(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
bowers
bowers
noun
plural of bower
bowser
bowser
noun
(Britain) A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
(Ireland, slang, used in the vocative) A buffoon or imbecile.
(now chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
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
brewis
brewis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
brewst
browis
browis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) brewis
browns
browns
noun
plural of brown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brown
browse
browse
noun
(countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
(uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
(uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
(intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
browst
cowers
cowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cower
crawls
crawls
noun
plural of crawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crawl
crowds
crowds
noun
plural of crowd
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crowd
crowns
crowns
noun
plural of crown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crown
crwths
crwths
noun
plural of crwth
dewars
dewars
noun
plural of dewar; alternative spelling of Dewars
dowers
dowers
noun
plural of dower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dower
dowser
dowser
noun
A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner.
drawls
drawls
noun
plural of drawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drawl
drowns
drowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drown
drowse
drowse
noun
The state of being sleepy and inactive.
verb
(intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.
(intransitive, also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.
(transitive) To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.)
(transitive) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
drowsy
drowsy
adj
Boring.
Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
Dull; stupid.
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
dwarfs
dwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwarf
escrow
escrow
noun
(law) A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow.
(law) In common law, escrow applied to the deposits only of instruments for conveyance of land, but it now applies to all instruments so deposited.
(law) Money or other property so deposited is also loosely referred to as escrow.
The state of property deposited with an escrow agent.
verb
To place in escrow.
frowns
frowns
noun
plural of frown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frown
frowst
frowst
noun
Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
verb
(intransitive) To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.
frowsy
frowsy
adj
Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.
grawls
grawls
noun
plural of grawl
growls
growls
noun
plural of growl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of growl
growse
growse
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To shiver; to have chills.
gwaris
hawser
hawser
noun
(nautical) A cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship.
hewers
hewers
noun
plural of hewer
iswara
jowars
jowser
lowers
lowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lower
lowser
mowers
mowers
noun
plural of mower
ostraw
owners
owners
noun
plural of owner
pawers
pawers
noun
plural of pawer
powers
powers
noun
plural of power
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of power
prawns
prawns
noun
plural of prawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prawn
presaw
prowls
prowls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prowl
psywar
psywar
noun
psychological warfare
rawest
rawest
adj
superlative form of raw: most raw
rawins
rawish
rawish
adj
Somewhat raw.
rawson
renews
renews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of renew
resawn
resawn
verb
past participle of resaw
resaws
resaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resaw
resewn
resewn
verb
past participle of resew
resews
resews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resew
reshew
reshow
reshow
verb
(transitive) To show again.
reskew
resown
resown
verb
past participle of resow
resows
resows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resow
restow
reswim
rewash
rewash
noun
The act of washing something again
verb
To wash again
reweds
reweds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewed
rewets
rewets
noun
plural of rewet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewet
rewins
rewins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewin
rewish
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
rowels
rowels
noun
plural of rowel
rowens
rowens
noun
plural of rowen
rowers
rowers
noun
plural of rower
rowths
ruswut
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.
screws
screws
noun
plural of screw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of screw
screwy
screwy
adj
(archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.
(archaic) Worthless.
(archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.
(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
serows
serows
noun
plural of serow
seward
sewars
sewars
noun
plural of sewar
sewers
sewers
noun
plural of sewer
sewery
sewery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sewer.
shewer
shewer
noun
(archaic) One who shews.
shower
shower
noun
(chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
(chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
(obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
(slang) A man whose penis is close to its full (erect) size when flaccid, or the penis itself.
A baby shower.
A bridal shower.
A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).
A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
One who shows.
verb
(followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
(intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
To bathe using a shower.
To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
shrewd
shrewd
adj
(archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
(archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
(informal) Streetwise, street-smart.
(obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
(obsolete) Portending, boding.
Artful, tricky or cunning.
Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
Nigh accurate.
Severe, intense, hard.
Sharp, snithy, piercing.
Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
shrews
shrews
noun
plural of shrew
siward
skewer
skewer
adj
comparative form of skew: more skew
noun
(chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece.
(rare) That which skews something.
A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
Food served on a skewer.
verb
(chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
(figurative) To severely mock or discredit.
To impale on a skewer.
slewer
sliwer
slower
slower
adj
comparative form of slow: more slow
noun
That which slows.
sorrow
sorrow
noun
(countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
(uncountable) unhappiness, woe
verb
(intransitive) To feel or express grief.
(transitive) To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
sowars
sowars
noun
plural of sowar
sowcar
sowcar
noun
Alternative form of soucar
sowder
sowers
sowers
noun
plural of sower
spewer
spewer
noun
A person or thing that spews.
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.
sprewl
stower
stower
noun
One who stows.
strawn
strawn
adj
Alternative spelling of strawen
straws
straws
noun
plural of straw
strawy
strawy
adj
Made of straw
Similar to straw
strewn
strews
strews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strew
strowd
strown
strown
verb
past participle of strow
strows
strows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strow
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
swedru
sweert
swerve
swerve
noun
A deviation from duty or custom.
A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
verb
(archaic) To stray; to wander; to rove.
(transitive, slang) To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub.
Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
To bend; to incline; to give way.
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
swiper
swiper
noun
One who, or that which, swipes.
swirls
swirls
noun
plural of swirl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swirl