(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A makeshift; substitute.
bework
bework
verb
(transitive) To work around or about; surround.
(transitive) To work over; rework; edit.
(transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider.
beworm
beworn
bewrap
bewrap
verb
(obsolete) To wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
bewray
bewray
verb
(obsolete) To soil or befoul; to beray.
(transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
(transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
(transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
(transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose (a deception).
(transitive, obsolete) To expose to harm.
bigwig
bigwig
noun
(humorous) A person of importance to a group or organization.
billow
billow
noun
A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound
verb
To surge or roll in billows.
To swell out or bulge.
blaeuw
blawed
blowby
blowby
noun
Alternative spelling of blow-by
blowed
blowed
verb
(dialect) simple past tense and past participle of blow
blowen
blowen
Noun
A prostitute; a courtesan.
blower
blower
noun
(dated) A braggart, or loud talker.
(slang, UK, Ireland, historical) A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
(slang, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, usually preceded by the) Telephone.
A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
A person who blows.
A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
Any device that blows.
The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
blowie
blowie
noun
(Australia, slang) A blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.
(Australia, slang) The common toadfish, Tetractenos hamiltoni.
(sex, slang) A blow job.
blowse
blowse
noun
(obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
blowsy
blowsy
adj
(chiefly of a woman's hair or dress) Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern.
Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
Unrefined, countrified.
blowth
blowth
noun
(archaic) Bloom or blossom; blossoms collectively; the state of blossoming.
blowup
blowup
noun
(photography) An enlargement
An explosion, or violent outburst
blowze
blowze
Noun
A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
blowzy
blowzy
adj
Alternative spelling of blowsy
bogway
bohawn
borlow
borrow
borrow
noun
(archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
(archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.
(construction, civil engineering) A borrow pit.
(golf, countable, uncountable) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
(programming) In the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
verb
(Upper Midwestern United States, West Midlands, Malaysia, proscribed) To lend.
(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
(ditransitive) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
(golf) To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.
(informal) To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
(informal) To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
(linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
To feign or counterfeit.
To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
bostow
botzow
bowboy
bowden
bowdle
bowdon
bowell
bowels
bowels
noun
(obsolete) The body as the source of offspring.
Compassion, sympathy.
The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
The deepest or innermost part.
The intestines.
plural of bowel
bowers
bowers
noun
plural of bower
bowery
bowery
adj
Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
noun
(archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
bowess
bowess
noun
(obsolete, falconry) A bower, or young hawk.
bowfin
bowfin
noun
A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.
bowing
bowing
noun
A bending.
A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.
The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
verb
present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)
bowker
bowlds
bowled
bowled
adv
(cricket) (Dismissed) by the bowled ball hitting and breaking the batsman's wicket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowl
bowleg
bowleg
noun
A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture.
bowler
bowler
noun
(baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
(bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
(cricket) A player selected mainly for his bowling ability.
(cricket) The player currently bowling.
A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
bowles
bowles
noun
plural of bowle
bowlin
bowlus
bowman
bowman
noun
(archery) A man who uses a bow; an archer.
(nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
bowmen
bowmen
noun
plural of bowman
bowpin
bowpot
bowpot
noun
Archaic form of bough pot.
bowrah
bowsaw
bowsaw
noun
Alternative form of bow saw
bowsed
bowsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowse
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.
bowses
bowses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowse
bowsie
bowsie
noun
(Ireland) Alternative spelling of bowsy (“lout”)
(sailing) A simple device with three holes used for tensioning stays on boats or guy-lines on tents.
bowtel
bowtie
bowtie
adj
Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.
noun
(US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).
A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
bowwow
bowwow
noun
Alternative spelling of bow-wow
bowyer
bowyer
noun
(archaic) A person who uses the bow, an archer.
A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
bozuwa
brarow
brawer
brawls
brawls
noun
plural of brawl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawl
brawly
brawly
adj
Having or characterised by brawls.
adv
(Scotland) Finely, handsomely.
brawns
brawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawn
brawny
brawny
adj
Calloused; hardened.
Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
brelaw
brewed
brewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brew
brewer
brewer
noun
Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
brewis
brewis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
brewst
brokaw
browed
browed
adj
(in combination) Having a brow.
brower
browet
browis
browis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) brewis
browne
browne
Proper noun
a spelling variant of Brown.
browns
browns
noun
plural of brown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brown
browny
browny
adj
Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge.
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
budwig
bultow
bultow
noun
A trawl; a boulter.
The mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
bulwer
burgaw
burgaw
Proper noun
A town in North Carolina, USA
burrow
burrow
noun
(mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
Obsolete form of barrow. A mound.
Obsolete form of borough. An incorporated town.
verb
(intransitive) (with adverbial of direction) to move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort
(intransitive) (with into) to investigate thoroughly
(intransitive) to dig a tunnel or hole
bushwa
bushwa
noun
Alternative form of bushwah
busway
busway
noun
A right of way, roadway, or lane for the exclusive use of buses, possibly only during peak traffic hours.
bwanas
bwanas
noun
plural of bwana
byelaw
bylaws
bylaws
noun
plural of bylaw
byrlaw
byrlaw
noun
(obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district
bywalk
bywalk
noun
a secluded or private walk
byward
byways
byways
noun
plural of byway
byword
byword
noun
A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
A nickname or epithet.
A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
bywork
bywork
noun
Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.
caddow
caddow
noun
(UK, dialect) A jackdaw.
cadwal
cahows
cahows
noun
plural of cahow
callow
callow
adj
(by extension) Immature, lacking in life experience.
(by extension, life-cycle developmental stage) Newly emerged or hatched, juvenile.
(of a brick) Unburnt.
Bald, hairless, bare.
Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis); teneral.
Of land: low-lying and liable to be submerged.
Shallow or weak-willed.
Unfledged (of a young bird), featherless.
noun
A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively.
A callow young bird.
An alluvial flat.
cardew
carlow
carlow
Proper noun
A county in the Republic of Ireland
A town in the county of Carlow, Ireland.
carrew
carrow
carrow
noun
(archaic) A strolling gamester in Ireland.
cashaw
cashaw
noun
Alternative form of cushaw
cashew
cashew
noun
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
cawing
cawing
noun
The act of producing a caw sound.
verb
present participle of caw
cawker
cawker
noun
Alternative form of calker
cawley
cawney
cawnie
cawnie
noun
(historical) A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.
cawood
chawan
chawan
noun
An East Asian tea bowl, in which tea may be prepared and then consumed.
chawed
chawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed.
chawer
chawer
noun
One who chaws; a chewer.
chawia
chawle
cheraw
chewed
chewed
adj
That has been chewed; masticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chew
chewer
chewer
noun
One who chews.
chewet
chewet
noun
(obsolete) A chough.
(obsolete) A kind of meat pie.
chewie
chewie
noun
(Australia, informal) Chewing gum.
(informal) A chewable treat or toy intended for a pet.
chowed
chowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chow
chowry
chowry
noun
A flyflap or whisk originally made from the bushy tail of a yak.
chowse
chowse
verb
(transitive) Obsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”)
chuzwi
chwana
ciwies
clawed
clawed
adj
having claws (of animals)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of claw
clawer
clawer
noun
One who, or that which, claws things.
clewed
clewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clew
clower
clowns
clowns
noun
plural of clown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clown
clowre
cobweb
cobweb
noun
(Internet slang, rare) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited.
(figurative) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.
(informal, usually in the plural) fuzzy inexact memories.
A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
An intricate plot to catch the unwary.
One of its filaments; gossamer.
The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.
cogway
collow
colwen
colwin
colwyn
conway
conway
Proper noun
Former English name of Conwy in North Wales.
derived from the city or its river.
name transferred from the surname.
A city in Arkansas, USA
A city in South Carolina, USA
cornew
corwin
corwun
coshow
cotwal
cotwal
noun
Alternative form of cutwal
cotwin
cotwin
noun
A twin's twin.
cowage
cowage
noun
A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.
coward
coward
adj
(heraldry, of a lion) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
Cowardly.
noun
A person who lacks courage.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To intimidate.
cowboy
cowboy
noun
(Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
(card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
(informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.