(figurative, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.
pron
(Northern England) Naught, nothing.
rowt
rowt
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of rout A loud noise.
verb
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of rout To make a loud noise.
sawt
sawt
noun
(music) A style of urban popular music associated mainly with Kuwait and Bahrain.
sowt
staw
staw
verb
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To be fixed or set; to stay.
stew
stew
noun
(Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
(US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
(archaic) A brothel.
(informal) A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
(now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
(slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
(uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
(intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
(transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
(transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
stow
stow
intj
(obsolete) A cry used by falconers to call their birds back down to hand.
noun
(rare) A place, stead.
verb
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To cease; to stop doing something.
To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
swat
swat
noun
A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
Alternate spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.
verb
(US, slang, transitive) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
(transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.
swot
swot
noun
(slang, Britain) By extension, analogous to boffin, nerd, smart aleck. Often pejorative.
(slang, Britain) One who swots.
(slang, Britain) Vigorous study at an educational institution.
(slang, Britain) Work.
verb
(intransitive, slang, Britain) To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on").
swtz
tawa
tawa
noun
(South Asia) A frying pan or griddle.
Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.
tawn
tawn
name
(Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
noun
(Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.
(rare) A tan.
verb
(transitive) To tan, make tawny.
taws
taws
noun
Alternative spelling of tawse
plural of taw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taw
tewa
tews
tews
noun
plural of tew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tew
tgwu
thaw
thaw
noun
(figurative) a period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding
The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen
verb
(intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
(intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
(intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
(transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
thew
thew
noun
(specifically) A good characteristic or habit; a virtue.
A way of behaving; hence, a characteristic, a trait.
An aspect of the body which indicates physical strength; hence, muscle and/or sinew; muscular development.
An attractive physical attribute; also, physical, mental, or moral strength or vigour.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To instruct (someone) in morals or values; also (more generally) to chastise or discipline (someone); to teach or train (someone).
thow
thow
pron
Obsolete spelling of thou
towd
town
town
noun
(England, traditional, also Town, in phrases such as 'in town' or 'to town') London, especially central London.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
(colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
(law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
(obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
tows
tows
noun
plural of tow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tow
towy
towy
adj
Composed of, or resembling, tow.
trew
trew
adj
Obsolete form of true.
trow
trow
noun
(Orkney, Shetland, dated) A troll.
(archaic or dialectal) Trust or faith.
(dated, nautical, countable) Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods.
(dated, nautical, uncountable) Used chiefly in the expression drop trow.
verb
(archaic or dialectal) To have confidence in, or to give credence to.
(archaic or dialectal) To trust or believe.
tuwi
twae
twal
twas
twas
abbrev
Misspelling of 'twas.
Obsolete spelling of 'twas
twat
twat
noun
(offensive, vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A contemptible and stupid person, idiot.
(vulgar, slang) The vagina or vulva.
verb
(transitive, Britain, slang) To hit, slap.
tway
tway
num
(dialectal, obsolete in virtually all other forms) Two.
twee
twee
adj
(Britain, derogatory) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
twie
twig
twig
noun
A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
verb
(colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
(obsolete, Scotland) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
(transitive) To beat with twigs.
To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
twin
twin
adj
Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.
Forming a pair of twins.
noun
(US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
(aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
(crystallography) A twin crystal.
A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
verb
(intransitive) To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.
(intransitive) To give birth to twins.
(intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
(transitive) To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
(transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
(usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.
twit
twit
noun
A foolish or annoying person.
A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely.
A reproach, gibe or taunt.
verb
(transitive) To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
(transitive, computing) To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
twos
twos
noun
(UK, prison slang) The cells located on the first floor.
(sports) A reserves team.
The age of two; two years old.
plural of two.
verb
(transitive, MLE) To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.
twum
typw
utwa
waft
waft
noun
(nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
A light breeze.
Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
verb
(ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
(intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
wait
wait
intj
(informal) Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment.
noun
(computing) Short for wait state.
(in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
(in the plural, obsolete, UK) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
(obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
A delay.
An ambush.
verb
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
(intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
(intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
(obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
(obsolete, colloquial) To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
(transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
(transitive, obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
walt
walt
adj
(archaic, nautical) unsteady; crank
verb
(intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To roll; tumble
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn
want
want
noun
(UK, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
(countable) A desire, wish, longing.
(countable, often followed by of) Lack, absence, deficiency.
(dialectal) A mole (Talpa europea).
(uncountable) Poverty.
Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
verb
(by extension) To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
(colloquial, usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
(intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
(intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
(intransitive, dated) To be lacking or deficient or absent.
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
(transitive, archaic) To lack and be without, to not have (something).
(transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
(transitive, now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
(transitive, now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
(transitive, obsolete, by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.
wart
wart
noun
(computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
wast
wast
noun
Obsolete form of waist.
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of be; wert.
wath
wath
noun
(historical, England, dialect) A ford.
(obsolete) A fordable stream.
wats
wats
noun
plural of wat
watt
watt
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W
wctu
weet
weet
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To know.
weft
weft
noun
(hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair.
(obsolete) Something cast away; a waif.
(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
(weaving) The yarn used for the weft; the fill.
welt
welt
noun
(heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
(shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
A feature resembling a welt.
A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
verb
(UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To become stringy.
(UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To decay.
(intransitive, obsolete) To roll; revolve
To cause to have welts; to beat.
To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.
went
went
noun
(obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of wend
(nonstandard) past participle of go
simple past tense of go
wept
wept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weep
wert
wert
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be
(archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be
west
west
adj
(ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.
(meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
From the West; occidental.
Of or pertaining to the west; western.
Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
adv
Towards the west; westwards.
noun
(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.
The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
verb
To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
weta
weta
noun
Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
wets
wets
noun
plural of wet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wet
wftu
what
what
adv
Used before a prepositional phrase to emphasise that something is taken into consideration as a cause or reason; usually used in combination with 'with' (see what with), and much less commonly with other prepositions.
det
(interrogative) Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
(relative) Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
(relative) Which; the ... that.
Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
Used to form exclamations.
intj
(Britain, colloquial, dated) Clipping of what do you say? Used as a type of tag question to emphasise a statement and invite agreement, often rhetorically.
An expression of surprise or disbelief.
Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.
What did you say? I beg your pardon?
What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.
What! That’s amazing!
noun
(countable) Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
(countable) The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
(obsolete, uncountable) Something; thing; stuff.
particle
(Manglish, Singlish) Emphasizes the truth of an assertion made to contradict an evidently false assumption held by the listener.
pron
(fused relative) Anything that; all that; whatever.
(fused relative) That which; those that; the thing(s) that.
(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
(relative, nonstandard) That; which; who.
whet
whet
noun
That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
The act of whetting something.
verb
(transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
(transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.
(transitive, obsolete) To preen.
whit
whit
noun
The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
wilt
wilt
noun
(phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of will
(intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
(intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
(transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
(transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
wint
wist
wist
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of wit.
(nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.