(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
noun
(obsolete) Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
(obsolete) Tawdry lace.
tawers
tawers
noun
plural of tawer
tawery
tawery
noun
A place where skins are tawed.
tawyer
tawyer
noun
Alternative form of tawer
tewart
tewart
noun
Alternative form of tuart (“Australian tree”)
thawer
thawer
noun
A device for thawing something.
thrawn
thraws
thwart
thwart
adj
(figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
(figuratively, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
adv
(obsolete) Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
noun
(nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
(nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
(rare) An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
prep
(archaic or poetic) Across, athwart.
verb
(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
(transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
(transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
toward
toward
adj
(dated) Approaching, coming near; impending; present, at hand.
(obsolete or archaic) Promising, likely.
(obsolete) Future; to-come.
Yielding, pliant; docile; ready or apt to learn; not froward.
prep
For the purpose of attaining (an aim).
In relation to (someone or something).
In the direction of.
Located close to; near (a time or place).
towbar
towbar
noun
Alternative spelling of tow bar
trawls
trawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trawl
tulwar
tulwar
noun
A type of curved sword used in India and throughout South Asia.
turwar
twarly
wafter
wafter
noun
(obsolete) An agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.
(obsolete) Armed convoy or escort ship
One who, or that which, wafts.
waiter
waiter
noun
(historical) A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
(obsolete) A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
(obsolete) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
(obsolete) A watchman.
A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
verb
(stative) To work as a waiter.
walter
walter
verb
(obsolete, dialect, UK, Scotland) To roll or wallow; to welter.
wanter
wanter
noun
One who wants, or who wants something
verb
Pronunciation spelling of want to.
warmth
warmth
noun
(art) The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues.
A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression.
Friendliness, kindness or affection.
warrty
warted
warted
Adjective
Having warts.
warthe
warton
wartow
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
watery
watery
adj
(of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
Diluted or having too much water.
Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
Resembling or characteristic of water.
Tearful.
Weak and insipid.
Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
watfor
wather
wather
noun
Pronunciation spelling of water.
watter
watter
noun
(in combination) Something that uses the specified amount of watts.
whatre
witjar
wraist
wraith
wraith
noun
A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.
wraths
wraths
noun
plural of wrath
wrathy
wrathy
adj
(chiefly US) Feeling wrath; very angry, furious.
wreath
wreath
noun
(heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
A defect in glass.
An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
verb
(transitive) To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.
(transitive) To wrap around something in a circle.