Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.
airglow
airglow
noun
A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
alewife
alewife
noun
(archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
Any of several species similar in appearance.
allwein
alswith
awiggle
awiggle
adj
wiggling
awingly
awnlike
awnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an awn.
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.
ballwin
bawdily
bawdily
adv
In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
bawling
bawling
noun
The act of one who bawls or shouts.
verb
present participle of bawl
bewails
bewails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewail
blawing
bowkail
brawlie
brawlis
clawing
clawing
adj
Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
noun
A scratch with the claws.
verb
present participle of claw
cowtail
cowtail
noun
A coarse wool of low quality, usually shorn from the hind legs of sheep
The tail of a cow
crawlie
dwaible
dwaibly
elwaine
flawier
flawing
flawing
verb
present participle of flaw
gawkily
gawkily
adv
In a gawky manner.
gladwin
gwalior
haleiwa
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
harwill
inlawry
inwalls
inwalls
noun
plural of inwall
jawlike
jawlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jaw.
jawline
jawline
noun
The lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by the jawbone.
kalikow
kotwali
kotwali
noun
(India) A police station.
lackwit
lackwit
adj
Foolish; idiotic or simple-minded.
noun
A witless person; a fool.
laidlaw
lapwing
lapwing
noun
A silly man.
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
larwill
lauwine
lauwine
noun
(poetic, dated) avalanche
lawgive
lawines
lawines
noun
plural of lawine
lawings
lawings
noun
plural of lawing
lawlike
lawlike
adj
Having characteristics of a law.
lawsuit
lawsuit
noun
(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
leawill
lewisia
lewisia
noun
Any plant of the genus Lewisia.
lifeway
lifeway
noun
(now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
mileway
mileway
noun
(UK) Any of a number of roads near Oxford, England, whose upkeep was formerly paid for by nearby residents.
(obsolete) A time period of 20 minutes.
mwalimu
mwalimu
noun
A teacher in parts of Africa.
oilways
oilways
noun
plural of oilway
pawkily
pawkily
adv
In a pawky manner.
pawling
pawling
verb
present participle of pawl
pinwale
pinwale
noun
A corduroy fabric having narrow ribs.
railway
railway
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland and Commonwealth) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
(chiefly UK, Ireland and Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
rawlins
rawlins
Proper noun
a city in Wyoming, USA, and the county seat of Named after
sahiwal
sahiwal
Proper noun
A town in western Pakistan.
Noun
Any of a breed of short-horned dairy cattle originating from the Sahiwal district.
sawbill
sawbill
noun
(UK) The red-breasted merganser.
sawlike
sawlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a saw (cutting tool).
sawmill
sawmill
noun
A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber.
verb
(transitive) To process (lumber) in a sawmill.
siuslaw
slipway
slipway
noun
(nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
A slip road.
swahili
swaling
swaling
noun
Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.
verb
present participle of swale
tawnily
tawnily
adv
In a tawny manner.
tinwald
wackily
wackily
adv
In a way or to an extent that is wacky
wadlike
wadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of wad (the mineral substance).
waglike
wagling
wagtail
wagtail
noun
(zoology) Short for wagtail platy.
Any of various small passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.
waialua
waiguli
wailaki
wailers
wailers
noun
plural of wailer
wailful
wailful
adj
(chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful.
wailing
wailing
noun
A loud drawn out scream or howl.
verb
present participle of wail
wailuku
wailuku
Proper noun
a CDP on the island of Hawaii, USA, which is the county seat of
wainful
wainful
noun
A quantity that fills a wain; wagonful.
walapai
walchia
walking
walking
adj
Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
Characterized by or suitable for walking.
Heavily characterized by some given quality.
Incarnate as a human; living.
noun
gerund of walk.
verb
present participle of walk
walkist
walkist
noun
(dated) A competitive walker; one taking part in the sport of pedestrianism.
wallies
wallies
noun
plural of wally
walling
walling
noun
A group of walls.
A method of torture in which a person's neck is encircled by a collar, which is then used to slam the person against a wall.
Material used for walls.
verb
present participle of wall
wallise
walpapi
warlike
warlike
adj
Hostile and belligerent.
Martial, bellicose or militaristic.
warling
warling
noun
(obsolete) One often quarreled with.
waspily
waspily
adv
In a waspy manner.
wassail
wassail
noun
A festive or drinking song or glee.
A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.
Revelry.
The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To drink wassail.
(transitive) To toast, to drink to the health of another.
To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.
wassily
wauling
wauling
noun
A plaintive cry or howl, as of a cat.
verb
present participle of waul
wavicle
wavicle
noun
(quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.
wawling
wawling
noun
Alternative form of wauling
verb
present participle of wawl
waxbill
waxbill
noun
Any bird of the genus Estrilda.
waxlike
waxlike
adj
Resembling wax.
waybill
waybill
noun
A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.
verb
To provide (cargo) with a waybill document.
waylaid
waylaid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waylay
wearily
wearily
adv
In a weary manner.
weigela
weigela
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Weigela.
weilang
whaling
whaling
noun
(informal) A beating.
The practice of hunting whales.
The practice of spotting whales.
verb
present participle of whale
whalish
whileas
whitlam
wieland
wielare
wigtail
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.
A city in Kansas.
A city in Missouri.
A village in New Mexico.
A hamlet in New York.
A city in Ohio.
A city in Utah.
A town in Wisconsin.
willawa
william
william
Proper noun
name popular since the Norman Conquest.
willman
willmar
wilonah
wilsall
wilscam
winfall
wirable
wirable
adj
Capable of being wired (connected with wires).
wittall
witwall
witwall
noun
(UK, dialect) The golden oriole.
(UK, dialect) The great spotted woodpecker.
wolffia
wolfian
woorali
woorali
Noun
curare
wourali
wourali
noun
(dated) curare
wrabill
wraitly
wrytail
wrytail
noun
A condition in cattle where the base of the tail is set at an angle to the backbone.
wulfila
wulliwa
wulliwa
noun
Alternative form of williwaw (“strong gust of wind”)