(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
baldcrown
beachward
beachward
Adverb
Towards a beach.
beachwood
beclowned
beclowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclown
becowards
becrawled
becrawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becrawl
becrowded
becrowded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becrowd
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
bewitched
bewitched
adj
(Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewitch
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
blackweed
blackweed
noun
Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia.)
blackwood
blackwood
noun
(uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
blockwood
bowdichia
candyweed
canoewood
canoewood
noun
The wood of the tree Liriodendron tulipifera.
careywood
catchweed
catchweed
noun
A plant, cleavers.
catchword
catchword
noun
(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
(theater) The last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker.
A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
cedartown
cedarware
cedarware
noun
Articles made from cedar.
cedarwood
cedarwood
noun
The wood of the cedar tree.
chadwicks
chafeweed
chafeweed
noun
Cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
chaffweed
chaffweed
noun
A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.
chickweed
chickweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, chickweed
Cerastium - mouse-ear chickweed
Holosteum - jagged chickweed
Moenchia - upright chickweed
Paronychia - chickweed
Stellaria pro parte - chickweed
especially common chickweed, Stellaria media, a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
childward
childwife
childwite
childwold
chokeweed
chowdered
chowdered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chowder
chowhound
chowhound
noun
(slang) A foodie or glutton.
citywards
citywards
adv
Towards a city
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clearweed
clearweed
noun
A herb with a clear stem; the richweed.
cliffweed
cliffwood
clintwood
closedown
closedown
noun
(radio, television) The point when a radio or television station shuts down transmission and goes off the air for a predetermined period, as used to happen overnight.
cloudward
cloudward
adj
Synonym of upward
adv
Alternative form of cloudwards
coachwood
coachwood
noun
An Australian rainforest tree, Ceratopetalum apetalum, with a straight trunk and a caramel-like fragrance, and greatly prized as a hardwood for its attractive grain.
coastward
coastward
adj
towards the coast
cobwebbed
cobwebbed
adj
Covered with cobwebs
Old or outdated.
cocoawood
cocoawood
noun
Alternative form of cocowood
cocuswood
cocuswood
noun
The dense hardwood of Brya ebenus, a Caribbean flowering tree.
codewords
codewords
noun
plural of codeword
coldwater
coldwater
adj
Characterized by the presence or use of cold water.
Located in or near cold ocean waters.
colicweed
colicweed
noun
Alternative form of colic weed
comedowns
comedowns
noun
plural of comedown
copsewood
copsewood
noun
brushwood; coppice
cordewane
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
cordwoods
cordwoods
noun
plural of cordwood
corkwoods
corkwoods
noun
plural of corkwood
cotswolds
cotswolds
Proper noun
A range of limestone hills in West-central England
The area of England characterised by the Cotswolds
The area of the Cotswold Hills AONB
cotwinned
coughweed
countdown
countdown
noun
A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order ending with the No. 1.
The acts of preparation carried out during this period.
verb
(nonstandard) To count down.
cowardice
cowardice
noun
Lack of courage.
cowardish
cowardish
adj
(obsolete) cowardly
cowhiding
cowhiding
noun
A flogging with a cowhide.
verb
present participle of cowhide
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crazyweed
crazyweed
noun
locoweed
cressweed
crestwood
crossweed
crosswind
crosswind
noun
A wind blowing across a line of travel.
crossword
crossword
noun
(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
(informal, by extension) The grid of such a puzzle
crowdedly
crowdedly
adv
In a crowded manner.
crowdweed
crownband
crownland
crownland
noun
(historical) In Austria-Hungary, any of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy.
cusswords
cusswords
noun
plural of cussword
decrowned
decrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrown
decwriter
dewclawed
dewclawed
adj
Having dewclaws.
Having had dewclaws surgically removed.
discrowns
discrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discrown
ditchdown
dowitcher
dowitcher
noun
Any of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family Scolopacidae.
downcasts
downcasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downcast
downcomer
downcomer
noun
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
downcomes
downcomes
noun
plural of downcome
downcourt
downcourt
adv
(basketball) Toward one's team's offensive basket
downcried
downcurve
drawbacks
drawbacks
noun
plural of drawback
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
drawlatch
drawlatch
noun
(obsolete) A housebreaker or thief
duckwater
duckweeds
duckweeds
noun
plural of duckweed
duckwheat
dutchtown
gracewood
hardwicke
knockdown
knockdown
adj
(of a rivet head) To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal.
powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer
noun
(film, television) A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
(genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
(genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
(nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
(slang, obsolete, uncountable) Very strong ale or beer.
(soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.
An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
An overwhelming blow.
verb
(genetics) To employ the knockdown technique
lacewoods
lancewood
lancewood
noun
(Australia) Any of various Australian trees having hard timber, especially Acacia shirleyi of Queensland and the Northern Territory; also a woodland made of such trees.
A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
New Zealand trees in the genus Pseudopanax.
landwrack
landwreck
larchwood
larchwood
noun
A wood (group of trees) containing larch trees
The wood of the larch tree (Larix)
locoweeds
locoweeds
noun
plural of locoweed
macdowell
matchwood
matchwood
noun
wood, often in the form of splinters, suitable for making matches
mcandrews
microword
notchweed
notchweed
noun
A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria.
oceanward
oceanward
adj
Closer to the ocean than something else.
Facing or leading toward the ocean.
adv
Toward the ocean.
outcrowed
outcrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcrow
overcrowd
overcrowd
verb
To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information.
paddywack
paddywack
noun
Alternative form of paddywhack
patchword
patchword
noun
A word inserted for the sake of meter.
peachwood
peachwood
noun
The wood of the peach tree.
prickwood
prickwood
noun
A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.
recrowned
recrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recrown
richweeds
richweeds
noun
plural of richweed
richwoods
rockwards
rockweeds
rockweeds
noun
plural of rockweed
runchweed
scaldweed
scaldweed
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Cuscuta.
scentwood
scentwood
noun
Any aromatic wood.
scourweed
scowdered
screwhead
screwhead
noun
The head of a screw, into which a screwdriver fits.
scrubwood
scrubwood
noun
Synonym of gumwood
sedgewick
sedgewick
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
showcased
showcased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of showcase
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
snickdraw
sowbacked
spaceward
spaceward
adv
towards outer space
spicewood
spicewood
noun
An American shrub, the spicebush (Lindera benzoin), whose bark has a citrusy taste and odor.
stickweed
stickweed
noun
Any of various unrelated plants that have seeds that stick to clothing
stockwood
stockwood
Proper noun
A southern district of Bristol, England between Whitchurch, Brislington and Keynsham
tenchweed
thickwind
torchweed
torchwood
torchwood
noun
(countable) A type of cactus, Cactus heptagonus.
(uncountable) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
(uncountable) Wood used to make torches.
Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)
Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)
touchdown
touchdown
noun
(American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
(aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
(rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
(rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
touchwood
touchwood
noun
Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
twodecker
uncrowded
uncrowded
adj
Not crowded
uncrowned
uncrowned
adj
Deprived of the monarchy.
Not crowned; not yet crowned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrown
unscrewed
unscrewed
adj
Not having been screwed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unscrew
unwatched
unwatched
adj
Not watched; unsupervised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwatch
unwitched
unwitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwitch
unwrecked
unwrecked
adj
Not wrecked.
wadcutter
wadcutter
noun
(firearms) a special-purpose bullet designed for shooting paper targets, usually at close range and at subsonic velocities.
wahcondas
watchband
watchband
noun
a band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap