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aauw

abow

acwa

acwp

adaw

adaw

verb

  1. (obsolete) To awaken, arouse.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To daunt, overcome.

adew

alew

alew

noun

  1. (obsolete, rare) A cry of despair.

alow

alow

adj

  1. (Scotland) alight; ablaze

adv

  1. (nautical) Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks.
  2. (now chiefly Scotland) Low down.

prep

  1. (Scotland) Below.

amsw

anew

anew

adv

  1. (literary, poetic or formal) Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.

arew

arew

adv

  1. (obsolete) In a row.

arow

arow

adv

  1. In a row, line, or rank; successively.

atwo

atwo

adv

  1. (obsolete) In two; in twain; asunder.

auew

avow

avow

noun

  1. (obsolete) avowal

verb

  1. (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
  2. (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
  3. (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.

awad

awag

awag

adj

  1. Wagging.

awan

awat

away

away

adj

  1. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
  2. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
  3. (golf) Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).
  4. At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
  5. Misspelling of aweigh.
  6. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.

adv

  1. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
  2. Aside, so as to discard something.
  3. Aside; off; in another direction.
  4. At a stated distance in time or space.
  5. From a place, hence.
  6. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
  7. In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
  8. In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
  9. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
  10. So as to remove or use up something.
  11. Without restraint.

intj

  1. (Northern England) come on!; go on!

verb

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To depart; to go to another place.

awea

awed

awed

adj

  1. Having or showing awe.

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of awe

awee

awes

awes

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awe

awfu

awin

awls

awls

noun

  1. plural of awl

awns

awns

noun

  1. plural of awn

awny

awny

adj

  1. Having awns; bearded, bristly

awol

awol

adj

  1. Alternative form of AWOL

awry

awry

adj

  1. (figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
  2. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.

adv

  1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  2. Perversely, improperly.

awst

bawd

bawd

adj

  1. (obsolete) Joyous; riotously gay.

noun

  1. (now archaic or historical) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame.
  2. A lewd person.

verb

  1. (archaic) To procure women for lewd purposes.

bawl

bawl

noun

  1. A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
  2. (intransitive) To weep profusely.
  3. (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.

bawn

bawn

noun

  1. A cattle-fort; a building used to shelter cattle.
  2. A defensive wall built around a tower house. It was once used to protect livestock during an attack.

verb

  1. Pronunciation spelling of born.

biwa

biwa

noun

  1. A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone.

blaw

braw

cawk

cawk

noun

  1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of cock (in the sense of penis).
  2. Alternative form of cauk

cawl

cawl

noun

  1. A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.
  2. Alternative spelling of caul (“a membrane or veil, especially over a baby's head”)

caws

caws

noun

  1. plural of caw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caw

chaw

chaw

noun

  1. (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
  2. (obsolete) The jaw.

verb

  1. (UK, slang) To steal.
  2. (archaic or nonstandard outside dialects, e.g. Appalachia, Southern US) To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud)
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider

claw

claw

noun

  1. (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
  2. (colloquial) A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
  3. (juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.
  4. A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
  5. A foot equipped with such.
  6. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
  7. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.

verb

  1. (juggling) To perform a claw catch.
  2. To do (something) quickly.
  3. To move with one's fingertips.
  4. To rail at, revile, or scold (someone or something).
  5. To relieve an uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching (someone or something); hence (figuratively), to flatter or humour (someone); to court, to fawn on.
  6. To scratch or to tear at.
  7. To use the claws to climb.
  8. To use the claws to seize, to grip.

craw

craw

noun

  1. (archaic) The stomach of an animal.
  2. The crop of a bird.

verb

  1. (archaic) To caw, crow.

dauw

dauw

noun

  1. (South Africa) Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii).

dawe

dawk

dawk

noun

  1. A hollow or crack in timber.
  2. Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”)
  3. Archaic form of dhak (“the tree Butea monosperma”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To dig up weeds.
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.

dawn

dawn

noun

  1. (countable) The rising of the sun.
  2. (uncountable) The earliest phase of something.
  3. (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
  4. (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
  2. (intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
  3. (intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.

daws

daws

noun

  1. plural of daw

dawt

dawt

verb

  1. (Scotland) To fondle or caress.

dhaw

draw

draw

noun

  1. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
  2. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
  3. (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
  4. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
  5. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
  6. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
  7. (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
  8. (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
  9. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
  10. Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
  11. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
  12. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
  13. The act of drawing.
  14. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
  15. The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.

verb

  1. (analogous) To consume (power).
  2. (archery) To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
  3. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
  4. (card games) To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
  5. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
  6. (curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
  7. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
  8. (hunting, now rare) To search for game; to track a quarry.
  9. (intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.
  10. (intransitive) To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
  11. (intransitive) To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
  12. (intransitive) To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
  13. (intransitive, now rare) To be pulled along (in a specified way).
  14. (intransitive, now rare) To pull something along; to have force to move anything by pulling.
  15. (intransitive, transitive) To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
  16. (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
  17. (nautical) Of a sail, to fill with wind.
  18. (now rare) To construct (a wall, canal etc.) from one point to another.
  19. (obsolete) To extend the duration of (something); to prolong.
  20. (reflexive) To assume a specific position or attitude.
  21. (reflexive, now rare) To move in a specific direction.
  22. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
  23. (transitive) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
  24. (transitive) To draw up, compose (a document).
  25. (transitive) To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
  26. (transitive) To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
  27. (transitive) To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
  28. (transitive, intransitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
  29. (transitive, medicine, now rare) To extract (pus, humours, etc.) by means of medical treatment.
  30. (transitive, obsolete) To withdraw.
  31. To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
  32. To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
  33. To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
  34. To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
  35. To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
  36. To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
  37. To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
  38. To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
  39. To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
  40. To extract (a tooth).
  41. To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
  42. To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
  43. To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
  44. To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
  45. To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
  46. To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
  47. To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
  48. To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
  49. To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
  50. To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
  51. To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
  52. To require (a depth of water) for floating.
  53. To run (a bath).
  54. To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
  55. To stretch or elongate.
  56. To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
  57. To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
  58. To take (water) from a well or other source.

dwan

ewan

fawe

fawe

Adjective

  1. fain; glad; delighted

fawn

fawn

adj

  1. Of the fawn colour.

noun

  1. (obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.
  2. (rare) A servile cringe or bow.
  3. A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
  4. A young deer.
  5. Base flattery.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
  2. (intransitive) To give birth to a fawn.
  3. (intransitive) To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon).
  4. (intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.

flaw

flaw

noun

  1. (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
  2. (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
  3. (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
  4. (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
  5. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
  6. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
  7. A storm of short duration.
  8. A sudden burst of noise and disorder
  9. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
  2. (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.

gawk

gawk

noun

  1. A cuckoo.
  2. A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.

verb

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) To suck.
  2. To stare conspicuously.
  3. To stare or gape stupidly.

gawm

gawm

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of gom (foolish person).

verb

  1. (UK, dialectal) Alternative form of gorm (gawk, gape)
  2. (dialectal) Alternative form of gum (make sticky, or impair the function of)

gawn

gawn

noun

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A small tub or lading vessel.

verb

  1. (pronunciation spelling) Eye dialect spelling of certain regional pronunciations of going.

gawp

gawp

noun

  1. (Britain) A stupefied or amazed stare.

verb

  1. (Chiefly Britain) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.

gnaw

gnaw

noun

  1. the act of gnawing

verb

  1. (intransitive) To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
  3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

gwag

hawi

hawk

hawk

noun

  1. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
  2. (game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
  3. (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
  4. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
  5. A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
  6. A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
  7. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
  2. (transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.

hawm

hawm

noun

  1. Alternative form of haulm (straw)

verb

  1. (UK, dialect) To lounge; to loiter.

haws

haws

noun

  1. plural of haw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haw

hwan

hwan

noun

  1. The monetary unit of South Korea from February 15, 1953 to June 9, 1962.

iowa

iowa

Proper noun

  1. A Capital: Des Moines.

Noun

  1. One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.

iwao

jawn

jawn

noun

  1. (slang, chiefly Philadelphia) A woman.
  2. (slang, chiefly Philadelphia) Something; any object, place, or person.

verb

  1. Obsolete form of yawn.

jawp

jaws

jaws

noun

  1. (colloquial, eastern Ohio) a contrarian.
  2. (plural only) the borders of anything which has a mouthlike aspect.
  3. (plural only) the mouth
  4. plural of jaw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaw

jawy

jawy

adj

  1. (obsolete) Relating to the jaws.

knaw

knaw

verb

  1. Archaic spelling of gnaw.
  2. Nonstandard form of know.

kwan

kwan

noun

  1. A school of Korean martial arts.

lacw

lawk

lawn

lawn

noun

  1. (England, historical or regional) An open space between woods.
  2. (biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
  3. (countable, obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.
  4. (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
  5. (uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.
  6. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

laws

laws

noun

  1. plural of law

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of law

lowa

mawk

mawk

noun

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A slattern.
  2. (obsolete except in dialects) A maggot.

mawn

mawn

noun

  1. (Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper.

mawp

mawr

maws

maws

noun

  1. plural of maw

mbwa

meaw

meaw

noun

  1. Obsolete form of mew (“seagull”).

verb

  1. Dated form of meow.

narw

nawt

pawk

pawk

noun

  1. (Scotland) A wile
  2. A small lobster.

pawl

pawl

noun

  1. A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
  2. A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.

verb

  1. (transitive) To stop with a pawl.

pawn

pawn

noun

  1. (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
  2. (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
  3. (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
  4. (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
  5. (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
  6. A gallery.
  7. Alternative form of paan
  8. An instance of pawning something.

verb

  1. (video games) Alternative form of pwn
  2. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
  3. To pledge; to stake or wager.

