(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
(transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
acrawl
acrawl
adj
Crawling.
Full of or covered (with something that crawls or moves as if crawling).
awatch
awatch
adj
Watching; in a state of vigilance.
awreck
awreck
adv
in or into a state of being wrecked
beclaw
beclaw
verb
(transitive) To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
bewick
caddow
caddow
noun
(UK, dialect) A jackdaw.
cadwal
cahows
cahows
noun
plural of cahow
callow
callow
adj
(by extension) Immature, lacking in life experience.
(by extension, life-cycle developmental stage) Newly emerged or hatched, juvenile.
(of a brick) Unburnt.
Bald, hairless, bare.
Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis); teneral.
Of land: low-lying and liable to be submerged.
Shallow or weak-willed.
Unfledged (of a young bird), featherless.
noun
A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively.
A callow young bird.
An alluvial flat.
cardew
carlow
carlow
Proper noun
A county in the Republic of Ireland
A town in the county of Carlow, Ireland.
carrew
carrow
carrow
noun
(archaic) A strolling gamester in Ireland.
cashaw
cashaw
noun
Alternative form of cushaw
cashew
cashew
noun
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
cawing
cawing
noun
The act of producing a caw sound.
verb
present participle of caw
cawker
cawker
noun
Alternative form of calker
cawley
cawney
cawnie
cawnie
noun
(historical) A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.
cawood
chawan
chawan
noun
An East Asian tea bowl, in which tea may be prepared and then consumed.
chawed
chawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed.
chawer
chawer
noun
One who chaws; a chewer.
chawia
chawle
cheraw
chewed
chewed
adj
That has been chewed; masticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chew
chewer
chewer
noun
One who chews.
chewet
chewet
noun
(obsolete) A chough.
(obsolete) A kind of meat pie.
chewie
chewie
noun
(Australia, informal) Chewing gum.
(informal) A chewable treat or toy intended for a pet.
chowed
chowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chow
chowry
chowry
noun
A flyflap or whisk originally made from the bushy tail of a yak.
chowse
chowse
verb
(transitive) Obsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”)
chuzwi
chwana
ciwies
clawed
clawed
adj
having claws (of animals)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of claw
clawer
clawer
noun
One who, or that which, claws things.
clewed
clewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clew
clower
clowns
clowns
noun
plural of clown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clown
clowre
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.
cogway
collow
colwen
colwin
colwyn
conway
conway
Proper noun
Former English name of Conwy in North Wales.
derived from the city or its river.
name transferred from the surname.
A city in Arkansas, USA
A city in South Carolina, USA
cornew
corwin
corwun
coshow
cotwal
cotwal
noun
Alternative form of cutwal
cotwin
cotwin
noun
A twin's twin.
cowage
cowage
noun
A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.
coward
coward
adj
(heraldry, of a lion) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
Cowardly.
noun
A person who lacks courage.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To intimidate.
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.
cowden
cowdie
cowdie
noun
The kauri tree.
coween
cowell
cowers
cowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cower
coweta
coweta
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA.
cowier
cowier
adj
comparative form of cowy: more cowy
cowing
cowing
verb
present participle of cow
cowish
cowish
adj
timorous; fearful; cowardly
noun
An umbelliferous plant (Lomatium cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon, USA.
cowled
cowled
adj
(of a chimney) Fitted with a cowl.
Wearing a cowl; hooded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cowl
cowles
cowley
cowley
Proper noun
A district of London, England, in the borough of Hillingdon
A town near Oxford, England
A village in Alberta, Canada
A town in Wyoming
cowman
cowman
noun
cattle rancher
cattleman
cowmen
cowmen
noun
plural of cowman
cowpat
cowpat
noun
A dropping of cow dung.
cowpea
cowpea
noun
Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.
cowpen
cowper
cowper
noun
(obsolete) A cooper.
cowpie
cowpie
noun
A single pile of cow excrement.
cowpox
cowpox
noun
A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.
cowrie
cowrie
noun
(by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
(by extension, dated) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
cowson
cowson
adj
(slang, chiefly South London, archaic) Used for emphasis; bloody; fucking.
That cowson nut is rusted frozen.
noun
(slang, chiefly South London, archaic) An objectionable, contemptible, unfortunate or stubborn person, place or situation (sometimes used ironically or humorously); bastard; git.
That cowson still owes me five quid.
cracow
cracow
noun
Alternative form of crackow (“kind of shoe”)
crakow
crapwa
crawls
crawls
noun
plural of crawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crawl
crawly
crawly
adj
As if covered in moving things such as insects.
Crawling around.
crewed
crewed
adj
Having a crew; manned; piloted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crew
crewel
crewel
noun
Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
verb
(transitive) To make (embroidery) using the crewel method.
crewer
crewer
noun
(informal) A member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft
A competitive rower
A person in charge of locating the technical crew for a media production
crewet
crewet
noun
Alternative form of cruet
crowds
crowds
noun
plural of crowd
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crowd
crowdy
crowdy
adj
(nonstandard) crowded
noun
(Scotland) A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water.
crowed
crowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crow
crower
crower
noun
A bird which, or person who, crows.
crowns
crowns
noun
plural of crown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crown
crwths
crwths
noun
plural of crwth
curfew
curfew
noun
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A signal indicating this time.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
The time when such restriction begins.
curlew
curlew
noun
(Australia) A stone curlew.
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
cushaw
cushaw
noun
Any of certain cultivars of Cucurbita argyrosperma (Cucurbita mixta), one of the species of winter squash.
cutwal
cutwal
noun
Alternative form of kotwal
cwierc
cwierc
noun
An old Polish dry measure, one quarter of a korzec.
cwrite
cynwyd
cywydd
cywydd
noun
(poetry) A Welsh verse form consisting of rhyming couplets written in cynghanedd.
decrew
decrew
verb
(obsolete, rare) To decrease, wane.
dewcap
dewcup
dowcet
ecowas
encowl
encowl
verb
(transitive) To clothe (as) in a cowl; to make (someone) a monk.
eschew
eschew
verb
(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
escrow
escrow
noun
(law) A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow.
(law) In common law, escrow applied to the deposits only of instruments for conveyance of land, but it now applies to all instruments so deposited.
(law) Money or other property so deposited is also loosely referred to as escrow.
The state of property deposited with an escrow agent.
verb
To place in escrow.
gawcey
gawcie
gweduc
hawick
hawick
Proper noun
A town in the Scottish Borders region
ibtcwh
ilwaco
inwick
inwick
noun
(curling) A stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.
kiwach
kwacha
kwacha
noun
Malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.
Zambia's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 ngwee.
lechwe
lechwe
noun
Kobus leche, an African antelope that inhabits marshy regions.
macaws
macaws
noun
plural of macaw
mcewen
mcgraw
mcgrew
mcgrew
Proper noun
A village in Nebraska.
moscow
moscow
Proper noun
The capital city of Russia.
The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.
A city in Idaho, USA
A town name in Iowa, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania, etc. in the USA
mowcht
muscow
navswc
newcal
owasco
owicim
plewch
powcat
rechaw
rechew
rechew
verb
(figuratively) To go over or ponder again.
To chew again.
recrew
recrew
verb
(transitive) To crew (a vessel) again or anew.
schouw
schwab
schwas
schwas
noun
plural of schwa
schwyz
schwyz
Proper noun
A town in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Schwyz.
A canton of Switzerland.
scowed
scowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scow
scowls
scowls
noun
plural of scowl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scowl
scrawk
scrawl
scrawl
noun
(countable, uncommon) A broken branch of a tree.
(uncommon) The young of the dog-crab.
A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
Writing that lacks literary merit.
verb
(intransitive) To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
(intransitive) To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
(transitive) To write something hastily or illegibly.
To creep; crawl; (by extension) to swarm with crawling things
scrawm
scrawm
verb
(UK, dialect, transitive) To tear or scratch.
screws
screws
noun
plural of screw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of screw
screwy
screwy
adj
(archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.
(archaic) Worthless.
(archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.
(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
sowcar
sowcar
noun
Alternative form of soucar
stowce
stowce
noun
(mining) A wooden landmark to indicate possession of mining land.
A windlass.
suckow
swatch
swatch
noun
(Northern England, obsolete) A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally.
(UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
(figuratively) A clump or portion of something.
(figuratively) A demonstration, an example, a proof.
A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
A selection of such samples bound together.
verb
To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.
switch
switch
adj
(freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards.
(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
noun
(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
(card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
(genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
(historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
(music) Synonym of rute.
(rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
(telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
A change or exchange.
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
verb
(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
(intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
(slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
(transitive) To exchange.
(transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
To be swung or whisked.
To swing or whisk.
To trim.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.