(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
(transitive) To expect.
(transitive, formal) To wait for.
(transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
awake
awake
adj
(figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.
Not asleep; conscious.
verb
(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
(intransitive, figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
(transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
(transitive) To make aware of something.
(transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
awald
awalt
awane
award
award
noun
(Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
(law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
(law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
verb
(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
(transitive) To give (a person) an award.
(transitive) To give (an award).
(transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
aware
aware
adj
Conscious or having knowledge of something.
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
awarn
awarn
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To warn.
awash
awash
adj
(by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
awave
awave
adj
waving
aways
aways
adv
Alternative spelling of a ways
awber
aweek
aweel
aweel
intj
(Scotland) Well; well then.
awest
awest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of awe
aweto
aweto
noun
(New Zealand) A parasitic fungus of the genus Ophiocordyceps.
awful
awful
adj
(dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
(now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
(now rare) Struck or filled with awe or reverence.
(obsolete) Terror-stricken.
Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
Very bad.
adv
(colloquial) Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.
(colloquial, US, Canada) Very, extremely.
awhet
awhir
awide
awing
awing
adv
On the wing; flying; fluttering.
verb
present participle of awe
awink
awink
adj
Winking.
awiwi
awkly
awkly
adv
(obsolete) Awkwardly.
(obsolete) In an unlucky or perverse manner.
awned
awned
adj
Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
awner
awner
noun
A device for cutting the awns from grain.
awoke
awoke
verb
(rare) past participle of awake
simple past tense of awake
awols
awols
noun
plural of awol
awork
awork
Adverb
At work; in action.
balow
batwa
bawds
bawds
noun
plural of bawd
bawdy
bawdy
adj
(of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
bawke
bawls
bawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bawl
bawly
bawly
noun
Alternative form of bawley
bawra
bawty
bawty
noun
(Scotland) A dog.
bepaw
blaew
blawn
blaws
bowla
bowra
brawl
brawl
noun
(dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”)
(dance, obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
verb
(intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
(intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
(intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
(transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold.
brawn
brawn
noun
(UK, dialectal) A boar.
(chiefly Britain) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
Physical strength; muscularity.
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
verb
(intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.
(transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
braws
bwana
bwana
noun
(slang) Big boss, important person.
bylaw
bylaw
noun
A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
byway
byway
noun
(by extension) a little-known or arcane field of study or detail.
a road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path.
a road that is not frequently travelled.
cadew
cadew
noun
(obsolete) A caddice.
cahow
cahow
noun
An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel.
carew
cawed
cawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caw
cawky
cawky
adj
Resembling or relating to cawk.
cawny
cawny
noun
Alternative form of cawnie
chawk
chawl
chawl
noun
A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
chawn
chaws
chaws
noun
plural of chaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaw
chewa
chwas
clawk
claws
claws
noun
plural of claw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of claw
cowal
cowal
noun
(Australia) A billabong, or stagnant pool.
cowan
cowan
noun
(Freemasonry) A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
(Scotland, obsolete, rare) A fishing-boat.
(in attributive use) Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.
(slang) A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.
A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
crawl
crawl
noun
(figurative) A very slow pace.
(television, film) A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
verb
(intransitive) Followed by with: see crawl with.
(intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
(intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
(intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
(intransitive, transitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
(transitive) To move over (an area) on hands and knees.
(transitive) To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
(transitive, Internet) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
crawm
craws
craws
noun
plural of craw
datsw
dawdy
dawed
dawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daw
dawen
dawes
dawks
dawks
noun
plural of dawk
dawna
dawns
dawns
noun
plural of dawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawn
dawny
dawts
dawts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawt
dawut
delaw
dewal
dewan
dewan
noun
(historical) A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor.
dewar
dewar
noun
A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.
dewax
dewax
verb
To remove wax from a material or from a surface.
diwan
diwan
noun
Alternative form of dewan
drawk
drawk
noun
(archaic) Grass growing as a weed among corn.
(archaic) Ryegrass, darnel, cockle, tare, or wild oats.
verb
(UK, dialectal) To drench with water.
drawl
drawl
noun
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
verb
(intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
(transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
(transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
drawn
drawn
adj
Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
Of a game: undecided; having no definite winner and loser.
verb
past participle of draw
draws
draws
noun
plural of draw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draw
dwain
dwale
dwale
noun
(archaic) A sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna.
(dialect) A torpor.
(heraldry) Sable or black (when the colors are blazoned as plants).
A bugbear.
Belladonna or a similar soporific plant.
verb
(dialectal) To mutter deliriously
dwalm
dwalm
noun
(Scotland) A swoon; a sudden sickness.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To fail in health.
dwane
dwang
dwang
noun
(carpentry, Scotland, New Zealand) A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building.
A large metal crowbar.
dwaps
dwarf
dwarf
adj
(especially in botany) Miniature.
noun
(astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
(now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
verb
(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
(transitive) To make appear insignificant.
(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
dwyka
egwan
etwas
eutaw
ewald
ewall
eward
ewart
ewart
Proper noun
name from the Norman French for Edward
derived from the given name
fanwe
fatwa
fatwa
noun
(Islam) A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.
verb
(rare, transitive) To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.
fawna
fawne
fawns
fawns
noun
plural of fawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fawn