(India, historical) A court of justice in British India.
ailweed
allowed
allowed
adj
(now rare) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
(now rare) Allotted.
Permitted, authorized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allow
aylward
baldwin
baldwin
Proper noun
name; rather rare in English.
Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.
A town in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan
A town and a hamlet in New York.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town and village in Wisconsin.
Noun
A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
baldwyn
bawdily
bawdily
adv
In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
bradawl
bradawl
noun
An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.
brawled
brawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brawl
bulwand
cadwell
crawled
crawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawl
danelaw
danelaw
Proper noun
The part of Great Britain in which the laws of the Scandinavians dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.
The set of legal terms and definitions created in the treaties between the English Alfred the Great and the Danish Guthrum the Old.
dawdled
dawdled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dawdle
dawdler
dawdler
noun
A person who dawdles or idles.
dawdles
dawdles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawdle
dayglow
dayglow
noun
The airglow of the sky during the day.
dewclaw
dewclaw
noun
A vestigial digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground.
dewfall
dewfall
noun
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.
dewlaps
dewlaps
noun
plural of dewlap
dowable
dowable
adj
Capable of being endowed.
Entitled to dower.
doweral
dowland
downall
dowzall
drawled
drawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drawl
drawler
drawler
noun
One who drawls.
drawnly
drywall
drywall
noun
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
A wall made of this.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To install and finish drywall.
dwaible
dwaibly
ellwand
ellwand
noun
(historical) An measuring rod, one ell in length.
gadwall
gadwall
noun
A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).
gadwell
gladwin
gowland
hallowd
howland
laidlaw
landway
larwood
lawford
laydown
laydown
adj
Of (usually nuclear) bomb delivery: designed to land the bomb on the ground and wait for some time before detonation.
Of packaging: designed to lie flat rather than stand upright.
noun
(bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract.
(fishing) A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish.
(military) A pattern of deployment.
(publishing) A physical mockup or layout of a page design.
(usually uncountable) The act of laying something down.
leadway
leawood
leeward
leeward
adj
On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.
adv
Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.
lowland
lowland
noun
An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.
mowland
newland
newland
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a town in North Carolina, USA
a locality on South Australia.
a hamlet near district, Cumbria, England
a hamlet near England
a suburb of ( East Riding of Yorkshire
a village in district, Gloucestershire, England
a hamlet in district, North Yorkshire, England
a village in district, Worcestershire, England
osswald
ostwald
oswaldo
owlhead
roswald
rowland
rowland
Proper noun
name, a variant of Roland.
shawled
shawled
adj
Dressed in a shawl.
swaddle
swaddle
noun
Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
verb
(archaic) To beat; cudgel.
To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
talwood
tinwald
towland
trawled
trawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of trawl
twaddle
twaddle
noun
(countable) One who twaddles; a twaddler.
(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish.
verb
To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
twaddly
twaddly
adj
Full of twaddle; silly.
tynwald
unlawed
unlawed
adj
Not having been lawed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unlaw
wabbled
wabbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wabble
wadable
wadable
adj
Alternative spelling of wadeable
waddell
waddled
waddled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waddle
waddler
waddler
noun
One who waddles.
waddles
waddles
noun
plural of waddle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waddle
wadlike
wadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of wad (the mineral substance).
wadmaal
wadmaal
noun
Alternative form of wadmal
wadmals
wadmals
noun
plural of wadmal
wadmeal
wadmels
wadmoll
wadmols
waelder
waffled
waffled
adj
Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waffle
waggled
waggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waggle
wahlund
waldack
waldman
waldner
waldorf
waldorf
Noun
A Waldorf salad.
Proper noun
A city in Maryland.
A city in Minnesota.
waldron
waldron
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA
walford
walland
waltzed
waltzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waltz
wambled
wambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wamble
wangled
wangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wangle
warbled
warbled
verb
past participle of warble
wardell
wardlaw
warfeld
warfold
warlord
warlord
noun
A high military officer in a warlike nation.
A local ruler or bandit leader usually where the government is weak.
warsled
wattled
wattled
adj
Having a wattle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wattle
waylaid
waylaid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waylay
wayland
wealden
wealden
Adjective
Of, from or relating to The Weald
weldona
wendall
wetland
wetland
noun
(usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
whealed
wieland
wildcat
wildcat
adj
(derogatory, dated) Of or concerning irresponsible banks or banking, (particularly) small, independent operations.
(firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
(oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
(usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
Unauthorized by the proper authorities.
noun
(American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
(US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
(figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
(firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
(nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
(obsolete) Clipping of wildcat money, notes issued by a wildcat bank.
(uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
(uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike, a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union.
Any feral cat.
verb
(oil industry) To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.
willard
willard
Proper noun
name of mostly American usage. Partly transferred back from the surname.