To quench; extinguish (fire, pain, malice, enemies, etc.)
airwash
airways
airways
noun
plural of airway
airwise
airwise
adj
Competent and familiar with aircraft or air travel.
ajowans
alswith
andrews
answers
answers
noun
plural of answer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of answer
antwise
anyways
anyways
adv
(conjunctive, informal, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
(rare) In any way or respect, at all.
anywise
anywise
adv
In any case.
arawaks
ashaway
ashdown
ashdown
Proper noun
A city in and the county seat of in Arkansas, USA.
ashweed
ashweed
noun
Goutweed, Aegopodium podagraria.
ashwell
ashwood
ashwood
noun
The wood of the ash tree.
ashwort
askwith
asprawl
asprawl
adj
Sprawling; covered or filled (with something sprawling).
prep
Sprawling over or across.
assewer
asswage
asswage
verb
Obsolete spelling of assuage
aswithe
aswough
avowals
avowals
noun
plural of avowal
avowers
avowers
noun
plural of avower
awakens
awakens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awaken
aweless
aweless
adj
(obsolete) Inspiring no awe.
Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; irreverent.
Without fear; fearless, unafraid.
awesome
awesome
adj
(colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
(dated) Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
noun
(slang) Short for awesomeness: the quality, state, or essence of being awesome.
awnings
awnings
noun
plural of awning
awnless
awnless
adj
Without awns or beard.
backsaw
backsaw
noun
A handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge.
bagwash
bagwash
noun
(historical) A type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.
bagwigs
bagwigs
noun
plural of bagwig
bandsaw
bandsaw
noun
A powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge.
verb
(transitive) To cut with a bandsaw.
barlows
barrows
barrows
noun
plural of barrow
barstow
barways
barways
noun
plural of barway
barwise
barwise
adv
(heraldry) Horizontally.
bashaws
bashaws
noun
plural of bashaw
bawbees
bawbees
noun
plural of bawbee
bawdies
bawlers
bawlers
noun
plural of bawler
bawsint
bawsunt
bawsunt
adj
(archaic, rare, literary, or dialectal) Having white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).
bawties
bawties
noun
plural of bawtie
plural of bawty
bedways
beeswax
beeswax
noun
(colloquial, mildly humorous) “Business”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
verb
(transitive) To polish with beeswax.
beewise
behowls
behowls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behowl
bellows
bellows
noun
(figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
(informal or archaic) The lungs.
(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
plural of bellow
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
(transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow
beshrew
beshrew
verb
(transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.
(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
besnows
besnows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besnow
bespawl
bespawl
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle.
bestows
bestows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestow
bestraw
bestrew
bestrew
verb
(transitive) To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing.
(transitive) To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
bestrow
bestrow
verb
Alternative form of bestrew
beswarm
beswarm
verb
(transitive) To swarm over; to envelop in a swarm.
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
bewails
bewails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewail
bewares
bewares
verb
(obsolete) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beware
bewaste
bewaste
verb
(transitive) To waste utterly or completely.
beweeps
beweeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beweep
beworms
bewpers
bewraps
bewraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewrap
bewrays
bewrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewray
bigwigs
bigwigs
noun
plural of bigwig
billows
billows
noun
plural of billow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of billow
bitwise
bitwise
adj
(computing) Treating a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.
blewits
blewits
noun
A type of edible mushroom.
blowbys
blowbys
noun
plural of blowby
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowess
blowess
noun
(obsolete, vulgar) A prostitute; a courtesan.
blowsed
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
bonnwis
borrows
borrows
noun
plural of borrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borrow
boswall
boswell
boswell
Proper noun
of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Noun
A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
bowfins
bowfins
noun
plural of bowfin
bowings
bowings
noun
plural of bowing
bowlegs
bowlegs
noun
plural of bowleg
bowlers
bowlers
noun
plural of bowler
bowless
bowless
adj
Without a bow.
bowpots
bowpots
noun
plural of bowpot
bowsery
bowshot
bowshot
noun
(archery) The act of firing an arrow from a bow.
The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel.
bowsing
bowsing
verb
present participle of bowse
bowsman
bowsman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
An archer.
bowssen
bowssen
verb
(obsolete) To drench; to soak; to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).
bowwows
bowwows
noun
plural of bowwow
bowyers
bowyers
noun
plural of bowyer
brawest
brawlis
brawlys
brewers
brewers
noun
plural of brewer
bristow
bristow
Proper noun
Bristol
browsed
browsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of browse
browser
browser
noun
(computing) A web browser.
A person or animal who browses.
A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing.
browses
browses
noun
plural of browse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of browse
bucksaw
bucksaw
noun
A saw, in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood.
budweis
burrows
burrows
noun
plural of burrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burrow
bushwah
bushwah
Noun
Nonsense.
bushwas
buzzsaw
buzzsaw
noun
(slang) A violently destructive attack.
(slang) Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.
(slang) The MG 42 general-purpose machine gun.
A circular saw.
One who attacks violently and/or mindlessly.
verb
(intransitive, colloquial) To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw.
(transitive) To cut with a circular saw.
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To produce a loud, harsh noise like that of a circular saw.
byelaws
byelaws
noun
plural of byelaw
bywoods
bywords
bywords
noun
plural of byword
byworks
byworks
noun
plural of bywork
capshaw
carwash
carwash
noun
Alternative spelling of car wash
cashaws
cashaws
noun
plural of cashaw
cashews
cashews
noun
plural of cashew
caswell
caswell
Proper noun
A village on the Gower Peninsula in Wales.
catspaw
catspaw
noun
Alternative spelling of cat's-paw
catwise
catwise
adv
In the manner of a cat.
chawers
chawers
noun
plural of chawer
chewers
chewers
noun
plural of chewer
chowsed
chowsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chowse
chowses
chowses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chowse
clawers
clawers
noun
plural of clawer
clawson
cobwebs
cobwebs
noun
plural of cobweb
cogways
costlew
cotwist
cowages
cowards
cowards
noun
plural of coward
cowarts
cowboys
cowboys
noun
(poker slang) A pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
plural of cowboy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cowboy
cowfish
cowfish
noun
A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.
cowiest
cowiest
adj
superlative form of cowy: most cowy
cowpats
cowpats
noun
plural of cowpat
cowpeas
cowpeas
noun
plural of cowpea
cowpies
cowpies
noun
plural of cowpie
cowries
cowries
noun
plural of cowrie
plural of cowry
cowshed
cowshed
noun
A shed or barn for keeping cows.
cowshot
cowshut
cowskin
cowskin
noun
A whip made of that material.
Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal.
cowslip
cowslip
noun
(Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
crashaw
crewels
crewels
noun
Alternative form of cruels (“scrofulous swellings in the neck”)
plural of crewel
crowers
crowers
noun
plural of crower
cumshaw
cumshaw
noun
A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
verb
To give or make a present to.
curfews
curfews
noun
plural of curfew
curlews
curlews
noun
plural of curlew
cushaws
cushaws
noun
plural of cushaw
darwesh
dawdles
dawdles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawdle