From <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> + -ity. <span class="searchmatch">widowity</span> (uncountable) Synonym of widowhood 1680, George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, “The Precedency due to Women”, in Observations upon...
chuck-will's-<span class="searchmatch">widow</span> Dutch <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> false <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> golf <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> grass <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> half-<span class="searchmatch">widow</span> hempen <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> hemp-<span class="searchmatch">widow</span> merry <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> military <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> trans <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> war <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> bewitched...
<span class="searchmatch">widows</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> <span class="searchmatch">widows</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">widow</span>; to make a <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> of...
From <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">widowly</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">widowly</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">widowly</span>) Like, or suiting, a <span class="searchmatch">widow</span>. Synonym: widowlike “<span class="searchmatch">widowly</span>”, in Webster’s...
<span class="searchmatch">widowing</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">widow</span>...
Short form of false <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> spider. From the appearance similar to the black <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> spider. false <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> (plural false <span class="searchmatch">widows</span>) a spider with an appearance...
black <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> (plural black <span class="searchmatch">widows</span>) Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus spp. A woman who kills one...
<span class="searchmatch">widow's</span> peak (plural <span class="searchmatch">widow's</span> peaks or <span class="searchmatch">widows</span>' peaks) A descending V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead. 2010, Gary Shteyngart,...
See also: widowmaker and <span class="searchmatch">widow</span>-maker <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> maker (plural <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> makers) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">widow</span>-maker...
military <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> (plural military <span class="searchmatch">widows</span>) The <span class="searchmatch">widow</span> of a soldier who was killed while in active service. (slang, sarcastic) The wife of a soldier who lives...