(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
A breakwater.
A defense or safeguard.
A defensive wall or rampart.
verb
(transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
(transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.
catwalk
catwalk
noun
(by extension, "the catwalk") The business of making clothes for fashion shows.
(nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
A narrow elevated stage on which models parade; a runway
Any similar elevated walkway.
clawker
folkway
folkway
noun
Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
forwalk
forwalk
verb
(transitive) To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
gawkily
gawkily
adv
In a gawky manner.
jawlike
jawlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jaw.
jaywalk
jaywalk
verb
(chiefly Canada, US, law) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.
kalikow
kelowna
knawels
knawels
noun
plural of knawel
kotwali
kotwali
noun
(India) A police station.
kwazulu
kwazulu
Proper noun
A former bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a homeland for the Zulu people.
lackwit
lackwit
adj
Foolish; idiotic or simple-minded.
noun
A witless person; a fool.
lacwork
lacwork
noun
Ornamentation by means of lacquer.
lapwork
lapwork
noun
Work in which one part overlaps another.
lawbook
lawbook
noun
A book in which laws are codified.
A textbook on some aspect of law.
lawlike
lawlike
adj
Having characteristics of a law.
lawmake
lawmake
verb
(intransitive, rare) To pass or enact laws; to legislate.
lockjaw
lockjaw
noun
(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
mlawsky
norwalk
norwalk
Noun
Designating a calicivirus affecting humans, characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea.
Proper noun
A city in southwestern Connecticut
A river in Connecticut
A city in Iowa
A city in Ohio, and county seat of Huron County.
A village in Wisconsin
oaklawn
outwalk
outwalk
verb
To walk further than another
pawkily
pawkily
adv
In a pawky manner.
sawlike
sawlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a saw (cutting tool).
skywalk
skywalk
noun
skyway
twankle
twankle
verb
(UK, dialect) To twang with the fingers on a music instrument.
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
wailaki
wailuku
wailuku
Proper noun
a CDP on the island of Hawaii, USA, which is the county seat of
wakeful
wakeful
adj
Awake; not sleeping.
Sleepless.
Vigilant and alert; watchful.
wakerly
wakpala
wakulla
walczak
waldack
waleska
walkene
walkers
walkers
noun
plural of walker
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.
walkout
walkout
noun
A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest.
A sudden stoppage of work.
verb
Misspelling of walk out.
walkups
walkups
noun
plural of walkup
walkway
walkway
noun
A clearly defined path for pedestrians.
wallack
wallack
Noun
A Wallachian.
warlike
warlike
adj
Hostile and belligerent.
Martial, bellicose or militaristic.
warlock
warlock
noun
A male magic-user; a male witch.
warluck
warluck
noun
(uncommon, obsolete outside dialects) Alternative form of warlock