A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
bridgewall
darwinical
demilawyer
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
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
ehrwaldite
fieldwards
fieldwards
Adverb
Towards a field.
ladderwise
ladderwise
adv
In the manner of a ladder; arranged in ascending steps like a ladder.
landwaiter
landwaiter
noun
A customs officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels.
lightwards
lightwards
adv
Synonym of lightward
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
uphillward
uphillward
adj
(obsolete) Heading uphill.
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.
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.
windlasser
windlasser
noun
A person who operates a 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An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.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.