A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
acheweed
achomawi
achomawi
Proper noun
The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
ackworth
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
aeroview
afterwar
afterwar
adj
Following a war.
afterwit
afterwit
noun
A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering.
The lack of forethought.
Wisdom which comes after the event.
aftwards
aftwards
adv
Alternative form of aftward
agalwood
agalwood
noun
Alternative form of agarwood
aggarwal
agueweed
agueweed
noun
An herb also known as common boneset.
ahhiyawa
ahwahnee
aircrews
aircrews
noun
plural of aircrew
airflows
airflows
noun
plural of airflow
airglows
airglows
noun
plural of airglow
airscrew
airscrew
noun
Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
airwards
airwards
adv
Toward the air; upward.
airwaves
airwaves
noun
Radio or television broadcasts.
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
airwoman
airwoman
noun
A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
aiseweed
alewives
alewives
noun
plural of alewife
alleyway
alleyway
noun
A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
A passage between two rows of cabins in a ship.
allowing
allowing
verb
present participle of allow
allwhere
allwhere
adv
(archaic) everywhere
aloewood
alsweill
alsworth
alyworth
amidward
andrewes
answered
answered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of answer
answerer
answerer
noun
A person who, or thing that, answers or responds.
antedawn
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
antiwear
antiwear
adj
Preventing mechanical wear.
antiweed
antiweed
adj
Opposing or countering weed (marijuana).
Opposing or countering weeds (unwanted plants).
anywhere
anywhere
adv
In or at any location or an unknown location.
To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.
pron
Any location or an unknown location.
aquashow
aquashow
noun
A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
arawakan
arawakan
Adjective
Of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.
arborway
arborway
noun
avenue (lined with trees)
archways
archways
noun
plural of archway
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
archwise
archwise
adj
In the shape of an arch.
areaways
areaways
noun
plural of areaway
areawide
areawide
adj
Extending over the entire area
arkansaw
armyworm
armyworm
noun
The larva of any of the Spodoptera and Mythimna genera of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups on food crops and grasses.
arrowing
arrowing
verb
present participle of arrow
arrowlet
arrowlet
noun
A small arrow.
artworks
artworks
noun
plural of artwork
askewgee
asswaged
asswaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asswage
asswages
asswages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asswage
astakiwi
aswooned
atwitter
atwitter
adj
(postpositive) nervously excited
(postpositive) twittering
austwell
avowable
avowable
adj
Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
avowably
avowably
adv
In an avowable manner.
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
avowedly
avowedly
adv
With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
awabakal
awabakal
Noun
A people indigenous to New South Wales, Australia.
Proper noun
The language spoken by these people.
awaiters
awaiters
noun
plural of awaiter
awaiting
awaiting
verb
present participle of await
awakable
awakable
adj
Able to be awoken.
awakened
awakened
adj
Aroused or activated.
Having been woken up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of awaken
awakener
awakener
noun
One who, or that which, awakens.
awakings
awakings
noun
plural of awaking
awanting
awanting
adj
missing; wanting; deficient or absent
awardees
awardees
noun
plural of awardee
awarders
awarders
noun
plural of awarder
awarding
awarding
noun
The act of bestowing an award.
The act of giving by official decision such as giving a contract.
verb
present participle of award
awaredom
awarrant
awaruite
awaruite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing iron and nickel.
awayness
awayness
noun
The state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism.
awearied
awearied
adj
(poetic) weary; made tired
aweather
aweather
adv
(nautical) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows (See upwind)
awedness
awedness
noun
The state or quality of being awed.
awfuller
awfuller
adj
comparative form of awful: more awful
awlworts
awlworts
noun
plural of awlwort
awninged
awninged
adj
Having an awning.
backblow
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backsaws
backsaws
noun
plural of backsaw
backwall
backwall
noun
(sports) Alternative form of back wall
backward
backward
adj
(chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
(cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
(cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
(figuratively) Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
(figuratively) Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
(figuratively) Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
(obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
(obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
Late or behindhand.
Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
Reversed in order or sequence.
Situated toward or at the rear of something.
adv
(figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
(obsolete) In the past.
At, near or towards the rear of something.
By way of reflection; reflexively.
In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
In a reversed order or sequence.
In a reversed orientation; back to front.
Toward or into the past;
noun
The state behind or past.
backwash
backwash
noun
(economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
verb
(transitive) To affect with backwash.
To clean the oil from wool after combing.
To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
backwood
backwood
adj
Native to or located in a remote rural location.
Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.
backword
backword
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
backwort
backwrap
backwrap
noun
(computing, dated) A word wrap feature that restores a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
A portion of something that is wrapped backward.
verb
(computing, dated) To restore a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
To wrap around the back of something.
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
bahawder
bahawder
noun
Obsolete form of bahadur.
bailwood
bakeware
bakeware
noun
Cooking equipment intended for use inside an oven.
bakewell
bakewell
noun
Alternative form of Bakewell
baklawas
baklawas
noun
plural of baklawa
balewort
ballgown
ballgown
noun
A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
verb
(intransitive, UK, live action role-playing games) To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
ballhawk
ballhawk
noun
(baseball, chiefly in Chicago) A person who specializes in catching home-run and foul balls.
(sports) A player who handles the ball skilfully
ballweed
balwarra
bandsawn
bandsawn
verb
past participle of bandsaw
bandwork
bandwork
noun
(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bandworm
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
bangalow
bangalow
noun
bangalow palm
bankweed
barbwire
barbwire
noun
Alternative spelling of barbed wire
bardwell
barnwell
barwares
barwares
noun
plural of barware
basswood
basswood
noun
(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.
batfowls
bathwort
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.
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
bawarchi
bawarchi
noun
(India, historical) A cook.
bawcocks
bawcocks
noun
plural of bawcock
bawdiest
bawdiest
adj
superlative form of bawdy: most bawdy
bawdrick
bawdrics
bawdrics
noun
plural of bawdric
bawdries
bawdries
noun
plural of bawdry
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
bawhorse
bawhorse
noun
Obsolete form of bathorse.
baywoods
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beamwork
beanweed
beanweed
noun
Scytosiphon lomentaria, a littoral brown filamentous seaweed.
bearward
bearward
noun
A keeper of bears.
bearwood
bearwort
bearwort
noun
A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
beckwith
beckwith
Proper noun
of origin.
beclowns
beclowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclown
becobweb
becoward
becrawls
becrawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrawl
becrowds
becrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrowd
bedewing
bedewing
verb
present participle of bedew
bedgowns
bedgowns
noun
plural of bedgown
bedrowse
bedrowse
verb
To make drowsy.
bedscrew
bedstraw
bedstraw
noun
(obsolete) straw put into a bed
Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
bedwards
bedwards
adv
Alternative form of bedward
bedwarfs
bedwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedwarf