(dated, postpositive) Blowing or being blown; windy.
(obsolete, postpositive) Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
aflow
aflow
Adverb
flowing
aglow
aglow
adj
(sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant
ahwal
alawi
alawi
Noun
Alawite
allow
allow
verb
(law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
(obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
(transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
(transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
(transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
(transitive) To render physically possible.
(transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
(transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
(transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
To not bar or obstruct.
alowe
alway
alway
adv
(archaic) Alternative form of always
alwin
alwin
Proper noun
name; always rather rare in English.
alwyn
alwyn
Proper noun
name, a rare variant of Alwin.
awald
awalt
aweel
aweel
intj
(Scotland) Well; well then.
awful
awful
adj
(dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
(now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
(now rare) Struck or filled with awe or reverence.
(obsolete) Terror-stricken.
Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
Very bad.
adv
(colloquial) Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.
(colloquial, US, Canada) Very, extremely.
awkly
awkly
adv
(obsolete) Awkwardly.
(obsolete) In an unlucky or perverse manner.
awols
awols
noun
plural of awol
balow
bawls
bawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bawl
bawly
bawly
noun
Alternative form of bawley
below
below
adv
(nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.
(of a temperature) Below zero.
In or to a lower place.
Later in the same text.
On or to a lower storey.
prep
(stage directions) Downstage of.
Downstream of.
Lower in spatial position than.
Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.
South of.
Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
bilow
blaew
blawn
blaws
blown
blown
adj
(automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
(obsolete) Stale; worthless.
(of glass) Formed by blowing.
Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
Distended, swollen, or inflated.
Having failed.
Panting and out of breath.
Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
verb
past participle of blow
blows
blows
noun
plural of blow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blow
blowy
blowy
adj
(of fabric, hair, etc.) Billowy, blowing or waving in the wind.
(of soil) Susceptible to drifting.
Windy or breezy.
noun
Alternative spelling of blowie
bowel
bowel
noun
(chiefly medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
(in the plural, archaic) The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
(in the plural, figuratively) The (deep) interior of something.
(obsolete, in the plural) offspring
verb
(now rare) To disembowel.
bowla
bowle
bowle
noun
Obsolete form of bowl.
bowls
bowls
noun
A ball used in the game of bowls
A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
plural of bowl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowl
bowly
brawl
brawl
noun
(dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”)
(dance, obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
verb
(intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
(intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
(intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
(transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold.
bulow
bylaw
bylaw
noun
A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
chawl
chawl
noun
A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
clawk
claws
claws
noun
plural of claw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of claw
clews
clews
noun
plural of clew
clown
clown
noun
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.
A clownfish.
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
A stupid or badly-behaved person.
verb
(intransitive) To act in a silly or playful fashion.
(transitive, African-American Vernacular) To ridicule.
clwyd
clywd
cowal
cowal
noun
(Australia) A billabong, or stagnant pool.
cowle
cowls
cowls
noun
plural of cowl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cowl
crawl
crawl
noun
(figurative) A very slow pace.
(television, film) A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
verb
(intransitive) Followed by with: see crawl with.
(intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
(intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
(intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
(intransitive, transitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
(transitive) To move over (an area) on hands and knees.
(transitive) To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
(transitive, Internet) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
crowl
crowl
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To make a growling noise, as the stomach.
cwlth
delaw
dewal
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.
dowly
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.
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.
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
elbow
elbow
noun
(US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.
(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
(basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
(knots) Two nearby crossings of a rope.
A hit with the elbow.
verb
(transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
(transitive, by extension) To nudge, jostle or push.
(transitive, with "out" or "aside") To make someone quit or lose their job so that someone else can get it.
elwee
elwin
elwyn
ewald
ewall
ewell
ewold
flawn
flawn
noun
(obsolete) A flan (custard-based desert)
(obsolete) A pancake or hotcake.
flaws
flaws
noun
plural of flaw
flawy
flawy
adj
Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective.
Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.
flews
flews
noun
plural of flew
flowe
flowe
verb
Obsolete form of flow.
flowk
flowk
noun
Archaic form of fluke. (type of worm)
flown
flown
adj
(theater) Suspended in the flies.
verb
(rare, obsolete) past participle of flow
past participle of fly
flows
flows
noun
plural of flow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flow
fowle
fowle
noun
Obsolete spelling of fowl
fowls
fowls
noun
plural of fowl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fowl
frowl
fulwa
glows
glows
noun
plural of glow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glow
growl
growl
noun
(by extension) A similar sound made by a human.
