An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel.
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
chews
chews
noun
plural of chew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chew
chewy
chewy
adj
Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
noun
(Australia, informal) Alternative form of chewie (“chewing gum”)
(US, informal) A type of soft and sticky cookie.
chivw
chowk
chowk
noun
(India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
(India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
(India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
chows
chows
noun
plural of chow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chow
chwas
cohow
crwth
crwth
noun
(historical) An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.
cwlth
mowch
nowch
nowch
noun
Obsolete form of nouch.
schow
schwa
schwa
noun
(phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.
Alternative form of shva
The character ə.
verb
(phonetics, of a vowel sound, rare) To be reduced to schwa.
tchwi
warch
watch
watch
noun
(nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
(nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
A person or group of people who guard.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a lookout.
(intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
(intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
(nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
(transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
(transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
(transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
(transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
(transitive, intransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
(transitive, obsolete) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
wauch
wecht
wecht
noun
(Scotland) A form of sieve used to winnow grain; the weight of its contents.
verb
(Scotland) To winnow grain using such a device.
welch
welch
noun
A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
verb
To fail to fulfill an obligation.
To fail to repay a small debt.
wench
wench
noun
(US, archaic or historical) A black woman (of any age), especially if in a condition of servitude.
(archaic or dialectal) Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart.
(archaic) A promiscuous woman; a mistress (“other woman in an extramarital relationship”).
(archaic) A prostitute.
(archaic) A woman servant; a maidservant.
(archaic, now dialectal or humorous, possibly offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
(specifically) A girl or young woman of a lower class.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, now humorous) To frequent prostitutes; to whore; also, to womanize.
whack
whack
adj
Alternative form of wack (“crazy”)
noun
(US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
(dated, disco-era drug slang) PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack).
(obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
(originally UK cant, somewhat dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
(typography, computing, slang) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
The sound of a heavy strike.
The strike itself.
The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
verb
(UK, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
(slang) To kill, bump off.
(sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
(transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
To hit, slap or strike.
which
which
det
(interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
(relative, formal outside certain phrases) Designates the one(s) previously mentioned.
The/Any ... that; whichever.
pron
(interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
(relative) Introduces a relative clause giving further information about something previously mentioned.
(relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).
The/Any ones that; whichever.
whick
wicht
winch
winch
noun
(Nigeria, slang) Witch.
(nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).
A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.
A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
verb
To kick with impatience or uneasiness.
To use a winch
To wince; to shrink
witch
witch
noun
(figurative, derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.
(geometry) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
(now usually particularly) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
A person who practices witchcraft.
Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.