A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
archwise
archwise
adj
In the shape of an arch.
bawarchi
bawarchi
noun
(India, historical) A cook.
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
cartwhip
cartwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a cart.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a cartwhip.
chairway
chowries
chowries
noun
plural of chowry
clerihew
clerihew
noun
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
dewhirst
dilworth
dishware
dishware
noun
crockery used for serving or cooking food
disworth
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
erewhile
erewhile
adv
(archaic or poetic) Some time ago; beforehand; formerly.
fishweir
fishweir
noun
An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
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
hairweed
hairweed
noun
The plant dodder.
hairwood
hairwork
hairwork
noun
Jewellery made from human hair.
hairworm
hairworm
noun
A nematomorph.
handwrit
handwrit
noun
a book or document written by hand
manuscript; any nonprinted or handwritten text
hardwick
hardwire
hardwire
verb
Alternative spelling of hard-wire
harpwise
hartwick
harwilll
haywires
haywires
noun
plural of haywire
herbwife
herdwick
herdwick
Noun
A sheep of a Cumbrian breed prized for their robust health and durable wool.
herewith
herewith
adv
by this means
in this way, hereby
with this; especially, with this letter or communication
(sometimes derogatory) A cultured or learned person or thing.
hillward
hillward
adj
which faces a hill; which faces the hills
adv
toward a hill; toward the hills
hillwort
hillwort
noun
Calamintha nepeta, a perennial herb in the mint family.
himwards
hindward
hindward
adj
Posterior; in the rear.
adv
Toward the posterior extremity.
hiveward
hiveward
adj
Towards a hive.
horowitz
howitzer
howitzer
noun
(sports, rugby, ice hockey) A powerfully hit shot.
A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
verb
To attack with a howitzer.
hurlwind
hurlwind
noun
(obsolete) whirlwind
inchworm
inchworm
noun
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
verb
To crawl or creep slowly.
To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
ingrowth
ingrowth
noun
(medicine) Growth inwards.
iwurthen
kherwari
misthrew
misthrew
verb
simple past tense of misthrow
misthrow
misthrow
noun
An incorrect throw.
verb
(transitive) To throw incorrectly.
outwhirl
outwhirl
verb
(rare, transitive) To surpass in whirling or spinning.
overwhip
overwhip
verb
(transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
pithwork
preweigh
prowfish
prowfish
noun
Subtropical perciform saltwater fish found in the North Pacific; Zaprora silenus.
rahanwin
rainwash
rainwash
noun
(geography) The washing action of rain, capable of erosion and transporting soil.
A deposit formed by rain.
verb
To wash by the action of rain.
rawhided
rawhided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rawhide
rawhider
rawhider
noun
(US, historical) An itinerant cowboy.
rawhides
rawhides
noun
plural of rawhide
redwithe
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.
rewhiten
rewhiten
verb
To whiten again.
richview
richweed
richweed
noun
Pilea pumila, a herb of the nettle family with a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem.
richwood
rickshaw
rickshaw
noun
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
verb
To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
rikshaws
rikshaws
noun
plural of rikshaw
rowdyish
rowdyish
adj
Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.
schwerin
schwerin
Proper noun
A city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, and capital of the region.
screwish
screwish
adj
(dated) Characteristic of an old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
sherwani
sherwani
noun
A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by man, over a shalwar kameez, in parts of India and Pakistan.
shinwari
shipward
shipward
adv
toward a ship
shipwork
shipwork
noun
The work of building and repairing ships.
shipworm
shipworm
noun
Any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae, that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water.
showbird
showgirl
showgirl
noun
A non-starring but physically beautiful female dancer in an often lavishly produced theatrical revue; a chorine.
shrewdie
shrewdie
noun
(slang) A shrewd or cunning person.
shrewing
shrewing
verb
present participle of shrew
shrewish
shrewish
adj
Bad-tempered; ill-natured; obstinate, as a shrew.
Of or pertaining to a shrew (a nagging, ill-tempered woman).
skirwhit
sortwith
strawish
swartish
swartish
adj
Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny.
swishers
swishers
noun
plural of swisher
swishier
swishier
adj
comparative form of swishy: more swishy
switcher
switcher
noun
(electronics) A switchmode power supply.
