A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
verb
To install a boardwalk over.
bodyworks
bodyworks
noun
plural of bodywork
bondwoman
bondwoman
noun
A woman who is bound in servitude; a female slave.
bondwomen
bondwomen
noun
plural of bondwoman
bookwards
bowdichia
bowedness
bowedness
noun
Quality of being bowed.
bowerbird
bowerbird
noun
Alternative spelling of bower bird
bowlegged
bowlegged
adj
Alternative spelling of bow-legged
braidwood
brainwood
brantwood
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
brentwood
brentwood
Proper noun
a town in Essex, England.
a town in New Hampshire, USA
briarwood
briarwood
noun
A pipe made from briarwood.
A small forest of briars.
Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
The wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.
bridebowl
bridewort
bridewort
noun
Filipendula ulmaria
Spiraea alba, the pale bridewort
Spiraea salicifolia
brierwood
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
broadview
broadways
broadways
noun
plural of broadway
broadwell
broadwife
broadwise
broadwise
adv
(obsolete) Breadthwise.
brookweed
brookweed
noun
A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel.
brookwood
broomweed
broomweed
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Gutierrezia.
broomwood
browbands
browbands
noun
plural of browband
browbound
browbound
adj
crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.
brownweed
brownwood
brushwood
brushwood
noun
Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
Small trees and shrubs.
burroweed
buzzwords
buzzwords
noun
plural of buzzword
byrdstown
canoewood
canoewood
noun
The wood of the tree Liriodendron tulipifera.
careywood
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
cedarwood
cedarwood
noun
The wood of the cedar tree.
childwold
chokeweed
chowdered
chowdered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chowder
chowhound
chowhound
noun
(slang) A foodie or glutton.
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
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
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
daisytown
dameworts
daneworts
daneworts
noun
plural of danewort
dawsonite
dawsonite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayworker
dayworker
noun
An employee paid on an irregular basis; a casual worker.
deadwoods
deadwoods
noun
plural of deadwood
deadworks
deadworks
noun
(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
dearworth
dearworth
adj
(obsolete) Precious, valuable; beloved.
deathblow
deathblow
noun
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.
Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.
deathworm
decrowned
decrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrown
deflowers
deflowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflower
dembowski
demiworld
devilwood
devilwood
noun
A tree (Cartrema americana, syn. Osmanthus americanus), allied to the European olive.