Hampshire, England.
A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
derived from the town.
enhallow
enshadow
enshadow
verb
(transitive) To cover with a shadow.
enworthy
everyhow
everyhow
adv
(archaic) however, by whatever means.
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishwood
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
foreshow
foreshow
noun
(obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
(transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
foxworth
goshawks
goshawks
noun
plural of goshawk
habrowne
hackwood
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
hailwood
hairwood
hairwork
hairwork
noun
Jewellery made from human hair.
hairworm
hairworm
noun
A nematomorph.
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
hallowed
hallowed
adj
Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hallow
hallower
hallower
noun
One who hallows or makes holy.
halltown
hallwood
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
handwork
handwork
noun
Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
verb
(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
handworm
hangchow
hangworm
hardwood
hardwood
adj
(of a floor) Made of interlocking hardwood boards.
noun
(countable) (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
(countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
(countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
(sports, slang) The sport of basketball, in particular, an indoor basketball court; so named because the floor of an indoor basketball court is normally made of hardwood.
(uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
harewood
harewood
noun
stained sycamore maple wood, used in cabinet making
harrowed
harrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harrow
harrower
harrower
noun
One who harrows.
hartwood
hartwort
hartwort
noun
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum) or any plant of genus Tordylium.
haskwort
hawkmoth
hawkmoth
noun
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
hawknose
hawknose
noun
A nose shaped like a hawk's beak.
hawthorn
hawthorn
noun
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
haywagon
haywagon
noun
Alternative spelling of hay wagon
headword
headword
noun
(grammar) Any word which may be modified by an adjunct.
A word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
headwork
headwork
noun
Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking.
hedgerow
hedgerow
noun
a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
heelwork
heelwork
noun
A routine in dog shows in which the dog moves at the handler's heels, sometimes choreographed to music.
heilwood
hempwort
hempwort
noun
Any plant of the family Cannabaceae; a hemp or hop.
henslowe
hepworth
heronsew
heronsew
noun
(now dialectal) A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
(sometimes derogatory) A cultured or learned person or thing.
hightown
highwood
hilltown
hilltown
noun
Alternative form of hill town
hillwort
hillwort
noun
Calamintha nepeta, a perennial herb in the mint family.
hoarwort
hoedowns
hoedowns
noun
plural of hoedown
hogweeds
hogweeds
noun
plural of hogweed
hoistway
hoistway
noun
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
holewort
holewort
noun
Alternative form of hollowwort
holloway
holloway
noun
(UK) A road or track that is significantly lower than the land on either side, not formed by recent engineering but possibly of much greater age.
hollowed
hollowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hollow
hollower
hollower
adj
comparative form of hollow: more hollow
noun
One who or that which hollows something.
hollowly
hollowly
adv
in a hollow manner
holtwood
homebrew
homebrew
noun
(Canada, sports, countable) A player who plays for the team named after their own native town.
(informal) Anything created by enthusiasts rather than commercial entities (especially video games or amateur radio equipment).
A beer brewed by enthusiasts rather than commercially.
verb
(informal) To create something as an enthusiast, rather than using a commercial option.
To brew one's beer or other alcoholic beverage at home.
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.
homeward
homeward
adj
oriented towards home
adv
Towards home.
homewood
homework
homework
noun
(by extension) Something which one is encouraged to learn or study on their own.
(literally, now rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.
(slang, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
homewort
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).
hoodwink
hoodwink
noun
(Britain, games, obsolete, uncountable) The game of blind man's buff.
(countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
verb
(archaic) To hide or obscure.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes.
(transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.