An article of women's clothing for the upper body, usually thigh-length and wrapping or tying in front; a bedjacket.
bugweed
dowager
dowager
noun
a widow holding property or title derived from her late husband
any lady of dignified bearing
duenweg
edgeway
edgeway
noun
A form of railway in which the road is causewayed up to the level of the top of the flanges.
gadwell
gaedown
godewyn
godwine
gowaned
gowaned
adj
(poetic) Covered in daisies.
gowdnie
growled
growled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of growl
gumweed
gumweed
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Grindelia.
gutweed
gutweed
noun
Sonchus arvensis, a terrestrial plant.
Ulva intestinalis, a seaweed.
gweduck
gweduck
noun
Alternative form of geoduck
gweducs
gweducs
noun
plural of gweduc
gwynedd
gwynedd
Proper noun
A principal area of Wales, to the north-west of the country
hagweed
hedwiga
hogweed
hogweed
noun
An umbelliferous plant, of genus Heracleum, most species of which are phototoxic.
Any coarse weedy herb.
Certain plants from the genera Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.
ludewig
mugweed
mugweed
noun
A slender European weed (Galium cruciata); the crossweed.
pegwood
pigweed
pigweed
noun
(uncommon, dialectal) Heracleum sphondylium
Amaranthus species
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
Chenopodium album, white goosefoot
Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass)
Portulaca bicolor, of Australia
ragweed
ragweed
noun
A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen which people with hay fever are allergic to.
redwing
redwing
noun
A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.
swagged
swagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swag
swedger
swigged
swigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swig
swinged
swinged
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of swing
simple past tense and past participle of swinge
twanged
twanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twang
twigged
twigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twig
twinged
twinged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twinge
unwaged
unwaged
adj
Not waged, as a war.
unwedge
unwedge
verb
(transitive) To free from a wedged state or position.
wagedom
wagedom
noun
The practice of hiring workers for wages.
wagered
wagered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wager
waggled
waggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waggle
wagoned
wagoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wagon
wangled
wangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wangle
wardage
wedding
wedding
noun
Joining of two or more parts.
Marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
verb
(intransitive, humorous) To participate in a wedding.
present participle of wed
wedgier
wedgier
adj
comparative form of wedgy: more wedgy
wedgies
wedgies
noun
plural of wedgie
wedging
wedging
noun
(construction) A method of joining timbers.
The process of supporting or securing something with a wedge.
verb
present participle of wedge
weedage
weeding
weeding
noun
The removal of weeds; the process by which something is weeded.
verb
present participle of weed
weighed
weighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weigh
welding
welding
noun
binding together inseparably; uniting closely or intimately.
joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination, or
verb
present participle of weld
wendigo
wendigo
noun
(mythology) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”)
wending
wending
noun
act of going, course
direction
verb
present participle of wend
wergeld
wergeld
noun
(historical, especially in Germanic law) Blood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their rank, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to the victim in the case of injury or to the victim's kindred in the case of homicide.
(historical, especially in Germanic law) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.
wergild
weygand
whanged
whanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whang
whigged
whigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whig
whinged
whinged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whing
simple past tense and past participle of whinge
widegab
widegap
widegap
adj
Having a wide bandgap.
widgeon
widgeon
noun
Alternative spelling of wigeon
widgery
widgets
widgets
noun
plural of widget
wiggled
wiggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wiggle
windage
windage
noun
(automotive) Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
(ballistics) Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm or bow.
(ballistics) The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot.
(chiefly nautical) Exposure to the wind.
(medicine, dated) A contusion caused by a projectile that does not enter the skin, due to either compressed air or a glancing blow