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.
arkansaw
artworks
artworks
noun
plural of artwork
awakener
awakener
noun
One who, or that which, awakens.
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Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.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.
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.
bakeware
bakeware
noun
Cooking equipment intended for use inside an oven.
bandwork
bandwork
noun
(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bawdrick
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beamwork
bookward
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
brockway
bulwarks
bulwarks
noun
plural of bulwark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulwark
bywalker
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
chewbark
cookware
cookware
noun
The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
crackjaw
crackjaw
adj
Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.
cragwork
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
dayworks
dayworks
noun
plural of daywork
deadwork
deadwork
noun
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
doorhawk
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
drawback
drawback
noun
A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.
drawknot
drawlink
drawlink
noun
(rail transport) drawbar
dworshak
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
fawkener
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
forwaked
forwaked
adj
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
gasworks
gasworks
noun
A factory where coal is converted to coal gas and coke.
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
hairwork
hairwork
noun
Jewellery made from human hair.
handwork
handwork
noun
Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
verb
(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
hardwick
hartwick
haskwort
headwark
headwark
noun
A headache.
headwork
headwork
noun
Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking.
jawbreak
jaworski
kanawari
kelpware
kelpware
noun
kelp
kherwari
kiloware
kiloware
noun
(philately) Postage stamps bought by weight, rather than numerical quantity, and commonly still on paper.
kiriwina
kirkwall
kirkwall
Proper noun
The capital of the Orkney Islands.
kirkward
knitwear
knitwear
noun
knitted garments
korsakow
krawczyk
kurosawa
kwarteng
lacework
lacework
noun
A piece or example of lace.
lakeward
lakeward
adj
Located, facing or moving toward a lake.
adv
Toward a lake.
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
lawbreak
lawmaker
lawmaker
noun
One who makes or enacts laws.
leadwork
leadwork
noun
(lacemaking) small square-shaped decorations of closely-worked basket stitch.
fittings made from lead (the metal)
leafwork
leafwork
noun
Any design or structure resembling leaves or the pattern of leaves; foliage
lukeward
lukewarm
lukewarm
adj
(temperature) Between warm and cool.
Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
makework
makework
noun
Alternative form of make-work
markdown
markdown
noun
A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
markweed
marmawke
nawrocki
neckward
neckwear
neckwear
noun
Articles of clothing or jewelry which hang from the neck, such as ties or necklaces.
overwake
overwalk
overwalk
verb
To walk over or upon.
overweak
overweak
adj
Excessively weak; too feeble.
paawkier
packware
packware
noun
Goods carried in a pack, especially those for sale by a peddler.
parkward
parkward
adv
(rare) Towards a park.
parkways
parkways
noun
plural of parkway
peakward
peakward
adv
Toward a peak.
playwork
playwork
noun
(UK) A branch of childcare involving the supervision and development of play.
A role.
Work that is very easy or enjoyable.
rackwork
rackwork
noun
Any mechanism with a rack, such as a rack and pinion.
rajewski
rankwise
rankwise
adv
In order of rank
reawaked
reawaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reawake
reawaken
reawaken
verb
To reactivate or reanimate.
To wake after an extended period of sleep.
reawakes
reawakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reawake
reawoken
reawoken
verb
past participle of reawake
rewakens
rewakens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewaken
rewaking
rewaking
verb
present participle of rewake
reweaken
rickshaw
rickshaw
noun
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
verb
To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
rikshaws
rikshaws
noun
plural of rikshaw
ringwalk
roadwork
roadwork
noun
Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads.
The construction or maintenance done to roads.
The taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations.
rockaway
rockaway
noun
(dated, uncommon) A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the sides, but with waterproof curtains for bad weather.
(dated, uncommon) A similar but heavier carriage, enclosed except at the front, and with a door at each side.
rockwall
rockward
ropewalk
ropewalk
noun
A long straight narrow lane, or a covered pathway, where long strands of material were laid before being twisted into rope.
A place where rope is made, a rope factory.
Any narrow walkway that has rope handrails.
salework
salework
noun
(obsolete, historical) Goods made for general sale (as opposed to goods made specially to order).
saltwork
saltwork
noun
Synonym of saltworks
sawmaker
sawmaker
noun
Someone who makes saws.
seatwork
seatwork
noun
(US) The schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime.
skiwears
skywards
skywards
adv
In the direction of the sky; upwards.
sorehawk
spaework
sparhawk
sparhawk
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of sparrow hawk
squawker
squawker
noun
(slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.
(slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.
A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
A person who complains or protests noisily.
Something that squawks.
swankier
swankier
adj
comparative form of swanky: more swanky
swanmark
swanmark
noun
(UK) A mark of ownership cut on the bill of a swan.
tanworks
tapework
tarworks
taskwork
taskwork
noun
Work done as a task.
Work done by the job; piece work.
teamwork
teamwork
noun
The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
thwacker
thwacker
noun
A club, rod, stick, etc., used to thwack.
A person who strikes a resounding blow with an object.
trackway
trackway
noun
A set of footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.
Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, such as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheeled vehicles.
truckway
truckway
noun
A special road for the exclusive use of trucks.
trunkway
tweakier
tweakier
adj
comparative form of tweaky: more tweaky
twitlark
vasework
vasework
noun
The decorative arranging of flowers in a vase.
vowmaker
wadmaker
wagework
wagework
noun
Work done to earn a wage.
wakarusa
wakeners
wakeners
noun
plural of wakener
wakerife
walkover
walkover
noun
(colloquial) Someone who does not stand up for themself when mistreated; a doormat
(gymnastics) A backbend combined with a handstand.
(sports) A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
(sports, chiefly) Someone easy to defeat.
A horse race with only one entrant.
A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
An easy victory; a walkaway.
An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.
walkrife
walkyrie
wallwork
wantroke
wardlike
wardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ward.
warkloom
warkloom
noun
(Scotland) A tool; an implement.
warklume
warlocks
warlocks
noun
plural of warlock
warmaker
warmaker
noun
One who wages war.
warplike
warplike
adj
(textiles) Resembling or characteristic of the warp.
wartlike
wartlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wart.
warworks
washwork
waterbok
waterbok
noun
Alternative form of waterbuck
waukrife
wavemark
wavemark
noun
A mark left behind by a wave (disturbance in level of liquid).