(by extension) An aggressive grumbling.
(by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.
(jazz, by extension) A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument.
A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
verb
(intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
(intransitive, jazz) Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.
(intransitive, software) To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
(transitive) To express (something) by growling.
(transitive, jazz) To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound.
gwawl
gwelo
gwely
halwe
hewel
howel
howel
noun
A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.
verb
(transitive) To smooth; to plane.
howls
howls
noun
plural of howl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howl
iflwu
ilgwu
inlaw
inlaw
noun
Alternative spelling of in-law
verb
(UK, law, historical, transitive) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law
jewel
jewel
noun
(figuratively) Anything precious or valuable.
(horology) A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
verb
To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
jowel
jowls
jowls
noun
plural of jowl
jowly
jowly
adj
Having conspicuous jowls.
kowal
kwela
kwela
noun
(South Africa, music) A style of music, first played in the townships, whose principal instrument is the penny whistle.
labaw
ladew
lawai
lawed
lawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of law
simple past tense and past participle of lawe
lawen
lawes
lawes
noun
plural of lawe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lawe
lawks
lawks
intj
(UK, dialectal) Lord! (especially as an expression of surprise)
lawns
lawns
noun
plural of lawn
lawny
lawny
adj
Having or resembling a grass lawn.
Made of lawn or fine linen.
lawry
lawzy
lerwa
lewak
lewan
lewes
lewes
noun
(obsolete) plural of lew
lewie
lewin
lewis
lewis
noun
(by extension, figurative) The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age.
A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.
A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth.
lewls
lewse
lewth
lewth
noun
(now rare, dialectal) Shelter.
lewty
liwan
liwan
noun
A long, narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal found in Levantine homes, often open to the outside.
loewe
loewi
loewy
lowan
lowed
lowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of low
lower
lower
adj
(geology, of strata or geological time periods) older
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
comparative form of low: more low
verb
(computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
(intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
(intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
(reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
(transitive) To bring down; to humble
(transitive) To depress as to direction
(transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
(transitive) To make less elevated
(transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
(transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
(transitive) To reduce the height of
(transitive) to pull down
Alternative spelling of lour
lowes
lowes
noun
plural of lowe
lowis
lowly
lowly
adj
Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
Low in rank or social importance.
Not high; not elevated in place; low.
Not lofty or sublime; humble.
adv
At low pitch or volume.
In a low condition; meanly.
In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
lowry
lowry
noun
An open boxcar used on railroads.
lowse
lowth
lowth
noun
(UK dialectal) (in the plural) Lowlands.
(UK dialectal, Northern England) Lowness.
lubow
lweis
lweis
noun
plural of lwei
lwoff
malwa
malwa
noun
beer made with millet, common in Africa
mewls
mewls
noun
plural of mewl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mewl
nawle
newel
newel
noun
(architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals.
(architecture) A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.
(obsolete) A novelty; a new thing.
newly
newly
adv
Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
nowel
nowel
noun
Alternative spelling of noel
olwen
olwen
Proper noun
name from Welsh legend, specifically The Mabinogion.
oswal
owler
owler
noun
(Lancashire, Northern English dialectal) The alder tree.
(dated) A smuggler
owlet
owlet
noun
A young owl; owling.
An owlet moth.
Diminutive of owl
One of a species of small owls, such as Athene noctua.
palew
pawls
pawls
noun
plural of pawl
pelew
pilaw
plews
plews
noun
plural of plew
plows
plows
noun
plural of plow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plow
powel
prowl
prowl
noun
(colloquial) The act of prowling.
verb
(intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly.
(transitive, intransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
(transitive, obsolete) To collect by plunder.
rawly
rawly
adv
In a raw manner.
rowel
rowel
noun
A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit.
A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.
The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.
verb
(transitive) To apply the spur to.
(transitive) To fit with spurs.
(transitive) To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid.
(transitive, figurative) To incite; to goad.
scawl
sclaw
scowl
scowl
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Old workings of iron ore.
(by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
verb
(intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
(intransitive, by extension) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
(transitive) To express by a scowl.
(transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.