A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
A nickname or epithet.
A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
bywork
bywork
noun
Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.
cobweb
cobweb
noun
(Internet slang, rare) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited.
(figurative) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.
(informal, usually in the plural) fuzzy inexact memories.
A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
An intricate plot to catch the unwary.
One of its filaments; gossamer.
The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.
cowboy
cowboy
noun
(Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
(card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
(informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
downby
elbows
elbows
noun
plural of elbow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elbow
elbowy
elbowy
adj
(of a built structure) Angular in an awkward way.
(of a person’s body) Tall and awkward.
(of a person’s movement) Awkward; especially, involving the awkward protrusion of the elbows.
(of a tree or branches) Having bends that resemble elbows.
embowl
embowl
verb
(obsolete) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.
embows
embows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embow
embrew
enwomb
enwomb
verb
(poetic or archaic) To enclose.
(poetic, archaic) To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
fogbow
fogbow
noun
(meteorology) A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets.
forbow
hebrew
ibtcwh
inblow
inblow
noun
That which is blown in.
The act or process of blowing in or into; inflation.
verb
(intransitive) To blow in.
(transitive) To blow into; puff up; inflate.
(transitive) To breathe into; inspire.
lebowa
lebowa
Proper noun
A bantustan in the Transvaal in northeastern South Africa, seen as a home for the Northern Sotho-speaking tribes.
lowber
lowboy
lowboy
noun
(trucking): A semi-trailer designed for hauling vehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment.
A low chest of drawers.
nawabs
nawabs
noun
plural of nawab
oakweb
ojibwa
outbow
outbow
verb
(transitive) To surpass in bowing.
owerby
oxbows
oxbows
noun
plural of oxbow
rambow
rebawl
reblow
rebrew
rebrew
verb
To brew again.
sawbwa
sawbwa
noun
A Shan chieftain.
sawneb
schwab
shwalb
shwebo
subwar
subway
subway
noun
(Britain) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
(Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
(Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
(Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
verb
(intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.
sunbow
sunbow
noun
A bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, caused by refraction through a spray of water from a cataract, waterfall, fountain, etc., rather than through droplets of rain.
swabby
swabby
noun
(informal) A sailor.
swabia
swabia
Proper noun
A historical region of Germany.
towbar
towbar
noun
Alternative spelling of tow bar
towbin
trubow
twibil
twibil
noun
Alternative form of twibill
unwomb
unwomb
verb
(poetic) to remove from the womb
upblow
upblow
verb
(transitive, archaic) To explode, blow up.
(transitive, archaic) To inflate.
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To blow in an upward direction.
upbows
upbows
noun
plural of upbow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upbow
upbrow
wabash
wabash
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Arkansas, USA.
a city in Indiana, USA
an unincorporated community in Nebraska, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
a ghost town in West Virginia, USA.
the in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the
a former railroad, the
wabayo
wabber
wabble
wabble
verb
wobble, move to and fro
wabbly
wabbly
adj
Inclined to wabble; wabbling.
wabena
wabeno
wabron
wabuma
waflib
wahabi
wamble
wamble
noun
(dialect) A rumble of the stomach.
(dialect) An unsteady walk; a staggering or wobbling.
(obsolete) Nausea; seething; bubbling.
verb
(dialect) To feel nauseous, to churn (of stomach).
(dialect) To twist and turn; to wriggle; to roll over.
(dialect) To wobble, to totter, to waver; to walk with an unsteady gait.
(cooking) Bracken, used as a vegetable in Japanese cuisine.
Synonym of monjon (“type of rock-wallaby”)
warble
warble
noun
(military) In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.
A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.
The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
verb
(intransitive) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
(transitive) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
(transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency.
(transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
warbly
warbly
adj
Having a warbling quality; tending to warble
wasabi
wasabi
noun
A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).
An imitation of this condiment made from horseradish with green dye.
wauble
waubun
webbed
webbed
adj
(of feet or hands) With the digits connected by a thin membrane.
Connected to the World Wide Web.
Resembling a web.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of web
webber
webber
noun
(obsolete) One who forms webs; a weaver.
webers
webers
noun
plural of weber
webeye
webeye
noun
A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating from the cornea over the surface of the eye
webfed
wedbed
weeble
weibel
welbie
werbel
westby
whabby
whitby
whitby
Proper noun
A town and seaport in North Yorkshire, England.
Any of a number of other places.
wibaux
wibble
wibble
noun
(Britain, computing) Used as the name of a metasyntactic variable.
(Britain, slang) Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.
verb
(Britain, Internet slang) To make meaningless comments.
(US, informal) To be overwhelmed by emotion and take on a childish expression with a quivering lips and chin.
wiborg
wiburg
widbin
wilbar
wilber
wilber
Proper noun
a city in Nebraska, USA
wilbur
wilbur
Proper noun
name, transferred from the surname.
wimble
wimble
adj
(obsolete) active; nimble
noun
Any of various hand tools for boring holes.
verb
(transitive) To truss hay with a wimble.
To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
wirble
wirble
verb
To whirl; to eddy.
wobble
wobble
noun
(genetics) A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid
(music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep
A tremulous sound.
An unsteady motion.
verb
(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
(intransitive) To tremble or quaver.
(intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.
(transitive) To cause to wobble.
wobbly
wobbly
adj
Unsteady and tending to wobble.
noun
(colloquial, chiefly Britain) A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum.
Alternative spelling of Wobbly.
woburn
wombat
wombat
noun
Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
wombed
wombed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of womb
womble
womble
noun
(Britain, colloquial) A person from the Wimbledon area of London, England.
Alternative spelling of Womble (“fictional furry creature”)