An unincorporated community in Ross Townsip, Lake County, Indiana, United States, now defunct
A city in Iowa, United States
A city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Brown County.
A town in Wisconsin, United States
A state park in Oregon, United States
antiwaste
antiwaste
adj
Opposing or preventing waste.
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
bentwoods
bentwoods
noun
plural of bentwood
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
besweeten
besweeten
verb
(literary, rare) Sublimely sweeten.
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
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.
boggstown
boomtowns
boomtowns
noun
plural of boomtown
bowerston
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
brasstown
brawniest
brawniest
adj
superlative form of brawny: most brawny
browniest
browniest
adj
superlative form of browny: most browny
brownouts
brownouts
noun
plural of brownout
byrdstown
clewiston
cookstown
crosstown
crosstown
adj
(US) Extending across a city or town.
(public transportation) Connecting different areas of a city or town without passing through downtown.
Situated at the other end of town.
crowstone
crowstone
noun
(UK, dialect) Ganister, a kind of sandstone.
daisytown
daneworts
daneworts
noun
plural of danewort
darwinist
darwinist
Noun
A believer in Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
dawsonite
dawsonite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
downbeats
downbeats
noun
plural of downbeat
downcasts
downcasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downcast
downshift
downshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
A reduction in quality or quantity.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
downspout
downspout
noun
A vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downstair
downstair
adj
(dated) downstairs
downstate
downstate
adj
(US) Of the southern section of a state.
adv
(US) To the southern section of a state.
noun
(US) The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
downtimes
downtimes
noun
plural of downtime
downtowns
downtowns
noun
plural of downtown
downturns
downturns
noun
plural of downturn
drawtongs
dustwoman
dustwoman
noun
(Britain) Female equivalent of dustman; a woman employed to collect domestic refuse.
enswathed
enswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enswathe
enswathes
enswathes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enswathe
ensweeten
ensweeten
verb
(metaphorical) Render sweeter or more pleasant.
entryways
entryways
noun
plural of entryway
entwisted
entwisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entwist
entwistle
fittstown
flowstone
flowstone
noun
(geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
fowlstown
frontways
frontways
adv
towards the front; forward
frontwise
frontwise
adv
Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
funkstown
gaintwist
gibbstown
goffstown
handwrist
hansetown
hanswurst
hanswurst
Noun
A clown-like character popular in German and Austrian plays during the 18th century, sometimes called the pickled-herring.
hartstown
hawthorns
hawthorns
noun
plural of hawthorn
hometowns
hometowns
noun
plural of hometown
honeworts
honeworts
noun
plural of honewort
hookstown
hornworts
hornworts
noun
plural of hornwort
horsetown
howertons
ingrowths
ingrowths
noun
plural of ingrowth
inswathed
inswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inswathe
inswathes
inswathes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inswathe
interwish
intwisted
intwisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intwist
jamestown
jamestown
Proper noun
Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions
In Virginia, the first English settlement in America.
The capital of the island Saint Helena.
A small city in Kentucky, USA
johnstown
jonestown
jonestown
Proper noun
A former settlement in Guyana founded by the church-turned-cult Peoples Temple, the site of an infamous mass murder/suicide in 1978.
The Jonestown massacre itself.
Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
Noun
Any mass suicide or murder, especially one with religious or cultic overtones.
kingstown
kingstown
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean, including the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The former name for Dún Laoghaire in Ireland.
knitwears
knitwears
noun
plural of knitwear
knotweeds
knotweeds
noun
plural of knotweed
knowperts
lawsonite
lawsonite
noun
A metamorphic silicate mineral related to the epidotes; it is a sorosilicate, based on the dimeric anion Si₂O₇⁶⁻
lenthways
lenthways
adv
Obsolete form of lengthways.
lewistown
lungworts
lungworts
noun
plural of lungwort
maeystown
masontown
mathewson
meltdowns
meltdowns
noun
plural of meltdown
misthrown
misthrown
verb
past participle of misthrow
moonworts
moonworts
noun
plural of moonwort
myerstown
nanowatts
nanowatts
noun
plural of nanowatt
narrowest
narrowest
adj
superlative form of narrow: most narrow
newcastle
newcastle
Proper noun
A city in northeastern England; properly Newcastle upon Tyne.
A city in New South Wales, Australia, situated at the mouth of the Hunter River.
Any of several places in the UK, Ireland, and USA.
a city in Wyoming, USA
newsagent
newsagent
noun
A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.
The proprietor of such a business.
newscasts
newscasts
noun
plural of newscast
newsprint
newsprint
noun
An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.
newssheet
newssheet
noun
Alternative form of news sheet
newsstand
newsstand
noun
an open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public
newstands
newtonist
nonstowed
nonwhites
nonwhites
noun
plural of nonwhite
northwest
northwest
adj
Coming from the northwest; northwesterly.
Of, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
Situated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly.
adv
Towards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards.
noun
The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
norwester
outfrowns
outfrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfrown
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
pickstown
pittstown
pointways
pointwise
pointwise
adj
(mathematics) Occurring or true for each point of a given set.
adv
In a pointwise manner
postwoman
postwoman
noun
(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
postwomen
postwomen
noun
plural of postwoman
pottstown
readstown
reamstown
resweeten
rootstown
sandworts
sandworts
noun
plural of sandwort
satinwood
satinwood
noun
Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.
Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
scentwood
scentwood
noun
Any aromatic wood.
sharptown
shutdowns
shutdowns
noun
plural of shutdown
slantways
slantways
adv
Alternative form of slantwise
slantwise
slantwise
adj
diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
adv
diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
smithtown
smoketown
snakewort
snowbroth
snowcraft
snowcraft
noun
The art or skill of travelling or climbing on snowy terrain.
snowdrift
snowdrift
noun
A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
snowmelts
snowmelts
noun
plural of snowmelt
snowstorm
snowstorm
noun
A snow globe.
Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
snowsuits
snowsuits
noun
plural of snowsuit
southdown
southdown
Noun
One of a particular English breed of small sheep with short wool and no horns.
spleetnew
spoonwort
spoonwort
noun
(botany) scurvy-grass (Cochlearia)
standaway
standaway
adj
(clothing) Denoting a kind of rolled collar that stands away from the neck.
stanislaw
stannwood
steepdown
steinwein
stepdowns
sternward
sternward
adj
Towards the stern, aft.
adv
sternwards
sternways
sternways
noun
plural of sternway
stinkweed
stinkweed
noun
Any other noxious plant.
Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima).
stinkwood
stinkwood
noun
Any of several unrelated trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.
The wood of such a tree.
stinkwort
stinkwort
noun
The plant Dittrichia graveolens.
stonewall
stonewall
adj
(Britain, idiomatic) Certain, definite.
noun
(idiomatic) A refusal to cooperate.
(idiomatic) An obstruction.
(idiomatic, historical) An alcoholic drink popular in colonial America, consisting of apple cider (or sometimes applejack) mixed with rum (or sometimes gin or whisky).
Alternative form of stone wall (“wall made of stone”).
verb
(transitive) To obstruct.
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information.
stoneware
stoneware
noun
A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.
stoneweed
stoneweed
noun
Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets.
stonewise
stonewood
stonework
stonework
noun
(uncountable) The skill of constructing with stone; stonecraft.
Constructions made of stone.
stonewort
stonewort
noun
Any of various complex algae of the family Characeae, known for being branched and having enclosed egg cells.