A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.
verb
(transitive) To rest (a spear) in its fewter.
hewart
jowter
jowter
noun
(archaic) A buyer and seller of fish, usually operating from a cart or a van.
lawter
lewert
pewter
pewter
adj
Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
noun
(historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
(slang, dated) Prize money.
A beer tankard made from pewter.
A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
Items made of pewter; pewterware.
verb
(transitive) To coat with pewter.
powter
powter
noun
Alternative form of pouter (a kind of pigeon)
verb
To poke in an exploratory manner.
qwerty
qwerty
adj
Alternative letter-case form of QWERTY.
rawest
rawest
adj
superlative form of raw: most raw
restow
rethaw
rethaw
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To thaw again after freezing or having been frozen.
rewets
rewets
noun
plural of rewet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewet
rowlet
rowted
rowted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rowt
stower
stower
noun
One who stows.
strewn
strews
strews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strew
sweert
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”)
tewter
thawer
thawer
noun
A device for thawing something.
towers
towers
noun
plural of tower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tower
towery
towery
adj
Which has the characteristics of a tower.
towner
towner
noun
(only used in combinations) A person from a certain town, or part of town
towrey
towser
towser
Proper noun
A given name for a dog.
trelew
trewel
triwet
trowed
trowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of trow
trowel
trowel
noun
A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
A tool used for smoothing a mold.
verb
(colloquial, figurative) To apply something heavily or unsubtly.
(transitive) To apply (a substance) with a trowel.
(transitive) To pass over with a trowel.
trowie
twerps
twerps
noun
plural of twerp
twicer
twicer
noun
One who attends two church services on Sundays.
One who is both compositor and pressman.
twiers
twiers
noun
plural of twier
twiner
twiner
noun
Any plant which twines about a support.
twofer
twofer
noun
A cabling device used in theatre, allowing two stage lighting instruments to be connected to one dimmer.
Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone.
The fashion of wearing long sleeves outside a short-sleeved shirt.
twyers
twyers
noun
plural of twyer
twyver
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.
warted
warted
Adjective
Having warts.
warthe
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.
waters
waters
noun
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.
wather
wather
noun
Pronunciation spelling of water.
watter
watter
noun
(in combination) Something that uses the specified amount of watts.
welter
welter
adj
(of horsemen) Heavyweight.
noun
A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
A tossing or rolling about.
verb
(intransitive) To roll around; to wallow.
(intransitive, figurative) To revel, luxuriate.
(intransitive, of waves, billows) To rise and fall, to tumble over, to roll.
To wither; to wilt.
werent
werste
wester
wester
adj
(now dialectal) Western, westerly.
comparative form of west: more west
noun
A strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west.
verb
To move towards the west
wether
wether
noun
A castrated goat.
A castrated ram.
Archaic spelling of weather.
verb
(transitive) To castrate a male sheep or goat.
wetter
wetter
adj
comparative form of wet: more wet.
noun
(MLE, slang) A knife which is apt to do wettings (stabbings).
A bedwetter.
A wetting agent or surfactant.
Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
whatre
whiter
whiter
adj
comparative form of white: more white
wilter
wilter
noun
Something that wilts or causes wilting.
winter
winter
adj
the coldest season of the year
noun
(India, archaic) The rainy season.
(countable, fashion) Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
(figuratively, poetic) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
(obsolete) An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.
Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
verb
(intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).
(transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.
wister
wither
wither
adv
(obsolete or chiefly in compounds) Against, in opposition to.
noun
singular of withers (“part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades”)
verb
(intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
(intransitive, figurative) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.
(obsolete) To go against, resist; oppose.
(transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.
(transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.
witmer
witter
witter
adj
(obsolete or dialectal) knowing, certain, sure, wis.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To speak at length on a trivial subject.
(intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.
wolter
worset
wortle
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.
wresat
wrests
wrests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wrest
wretch
wretch
noun
(archaic) An exile.
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.
verb
Misspelling of retch.
wriest
wrihte
writee
writee
noun
(rare) One who is written to; the recipient of a letter, etc.
(rare) One who or that which is written about; the subject of an article, etc.
writer
writer
noun
(Scotland) An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.
(US) A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.
(finance) The seller of an option.
(historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
(slang) A graffiti artist.
A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themself as "the writer".
Anything that writes or produces output.
writes
writes
noun
plural of write
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of write
writhe
writhe
noun
(knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
(rare) A contortion.
verb
(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
(transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
(transitive) To extort.
(transitive) To twist, wring (something).
wrothe
wrothe
verb
simple past tense of writhe
wryest
wryest
adj
superlative form of wry: most wry
wurset
wuther
wuther
noun
(archaic, dialectal) A low roaring or rushing sound.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To make a rushing sound; to whizz.
(intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To shake vigorously.