One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
browningesque
brucetown
buckeystown
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
burgettstown
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
businesswomen
businesswomen
noun
plural of businesswoman
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
buttonweed
buttonweed
noun
Abutilon theophrasti, velvetleaf, Indian mallow
Any of several plants of the genera Diodia and Diodella, of the madder family.
Centaurea spp., certain knapweeds
Oldenlandia uniflora, clustered bluet
Spermacoce, false buttonweeds.
buttwomen
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
cochurchwarden
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
concertgebouw
councilwomen
councilwomen
noun
plural of councilwoman
counteranswer
counteranswer
noun
A counterreply.
counterbewitch
counterblow
counterblow
noun
A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.
counterblows
counterblows
noun
plural of counterblow
counterbreastwork
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
countercurrentwise
countercurrentwise
adv
countercurrently
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflows
counterflows
noun
plural of counterflow
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterlaw
counterlaw
noun
A law that counteracts or opposes another law.
counterpower
counterpower
noun
A political or other kind of power capable of challenging and potentially removing the power of another.
counterpowers
counterpowers
noun
plural of counterpower
countersway
countersway
noun
(obsolete) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
countersworn
countersworn
verb
past participle of counterswear
counterthwarting
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
counterwager
counterwager
noun
A wager in response or opposition to another wager.
counterwall
counterwarmth
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
counterweigh
counterweigh
verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something).
(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighing
counterweighing
verb
present participle of counterweigh
counterweight
counterweight
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
verb
(transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
counterwheel
counterwheel
noun
(engineering) A contrate wheel.
verb
(military) To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
counterwill
counterwilling
counterwind
counterwind
noun
A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
counterwitness
counterwitness
noun
A witness whose testimony contradicts that of another witness.
verb
To act as a counterwitness.
counterword
counterword
noun
A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much looser meaning or is even almost meaningless and performs a completely new function.
Such a word (or a word that has gone through a similar change) when not used as a reflex-like answer.
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
counterworld
counterworld
noun
A world or realm that opposes or subverts the norms of another world or realm.
counterwrite
countrywide
countrywide
adj
Throughout a country; nationwide.
countrywomen
countrywomen
noun
plural of countrywoman
countywide
countywide
adj
Occurring or extending throughout a county
adv
Throughout a county.
cowanesque
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
cowtongue
cushionflower
dawsoniaceous
downcurve
downcurved
downcurved
adj
curved downwards
downturned
downturned
adj
turned downwards
enfurrow
enwound
enwound
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enwind
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
ewound
fountainwise
fountainwise
adv
In the manner of a fountain.
fruitwomen
fullgrownness
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
groundflower
groundswell
groundswell
noun
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
groundswells
groundswells
noun
plural of groundswell
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
groundwave
groundwave
noun
(radio) A signal that propagates along the surface of the Earth.
growingupness
gundelow
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
gunpowderous
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
hawthornesque
heartwounding
houghsinew
houseowner
houseowner
noun
homeowner
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
hueytown
hummelstown
hundredwork
huntertown
huttonweed
interwound
interwound
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interwind
interwrought
interwwrought
journeywoman
journeywoman
noun
The female equivalent of a journeyman.
journeywomen
journeywomen
noun
plural of journeywoman
journeywork
journeywork
noun
(obsolete) Work done by the day.
Work done by a journeyman at his trade.
journeyworker
journeyworker
noun
A journeyman (tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman).
journeyworks
juneflower
junglewood
jurywomen
jurywomen
noun
plural of jurywoman
katsuwonidae
kunkletown
laundryowner
laundryowner
noun
The owner of a laundry.
laundrywomen
laundrywomen
noun
plural of laundrywoman
leeuwenhoek
leeuwfontein
loungewears
lungflower
luorawetlan
luorawetlan
Proper noun
The Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family.
The Chukchi language, of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan family.
maurertown
mauricetown
measuringworm
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
mulkeytown
newburyport
newfound
newfound
adj
Recently found; newly discovered.
newfoundland
newfoundland
Proper noun
A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949.
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Noun
A Newfoundland dog, a very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.
newfoundlander
newfoundlander
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland.
newground
newhouse
newsgroup
newsgroup
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
newshound
newshound
noun
(informal) An investigative reporter.
nonoutlawries
outdwelling
outdwelling
verb
present participle of outdwell
outfawned
outfawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfawn
outfrowned
outfrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfrown
outgnawed
outgnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outgnaw
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outsweepings
outsweeten
outsweeten
verb
(transitive) To surpass in sweetness.
outswindle
outswindle
verb
(transitive) To surpass in swindling.
outswindled
outswindled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outswindle