(South Africa, historical) A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
biwinter
bonework
bonework
noun
The art or process of making objects from bone.
bonewort
bowering
bowering
verb
present participle of bower
bowerman
brawnier
brawnier
adj
comparative form of brawny: more brawny
brewings
brewings
noun
plural of brewing
brownell
brownest
brownest
adj
superlative form of brown: most brown
brownier
brownier
adj
comparative form of browny: more browny
brownies
brownies
noun
plural of brownie
brownlee
brownley
burnewin
burnweed
burnwell
caneware
caneware
noun
A form of traditional unglazed light-brown stoneware.
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
careworn
careworn
adj
Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
cawnpore
clownery
clownery
noun
The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.
cornwell
cowering
cowering
verb
present participle of cower
cowinner
cowinner
noun
A joint winner; somebody who is declared a winner along with somebody else.
craneway
craneway
noun
An opening allowing cranes to pass in and out of an industrial building.
The area within which a crane operates or can move.
cranwell
crenshaw
crewneck
crewneck
noun
Alternative form of crew neck
crowners
crowners
noun
plural of crowner
crownets
crownets
noun
plural of crownet
crownlet
crownlet
noun
(poetic) A coronet.
danewort
danewort
noun
A European dwarf version of the elder, Sambucus ebulus, that has a bad smell
decrowns
decrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrown
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
downbear
downbear
verb
(transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
(transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
(transitive) To lessen; reduce.
downlier
drownded
drownded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drownd
drowners
drowners
noun
plural of drowner
embrowns
embrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrown
endowers
endowers
noun
plural of endower
enflower
enflower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
enfurrow
ensorrow
entryway
entryway
noun
An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure.
enworthy
enwreath
enwreath
verb
Misspelling of enwreathe.
erlewine
fawkener
fencerow
fencerow
noun
The land adjacent to a fence
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fernwood
fernwort
finedraw
finedraw
verb
(transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
fordwine
fordwine
Verb
To fade away; waste away; decay; dwindle; wither; vanish.
foredawn
foredawn
noun
The time just before dawn.
verb
To anticipate dawning or emerging.
foreknew
foreknew
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreknow
foreknow
foreknow
verb
To have knowledge of beforehand.
forenews
forewarn
forewarn
verb
To warn in advance.
foreween
forewent
forewent
verb
simple past tense of forego
forewind
forewind
noun
A favourable wind.
forewing
forewing
noun
Alternative spelling of fore wing
foreworn
foreworn
adj
(archaic) worn out; wasted; used up.
forweend
forwoden
freetown
freetown
Proper noun
The capital city of Sierra Leone
frowners
frowners
noun
plural of frowner
gershwin
greenhew
greenwax
greenwax
noun
Alternative spelling of green wax
greenway
greenway
noun
A corridor of undeveloped or park land, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily non-motorized use, such as bicycle paths.
grnewald
grondwet
grunswel
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
habrowne
handwear
handwear
noun
Clothing to be worn on the hands, such as gloves.
hawarden
hernshaw
hernshaw
noun
Obsolete form of heronsew.
heronsew
heronsew
noun
(now dialectal) A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
honewort
honewort
noun
A perennial plant, Cryptotaenia canadensis, sometimes cultivated as a vegetable.
A small European plant, Trinia glauca, once thought to be a remedy for swellings.
hornweed
intermew
interrow
interrow
adj
Between rows, especially rows of crops.
intersow
intersow
verb
To sow a plant species between rows of a crop
interwar
interwar
adj
During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).
interwed
ironware
ironware
noun
Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.
ironweed
ironweed
noun
Any of certain species of the genus Vernonia of forbs and shrubs.
iwurthen
jawboner
jawboner
noun
One who jawbones, or attempts to persuade.
kenwrick
knitwear
knitwear
noun
knitted garments
kwarteng
landwehr
landwire
lawrence
lawrence
Proper noun
name, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.
a city in Kansas, USA
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
linework
linework
noun
(art) The technique of drawing lines.
lowering
lowering
adj
(of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.
Lurking, skulking, menacing.
That lowers or frowns.
noun
Alternative form of louring.
The act of something being lowered.
verb
present participle of lower
lowrance
manpower
manpower
noun
The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
manswear
manswear
verb
(transitive, chiefly Britain, dialectal) To swear falsely; perjure oneself.
menswear
menswear
noun
Men's clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context.
merwoman
merwoman
noun
A mermaid.
moretown
narrowed
narrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of narrow
narrower
narrower
adj
comparative form of narrow: more narrow
noun
One who, or that which, narrows.
narwhale
narwhale
noun
Alternative spelling of narwhal
nearaway
neckward
neckwear
neckwear
noun
Articles of clothing or jewelry which hang from the neck, such as ties or necklaces.
networks
networks
noun
plural of network
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of network
newberry
newborns
newborns
noun
plural of newborn
newburgh
newcomer
newcomer
noun
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
newsgirl
newsgirl
noun
A girl who delivers newspapers.
newsreel
newsreel
noun
(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.
(uncountable) The genre of such films.
newsroom
newsroom
noun
(dated) A room where newspapers and magazines are available for reading.
The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed.
nonowner
nonowner
noun
One who is not an owner, especially in a business enterprise.
nonpower
nonpower
adj
Not a power
nonwrite
norweyan
norweyan
Adjective
Norwegian
nosewort
nowheres
nowheres
adv
(dialect, nonstandard) nowhere
nowtherd
onewhere
openwork
openwork
noun
(mining) A quarry; an open cut.
Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.
ovenware
ovenware
noun
Cooking utensils that can be safely used in an oven.
overgown
overgown
noun
A gown worn over other clothing.
overknow
oversewn
oversewn
verb
past participle of oversew
oversnow
oversnow
adj
Travelling over a snowy surface.
oversown
oversown
verb
past participle of oversow
overween
overween
verb
(ergative) To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself).
(proscribed) To overwhelm.
To make or render arrogant and overweening.
overwend
overwent
overwent
verb
simple past tense of overgo
overwind
overwind
noun
(rare) Excessive wind; a movement of such atmospheric air caused by air pressure.
A wind that moves over or above an object.
verb
(transitive) To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively.