Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
demilawyer
demiowl
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
demiworld
dimwittedly
dimwittedly
adv
In a dimwitted or stupid manner.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembowel
disembowel
verb
(transitive) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
disemboweled
disemboweled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelled
disembowelled
verb
(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disembowels
disembowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel
downtrampling
dreamwhile
dwindlement
dwindlement
noun
The process of dwindling; gradual reduction to nothing.
gimbaljawed
goldwynism
goldwynism
Noun
Any of a number of often-repeated malapropisms originally uttered by US film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) or a malapropism reminiscent of Goldwyn's utterances.
limawood
limewood
limewood
noun
The wood of the lime (linden) tree.
lindworm
lindworm
noun
A draconic creature, similar to a wyvern.
A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms.
manifoldwise
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
microworlds
microworlds
noun
plural of microworld
middlebrow
middlebrow
adj
(derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
noun
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
middlebrowism
middlebrowism
noun
middlebrow attitudes generally
middlebrows
middlebrows
noun
plural of middlebrow
middlesworth
middletown
middlewards
middleway
middleweight
middleweight
noun
(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
middleweights
middleweights
noun
plural of middleweight
middlewoman
middlewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
middlewomen
middlewomen
noun
plural of middlewoman
midlandward
midweekly
midweekly
adj
Occurring midweek.
midwinterly
mildew
mildew
noun
(phytopathology) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
verb
(intransitive) To become tainted with mildew.
(transitive) To taint with mildew.
mildewed
mildewed
adj
Covered with mildew.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mildew
mildewer
mildewer
noun
A plant that is susceptible to mildew.
mildewing
mildewing
verb
present participle of mildew
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
mildews
mildews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mildew
mildewy
mildewy
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected with mildew
milkweed
milkweed
noun
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp).
Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
Euphorbia peplus and Euphorbia heterophylla, in order Malpighiales.
Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
milkweeds
milkweeds
noun
plural of milkweed
milkwood
milkwood
noun
(South Africa) Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
(South Africa) Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
(South Asia, Australia) Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
milkwoods
milkwoods
noun
plural of milkwood
millward
millwood
mindblower
mindblower
noun
(slang) Anything mind-blowing.
mindblowers
mindblowers
noun
plural of mindblower
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
multidwelling
multidwelling
adj
Relating to more than one dwelling.
noun
A dwelling occupied by more than one household.
multitowered
multitowered
adj
Having more than one tower.
multiwarhead
multiwarhead
adj
(of a missile) Comprising more than one warhead.
multiword
multiword
adj
Alternative form of multi-word
multiwords
newfangledism
pillowmade
railwaydom
railwaydom
noun
The world or sphere of railways.
semiwild
semiwild
adj
(of crops, animals, etc.) Partly wild.
semiwildly
semiwildness
spindleworm
spindleworm
noun
(rare) The larva of a noctuid moth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of maize, sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.
swindledom
swindledom
noun
The realm or sphere of swindlers.
thimbleweed
thimbleweed
noun
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone virginiana
Rudbeckia laciniata
thimbleweeds
thimbleweeds
noun
plural of thimbleweed
twinkledum
unmildewed
unmildewed
adj
Not mildewed.
unwieldsome
unwieldsome
adj
(obsolete) Not easily wielded or managed.
waldensianism
waldheim
waldheim
Proper noun
A town in Saxony, Germany.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
waldheimia
waldheimia
noun
Any of the extinct brachiopod genus †Waldheimia, now a subgenus of Terebratus.
waldmeister
waldmeister
noun
A herb used (particularly in Germany and central Europe) for flavouring wines and liqueurs, Galium odoratum.
warlordism
warlordism
noun
The behaviours and practices of warlords.
warlordisms
warlordisms
noun
plural of warlordism
whitefieldism
wilderment
wilderment
noun
(archaic) The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
wilderments
wilderments
noun
plural of wilderment
wildermuth
wildomar
wildsome
wildsome
adj
Characterised or marked by wildness
willemstad
williamsfield
wilmerding
wimbled
wimbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wimble
wimbledon
wimbledon
Proper noun
The principal business area and suburb in the London Borough of Merton.
The Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.
wimpled
wimpled
adj
Wearing a wimple.
windmill
windmill
noun
(baseball) A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
(basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
(figurative) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
(juggling) The false shower.
A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls his/her torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air.
A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
Any of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
The structure containing such machinery.
verb
(intransitive) Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
(transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.
windmilled
windmilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of windmill
windmilling
windmilling
noun
The process of milling with a windmill.
verb
present participle of windmill
windmills
windmills
noun
plural of windmill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of windmill
windmilly
windmilly
adj
(informal) Having many windmills.
wisdomful
wisdomful
adj
Full of wisdom.
wisdomless
wisdomless
adj
Without wisdom; foolish.
withholdment
withholdment
noun
The act of withholding.
womanlihood
worldmaking
worldmaking
noun
The creation of a world, as for example in writing fiction.