(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.
awide
awned
awned
adj
Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
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.
bedew
bedew
verb
(transitive) To make wet with or as if with dew.
bowed
bowed
adj
Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bow
browd
cadew
cadew
noun
(obsolete) A caddice.
cawed
cawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caw
clwyd
clywd
cowed
cowed
adj
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cowed.
Frightened into submission.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cow
crowd
crowd
noun
(now dialectal) A fiddle.
(obsolete) Alternative form of crwth
(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
verb
(intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
(intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers
(nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
(nautical, of a square-rigged ship, transitive) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
(obsolete, intransitive) To play on a crowd; to fiddle.
(transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
(transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
(transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
(transitive, often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
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
dekow
delaw
depew
devow
devow
verb
(obsolete) To disavow; to disclaim.
(obsolete) To give up; to devote.
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.
dewed
dewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dew
dewer
dewey
dewey
Proper noun
name derived from the surname, popular in the U.S. in the 1890s.
dewie
dhows
dhows
noun
plural of dhow
diwan
diwan
noun
Alternative form of dewan
dowdy
dowdy
adj
Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.
Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
noun
A plain or shabby person.
verb
(cooking, transitive) To press the crust into the filling during baking, to allow the juices to caramelize on top.
dowed
dowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dow
dowel
dowel
noun
(construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
verb
(transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
(transitive) To furnish with dowels.
dower
dower
noun
(law) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.
(law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
(obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
verb
(transitive) To endow.
(transitive) To give a dower or dowry to.
dowie
dowly
downe
downe
adv
Obsolete spelling of down
downs
downs
noun
plural of down
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of down
downy
downy
adj
(UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth.
Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
Sharp-witted, perceptive.
noun
A blanket filled with down; a duvet.
dowry
dowry
noun
(less common) Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.
(obsolete) Dower.
A natural gift or talent.
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
verb
To bestow a dowry upon.
dowse
dowse
noun
Alternative form of douse (“strike”)
verb
(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”)
Alternative form of douse (“to strike”)
dowve
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
drews
drown
drown
verb
(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
(transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
(transitive, figurative) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
(transitive, figurative, usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
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.
dweck
dwell
dwell
noun
(automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
(electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
(engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
verb
(intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
(intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
(transitive with on) To linger on a particular thought, idea, etc.; to remain fixated on something.
dwelt
dwelt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dwell
dwine
dwine
verb
(archaic outside Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.
dwyer
dwyka
edwin
edwin
Proper noun
Edwin of Northumbria.
endew
endew
verb
(obsolete) Alternative form of endue (“to endow”)
endow
endow
verb
(transitive) Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
(transitive) Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something).
(transitive, archaic or obsolete) To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”).
ewald
eward
ewder
ewold
gowds
gowdy
gweed
hawed
hawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of haw
hewed
howdy
howdy
intj
(chiefly US, informal) An informal greeting.
noun
(Scotland) A wife, a midwife.
verb
(transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
indew
indew
verb
Obsolete form of endue.
indow
indow
verb
Obsolete spelling of endow
jawed
jawed
adj
(in combination) Having a specified type of jaw.
Having jaws.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jaw
jewed
jewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jew
jowed
keywd
ladew
lawed
lawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of law
simple past tense and past participle of lawe
lowed
lowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of low
mawed
mawed
adj
Having a maw (of a specified kind).
mewed
mewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mew
mowed
mowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mow
nowed
nowed
adj
(heraldry) Knotted; tied in a knot.
odawa
owned
owned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of own
pawed
pawed
adj
Having (a specified kind or number of) paws.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paw
rewed
rewed
verb
To wed again.
rowdy
rowdy
adj
Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
noun
(Victorian slang) money; ready money.
A boisterous person; a brawler.
rowed
rowed
adj
Formed into a row, or rows; having a specified number of rows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of row
sawed
sawed
verb
(dialectal, often humorous) simple past tense of see
simple past tense and past participle of saw
scawd
sewed
sewed
adj
Having been created through the sewing process.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sew
showd
sowed
sowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sow
sward
sward
noun
(Philippines) A homosexual man.
(countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
(countable, obsolete except Britain, dialectal) The rind of bacon or pork; also, the outer covering or skin of something.
(countable, obsolete) The upper layer of the ground, especially when vegetation is growing on it.
(uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
verb
(intransitive) Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.
(transitive) To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.
swede
swede
noun
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The turnip.
(UK, slang) The head.
(chiefly Britain) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
The plant from which this is obtained.
verb
To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
swerd
swird
sword
sword
noun
(heraldry) The weapon, often used as a heraldic charge.
(tarot) A card of this suit.
(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
(weaponry) A long-bladed weapon device with a grip- a hilt (a pommel and cross guard), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
verb
To stab or cut with a sword
tawed
tawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of taw
tewed
tewed
adj
(obsolete, dialect) fatigued; worn from labour or hardship
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tew
towed
towed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tow
twedy
tweed
tweed
noun
A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
unwed
unwed
adj
Not married.
noun
One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster.
Should unweds living together receive the same social benefits as married couples?
verb
(transitive) To annul the marriage of.
(transitive, figurative) To separate.
vowed
vowed
adj
Undertaken in accordance with a vow; solemnly promised.
verb
past participle of vow
waadt
wadai
waddy
waddy
noun
(Australia) A piece of wood; a stick or peg; also, a walking stick.
(Australia) A war club used by Aboriginal Australians; a nulla nulla.
(colloquial) A cowboy.
verb
(Australia, transitive) To attack or beat with an Aboriginal war club.
waded
waded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wade
wader
wader
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc.
A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments.
One who wades.
wades
wades
noun
plural of wade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wade
wadge
wadge
noun
(Ulster) thick slice of bread
wadis
wadis
noun
plural of wadi
wadna
waged
waged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wage
waird
wajda
waked
waked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wake
waldo
waldo
noun
A remote manipulation system in which a slave device mimics the motions of a master device manipulated directly by the operator.
waled
waled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wale
wanda
wando
wands
wands
noun
plural of wand
wandy
wandy
adj
(UK, dialect) Long and flexible, like a wand; wandlike
waned
waned
adj
(woodworking) Having wanes, i.e. rounded corners caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wane
warda
warde
wards
wards
noun
plural of ward
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ward
wared
wared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ware
waved
waved
adj
(biology) Having on the margin a succession of curved segments or incisions.
(heraldry) Indented.
Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wave
waxed
waxed
adj
Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or waterproof, or to protect it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wax
weald
weald
noun
(archaic) A forest or wood.
(archaic) An open country.
wedel
wedel
noun
(skiing) Alternative form of wedeln
wedge
wedge
noun
(UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
(US, regional) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
(archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
(architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
(colloquial, Britain) A quantity of money.
(figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
(finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
(geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
(golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
(mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
(meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
(meteorology) A wedge tornado.
(music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
(obsolete) An ingot.
(obsolete, slang, uncountable) Silver or items made of silver collectively.
(phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
(typography, US) A háček.
A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
verb
(computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
(transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
(transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
(transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
(transitive) To shape into a wedge.
(transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
(transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
(transitive, intransitive) To force into a narrow gap.