(chiefly in the plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.
verb
To braid the hair in this fashion.
cowbarn
cowhorn
crewing
crewing
verb
present participle of crew
crewman
crewman
noun
(Canada, military) Synonym of armoured crewman
A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
crewmen
crewmen
noun
plural of crewman
crowing
crowing
noun
A cry of joy or pleasure.
verb
present participle of crow
crownal
crowned
crowned
adj
(obsolete) Great, supreme; completed; excessive.
(often in combinations) Having a particular crown (top part of the head)
Wearing a crown.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crown
crowner
crowner
noun
(obsolete, UK, Scotland) coroner
One who, or that which, crowns.
crownet
crownet
noun
(obsolete) A coronet, small crown.
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
decrown
decrown
verb
(transitive) To deprive of a crown; to discrown.
(transitive) To remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc.
(transitive, dentistry) To decoronate (a tooth).
downcry
encrown
norwich
norwich
Proper noun
A city in England, the county town of Norfolk
A municipality in Ontario
A city in Connecticut
A city in Kansas
A city in New York
A town in New York which surrounds the city of Norwich.
A town in Vermont
recrown
recrown
verb
(transitive) To crown again; to provide with another crown.
renwick
scrawny
scrawny
adj
Thin, malnourished and weak.
uncrown
uncrown
verb
To deprive of the monarchy or other authority or status.
To remove a crown from (often figuratively).
unscrew
unscrew
verb
(transitive) To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.
warnock
wencher
wencher
noun
(uncommon) One who chases women in a lecherous manner.
wernick
wichern
wickner
wincers
wincers
noun
plural of wincer
wincher
wincher
noun
One who winches.
winrace
wryneck
wryneck
noun
(medicine, dated) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles; torticollis.
Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.