Indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling
crawm
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
creamware
creamware
noun
(ceramics) Cream-coloured earthenware produced chiefly from 1750 to 1820 by the potters of Staffordshire, England
crewman
crewman
noun
(Canada, military) Synonym of armoured crewman
A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
crewmen
crewmen
noun
plural of crewman
cromwell
cromwell
Proper noun
from any of several placenames.
Oliver Cromwell, English military leader, politician, and dictator, or his son Richard Cromwell.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
crownment
crownment
noun
(obsolete) The act of crowning; coronation.
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
currantworm
cutworm
cutworm
noun
The larva of any of the many moths of the family Noctuidae, considered an agricultural pest.
cutworms
cutworms
noun
plural of cutworm
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
dairywoman
dairywoman
noun
A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
dameworts
darwinism
darwinism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Darwinism.
deathworm
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
demilawyer
demiwivern
demiworld
democraw
deworm
deworm
verb
To cause an animal to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
dewormed
dewormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deworm
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
deworms
deworms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deworm
dewworm
dewworm
noun
The earthworm.
diamondwork
diamondwork
noun
masonry with diamond-shaped patterns
ornamentation with diamonds (precious stones)
discrownment
disembower
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disworkmanship
dombrowski
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
downcomer
downcomer
noun
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
downstream
downstream
adj
(biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
(computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
(metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
adv
Following the path of a river or stream
verb
To stream downward.
downtrampling
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawarm
drawbeam
drawloom
drawloom
noun
(archaic) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns.
(dated) A kind of damask made on the drawloom.
dreamwhile
dreamwise
dreamworld
dreamworld
noun
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
dreamworlds
dreamworlds
noun
plural of dreamworld
dropworm
dropworm
noun
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, such as the cankerworm.
drumwood
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
dwarfism
dwarfism
noun
The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
The quality of being puny or inferior.
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
dworman
eaceworm
eaceworm
noun
(dialectal, rare, archaic, New England) An earthworm.
earthworm
earthworm
noun
(figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
A worm that lives in the ground.
earthworms
earthworms
noun
plural of earthworm
earworm
earworm
noun
(archaic) An earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).
(originally US) Short for corn earworm (“larva of the moths Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, which are agricultural pests”).
A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
earworms
earworms
noun
plural of earworm
edwardeanism
edwardianism
edwardsianism
eelworm
eelworm
noun
A nematode, or roundworm, especially any that resemble small eels and feed on plants.
eelworms
eelworms
noun
plural of eelworm
elbowroom
elbowroom
noun
Alternative form of elbow room
elderwoman
elderwomen
emamelware
emboweler
emboweller
embower
embower
verb
(intransitive) To form a bower.
(intransitive) To lodge or rest in or as in a bower.
(transitive, poetic) To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.
embowered
embowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embower
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embowerment
embowerment
noun
An enclosure like a bower.
The act of enclosing something in a bower (a shady, leafy shelter or recess).
embowers
embowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embower
embrawn
embrew
embrowd
embrown
embrown
verb
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
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
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
embrowns
embrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrown
empower
empower
verb
(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
empowered
empowered
adj
(US) Acting with confidence.
(US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
Having been given powers.
noun
One who is empowered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empower
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empowerment
empowerment
noun
(South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.
The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
empowerments
empowerments
noun
plural of empowerment
empowers
empowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empower
emsworth
emsworth
Proper noun
A small coastal town in Hampshire, England.
A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
derived from the town.
enamelware
enamelware
noun
Articles coated with decorative enamel
Cooking utensils that have a corrosion resistant layer of enamel fused to the surface
enamelwares
enamelwares
noun
plural of enamelware
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
encrownment
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
everywoman
everywoman
noun
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
fameflower
fameflower
noun
Any of several flowering plants in different families within the order Caryophyllales.
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
farmtown
farmtown
noun
A farmhouse, farmyard and associated buildings
farmwife
farmwife
noun
A farmer's wife.
The wife in a married couple engaged in farming; a wife who shares in the duties of farming, such as farm management, homemaking on the farm, fieldwork, sales and marketing, or other work.
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
figworm
fireworm
fireworm
noun
The bearded fireworm, Chloeia flava, a species of polychaete, in family Amphinomidae, which may cause pain if touched.
The larva of a small tortricid moth that feeds on cranberry leaves, giving the plant a burnt look; the cranberry worm.
The larva of any of several tortricid moths (family Tortricidae).
fireworms
fireworms
noun
plural of fireworm
firmware
firmware
noun
(computing) Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.
Software intended for such embedded computer applications.
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
flameflower
flameflower
noun
Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum.
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flatworm
flatworm
noun
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
flatworms
flatworms
noun
plural of flatworm
flowmeter
flowmeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
foamflower
foamflower
noun
Any of the genus Tiarella of wildflowers and garden plants in the saxifrage family.
foamflowers
foamflowers
noun
plural of foamflower
footwarmer
footwarmer
noun
Something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey.
footwarmers
footwarmers
noun
plural of footwarmer
forewarm
forewarmer
forewisdom
forewoman
forewoman
noun
(law) A female foreman of a jury.
(management) A female leader of a work crew (a female foreperson or female foreman).
forewomen
forewomen
noun
plural of forewoman
formwork
formwork
noun
(construction) A temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured
frametown
framework
framework
noun
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
frameworks
frameworks
noun
plural of framework
freedwoman
freedwoman
noun
A woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.
freedwomen
freedwomen
noun
plural of freedwoman
freewoman
freewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who is not a serf or slave.
freewomen
freewomen
noun
plural of freewoman
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
fromward
fromward
adj
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Leaning or listing away from; distant from; on the right-hand side; on the opposite side.
Turned away; averse.
adv
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Forth; forward.
noun
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.
prep
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) From; away from.
fromwards
fromwards
prep
(now dialectal) away from
fruitwoman
fruitwomen
fruitworm
fruitworm
noun
The larva of any of several moths; they are responsible for damage to many types of fruit crop
fumewort
fumewort
noun
Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.