(Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
capshaw
chappow
cowpath
cowpath
noun
A path made by, or used by, cows.
crowhop
epworth
hipwort
hipwort
noun
A fleshy, edible plant in the stonecrop family (Umbilicus rupestris).
hopwood
ipswich
ipswich
Proper noun
The county town of Suffolk, England
A city in south-east Queensland, Australia.
A coastal town in Massachusetts, USA.
A small city in South Dakota, USA
An unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
jewship
morphew
morphew
noun
A blemish or mark on the skin, especially a blister caused by scurvy.
nephews
nephews
noun
plural of nephew
owrehip
pasahow
pathway
pathway
noun
(biochemistry) A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.
(figurative) A course of action.
A footpath or other path or track.
pigwash
pigwash
noun
pigswill
ponhaws
potshaw
powhead
powitch
preshow
preshow
noun
A lesser show that occurs before the main entertainment.
verb
(transitive) To show in advance.
prewash
prewash
noun
A quick rinse given to objects before they are washed properly.
verb
To rinse something before washing it properly.
prewhip
prewhip
verb
(transitive, cooking) To whip in advance.
pshawed
pshawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pshaw
rewhelp
shipway
shipway
noun
A navigable canal.
The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
shuswap
shuswap
Noun
A member of a First Nations people residing in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Proper noun
The traditional language of these people.
The tribe which this people constitutes.
towpath
towpath
noun
A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.
unwhipt
unwhipt
adj
Archaic spelling of unwhipped.
upthrew
upthrew
verb
simple past tense of upthrow
upthrow
upthrow
noun
(geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
verb
(archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
(geology, intransitive, of a mass of material) To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
(geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
upwheel
upwheel
verb
(intransitive, poetic) To wheel upward.
upwhelm
upwhirl
upwhirl
verb
(intransitive) To rise upward in a whirl.
(transitive) To raise upward with a whirling motion.
waipahu
wampish
wampish
verb
(intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To wriggle, twist or swerve about, like a fish swimming
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To brandish or flourish, or be brandished or flourished.
wanhope
wanhope
noun
(UK dialectal or archaic) Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair.
Vain hope; overconfidence; delusion.
warpath
warpath
noun
(figurative) A course of action that leads to battle or hostility.
(historical) The route taken by a party of Native Americans going on a warlike expedition.
warship
warship
noun
Any ship built or armed for naval combat.
washpot
washpot
noun
A pot which holds water for washing.
washups
washups
noun
plural of washup
waspish
waspish
adj
Spiteful or irascible.
Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
watapeh
whampee
whample
whapped
whapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whap
whapper
whapper
noun
Alternative form of whopper
whappet
whapuka
whapuku
wheeped
wheeple
wheeple
verb
(dialect) To whistle.
whelped
whelped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whelp
whereup
whereup
adv
(archaic, poetic) Up which.
whimper
whimper
noun
A low intermittent sob.
verb
To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
To say something in a whimpering manner.
whipcat
whipman
whipman
noun
A man who uses a whip.
whipped
whipped
adj
(slang) Controlled by a spouse or significant other to an unreasonable degree.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whip
whipper
whipper
noun
A device that whips a substance, such as cream.
A person or thing that whips.
whippet
whippet
noun
(slang) A cartridge of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug.
A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing.
whipple
whipray
whipray
noun
Synonym of whiptail stingray
whipsaw
whipsaw
adj
Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once.
noun
A rip saw often operated by two people.
verb
(US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
(transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
(transitive, finance) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
To operate a whipsaw.
whisper
whisper
noun
(Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
(figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something).
(usually in the plural) A rumor.
A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.
verb
(intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.
(intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
(intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
(transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
(transitive, obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
(transitive, obsolete) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
whomped
whomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whomp
whooped
whooped
adj
(US, Southern, gay slang) Flawless.
Intoxicated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whoop
whoopee
whoopee
intj
A spontaneous expression of delight or joy.
verb
To behave exuberantly; to make whoopee.
whooper
whooper
noun
A person or animal that whoops.
The whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus.
The whooping crane, Grus americana.
whoopla
whoopla
noun
Alternative form of hoopla
whopped
whopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whop
whopper
whopper
noun
(informal) An outrageous or blatant lie.
(informal) Something remarkably large.
whumped
whumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whump
wimpish
wimpish
adj
Characteristic of a wimp.
wispish
wispish
adj
Wispy.
witship
woppish
woppish
adj
(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Resembling or characteristic of a wop (person of Italian descent).
worship
worship
noun
(Christianity, specifically) The adoration owed to God alone, as greater than the veneration that may be accorded to figures such as saints.