| ACKNOWNE | • ACKNOWNE adj. (Shakespeare) aware, confessedly cognizant. |
| BACKDOWN | • backdown n. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal. • back␣down v. (Idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to. • back␣down v. (Idiomatic) To withdraw from a commitment or position. |
| CAREWORN | • careworn adj. Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry. • CAREWORN adj. showing signs of stress. |
| CHAWDRON | • chawdron n. (Now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails. • chawdron n. (Obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food). • CHAWDRON n. (Shakespeare) the entrails of an animal. |
| CONWOMAN | • conwoman n. A female con artist. • con␣woman n. Con artist (female). • CONWOMAN n. a (female) confidence trickster. |
| CORDWAIN | • cordwain n. A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide. • CORDWAIN n. a fine goatskin leather, also CORDOVAN. |
| COWBANES | • cowbanes n. Plural of cowbane. • COWBANE n. the water hemlock, often poisonous to cattle. |
| COWHANDS | • cowhands n. Plural of cowhand. • COWHAND n. one who looks after cows. |
| COXSWAIN | • coxswain n. In a ship’s boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat’s crew. • coxswain n. (Rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers. • coxswain n. (Archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master’s barge. |
| DOWNCAST | • downcast adj. (Of eyes) Looking downwards. • downcast adj. (Of a person) Feeling despondent. • downcast n. (Computing) A cast from supertype to subtype. |
| FACEDOWN | • facedown adv. Alternative form of face-down. • facedown n. Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”). • face-down adv. (Of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed… |
| NOWCASTS | • nowcasts n. Plural of nowcast. • nowcasts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nowcast. • NOWCAST n. a report on current weather conditions. |
| SNOWCAPS | • snowcaps n. Plural of snowcap. • snow␣caps n. Plural of snow cap. • SNOWCAP n. a very small humming bird native of New Grenada. |
| SNOWCATS | • snowcats n. Plural of snowcat. • SNOWCAT n. a tracklaying vehicle for travel on snow. |
| SNOWPACK | • snowpack n. An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount. • SNOWPACK n. an accumulation of packed snow. |
| WACONDAS | • WACONDA n. (Native American) a supernatural force in Sioux belief, also WAHCONDA, WAKANDA. |
| WAHCONDA | • Wahconda prop.n. Dated form of Wakanda. • WAHCONDA n. (Native American) a supernatural force in Sioux belief, also WACONDA, WAKANDA. |
| WAINSCOT | • wainscot n. (Architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. • wainscot n. Any of various noctuid moths. • wainscot v. To decorate a wall with a wainscot. |
| WARDCORN | • wardcorn n. (UK, law, obsolete) A payment of corn to be offered in commutation of military service. • WARDCORN n. a payment in corn. |