(figuratively, often in the plural) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
verb
(transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
siwan
snaws
snowk
snowl
snowl
noun
(US, dialect) The hooded merganser.
snows
snows
noun
plural of snow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snow
snowy
snowy
adj
Covered with snow, snow-covered, besnowed.
Marked by snow, characterized by snow.
Snow-white in color, white as snow.
noun
(informal) Synonym of snowy owl
sowan
spawn
spawn
noun
(by extension, sometimes derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.
(horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
(video games) The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.
Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
verb
(ergative, video games, of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
(intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
(intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
(transitive) To bring forth in general.
(transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
(transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
(transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
stawn
swain
swain
noun
(archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
(obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.
(obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
(poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
swane
swang
swang
noun
A swamp.
verb
(African-American Vernacular, slang) To steer one's vehicle from side to side while driving.
(archaic and dialectal) simple past tense of swing. Now largely replaced by swung.
swank
swank
adj
Fashionably elegant, posh.
noun
A fashionably elegant person.
Ostentation; bravado.
verb
To swagger, to show off.
swann
swans
swans
noun
plural of swan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swan
sweyn
swine
swine
noun
(archaic) plural of sow
(derogatory) A contemptible person (plural swines).
(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
(slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".
(slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
swing
swing
noun
(boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
(obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
(politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
A dance style.
A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
Influence or power of anything put in motion.
The amount of change towards or away from something.
The manner in which something is swung.
The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
verb
(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
(intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
(intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
(nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
(transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
(transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
(transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
(transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
(transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
(transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
(transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
To turn in a different direction.
swink
swink
noun
(archaic) toil, work, drudgery
verb
(archaic, intransitive) to labour, to work hard
(archaic, transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
swoln
swoln
adj
(poetic) Obsolete form of swollen.
swonk
swonk
verb
simple past tense of swink
swoon
swoon
noun
A faint.
An infatuation.
verb
(by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
(literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
sworn
sworn
adj
Ardent, devout.
Bound as though by an oath.
Given or declared under oath.
verb
past participle of swear
swoun
swung
swung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swing
towns
towns
noun
plural of town
twins
twins
noun
plural of twin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twin
unsew
unsew
verb
(transitive) To undo something sewn or enclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.
unwas
wains
wains
noun
plural of wain
wands
wands
noun
plural of wand
wanes
wanes
noun
plural of wane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wane
wants
wants
noun
plural of want
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of want
warns
warns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warn
wasnt
wasnt
abbrev
(informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of wasn't
wauns
weans
weans
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wean
weens
weens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ween
wends
wends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wend
whens
whens
noun
plural of when
whins
whins
noun
plural of whin
winds
winds
noun
plural of wind
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wind
wines
wines
noun
plural of wine
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wine
wings
wings
noun
A flip (hairstyle)
A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
plural of wing
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wing
winks
winks
noun
plural of wink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wink
winos
winos
noun
plural of wino
wisen
wisen
verb
(intransitive) To become wise or wiser.
(transitive) To make wise or wiser.
wonks
wonks
noun
plural of wonk
wonts
wonts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wont
woons
wrans
wrens
wrens
noun
plural of wren
wynds
wynds
noun
plural of wynd
wynns
wynns
noun
plural of wynn
wyson
yawns
yawns
noun
plural of yawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yawn