(attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.
A gear wheel.
cowhages
dewlight
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
eggwhisk
eggwhisk
noun
Alternative spelling of egg whisk.
gahrwali
garhwali
garhwali
Proper noun
A Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.
gershwin
ghatwazi
ghawazee
ghawazee
noun
A type of female dancer popular in Egypt in the 19th century, who danced in a style similar to the belly dance.
glenshaw
gluhwein
gluhwein
noun
A type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.
goshawks
goshawks
noun
plural of goshawk
greenhew
gunwhale
gwenneth
hangchow
hangworm
hawkings
hawkings
noun
plural of hawking
haywagon
haywagon
noun
Alternative spelling of hay wagon
hedgerow
hedgerow
noun
a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
(sometimes derogatory) A cultured or learned person or thing.
hightown
highview
highways
highways
noun
plural of highway
highwood
hogweeds
hogweeds
noun
plural of hogweed
hoosegow
hoosegow
noun
(US, slang) A jail.
hoosgows
hoosgows
noun
plural of hoosgow
howdying
howdying
verb
present participle of howdy
howgates
hwaiyang
hwangmei
ingrowth
ingrowth
noun
(medicine) Growth inwards.
inweight
kenweigh
kingchow
newburgh
newlight
nganhwei
outweigh
outweigh
verb
(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
owllight
owllight
Noun
glimmering or imperfect light
preweigh
pshawing
pshawing
verb
present participle of pshaw
regrowth
regrowth
noun
That which has been regrown after removal.
The process of regrowing.
reweighs
reweighs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reweigh
reweight
reweight
verb
(horseracing) To adjust or reassign the handicap weight.
(mathematics, statistics) To adjust the weighting given to a value.
To replace or adjust weights that are attached to something.
roughhew
roughhew
verb
Alternative form of rough-hew
shawling
shawling
noun
An act of wrapping in a shawl.
verb
present participle of shawl
showgirl
showgirl
noun
A non-starring but physically beautiful female dancer in an often lavishly produced theatrical revue; a chorine.
showings
showings
noun
plural of showing
shrewing
shrewing
verb
present participle of shrew
sightsaw
sightsaw
verb
simple past tense of sightsee
spanghew
spanghew
verb
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England, rare, said especially of frogs and toads) To strike and cause to fly in the air.
‘to inflate a frog and bowl it across the surface of a pond’
swashing
swashing
adj
Crushing; resounding.
Hectoring; swaggering.
noun
A back-and-forth movement of liquid; a swish or swash.
verb
present participle of swash
swathing
swathing
noun
A wrapping.
verb
present participle of swathe
swishing
swishing
noun
A switching; a beating with twigs.
The movement that produces such a sound.
The mutual exchange of pre-owned clothes, especially at an organised party.
The sound of fabric or fur moving in the air.
verb
present participle of swish
thrawing
throwing
throwing
noun
The act by which something is thrown.
The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
verb
present participle of throw
tightwad
tightwad
noun
(colloquial, derogatory) One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
That tightwad would drive ten miles to save a few cents on gas.
twilight
twilight
adj
Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.
noun
(astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
verb
(transitive, poetic) To illuminate faintly.
twinight
twinight
adj
(of a baseball double-header) that begins in the late afternoon
unweight
unweight
verb
To remove a statistical weighting from.
To temporarily remove the body's weight from a ski when making a turn.
upgrowth
upgrowth
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
wadleigh
wangchuk
warthogs
warthogs
noun
plural of warthog
washings
washings
noun
plural of washing
washrags
washrags
noun
plural of washrag
watchdog
watchdog
noun
(electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer.
(figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.
A guard dog.
verb
(electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.
To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
watching
watching
noun
The act of one who watches.
verb
present participle of watch
watchung
waughted
waughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waught
weighage
weighage
noun
A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.
weighbar
weighers
weighers
noun
plural of weigher
weighing
weighing
adj
That weighs or burdens.
noun
The process by which something is weighed.
verb
present participle of weigh
weighman
weighman
noun
A person whose occupation is weighing goods.
weighmen
weighmen
noun
plural of weighman
weighted
weighted
adj
(graph theory, of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
(statistics) With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
Biased, so as to favour one party.
Containing a large proportion (of something).
Having weights on it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weight
weighter
weighter
noun
One who weights or assigns a weighting.
welching
welching
verb
present participle of welch
wellnigh
wellnigh
adv
Alternative spelling of well-nigh.
welshing
welshing
verb
present participle of welsh
wenching
wenching
verb
present participle of wench
whacking
whacking
adj
(informal) Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big).
verb
present participle of whack
whalings
whalings
noun
plural of whaling
whamming
whamming
verb
present participle of wham
whangees
whangees
noun
plural of whangee
whangers
whangers
noun
plural of whanger
whanghee
whanghee
noun
Alternative form of whangee
whanging
whanging
verb
present participle of whang
whapping
whapping
verb
present participle of whap
wharfage
wharfage
noun
A dock, quay, or pier.
A fee charged for using a wharf.
Wharfs collectively.
wharfing
wharfing
noun
(engineering) A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
The material for constructing a wharf.
verb
present participle of wharf
whealing
wheelage
wheelage
noun
A fee charged for transporting goods on wheels.
wheeling
wheeling
noun
The act of moving or conveying on wheels.
The motion of something that wheels.
verb
present participle of wheel
wheeping
wheezing
wheezing
noun
The quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze
verb
present participle of wheeze
whelming
whelming
noun
Something that covers or submerges.
verb
present participle of whelm
whelping
whelping
verb
present participle of whelp
whetting
whetting
noun
The process by which something is whetted.
verb
present participle of whet
whidding
whidding
verb
present participle of whid
whiffing
whiffing
noun
A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc.
The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
verb
present participle of whiff
whiggery
whiggery
Noun
Support for whiggish attitudes.
whiggess
whiggify
whiggify
verb
(transitive) To make whiggish.
whigging
whigging
verb
present participle of whig
whiggish
whiggish
adj
Characteristic of a Whig; liberal.
of history, characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see "Whig history".
whiggism
whiggism
noun
(historical) Principles, philosophy, methods of the Whigs.
whigling
whigling
Noun
A petty or inferior Whig.
whigship
whigship
noun
Whiggism.
whimling
whimling
noun
(obsolete) One given to whims; a weak, childish person.
whimming
whimming
verb
present participle of whim
whipking
whipping
whipping
noun
(bookbinding) The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.
(countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
(countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
(countable) The punishment of being whipped.
(nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
(uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
verb
present participle of whip
whirlgig
whirling
whirling
adj
That whirls or whirl.
noun
The action of the verb to whirl.
verb
present participle of whirl
whirlwig
whirlwig
Noun
A whirligig beetle.
whirring
whirring
adj
Producing a whirr; giving off a whirring noise.
Spinning rapidly.
noun
A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.
verb
present participle of whirr
whishing
whishing
verb
present participle of whish
whisking
whisking
noun
The motion of something that is whisked.
The movement of an animal's whiskers.
verb
present participle of whisk
whisting
whisting
verb
present participle of whist
whitings
whitings
noun
plural of whiting
whitling
whitling
noun
(UK, dialect) A young full trout during its second season.
whizbang
whizbang
noun
(by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness.
(dated) A small artillery shell
(dated) A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding