Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
chequerwise
chequerwise
adj
Arranged in staggered rows, like the squares of a chequerboard.
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
counterwill
counterwind
counterwind
noun
A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
countrywide
countrywide
adj
Throughout a country; nationwide.
curliewurly
currentwise
currentwise
adv
In the manner of a current.
curtainwise
curtainwise
adv
In the manner of a curtain.
drunkenwise
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
fruitgrower
fruitgrower
noun
A person or company that grows fruit.
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
lawrenciums
liverwursts
liverwursts
noun
plural of liverwurst
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
mauricetown
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outtowering
outtowering
verb
present participle of outtower
outwearying
outwearying
verb
present participle of outweary
outwriggled
outwriggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwriggle
pasturewise
roughhewing
roughhewing
verb
present participle of roughhew
roupingwife
schweinfurt
serieswound
shutterwise
shutterwise
adv
In an arrangement resembling window shutters.
stirrupwise
triumphwise
tulipflower
tumblerwise
unanswering
unanswering
adj
Giving no answer; unresponsive.
unbewritten
unbewritten
adj
Not bewritten.
underbillow
underviewer
underviewer
noun
(mining) An underlooker; the manager responsible for a colliery in the absence of the viewer.
underwaists
underwaving
underweight
underweight
adj
(finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
noun
(countable) An underweight person.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.
verb
(countable, finance)
(transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.
(transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
underwitted
underwitted
adj
Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly.
underwriter
underwriter
noun
(finance) An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
(insurance) A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.
An entity assuming a financial risk.
underwrites
underwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underwrite
unflowering
unflowering
adj
Not flowering; that does not produce flowers.
unglowering
uniflowered
uniflowered
adj
(botany) Bearing a single flower.
unimbowered
unimbrowned
unimpowered
unimpowered
adj
Not impowered
uninwrapped
unpreviewed
unpreviewed
adj
That has not been previewed.
unrailwayed
unrailwayed
adj
Not supplied with a railway.
unrewarding
unrewarding
adj
Not providing reward or satisfaction
unrightwise
unrightwise
adj
Obsolete form of unrighteous.
unshowering
unwandering
unwandering
adj
Not wandering.
unwarnished
unwaterlike
unwaterlike
adj
Not waterlike.
unweariable
unweariable
adj
Tireless.
unweariably
unweariably
Adverb
tirelessly
unweariedly
unweariedly
adv
In an unwearied manner; not weariedly; without being weary.