(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
bigwigs
bigwigs
noun
plural of bigwig
bowings
bowings
noun
plural of bowing
bowlegs
bowlegs
noun
plural of bowleg
bowsing
bowsing
verb
present participle of bowse
cogways
cowages
disgown
disgown
verb
(transitive) To divest of a gown of office; to defrock.
dowsing
dowsing
noun
The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.
verb
present participle of dowse
dragsaw
earwigs
earwigs
noun
plural of earwig
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of earwig
fogbows
fogbows
noun
plural of fogbow
gallows
gallows
noun
(colloquial, obsolete) A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
(colloquial, obsolete) Suspenders; braces.
(printing, obsolete) The rest for the tympan when raised.
Any contrivance with posts and crossbeam for suspending objects.
The main frame of a beam engine.
Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow
galways
gawkers
gawkers
noun
plural of gawker
gawkies
gawkies
noun
plural of gawky
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
geegaws
geegaws
noun
plural of geegaw
geswarp
gewgaws
gewgaws
noun
plural of gewgaw
glasgow
glasgow
Proper noun
A city in Lanarkshire and the largest in Scotland.
A CDP in Delaware.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Kentucky.
A city in Missouri.
A city in Montana
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town in Virginia.
A town in West Virginia.
A settlement in Suriname.
glowers
glowers
noun
plural of glower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glower
gnawers
gnawers
noun
plural of gnawer
godowns
godowns
noun
plural of godown
godwits
godwits
noun
plural of godwit
goshawk
goshawk
noun
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
growers
growers
noun
plural of grower
growths
growths
noun
plural of growth
guffaws
guffaws
noun
plural of guffaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of guffaw
gutwise
gwantus
gweducs
gweducs
noun
plural of gweduc
hawsing
hawsing
verb
present participle of hawse
hogwash
hogwash
noun
(informal, figurative) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
(literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.
hoosgow
hoosgow
noun
Alternative form of hoosegow
inswing
inswing
adj
(cricket) Describing a bowler who uses inswing in the ball's flight.
noun
(cricket) The swing of a ball through the air in a direction towards the batsman.
jigsawn
jigsawn
verb
past participle of jigsaw
jigsaws
jigsaws
noun
plural of jigsaw
lawings
lawings
noun
plural of lawing
logways
logways
noun
plural of logway
logwise
lowings
lowings
noun
plural of lowing
lowsing
mcgraws
misgrew
misgrew
verb
simple past tense of misgrow
misgrow
misgrow
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To grow incorrectly or amiss.
mowings
mowings
noun
plural of mowing
newings
newings
noun
plural of newing
oswegan
pigwash
pigwash
noun
pigswill
reglows
reglows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reglow
regrows
regrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of regrow
reswage
reswage
verb
(transitive) To swage again.
rowings
rowings
noun
plural of rowing
saginaw
saginaw
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Alabama, USA.
a city in Michigan, USA
an unincorporated area in Minnesota, USA.
a village in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in Oregon, USA.
a city in Texas, USA, and a suburb of
sagwire
sawings
sawings
noun
plural of sawing
sawlogs
sawlogs
noun
plural of sawlog
scewing
schwing
schwing
intj
(slang, US) An exclamation of excitement or attraction.
scowing
scowing
verb
present participle of scow
sewages
sewages
noun
plural of sewage
sewings
sewings
noun
plural of sewing
shawing
shewing
shewing
verb
(archaic) present participle of shew
showing
showing
noun
A result, a judgement.
An occasion when something is shown.
verb
present participle of show
skagway
skagway
Proper noun
A city in Alaska, United States
skewing
skewing
noun
The act of making something skewed; an alteration in a particular direction.
verb
present participle of skew
slewing
slewing
verb
present participle of slew
slowing
slowing
noun
A deceleration; a slowing down.
verb
present participle of slow
snawing
snowing
snowing
noun
A fall of snow.
verb
present participle of snow
spewing
spewing
noun
Material spewed or vomited.
verb
present participle of spew
stewing
stewing
noun
The act by which something is stewed.
verb
present participle of stew
stowage
stowage
noun
A charge for stowing and storage.
A place where things are stowed.
Amount of room for storing things.
The act or practice of stowing.
Things that are stowed.
stowing
stowing
noun
(mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
The act by which something is stowed; stowage.
verb
present participle of stow
sunglow
sunglow
noun
A gold yellow colour, like that of a sunglow.
A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.
swagers
swagers
noun
plural of swager
swagged
swagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swag
swagger
swagger
adj
(slang, archaic) Fashionable; trendy.
