A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
capetown
cawnpore
chingpaw
cowpunch
cowpunch
noun
A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
downpipe
downpipe
noun
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
downplay
downplay
verb
(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
downslip
downwarp
downwarp
noun
(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
drawspan
drawspan
noun
(engineering) The operational span of a drawbridge
endsweep
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
gangplow
gnapweed
grownups
grownups
noun
plural of grownup
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
kapowsin
knapweed
knapweed
noun
Any of various common weeds of the genus Centaurea
especially Centaurea nigra.
knopweed
knopweed
noun
Alternative form of knapweed
lapwings
lapwings
noun
plural of lapwing
manpower
manpower
noun
The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
newspeak
newspeak
noun
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.
nonpower
nonpower
adj
Not a power
openwork
openwork
noun
(mining) A quarry; an open cut.
Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.
panchway
panchway
noun
(India, now historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
pandowdy
pandowdy
noun
(US) A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping in a deep dish.
parawing
parawing
noun
Synonym of Rogallo wing
pawnable
pawnable
adj
Suitable for being pawned.
pawnages
pawnages
noun
plural of pawnage
pawnshop
pawnshop
noun
The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security
penwiper
penwiper
noun
A cloth or other material for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.
penwoman
penwoman
noun
A female writer.
penwomen
penwomen
noun
plural of penwoman
piewoman
piewoman
noun
A woman who sells pies.
pinetown
pineview
pineweed
pineweed
noun
A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum sarothra), common in sandy soil in the eastern United States.
pinewood
pinewood
noun
(countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation
(uncountable) The wood of a pine
pinkweed
pinkwood
pinkwort
pinrowed
pinwales
pinwales
noun
plural of pinwale
pinweeds
pinweeds
noun
plural of pinweed
pinwheel
pinwheel
noun
A cogged (toothed) gear.
A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spin.
pinworks
pinworks
noun
A factory that makes pins.
pinworms
pinworms
noun
plural of pinworm
playdown
playdown
noun
(sports) Any match that is part of a playoff.
plowgang
plowland
plowland
noun
Alternative spelling of ploughland
plowline
pondweed
pondweed
noun
(most commonly) Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus
Aponogeton, in Africa, Asia and Australasia
Charales, an order of green algae
Elodea, found in North America
opposite-leaved pondweed, Groenlandia densa, only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region.
pondwort
pondwort
noun
A plant, horned pondweed, found in fresh to brackish waters, with long, threadlike leaves (Zannichellia palustris).
A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides).
portwine
powering
powering
verb
present participle of power
powhatan
powhatan
Noun
A member of a Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia.
Proper noun
Their eastern Algonquian language.
An unincorporated community in Virginia, USA
prawners
prawners
noun
plural of prawner
prawning
prawning
verb
present participle of prawn
predawns
predawns
noun
plural of predawn
predrawn
preknown
preknown
adj
Already known; known in advance.
preshown
preshown
verb
past participle of preshow
prewarns
prewarns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prewarn
prewound
prowling
prowling
noun
The act of one who prowls.
verb
present participle of prowl
pshawing
pshawing
verb
present participle of pshaw
pulldown
pulldown
noun
Alternative form of pull-down
punkwood
pushdown
pushdown
adj
(computing) Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
noun
A pushdown automaton.
putdowns
putdowns
noun
plural of putdown
shopworn
shopworn
adj
(figuratively) Not fresh; tired or cliché.
Faded.
Having been used, as a sample item in a retail store.
shwanpan
snapweed
snapweed
noun
(botany) Certain species of Impatiens.
Cardamine spp. (bittercress, shotweed)
snapwood
snapwort
snowcaps
snowcaps
noun
plural of snowcap
snowdrop
snowdrop
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).
Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.
verb
(Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
snowplow
snowplow
noun
(skiing, skating) A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.
A device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow.
A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
verb
(intransitive) To perform a snowplow in skiing.
(transitive) To clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow.
snowslip
snowslip
noun
A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.
spanaway
spanghew
spanghew
verb
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England, rare, said especially of frogs and toads) To strike and cause to fly in the air.
‘to inflate a frog and bowl it across the surface of a pond’
spanworm
spanworm
noun
A measuring worm or inchworm (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
spavinaw
spawling
spawling
noun
That which is spawled, or spat out.
spawners
spawners
noun
plural of spawner
spawning
spawning
noun
The process by which something spawns.
verb
present participle of spawn
splitnew
spunware
spurwing
spurwing
noun
Any of various butterflies of the genus Antigonus.
stepdown
stepdown
adj
(of a transformer) Used to decrease the secondary voltage relative to the primary voltage.
stewpans
stewpans
noun
plural of stewpan
stewpond
stewpond
noun
Synonym of stew (“a pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating”)
swamphen
swamphen
noun
Any of several species of bird in the genus Porphyrio of the family Rallidae.
swampine
swamping
swamping
noun
An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
verb
present participle of swamp
swankpot
swankpot
noun
(slang, derogatory) A show-off.
swanpans
swanpans
noun
plural of swanpan
swapping
swapping
adj
(archaic) large; whopping
noun
The act by which something is swapped; an exchange.
verb
present participle of swap
sweeping
sweeping
adj
Completely overwhelming.
Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
noun
(countable) An instance of sweeping.
(uncountable) The activity of sweeping.
verb
present participle of sweep
swinepox
swinepox
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A form of chickenpox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the waterpox.
A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus.
swooping
swooping
adj
That swoops or swoop.
noun
The motion of something that swoops.
verb
present participle of swoop
swopping
swopping
noun
Alternative form of swapping
verb
present participle of swop
township
township
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A small town.
(South Africa, Post 1994) A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
(South Africa, Pre 1994) An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
(US, Canada) A subdivision of a county.
The territory of a town.
turnplow
twinship
twinship
noun
(countable, nautical) Either of a pair of ships of exactly the same design
(uncountable) The condition of being a twin
twopence
twopence
noun
(Britain, Ireland) (by extension) A small amount or value.
(Britain, Ireland) A British or Irish coin worth two (old or new) pence.
(Britain, Ireland) A cost or value of two pence.
twopenny
twopenny
adj
Cheap; worthless; petty.
Having a value or cost of twopence.
noun
(Britain, countable, dated) A coin or stamp worth two pence.
(Britain, uncountable, obsolete) Ale sold for two pence per quart.
unpawned
unpawned
adj
Not having been pawned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpawn
unplowed
unplowed
adj
Alternative spelling of unploughed
unspewed
unspewed
adj
Not spewed.
unswampy
unwarped
unwarped
adj
Not warped
unweapon
unwimple
upswings
upswings
noun
plural of upswing
upthrown
upthrown
verb
past participle of upthrow
uptowner
uptowner
noun
A person who comes from uptown.
uptwined
upwrench
upwrench
verb
(transitive, poetic) To wrench upward; to tear up or uproot.
wahpeton
wainrope
wainrope
noun
A rope for binding a load on a wagon.
wanhappy
wankapin
wankapin
noun
(rare, US, dialect) Nelumbo lutea, the American lotus, the water chinkapin.
wanshape
wappened
wappened
adj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Deflowered; not a virgin.