(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
bairnwort
baldcrown
ballgowns
ballgowns
noun
plural of ballgown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballgown
bandsawed
bandsawed
verb
simple past tense of bandsaw
bandwagon
bandwagon
noun
(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support.
A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
bandytown
bangweulu
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
barrytown
batchtown
bawdiness
bawdiness
noun
A bawdy remark.
The state or characteristic of being bawdy.
beclowned
beclowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclown
bedewoman
beeswings
beeswings
noun
plural of beeswing
beewinged
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
bentwoods
bentwoods
noun
plural of bentwood
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
besweeten
besweeten
verb
(literary, rare) Sublimely sweeten.
bewailing
bewailing
noun
The act of one who bewails something.
verb
present participle of bewail
beweeping
beweeping
verb
present participle of beweep
bewigging
bewigging
verb
present participle of bewig
beworming
bewraying
bewraying
noun
The act or process of divulging or revealing information
verb
present participle of bewray
billowing
billowing
noun
The act of something that billows; a billow.
verb
present participle of billow
bindweeds
bindweeds
noun
plural of bindweed
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
blindweed
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
blowiness
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
boatowner
boatowner
noun
Someone who owns a boat
boatswain
boatswain
noun
A kind of gull, the jaeger.
The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
The tropicbird.
boatwoman
boatwoman
noun
A woman who manages a boat.
boggstown
bondwoman
bondwoman
noun
A woman who is bound in servitude; a female slave.
bondwomen
bondwomen
noun
plural of bondwoman
boomtowns
boomtowns
noun
plural of boomtown
borrowing
borrowing
noun
(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
An instance of something being borrowed.
verb
(slang, crime) Slang term for shoplifting.
present participle of borrow
bowedness
bowedness
noun
Quality of being bowed.
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowerston
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
boyertown
brainward
brainwash
brainwash
noun
A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
verb
(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
To persuade completely and forcibly.
brainwave
brainwave
noun
A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm
Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram
brainwood
brainwork
brainwork
noun
Work done with the brain; mental effort.
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
brandwein
brantwood
brasstown
brawniest
brawniest
adj
superlative form of brawny: most brawny
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.
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
brentwood
brentwood
Proper noun
a town in Essex, England.
a town in New Hampshire, USA
brewerton
bridewain
bridewain
noun
(historical, archaic or dialectal) A cart or waggon, loaded with household goods, conveyed from a bride's house to her new home; (by extension) the bridal gifts transported upon such a wain.
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
brinktown
brokenbow
bronislaw
brooklawn
browbands
browbands
noun
plural of browband
browbound
browbound
adj
crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
browniest
browniest
adj
superlative form of browny: most browny
brownness
brownness
noun
The state or quality of being brown.
brownnose
brownnose
noun
(figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
verb
To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.
brownouts
brownouts
noun
plural of brownout
browntail
browntown
brownweed
brownwood
brownwort
brownwort
noun
A species of figwort or Scrophularia, (Scrophularia vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.
brucetown
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
bryantown
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
bungalows
bungalows
noun
plural of bungalow
burntweed
burrawang
burrawang
noun
(Australia) Any of various cycads in the genus Macrozamia.
burrowing
burrowing
noun
The act or result of making a burrow.
verb
present participle of burrow
bushwoman
bushwoman
noun
(Australia) A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
buttwoman
buttwomen
byrdstown
byrewoman
byrlawman
byrlawmen
bytownite
bytownite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.
bywalking
chawbacon
chawbacon
noun
(archaic) An uncultured rustic person.
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
crownband
downbeard
downbeats
downbeats
noun
plural of downbeat
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
embowment
embowment
noun
(architecture) A bent or curved section.
embrowned
embrowned
adj
Made brown; browned.
Made dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); darkened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrown
enwombing
enwombing
verb
present participle of enwomb
gibbstown
handyblow
herbwoman
herbwoman
noun
A woman who sells herbs.
imbrowned
imbrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrown
inblowing
inblowing
verb
present participle of inblow
jawbation
jawbation
noun
Alternative spelling of jobation
jawboning
jawboning
noun
Persistent persuasive talk.
verb
present participle of jawbone
lambsdown
naubinway
naubinway
Proper noun
A town in Michigan.
nawabship
nawabship
noun
The rank or condition of a nawab.
newsboard
newsboard
noun
(countable) A signboard for the display of news.
(countable, Internet) An online discussion forum.
(countable, uncountable) A board-like material made mostly from recycled newspaper.
newsbreak
newsbreak
noun
An instance of news broadcasting.
nimblewit
overblown
overblown
adj
Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
verb
past participle of overblow
overbrown
overbrown
verb
(cooking, transitive) To brown too much.
owensboro
owensburg
punchbowl
punchbowl
noun
A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).
renewable
renewable
adj
(of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply; not finite.
Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.
noun
A renewable resource.
A thing that is renewable; especially, a renewable source of energy.
renewably
renewably
adv
In a renewable manner.
saberwing
saberwing
noun
Alternative form of sabrewing
screwbean
screwbean
noun
Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The nutritious seedpod of this plant.
sebewaing
snowballs
snowballs
noun
plural of snowball
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snowball
snowbanks
snowbanks
noun
plural of snowbank
snowbells
snowbells
noun
plural of snowbell
snowberry
snowberry
noun
(Australia) Schizomeria ovata
The fruit of shrubs of these genera.
also Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia, and
now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos
snowbirds
snowbirds
noun
plural of snowbird
snowblink
snowblink
noun
Synonym of iceblink
snowbound
snowbound
adj
Unable to move, because of heavy snow.
snowbreak
snowbroth
snowbrush
snowbrush
noun
A brush for dislodging accumulated snow.
Ceanothus velutinus, a rhamnaceous shrub native to western North America.
subtwined
subwarden
subwarden
noun
A lower-ranking or subordinate warden.
swansboro
swathband
sweatband
sweatband
noun
A band of fabric worn around the wrist or head during sports to absorb perspiration.
A band of fabric, inside the crown of a hat, designed to absorb perspiration.