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, historical) Synonym of swagman
A bold or arrogant strut.
A prideful boasting or bragging.
Confidence, pride.
verb
To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.
To walk with a swaying motion.
swaggie
swaggie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A swagman.
swaggir
swaging
swaging
verb
present participle of swage
swagman
swagman
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
(Britain, archaic) A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value.
(US, slang) A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence.
swagmen
swagmen
noun
plural of swagman
swaling
swaling
noun
Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.
verb
present participle of swale
swaying
swaying
noun
An injury caused to a horse's back by violent strains or overloading.
The motion of something that sways.
verb
present participle of sway
swedger
swengel
swigart
swigged
swigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swig
swigger
swigger
noun
One who swigs.
swiggle
swiggle
verb
(rare) to drink to excess
(rare) to wriggle, wiggle or squirm
swingby
swingby
noun
An interplanetary flight in which the gravitational attraction of a planet is used to provide acceleration and a change in course.
swinged
swinged
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of swing
simple past tense and past participle of swinge
swingel
swingel
noun
Alternative form of swingle
swinger
swinger
noun
(obsolete, slang) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
(politics, informal) A swing voter.
A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
One who swinges.
One who swings.
swinges
swinges
noun
plural of swinge
swingle
swingle
noun
An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swiple.
verb
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To swing for pleasure.
(transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
To dangle; to wave hanging.
swiping
swiping
verb
present participle of swipe
swiving
swiving
noun
The act or process of copulating; copulation.
verb
present participle of swive
swungen
swungen
verb
Archaic form of swung.
tawsing
tawsing
verb
present participle of tawse
towages
towages
noun
plural of towage
twinges
twinges
noun
plural of twinge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twinge
unswing
unswung
unswung
adj
Not swung.
upgrows
upgrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upgrow
upswing
upswing
noun
(by extension) an upward trend or an increase in activity
an upward swing
verb
To swing upward.
upswung
upswung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upswing
waggers
waggers
noun
plural of wagger
waggish
waggish
adj
mischievous, tricky
witty, jocular, like a wag
waggles
waggles
noun
plural of waggle
waggons
waggons
noun
plural of waggon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waggon
wagshul
wagsome
wagsome
adj
Waggish.
wangans
wangans
noun
plural of wangan
wangles
wangles
noun
plural of wangle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wangle
wanguns
wanguns
noun
plural of wangun
wasango
wasegua
washing
washing
noun
(countable) The action of the verb to wash
(countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
(pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
(stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
(uncountable, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
A thin covering or coat.
My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
The liquid used to wash an ore.
verb
present participle of wash
washrag
washrag
noun
(Southern US) A square piece of cloth for washing the face and body.
wastage
wastage
noun
(countable) Anything lost by wear or waste.
(hunting, countable) The act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts, usually illegal.
(uncountable) Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss.
(uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
(uncountable) The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.
wasting
wasting
adj
Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
noun
Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.
verb
present participle of waste
waughts
waughts
noun
plural of waught
waxings
waxings
noun
plural of waxing
wedgies
wedgies
noun
plural of wedgie
weights
weights
noun
(weightlifting) Any collection of weighted objects, such as dumbbells or barbells, used for exercise and training the muscles.
plural of weight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weight
westing
westing
noun
(nautical) A distance travelled westward.
A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart.
verb
present participle of west
whinges
whinges
noun
plural of whinge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whinge
widgets
widgets
noun
plural of widget
wigeons
wigeons
noun
plural of wigeon
wiggins
wiggins
Proper noun
a statutory town in Colorado, USA.
a city in Mississippi, USA
wiggish
wiggish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wig.
wiggism
wiggles
wiggles
noun
The tendency to squirm or be restless.
plural of wiggle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wiggle
wigless
wigless
adj
Without a wig.
wiglets
wiglets
noun
plural of wiglet
wigwags
wigwags
noun
plural of wigwag.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wigwag
wigwams
wigwams
noun
plural of wigwam
wilgers
wingers
wingers
noun
plural of winger
wirings
wirings
noun
plural of wiring
wiseguy
wiseguy
noun
Alternative spelling of wise guy
wishing
wishing
noun
The act of making a wish.
verb
present participle of wish
wisking
wisping
wisping
verb
present participle of wisp
wissing
wissing
verb
present participle of wiss
wisting
wisting
verb
present participle of wist
wolgast
wongshy
wongshy
noun
(obsolete) An Asian tree, Gardenia jasminoides.
(obsolete, uncountable) A yellow dye said to contain crocin derived from the pods of the wongshy.