(India, historical) A court of justice in British India.
adrowse
adrowse
adj
drowsy
advowee
advowee
noun
One who has an advowson.
advowry
advowry
noun
Alternative form of avowry
adwesch
adwesch
Verb
To quench; extinguish (fire, pain, malice, enemies, etc.)
aftward
aftward
adv
(nautical) Toward the stern.
ailweed
airward
airward
Adverb
Toward the air; upward.
allowed
allowed
adj
(now rare) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
(now rare) Allotted.
Permitted, authorized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allow
andrews
arrowed
arrowed
adj
Equipped with arrows
Pointed to by an arrow (in a diagram)
verb
past participle of arrow
ashdown
ashdown
Proper noun
A city in and the county seat of in Arkansas, USA.
ashweed
ashweed
noun
Goutweed, Aegopodium podagraria.
ashwood
ashwood
noun
The wood of the ash tree.
attwood
awaited
awaited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of await
awarded
awarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of award
awardee
awardee
noun
The recipient of an award or special honor.
awarder
awarder
noun
One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge, arbitrator or umpire.
aweband
awendaw
awendaw
noun
(US) spoonbread
awkward
awkward
adj
Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
adv
(obsolete) In a backwards direction.
noun
Someone or something that is awkward.
awonder
aylward
baldwin
baldwin
Proper noun
name; rather rare in English.
Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.
A town in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan
A town and a hamlet in New York.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town and village in Wisconsin.
Noun
A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
baldwyn
bandsaw
bandsaw
noun
A powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge.
verb
(transitive) To cut with a bandsaw.
barwood
barwood
noun
The red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood and for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.
bawdier
bawdier
adj
comparative form of bawdy: more bawdy
bawdies
bawdily
bawdily
adv
In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
bawdric
baywood
baywood
noun
The wood of the bay tree.
beadrow
bedawee
bedward
bedward
adv
Toward bed.
bedwarf
bedwarf
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
bedways
benward
bewared
bewared
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of beware
bezwada
bowhead
bowhead
noun
A large whale, Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.
bradawl
bradawl
noun
An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.
bradway
brawled
brawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brawl
brawned
brawned
adj
(obsolete) brawny; strong; muscular
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brawn
bulwand
cadweed
cadwell
camwood
camwood
noun
An African hardwood tree, Baphia nitida, that is a form of sandalwood.
catwood
cawdrey
cowards
cowards
noun
plural of coward
cowardy
cowardy
adj
(Britain) Cowardly.
cowhand
cowhand
noun
One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
cowyard
cowyard
noun
An enclosure for cows close by the farm.
crawdad
crawdad
noun
(US, regional) The crayfish.
crawled
crawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawl
dagwood
dagwood
noun
A multi-layered sandwich containing cold cuts, cheese, lettuce and any of several other fillings
danelaw
danelaw
Proper noun
The part of Great Britain in which the laws of the Scandinavians dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.
The set of legal terms and definitions created in the treaties between the English Alfred the Great and the Danish Guthrum the Old.
darwesh
dawcock
dawcock
noun
(obsolete) A jackdaw.
(obsolete) A silly fellow.
dawdled
dawdled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dawdle
dawdler
dawdler
noun
A person who dawdles or idles.
dawdles
dawdles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawdle
dawkins
dawmont
dawning
dawning
noun
(chiefly poetic) Dawn.
The first beginnings of something.
verb
present participle of dawn
dawpate
dawties
dawting
dawting
verb
present participle of dawt
daydawn
dayglow
dayglow
noun
The airglow of the sky during the day.
dayward
dayward
adv
(poetic) Toward the day.
daywork
daywork
noun
(obsolete) The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
(obsolete) The work done in a day; a day's work.
Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
daywrit
deewans
deewans
noun
plural of deewan
derward
dewanee
dewanny
dewater
dewater
verb
To remove water from.
dewaxed
dewaxed
adj
That has been treated by a dewaxing process
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dewax
dewaxes
dewaxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dewax
dewayne
dewbeam
dewclaw
dewclaw
noun
A vestigial digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground.
dewdamp
deweyan
deweyan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1851–1931), American librarian and educator, and inventor of the
Of or pertaining to (1859–1952), American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer.
dewfall
dewfall
noun
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.
dewlaps
dewlaps
noun
plural of dewlap
dipware
disavow
disavow
verb
(transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
diswarn
diswarn
verb
(obsolete) To dissuade from by previous warning.
doorway
doorway
noun
The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
dorhawk
dorhawk
noun
A bird, the European goatsucker.
dowable
dowable
adj
Capable of being endowed.
Entitled to dower.
dowager
dowager
noun
a widow holding property or title derived from her late husband
any lady of dignified bearing
doweral
dowfart
dowland
downall
downway
dowzall
dragsaw
drawarm
drawbar
drawbar
noun
(engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
(music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
(rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
(rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
(road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
drawboy
drawboy
noun
(weaving) A boy who operates the harness cords of a handloom.
Part of a power loom that performs the same function.
drawcut
drawees
drawees
noun
plural of drawee
drawers
drawers
noun
(archaic) Clothing worn on the legs, especially that worn next to the skin, such as hose or breeches.
(dated or regional, informal) Underpants, especially long underpants.
(slang) Any clothing covering the legs, such as shorts, trousers, or tights.
plural of drawer
drawing
drawing
noun
(uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
A small portion of tea for steeping.
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
The process of drawing or pulling something.
verb
present participle of draw
drawled
drawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drawl
drawler
drawler
noun
One who drawls.
drawnet
drawnet
noun
(archaic) A net for catching the larger sorts of birds.
(fishing) A dragnet.
drawnly
drawoff
drawout
drawrod
drawrod
noun
(rail transport) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.
drywall
drywall
noun
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
A wall made of this.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To install and finish drywall.
durward
durware
durwaun
dwaible
dwaibly
dwamish
dwarfed
dwarfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dwarf
dwarfer
dwarfer
adj
(horticulture) comparative form of dwarf: more dwarf
dwarves
dwarves
noun
plural of dwarf
dworman
dyeware
eadwina
eadwine
edgeway
edgeway
noun
A form of railway in which the road is causewayed up to the level of the top of the flanges.
edwards
edwards
Proper noun
from the given name Edward.
ellwand
ellwand
noun
(historical) An measuring rod, one ell in length.
endways
endways
adv
endwise
fanweed
fanweed
noun
The flowering plant Thlaspi arvense.
fanwood
fatwood
fatwood
noun
A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.
faywood
feedway
feedway
noun
The channel along which material is fed into a machine for processing.
fewmand
forward
forward
adj
(figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
(finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
(obsolete) Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
(of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
Having the usual order or sequence.
Situated toward or at the front of something.
Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
adv
(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
At, near or towards the front of something.
In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
In the usual order or sequence.
Into the future.
So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
noun
(Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
(basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
(dialectal or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.
(finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
(ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
(nautical) The front part of a vessel.
(rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”)..
verb
(transitive) To advance, promote.
(transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
(transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
froward
froward
adj
(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.
prep
(obsolete) Away from.
gadwall
gadwall
noun
A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).