A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
bridgewall
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
darwinical
dawdlingly
dawdlingly
adv
In a dawdling manner.
demilawyer
disallowed
disallowed
adj
forbidden
invalid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disallow
disavowals
disavowals
noun
plural of disavowal
disownable
disownable
adj
Able to be disowned.
For which there is a penalty of being disowned.
dollarwise
dollarwise
adv
(US) In terms of money; financially.
drawfiling
drawfiling
noun
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
drawlingly
drawlingly
adv
Speaking with a drawl.
dreamwhile
duniwassal
duniwassal
noun
A gentleman of the Scottish Highlands.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
ehrwaldite
fieldwards
fieldwards
Adverb
Towards a field.
hallowtide
hallowtide
Noun
Hallowmas
lackwitted
lackwitted
adj
foolish; stupid
ladderwise
ladderwise
adv
In the manner of a ladder; arranged in ascending steps like a ladder.
landowning
landowning
adj
In possession of real estate (i.e. land).
Of or pertaining to the ownership of land.
noun
A portion of land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
landwaiter
landwaiter
noun
A customs officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels.
lightwards
lightwards
adv
Synonym of lightward
newlandite
pillowmade
railwaydom
railwaydom
noun
The world or sphere of railways.
rawalpindi
rawalpindi
Proper noun
A city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of the district by that name.
rowlandite
saddlewise
saddlewise
adv
In the manner of a saddle.
shadowlike
shadowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shadow.
swanhildas
twaddleize
twaddliest
unbewailed
unbewailed
adj
Not bewailed.
unwaddling
unwindable
unwindable
adj
Able to be unwound.
Not windable.
uphillward
uphillward
adj
(obsolete) Heading uphill.
waddlingly
waddlingly
adv
With a waddling motion.
wadesville
waitsfield
waldensian
waldensian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.
Noun
One who holds the doctrines of the Waldenses.
waldheimia
waldheimia
noun
Any of the extinct brachiopod genus †Waldheimia, now a subgenus of Terebratus.
walhonding
warlordism
warlordism
noun
The behaviours and practices of warlords.
wattlebird
wattlebird
noun
Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
Any of three birds in the family Callaeidae, endemic to New Zealand.
waysliding
wheatfield
wheatfield
noun
A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
wildcatted
wildcatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wildcat
wildcatter
wildcatter
noun
(US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
(firearms) A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
willemstad
wilsondale
windelband
windfallen
windfallen
adj
Blown down by the wind.
windgalled
windlassed
windlassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of windlass
windlasser
windlasser
noun
A person who operates a windlass.
windlasses
windlasses
noun
plural of windlass
windplayer
windsailor
windwardly
windwardly
adv
In a windward direction.
withdrawal
withdrawal
noun
A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.
An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.