(mineralogy) A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.
allhallowtide
allhallowtide
Proper noun
The time at or near All Hallows'.
allwhither
alswith
altarwise
altarwise
adj
Placed in the manner of an altar, against the eastern wall of the chancel with the longer side parallel to that wall.
alwite
alwite
Adjective
Composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other such covering, white.
Noun
Polished plate armour worn uncovered by cloth.
alwitt
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
answerability
answerability
noun
The state of being answerable.
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
antirailwayist
antitwilight
antitwilight
noun
Synonym of antitwilight arch (“atmospheric phenomenon”)
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwelfare
antiwelfare
adj
Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
antiwhaling
antiwhaling
adj
Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales.
antiworld
antiworld
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
aslantwise
aslantwise
adv
aslant; in a slanting orientation
attenweiler
atwirl
atwirl
adv
twirling
awaitlala
bartholomewtide
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
battlewise
belowstairs
belowstairs
adv
Alternative form of below stairs.
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
bilgewater
bilgewater
noun
(nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.
(slang) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
blairstown
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowralite
braillewriter
braillewriter
noun
A kind of mechanical typewriter that produces braille output.
brawliest
brawliest
adj
superlative form of brawly: most brawly
bretwaldaship
brilliantwise
brownistical
browntail
browsability
browsability
noun
The quality or state of being browsable.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
candlestickward
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
castlewise
castlewise
adv
Like a castle; in a fortified manner.
caswellite
caswellite
noun
(mineralogy) A resinous form of biotite
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
cathedralwise
clamehewit
clausewitz
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
cowtail
cowtail
noun
A coarse wool of low quality, usually shorn from the hind legs of sheep
The tail of a cow
crawliest
crawliest
adj
superlative form of crawly: most crawly
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
dearworthily
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
distalwards
distalwards
adv
Alternative form of distalward
dovetailwise
downtrampling
drawability
drawability
noun
The quality or degree of being drawable.
drawliest
drawliest
adj
superlative form of drawly: most drawly
eatanswill
ehrwaldite
eichwaldite
elizabethtown
elizabethtown
Proper noun
The name of various places in the United States of America:
a former settlement and gold rush town in California.
a village in Illinois, USA
a town in Indiana.
an extinct town in Indiana.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky
a town and a hamlet in New York, the hamlet is the county seat of
an unincorporated community in New Mexico.
a town in North Carolina
a CDP in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a ghost town in Texas.
eutawville
fallowist
fallowist
noun
One who favors the practice of fallowing land.
flatwise
flatwise
adv
With a flat side down or otherwise in contact with a flat surface.
flawiest
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
franklintown
gabrilowitsch
garlicwort
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
hallowtide
hallowtide
Noun
Hallowmas
herewithal
herewithal
adv
(obsolete) herewith
noun
(nonstandard, rare) Alternative form of wherewithal
imlaystown
interrailway
interrailway
adj
Between railways.
interviewable
interviewable
adj
Capable of being interviewed.
interweavingly
interweavingly
adv
So as to interweave.
kilowatt
kilowatt
noun
One thousand (10³) watts.
kilowatts
kilowatts
noun
plural of kilowatt
knowability
knowability
noun
The quality or state of being knowable.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
kotwali
kotwali
noun
(India) A police station.
kwakiutl
lackwit
lackwit
adj
Foolish; idiotic or simple-minded.
noun
A witless person; a fool.
lackwitted
lackwitted
adj
foolish; stupid
lackwittedly
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
ladylintywhite
landwaiter
landwaiter
noun
A customs officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels.
latewhile
latewhiles
latticewise
latticewise
adv
In a lattice arrangement.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
laughlintown
lawrencite
lawrencite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine, iron, and nickel.
lawrentian
lawrentian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the author or his works or style of writing.
Of or pertaining to the author or his works or style of writing.
lawrightman
lawrightman
noun
(historical) A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
lawsonite
lawsonite
noun
A metamorphic silicate mineral related to the epidotes; it is a sorosilicate, based on the dimeric anion Si₂O₇⁶⁻
lawsuit
lawsuit
noun
(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
lawsuiting
lawsuits
lawsuits
noun
plural of lawsuit
leastwise
leastwise
adv
(informal) At least.
Minimally.
leatherwing
leatherwing
noun
soldier beetle
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
lestiwarite
lestiwarite
noun
(mineralogy) The aplitic dyke-rock that accompanies nephelite-syenites in Norway and Finland, composed chiefly of alkali feldspar, with very subordinate pyroxene or amphibole.
lewisetta
lightwards
lightwards
adv
Synonym of lightward
limewater
limewater
noun
(inorganic chemistry) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
lingtowman
litanywise
litanywise
adv
In the manner of a litany.
littlewale
lootiewallah
lutoslawski
malinowskite
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
milliwatt
milliwatt
noun
One thousandth (10⁻³) of a watt, abbreviated as mW.
millwater
miltwaste
miltwaste
noun
A small European fern (Asplenium ceterach) formerly used in medicine.
misbestowal
misbestowal
noun
The act of misbestowing.
mortalwise
mulligatawny
mulligatawny
noun
An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
multiwall
multiwall
adj
Having multiple walls, especially of packaging with several outer layers.
multiwarhead
multiwarhead
adj
(of a missile) Comprising more than one warhead.
multiway
multiway
adj
Having multiple paths, channels or configurations
mutawalli
mutawalli
noun
Person entrusted with a waqf.
mutawallis
mutwalli
nailwort
nailwort
noun
Any species of Paronychia, the whitlow-wort.
Draba verna, the shadflower.
Saxifraga tridactylites, the rue-leaved saxifrage.
newlandite
nightcrawler
nightcrawler
noun
(chiefly Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
nightwalk
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nightwalking
nightwalking
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.