(law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
A solution to a problem.
verb
(law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
(obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
(obsolete) To render account to or for.
(transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
(transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
(transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
arrows
arrows
noun
(heraldry) Short darts feathered at the ends.
plural of arrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrow
aswarm
aswarm
adj
Filled or overrun (with moving objects or beings).
aswirl
aswirl
adv
Swirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling.
auwers
awards
awards
noun
plural of award
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of award
awrist
awshar
brawls
brawls
noun
plural of brawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawl
brawns
brawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawn
crawls
crawls
noun
plural of crawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crawl
dewars
dewars
noun
plural of dewar; alternative spelling of Dewars
drawls
drawls
noun
plural of drawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drawl
dwarfs
dwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwarf
grawls
grawls
noun
plural of grawl
gwaris
hawser
hawser
noun
(nautical) A cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship.
iswara
jowars
ostraw
pawers
pawers
noun
plural of pawer
prawns
prawns
noun
plural of prawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prawn
presaw
psywar
psywar
noun
psychological warfare
rawest
rawest
adj
superlative form of raw: most raw
rawins
rawish
rawish
adj
Somewhat raw.
rawson
resawn
resawn
verb
past participle of resaw
resaws
resaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resaw
rewash
rewash
noun
The act of washing something again
verb
To wash again
ripsaw
ripsaw
noun
(uncountable, music, Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
(woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
verb
To cut with a ripsaw.
rowans
rowans
noun
plural of rowan
sarrow
sarwan
sarwan
noun
One who drives a camel.
sawder
sawder
noun
Archaic form of solder.
soft sawder; flattery; blarney
sawers
sawers
noun
plural of sawer
sawyer
sawyer
noun
(US) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
(US, dialect) The bowfin.
A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
sawyor
scrawk
scrawl
scrawl
noun
(countable, uncommon) A broken branch of a tree.
(uncommon) The young of the dog-crab.
A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
Writing that lacks literary merit.
verb
(intransitive) To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
(intransitive) To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
(transitive) To write something hastily or illegibly.
To creep; crawl; (by extension) to swarm with crawling things
scrawm
scrawm
verb
(UK, dialect, transitive) To tear or scratch.
seward
sewars
sewars
noun
plural of sewar
siward
sowars
sowars
noun
plural of sowar
sowcar
sowcar
noun
Alternative form of soucar
sprawl
sprawl
noun
(wrestling, martial arts) A defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, where one scoots the legs backwards so as to land on the upper back of the opponent.
A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
An ungainly sprawling posture.
verb
(wrestling, martial arts) To scoot the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of an opponent attempting a takedown.
To sit with the limbs spread out.
To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
strawn
strawn
adj
Alternative spelling of strawen
straws
straws
noun
plural of straw
strawy
strawy
adj
Made of straw
Similar to straw
subwar
surwan
surwan
noun
Alternative form of sarwan (“camel-driver”)
swager
swager
noun
(dialectal, rural) A brother-in-law.
A tool that performs swaging.
swaird
swaler
swaraj
swaraj
noun
(India, historical) self-rule
swards
swards
noun
plural of sward
swardy
swardy
adj
(archaic) Covered with sward or grass.
swarfs
swarfs
noun
plural of swarf
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swarf
swarga
swarga
Proper noun
Heaven
Paradise
Indra's abode
swarms
swarms
noun
plural of swarm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swarm
swarmy
swarmy
adj
Of bees: inclined to swarm.
Swarming with people or activity; teeming.
swarry
swarth
swarth
adj
(archaic) swarthy
noun
Alternative form of sward
An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.
swarts
swarts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swart
swarty
swarty
adj
swarthy; tawny
swartz
swarve
swarve
verb
(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) To swerve.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To climb.
swaver
swaver
verb
(obsolete) To decline away from.
To incline to one side; to swing.
To stagger or totter; to walk feebly, as one who is fatigued.
swayer
swayer
noun
One who or that which sways something.
swears
swears
noun
plural of swear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swear
tawers
tawers
noun
plural of tawer
thraws
trawls
trawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trawl
usward
usward
adv
(archaic) Toward us.
waders
waders
noun
plural of wader
wafers
wafers
noun
plural of wafer
wagers
wagers
noun
plural of wager
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wager
wairsh
wakers
wakers
noun
plural of waker
walers
walers
noun
plural of waler
walras
walrus
walrus
noun
(informal, sometimes derogatory) A man with a walrus moustache.
A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
verb
To be prominent, like tusks
To hang like a walrus's moustache
To hunt walruses
To move dragging one's belly along the floor
wargus
wargus
noun
(historical) An outlaw, outcast, or exile; one driven out of society for his crimes.
warish
warish
adj
Alternative form of warrish (“warlike”).
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To get better; to recover from an illness.
(obsolete, transitive) To cure or heal (an illness or a person).
warmus
warsaw
warsaw
noun
A fish, the black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus).
The jewfish or guasa (Epinephelus itajara).
warsel
warsle
washer
washer
noun
A face cloth.
A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction or prevent leakage.
A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
A person who washes his or her hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
verb
(transitive) To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer.
waster
waster
noun
(dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
(obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.
(obsolete, chiefly fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
A destroyer.
An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
Amniotic fluid (see note at water (“amniotic fluid”)).
plural of water
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of water
wavers
wavers
noun
plural of waver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waver
waxers
waxers
noun
plural of waxer
weaser
weaser
Noun
The American merganser.
wharfs
wismar
wracks
wracks
noun
plural of wrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wrack
wraist
wrangs
wrasse
wrasse
noun
Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.
wraths
wraths
noun
plural of wrath
wreaks
wreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wreak