(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
andrewes
answered
answered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of answer
answerer
answerer
noun
A person who, or thing that, answers or responds.
arkansaw
aswooned
awakings
awakings
noun
plural of awaking
awayness
awayness
noun
The state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism.
awedness
awedness
noun
The state or quality of being awed.
bandsawn
bandsawn
verb
past participle of bandsaw
batswing
batswing
noun
(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
beclowns
beclowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclown
bedgowns
bedgowns
noun
plural of bedgown
beeswing
beeswing
noun
A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
Cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid.
bendways
bendways
adv
Bendwise.
bendwise
bendwise
adv
(heraldry) Diagonally; placed like a bend, i.e. running from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
besnowed
besnowed
adj
Covered or laden with snow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besnow
bestrewn
bestrewn
verb
past participle of bestrew
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
beswinge
beswinge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To scourge; beat.
betweens
betweens
noun
plural of between
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
boneshaw
botswana
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
bowlines
bowlines
noun
plural of bowline
bowlings
bowyangs
bowyangs
noun
plural of bowyang
boystown
boystown
Proper noun
A gayborhood area of Chicago
brewings
brewings
noun
plural of brewing
brownest
brownest
adj
superlative form of brown: most brown
brownies
brownies
noun
plural of brownie
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
brownism
brownism
Proper noun
The political ideology attributed to the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, characterised by, among other things, allegedly prudent economics.
The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine.
Proper noun
The beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of
brownist
brownist
Noun
One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.
Noun
An and follower of (1540–1633).
brownson
browsing
browsing
noun
A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.
verb
present participle of browse
canewise
cantwise
cashtown
casstown
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
cornrows
cornrows
noun
plural of cornrow
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
cowbinds
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
cowsharn
cowskins
cowskins
noun
plural of cowskin
coxswain
coxswain
noun
(archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
(naval) A rank or position.
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
verb
(transitive, intransative) To act as coxswain for.
coxwains
crenshaw
crowners
crowners
noun
plural of crowner
crownets
crownets
noun
plural of crownet
cutdowns
cutdowns
noun
plural of cutdown
dagswain
dagswain
noun
(obsolete) A coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks.
dawsonia
decrowns
decrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrown
dewiness
dewiness
noun
The state or quality of being dewy.
discrown
discrown
verb
(transitive) To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
disendow
disendow
verb
To deprive of an endowment.
disowned
disowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disown
dissinew
diswench
dowiness
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downiest
downiest
adj
superlative form of downy: most downy
downless
downless
adj
Of a bird, lacking down feathers.
downmost
downmost
adj
Furthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.
downness
downness
noun
(quantum mechanics) The property of being a down quark.
downrush
downrush
noun
A rushing down.
verb
(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
downside
downside
noun
A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.
The side of something that is at the bottom, or that is intended to face downward.
downsize
downsize
verb
(intransitive) To reduce in size or number.
(transitive) To reduce the workforce of.
(transitive, euphemistic) To terminate the employment of.
downslip
downsman
downsome
downsome
adj
Low-spirited; melancholy.
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
drawings
drawings
noun
plural of drawing
drawspan
drawspan
noun
(engineering) The operational span of a drawbridge
drowners
drowners
noun
plural of drowner
drowsing
drowsing
noun
The act of one who drowses.
verb
present participle of drowse
dwindles
dwindles
noun
(colloquial) Various health problems and frailty observed in elderly people.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle
elsewhen
elsewhen
adv
(archaic) At some other time or times; somewhen else.
embrowns
embrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrown
endowers
endowers
noun
plural of endower
endsweep
enshadow
enshadow
verb
(transitive) To cover with a shadow.
ensorrow
enswathe
enswathe
verb
(transitive) To swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.
entwines
entwines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entwine
entwists
entwists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entwist
enwheels
enwheels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enwheel
evenwise
eyewinks
eyewinks
noun
plural of eyewink
fanshawe
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
fawniest
fawnskin
fawnskin
noun
The skin of a fawn
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fewneses
forenews
forsworn
forsworn
adj
Having lied under oath; perjured.
verb
past participle of forswear
fowlings
fowlings
noun
plural of fowling
frowners
frowners
noun
plural of frowner
gangways
gangways
noun
plural of gangway
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gangway
gaywings
gaywings
noun
Polygala paucifolia, a perennial flowering plant with pink and white flowers.
geistown
gershwin
glenshaw
gnawings
gnawings
noun
plural of gnawing
gownsman
gownsman
noun
(archaic) A civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.
gownsmen
gownsmen
noun
plural of gownsman
grownups
grownups
noun
plural of grownup
grunswel
gunwales
gunwales
noun
plural of gunwale
handsaws
handsaws
noun
plural of handsaw
handsewn
handsewn
adj
Sewn by hand, without the use of a sewing machine.
hawkings
hawkings
noun
plural of hawking
hawknose
hawknose
noun
A nose shaped like a hawk's beak.
hawseman
henslowe
hernshaw
hernshaw
noun
Obsolete form of heronsew.
heronsew
heronsew
noun
(now dialectal) A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
hoedowns
hoedowns
noun
plural of hoedown
hounslow
hounslow
Proper noun
a town in west London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
huskanaw
huskanaw
noun
(historical) A Powhatan initiation ritual for boys, involving fasting and narcotics.
hymnwise
imbrowns
imbrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrown
indwells
indwells
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indwell
inkwells
inkwells
noun
plural of inkwell
inkwoods
inkwoods
noun
plural of inkwood
inswathe
inswathe
verb
Archaic spelling of enswathe.
intersow
intersow
verb
To sow a plant species between rows of a crop
intwines
intwines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intwine
intwists
intwists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intwist
inweaves
inweaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inweave
jawbones
jawbones
noun
plural of jawbone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jawbone
jawlines
jawlines
noun
plural of jawline
jewstone
jewstone
noun
A fossil of a spine of a sea urchin, once used in the Middle East as a medicine