paws

paws

noun

  1. plural of paw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paw

pwca

quaw

quaw

noun

  1. Alternative form of quawmire

rawl

raws

raws

noun

  1. plural of raw

sawn

sawn

verb

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) past participle of see; seen
  2. past participle of saw

saws

saws

noun

  1. plural of saw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of saw

sawt

sawt

noun

  1. (music) A style of urban popular music associated mainly with Kuwait and Bahrain.

scaw

scaw

noun

  1. (dialectal) A wood or forest; a shaw.
  2. Alternative form of skaw (“promontory”)

shaw

shaw

noun

  1. (Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
  2. (dated, dialectal) A thicket; a small wood or grove.

shwa

shwa

noun

  1. Alternative form of schwa

skaw

skaw

noun

  1. A promontory.

slaw

slaw

noun

  1. (US, Canada) Coleslaw.

snaw

staw

staw

verb

  1. (UK, dialect, intransitive) To be fixed or set; to stay.

swab

swab

noun

  1. (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
  2. (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
  3. (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
  4. A mop, especially on a ship.
  5. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
  6. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).

verb

  1. (transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.

swad

swad

noun

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
  2. (mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
  3. (obsolete) A boor, lout.
  4. (obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
  5. A bunch, clump, mass

swag

swag

noun

  1. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
  2. (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
  3. (countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.
  4. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.
  5. (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
  6. (uncountable, informal) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
  7. (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
  8. (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
  9. A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.
  10. Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.

verb

  1. (Australia, transitive, intransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
  2. (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
  3. (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
  4. (transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) sway.
  6. To transport stolen goods.

swak

swam

swam

verb

  1. simple past tense of swim

swan

swan

noun

  1. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
  2. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).
  3. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.

verb

  1. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
  2. (intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.

swap

swap

noun

  1. (Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
  2. (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
  3. (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
  4. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
  5. An exchange of two comparable things.

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
  2. (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.

swas

swat

swat

noun

  1. A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
  2. Alternate spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.

verb

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
  2. (transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.

sway

sway

noun

  1. A rocking or swinging motion.
  2. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
  3. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
  4. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
  5. Rule; dominion; control; power.
  6. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
  7. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.

verb

  1. (nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
  2. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
  3. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
  4. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
  5. To have weight or influence.
  6. To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
  7. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
  8. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.

tawa

tawa

noun

  1. (South Asia) A frying pan or griddle.
  2. Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.

tawn

tawn

name

  1. (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).

noun

  1. (Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.
  2. (rare) A tan.

verb

  1. (transitive) To tan, make tawny.

taws

taws

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of tawse
  2. plural of taw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taw

tewa

thaw

thaw

noun

  1. (figurative) a period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding
  2. The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
  3. a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen

verb

  1. (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
  2. (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
  4. (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

twae

twal

twas

twas

abbrev

  1. Misspelling of 'twas.
  2. Obsolete spelling of 'twas

twat

twat

noun

  1. (offensive, vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A contemptible and stupid person, idiot.
  2. (vulgar, slang) The vagina or vulva.

verb

  1. (transitive, Britain, slang) To hit, slap.

tway

tway

num

  1. (dialectal, obsolete in virtually all other forms) Two.

upwa

utwa

vaws

vaws

noun

  1. plural of vaw

waac

waaf

waag

waag

noun

  1. The grivet (an African monkey) - Chlorocebus aethiops

waal

waal

Proper noun

  1. a distributary of the Rhine in Western Europe that runs through the Netherlands

waar

wabe

wabi

wabi

noun

  1. (Zen Buddhism) A quality of simple or solitary beauty, especially as expressed in various forms of Japanese art or culture.

wabs

wabs

noun

  1. (UK, slang) Breasts.

wace

wace

Proper noun

  1. A Jersey-born writer of the 12th century.

wack

wack

adj

  1. (originally African-American Vernacular, slang) Annoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, cringy, uncool, messed up.

noun

  1. (UK, Liverpudlian) A friendly term of address.
  2. (dated, disco-era drug slang) PCP, phencyclidine (as also whack).
  3. An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo.

waco

waco

Proper noun

  1. A city in Georgia in the United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
  3. A city in Missouri.
  4. A village in Nebraska.
  5. A town in North Carolina.
  6. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
  7. An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
  8. A city in Texas.

wacs

wade

wade

noun

  1. (colloquial) A ford; a place to cross a river.
  2. An act of wading.
  3. Obsolete form of woad.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To enter recklessly.
  2. (intransitive) to progress with difficulty
  3. (intransitive) to walk through water or something that impedes progress.
  4. (transitive) to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading

wadi

wadi

noun

  1. A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

wads

wads

noun

  1. plural of wad

wady

wady

noun

  1. Archaic spelling of wadi.

waeg

waeg

noun

  1. (obsolete) kittiwake

waer

waes

waes

noun

  1. plural of wae

wafd

waff

waff

verb

  1. (UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To bark; to woof.

wafs

waft

waft

noun

  1. (nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
  2. A light breeze.
  3. Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.

verb

  1. (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
  2. (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
  3. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

wage

wage

noun

  1. (often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

verb

  1. (obsolete, law, UK) To give security for the performance of
  2. (transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
  3. (transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To wager, bet.

wagh