A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
bagwork
bagwork
noun
(martial arts) Training with a punching bag.
bagworm
bagworm
noun
(proscribed) The Eastern tent caterpillar.
A member of the family Psychidae of the Lepidoptera.
Fall webworm.
begrown
bogwort
bogwort
noun
The bilberry or whortleberry plant.
bowring
bugwort
bugwort
noun
The plant bugbane.
cogware
cogware
noun
A coarse cloth of the 14th century.
A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the 16th century.
cowgirl
cowgirl
noun
(card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.
A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
(rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
cowgram
crowing
crowing
noun
A cry of joy or pleasure.
verb
present participle of crow
dowager
dowager
noun
a widow holding property or title derived from her late husband
Any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
forgrow
forgrow
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become grown over; overgrow; become covered with growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly).
(intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly.
garwood
gemwork
gemwork
noun
ornamentation with gems; jewellery
gercrow
glowers
glowers
noun
plural of glower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glower
godward
godward
Adjective
toward God
Adverb
towards God
goodrow
gorcrow
gorcrow
noun
(UK, dialect) The carrion crow.
grochow
growers
growers
noun
plural of grower
growing
growing
noun
(attributive) Connected with growing
growth; increase
verb
present participle of grow
growled
growled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of growl
growler
growler
noun
(Britain, slang) The vulva.
(US, dialect) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
(dialect, UK, Yorkshire) A pork pie.
(historical, slang) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
(informal, Canada, US, Australia) A kind of jug used to carry beer (in current usage, a 2-liter or 64-ounce container with or without a handle; sometimes extended to similarly shaped 32-ounce jug, but not bottles).
A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.
A person, creature or thing that growls.
A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
grownup
grownup
noun
Alternative form of grown-up
growths
growths
noun
plural of growth
growthy
growthy
adj
(animal breeding, finance) Inclined to growth; growing healthily or rapidly.
gutwort
gutwort
noun
A plant, Globularia alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa.
gwalior
gwenora
gwenore
hagworm
hagworm
noun
(UK, dialectal) A blindworm.
(UK, dialectal) A common snake (as an adder or a viper).
hogward
hogwort
hogwort
noun
Croton capitatus, an annual plant.
ingrown
ingrown
adj
That has grown inwards or abnormally towards (a part of the body)
kingrow
lagwort
legwork
legwork
noun
Skillful or vigorous use of the legs, as in dance or sports.
Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.
logwork
lugworm
lugworm
noun
black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens)
especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
misgrow
misgrow
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To grow incorrectly or amiss.
morwong
morwong
noun
Any of various perciform fishes comprising or formerly comprising family Cheilodactylidae.
mugwort
mugwort
noun
Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.
Artemisia vulgaris, traditionally used medicinally.
outgrew
outgrew
verb
simple past tense of outgrow
outgrow
outgrow
verb
(transitive) To grow faster or larger than.
(transitive, often figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.
ragwork
ragwork
noun
A kind of rubblework.
ragworm
ragworm
noun
A polychaete worm in the genus Nereis or the family Nereididae, often used as bait in fishing.
ragwort
ragwort
noun
Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.
reglows
reglows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reglow
regrown
regrown
adj
That grew, was lost or destroyed, and regrew.
verb
past participle of regrow
regrows
regrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of regrow
rowings
rowings
noun
plural of rowing
rowting
rowting
verb
present participle of rowt
ruggown
trowing
trowing
verb
present participle of trow
ungrown
ungrown
adj
Not grown; immature.
upgrown
upgrown
verb
past participle of upgrow
upgrows
upgrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upgrow
wagoner
wagoner
noun
Someone who drives a wagon.
wagonry
wagonry
noun
Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.
warthog
warthog
noun
(military) A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane
(zoology) A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.
waygoer
whorage
whoring
whoring
noun
Synonym of prostitution, having sex for money; (figurative) disgracing oneself for money; having promiscuous sex.
verb
present participle of whore
wongara
wordage
wordage
noun
The choice of words used; phraseology.
The excessive use of words; verbiage.
The number of words used in a text.
Words collectively.
wording
wording
noun
A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.
verb
present participle of word
workbag
workbag
noun
A bag containing tools or material used for work, especially needlework.
working
working
adj
(obsolete) Efficacious.
Enough to allow one to use something.
In paid employment.
Of or relating to employment.
That is or are functioning.
That suffices but requires additional work.
Used in real life; practical.
noun
(arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
(countable) A train movement.
(of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
(usually in the plural) Operation; action.
A place where work is carried on.
Fermentation.
Method of operation.
verb
present participle of work
worming
worming
noun
(weaving) The tendency of certain yarn or thread to bunch up after being woven.
The act by which an animal is wormed.
verb
present participle of worm
wrongdo
wrongdo
verb
To do something wrong; to break a rule or offend.
wronged
wronged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wrong
wronger
wronger
adj
comparative form of wrong: more wrong
noun
One who commits a wrong.
One who wrongs someone.
wrongly
wrongly
adv
In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; unfairly, unjustly, dishonestly, immorally, wrongfully; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.
Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
wrought
wrought
adj
Having been worked or prepared somehow.
verb
(see usage notes) simple past tense and past participle of wreak