(rail transport, US) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter.
(television) Synonym of vision mixer (“device for selecting between video sources”)
One who or that which operates a switch.
One who or that which switches, or changes to something else.
swithers
swithers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swither
tarwhine
tarwhine
noun
A yellowish sea bream, Rhabdosargus sarba
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
twitcher
twitcher
noun
An eager birdwatcher who is willing to travel long distances to see rare species. (See the Wikipedia article for origin.)
Someone or something that twitches.
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
wardship
wardship
noun
(chiefly law) The state of being a ward of someone.
(historical) In English feudal law, the guardianship which the lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was an infant or minor.
wareship
warships
warships
noun
plural of warship
waterish
waterish
adj
Watery.
wehrlite
wehrlite
noun
(mineralogy) A naturally-occurring alloy of bismuth and tellurium, primarily Bi₂Te₃.
(petrology) A type of peridotite that is a mixture of olivine and clinopyroxene.
weighbar
weighers
weighers
noun
plural of weigher
weighter
weighter
noun
One who weights or assigns a weighting.
weinrich
weirdish
weirdish
adj
Somewhat weird.
whackier
whackier
adj
comparative form of whacky: more whacky
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
wheezier
wheezier
adj
comparative form of wheezy: more wheezy
whelkier
wherried
wherries
wherries
noun
plural of wherry
wheybird
whickers
whickers
noun
plural of whicker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whicker
whiffers
whiffers
noun
plural of whiffer
whiffler
whiffler
noun
(US, dialectal) The goldeneye.
(obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
(obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
(obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
(obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion.
whiggery
whiggery
Noun
Support for whiggish attitudes.
whikerby
whimbrel
whimbrel
noun
A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
whimmier
whimpers
whimpers
noun
plural of whimper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whimper
whinnier
whinyard
whinyard
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The pochard, a type of duck.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The shoveler, a type of duck.
(obsolete) A sword, or hanger.
whipbird
whipbird
noun
Any of various Australian songbirds in the genus Psophodes.
whipcord
whipcord
noun
A hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes.
A strong worsted fabric, with a diagonal rib.
A type of catgut.
whippers
whippers
noun
plural of whipper
whippier
whippier
adj
comparative form of whippy: more whippy
whiprays
whiprays
noun
plural of whipray
whipster
whipster
noun
(informal, dated) a scholastic often pedantic person, wise guy
whiptree
whipworm
whipworm
noun
(medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.
whirlbat
whirlbat
noun
(archaic) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it.
(archaic, poetic) The cestus of ancient boxers.
whirlers
whirlers
noun
plural of whirler
whirlgig
whirlier
whirlier
adj
comparative form of whirly: more whirly
whirlies
whirlies
noun
plural of whirly
whirling
whirling
adj
That whirls or whirl.
noun
The action of the verb to whirl.
verb
present participle of whirl
whirlpit
whirlpit
noun
(obsolete) A whirlpool.
whirlwig
whirlwig
Noun
A whirligig beetle.
whirrick
whirried
whirried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whirry
whirries
whirries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whirry
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
whiskers
whiskers
noun
plural of whisker
whiskery
whiskery
adj
(UK, humorous) Old.
Having protrusions resembling whiskers.
Having whiskers.
Involving or caused by whiskers.
Resembling whiskers.
noun
(rare) A whiskey distillery.
whispers
whispers
noun
plural of whisper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whisper
whispery
whispery
adj
Producing or resembling a whisper.
whistler
whistler
noun
(slang, obsolete) The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.
A broken-winded horse.
An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
The goldeneye (certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
The whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
whitaker
whitcher
whitener
whitener
noun
(Canada) A powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk. A "non-dairy creamer".
A person employed to whiten or bleach.
Any substance used to whiten something; a bleach.
whitford
whitmire
whitmore
whitrack
whitster
whitster
noun
(obsolete) A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester.
whitters
whitters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whitter