A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
bandworm
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
boomtown
boomtown
noun
Alternative form of boom town
bowerman
bowwoman
bowwoman
Noun
A female archer.
brownism
brownism
Proper noun
The political ideology attributed to the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, characterised by, among other things, allegedly prudent economics.
The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine.
Proper noun
The beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of
brynmawr
bylawman
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
comedown
comedown
noun
A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.
A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
deywoman
downcome
downcome
noun
A downpour of rain.
A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
verb
To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
downmost
downmost
adj
Furthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.
downsman
downsome
downsome
adj
Low-spirited; melancholy.
downtime
downtime
noun
A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.
embowing
embowing
verb
present participle of embow
embrowns
embrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrown
enumclaw
enwombed
enwombed
adj
(archaic) Pregnant.
farmtown
farmtown
noun
A farmhouse, farmyard and associated buildings
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
gownsman
gownsman
noun
(archaic) A civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.
gownsmen
gownsmen
noun
plural of gownsman
handworm
hangworm
hawseman
hometown
hometown
noun
(attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
hornworm
hornworm
noun
A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process.
Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae.
hwangmei
hymnwise
imbrowns
imbrowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrown
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
inchworm
inchworm
noun
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
verb
To crawl or creep slowly.
To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
intermew
laywoman
laywoman
noun
(by extension) A woman who is not a professional in a given field.
A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
laywomen
laywomen
noun
plural of laywoman
lindworm
lindworm
noun
A draconic creature, similar to a wyvern.
A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms.
lungworm
lungworm
noun
Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
mackinaw
mackinaw
noun
A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
A heavy woolen cloth.
madwoman
madwoman
noun
A woman who is insane.
madwomen
madwomen
noun
plural of madwoman
mainward
malsworn
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.
mansworn
mansworn
verb
past participle of manswear
manwards
manwards
Adverb
Toward mankind.
manworth
manyways
manywise
manywise
adv
In many different ways; variously.
markdown
markdown
noun
A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
mattawan
mawbound
maywings
meltdown
meltdown
noun
(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209011615/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
menswear
menswear
noun
Men's clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context.
merwoman
merwoman
noun
A mermaid.
metewand
metewand
noun
(obsolete) A measuring rod (in both its literal and figurative sense).
miaowing
miaowing
noun
Alternative form of meowing
verb
present participle of miaow
midtowns
midtowns
noun
plural of midtown
milltown
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
minnewit
mintweed
misdrawn
misdrawn
verb
past participle of misdraw
misgrown
misgrown
adj
Grown out of shape; misshapen.
verb
past participle of misgrow.
misknown
misknown
verb
past participle of misknow
misknows
misknows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misknow
miswoman
moonbows
moonbows
noun
plural of moonbow
moondown
moonglow
moonglow
noun
moonlight
moonwalk
moonwalk
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.
(dance) A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment.
An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot (by an astronaut).
verb
(intransitive) To walk in a manner that is similar to the moonwalk dance style; to move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was walking forwards.
(intransitive) To walk in leaps, like on the Moon or on other low gravity surfaces.
(intransitive) To walk on the surface of the Moon.
(intransitive, dance) To perform the moonwalk.
moonward
moonward
adj
Which faces or points to or leads to the moon.
adv
Toward the moon.
moonwort
moonwort
noun
(now US, UK regional) Lunaria annua (greater moonwort); also known as Honesty and Actual Honesty.
A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus.
moretown
mornward
mornward
adv
(poetic) Toward the morning.
mowburnt
mowburnt
adj
(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
mrsbrown
newcombe
newcomen
newcomer
newcomer
noun
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
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.
nimwegen
nyamwezi
nyamwezi
Proper noun
a people of Tanzania
a Bantu language spoken by this people
nymwegen
outwoman
penwoman
penwoman
noun
A female writer.
penwomen
penwomen
noun
plural of penwoman
piewoman
piewoman
noun
A woman who sells pies.
pinworms
pinworms
noun
plural of pinworm
rainworm
rainworm
noun
An earthworm.
ringworm
ringworm
noun
A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
sandworm
sandworm
noun
(Britain) The lugworm, Arenicola marina.
(US) The clam worm or ragworm, Alitta virens.
Hookworm larvae, especially of Ancylostoma braziliense, which cause cutaneous larva migrans.
The chigoe, a species of flea, Tunga penetrans.
screwman
screwman
noun
A laborer who uses screws to make adjustments
seawoman
seawoman
noun
A female sailor; a woman who serves on a ship at sea.
sewerman
sewerman
noun
A man who works in a sewer.
skinworm
snowmass
snowmast
snowmelt
snowmelt
noun
Runoff from melting snow
snowmold
snowworm
somewhen
somewhen
adv
(rare, nonstandard) at some time; indefinitely; some time or other, sometime
spanworm
spanworm
noun
A measuring worm or inchworm (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
strawman
strawman
noun
Alternative spelling of straw man
swagsman
swagsman
noun
(Australia, historical) Synonym of swagman (“itinerant traveller”)
Synonym of swagman (“middleman for stolen goods; a fence”)
swagsmen
swagsmen
noun
plural of swagsman
swamphen
swamphen
noun
Any of several species of bird in the genus Porphyrio of the family Rallidae.
swampine
swamping
swamping
noun
An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
verb
present participle of swamp
swanmark
swanmark
noun
(UK) A mark of ownership cut on the bill of a swan.
swanmote
swarming
swarming
noun
(colloquial, Canada) A crime where an unsuspecting innocent bystander is attacked by several culprits at once, with no known motive.
The motion of a swarm.
verb
present participle of swarm
sweetman
sweetman
noun
(African-American Vernacular, dated) A male pimp.
swimming
swimming
noun
The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.
verb
present participle of swim
swingism
swingism
Noun
Opposition by agricultural labourers to new machinery that could put them out of work.
swingman
swingman
noun
(sports) A player who can swing between two different positions, often the small forward and shooting guard positions in basketball.
swingmen
swingmen
noun
plural of swingman
swordman
swordman
noun
A swordsman.
swordmen
swordmen
noun
plural of swordman
theowman
theowmen
timeworn
timeworn
adj
Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed.
tinwoman
towerman
towerman
noun
(rail transport, US) a person employed in a railroad switch tower to control and direct the movement of cars and trains.
towermen
towermen
noun
plural of towerman
towmonds
towmonts
townhome
townhome
noun
(US) A townhouse or row house.
townsman
townsman
noun
A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.