A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
cwlth
halwe
hewel
howel
howel
noun
A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.
verb
(transitive) To smooth; to plane.
howls
howls
noun
plural of howl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howl
lewth
lewth
noun
(now rare, dialectal) Shelter.
lowth
lowth
noun
(UK dialectal) (in the plural) Lowlands.
(UK dialectal, Northern England) Lowness.
shawl
shawl
noun
A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.
A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.
verb
(transitive) To wrap in a shawl.
walsh
walsh
Proper noun
Variant of Welsh and Welch.
walth
welch
welch
noun
A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
verb
To fail to fulfill an obligation.
To fail to repay a small debt.
welsh
welsh
verb
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To go back on one's word.
whale
whale
noun
(by extension) Any species of Cetacea.
(figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
(figuratively, as "whale of a ___") Something, or someone, that is excellent.
(finance, informal) An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
(gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
(marketing, by extension) A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.
Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
verb
(intransitive) To hunt for whales.
(slang, transitive) To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
whall
whall
noun
A light colour of the iris in horses; the state of being walleyed.
whalm
whalp
whaly
wharl
wharl
noun
(medicine) A rattling or uvular utterance of the r-sound.
wheal
wheal
noun
(UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.
A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
verb
(uncommon) Synonym of wale.
wheel
wheel
noun
(UK, slang, archaic) A crown coin; a "cartwheel".
(archaic, informal) A bicycle or tricycle.
(automotive) A wheelrim.
(computing, dated) A superuser on certain systems.
(figurative) A recurring or cyclical course of events.
(informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
(nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
(obsolete) A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
(poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.
(slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
(slang, archaic) A dollar.
A Catherine wheel firework.
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
A manoeuvre in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
A potter's wheel.
A round portion of cheese.
A spinning wheel.
A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
verb
(intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
(intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
(intransitive, dated) To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
(transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
(transitive) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
(transitive) To roll along on wheels.
(transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
whelk
whelk
noun
(archaic) Pimple
A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
whelm
whelm
noun
(poetic, also figuratively) A surge of water.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.
(transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
(transitive, obsolete) To ruin or destroy.
(transitive, obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
whelp
whelp
intj
Alternative form of welp (“well”)
noun
(derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
(obsolete) A kind of ship.
A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.
whewl
while
while
conj
(Northern England, Scotland) Until.
(media, public policy) Used to denote an individual experiencing racial profiling when performing a seemingly benign activity.
Although.
As long as.
During the same time that.
noun
(Philippines) an uncertain short moment
(US) an uncertain long period of time
An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To elapse, to pass.
(transitive) To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.
(transitive, now only in combination with away; see also while away) To pass (time) idly.
Alternative spelling or misspelling of wile.
whilk
whilk
Noun
A kind of mollusk; a whelk.
The scoter.
whill
whils
whirl
whirl
noun
(informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
A confused tumult.
A rapid series of events.
An act of whirling.
Dizziness or giddiness.
Something that whirls.
verb
(intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
(transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
(transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
whole
whole
adj
(mining) As yet unworked.
(of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.
Entire, undivided.
Sound, uninjured, healthy.
adv
(colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.
noun
An entirety.
Something complete, without any parts missing.
wholl
whorl
whorl
noun
(anatomy) Any volution, as for example in the human ear or fingerprint.
(botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
(zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle.
Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
verb
(intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.