(US) A beverage of water and vinegar, often seasoned with ginger and sweetened with molasses, honey, or similar.
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.
switches
switches
noun
plural of switch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of switch
swithers
swithers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swither
tamworth
tamworth
Proper noun
a town in Staffordshire, England.
Noun
One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forward-pointed ears, and are valued for bacon production.
tarwhine
tarwhine
noun
A yellowish sea bream, Rhabdosargus sarba
teewhaap
thataway
thataway
adv
(humorous or dialect) that way (usually in terms of physical direction)
thawable
thawiest
thawless
thawless
adj
(rare) eternally frozen; not prone to thaw
theowdom
theowman
theowmen
thewiest
thewless
thewless
adj
(obsolete) Lacking morals or virtue.
Lacking vigour or energy; listless; weak; nerveless.
thewlike
thewness
thewness
noun
Vigour; robustness.
thickwit
thickwit
Noun
A stupid person.
thindown
thiswise
thorrlow
thorwald
thowless
thowless
adj
Alternative form of thewless
thrawart
thrawing
thrawnly
thrawnly
adv
(rare) In a thrawn manner.
throwers
throwers
noun
plural of thrower
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
throwoff
throwout
throwout
noun
(US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead assuming the untaxed transaction is taxed in the originating state in a notional proportion to other taxable transactions.
(printing) A folded sheet that opens out to one side; half a gatefold.
(rare) One who has been rejected by society; an outcast.
Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwback
thruways
thruways
noun
plural of thruway
thuswise
thuswise
adv
(dated) In this way.
thwacked
thwacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thwack
thwacker
thwacker
noun
A club, rod, stick, etc., used to thwack.
A person who strikes a resounding blow with an object.
thwarted
thwarted
adj
Frustrated, obstructed or prevented.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thwart
thwarter
thwarter
noun
A disease of sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
A person or thing that thwarts.
thwartly
thwartly
adv
transversely; obliquely
thwittle
thwittle
noun
(obsolete) A small knife; a whittle.
verb
(obsolete) To cut or whittle.
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.
tomahawk
tomahawk
noun
(basketball) A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
(field hockey) A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.
(geometry) A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.
An ax used by Native American warriors.
verb
(basketball) To perform a tomahawk dunk.
(historical) To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.
To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.
towheads
towheads
noun
plural of towhead
townhome
townhome
noun
(US) A townhouse or row house.
townhood
townhood
noun
The status or period of being a town.
township
township
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A small town.
(South Africa, Post 1994) A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
(South Africa, Pre 1994) An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
(US, Canada) A subdivision of a county.
The territory of a town.
towpaths
towpaths
noun
plural of towpath
tushepaw
twatchel
twelfths
twelfths
noun
plural of twelfth
twichild
twichild
adj
(obsolete) Being in second childhood.
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.
twinhood
twinhood
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being a twin; twinship.
twinight
twinight
adj
(of a baseball double-header) that begins in the late afternoon
twinship
twinship
noun
(countable, nautical) Either of a pair of ships of exactly the same design
(uncountable) The condition of being a twin
twitched
twitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twitch
twitchel
twitchel
noun
(Midlands) A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.
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.
twitches
twitches
noun
plural of twitch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twitch
twitchet
twitchet
noun
(US slang, dialectal) The vulva or vagina.
twyhynde
unswathe
unswathe
verb
(transitive) To remove a swathe from.
unthawed
unthawed
adj
Which has not been thawed: still frozen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unthaw
unthewed
unthrown
unthrown
adj
Not thrown.
unweight
unweight
verb
To remove a statistical weighting from.
To temporarily remove the body's weight from a ski when making a turn.
unwhited
unwhited
adj
Not whited; not made white.
unworthy
unworthy
adj
Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
noun
An inadequate person.
upgrowth
upgrowth
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
upthrown
upthrown
verb
past participle of upthrow
upthrows
upthrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upthrow
wachuset
waechter
wahpeton
walthall
walthall
Proper noun
a village in Mississippi, USA
walworth
walworth
Proper noun
a district in the London Borough of Southwark, England.
a scattered village in Darlington borough, County Durham, England.
an unincorporated community in Custer County, Nebraska, USA.
a town in Wayne County, New York State, USA.
a town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA.
wandreth
wanthill
wanworth
warmouth
warmouth
noun
Lepomis gulosus, a species of freshwater sunfish native to America.
warpaths
warpaths
noun
plural of warpath
warthman
warthogs
warthogs
noun
plural of warthog
washiest
washiest
adj
superlative form of washy: most washy
washitas
washouts
washouts
noun
plural of washout
washtail
washtail
noun
Synonym of wagtail (“type of bird”)
washtray
washtray
noun
A tray for holding items while they are washed.
washtubs
washtubs
noun
plural of washtub
watchcry
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.
watchers
watchers
noun
plural of watcher
watcheye
watchful
watchful
adj
Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
watching
watching
noun
The act of one who watches.
verb
present participle of watch
watchman
watchman
noun
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
watchmen
watchmen
noun
plural of watchman
watchout
watchout
noun
(firefighting) Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous.
A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.
watchung
waterish
waterish
adj
Watery.
watthour
watthour
noun
Alternative form of watt-hour
wauchted
wauchted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waucht
waughted
waughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waught
waythorn
waythorn
noun
The common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica.
weathers
weathers
noun
plural of weather
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weather
weathery
weathery
adj
(of tea) Lacking in flavour as a result of the leaves having been harvested during mid-season rains.
Accompanied by or featuring wind and/or precipitation.
Subject to frequent changes (of direction or fortune, for example).
Worn or otherwise affected by weather; (of a person's features or body) showing signs of age or wear.
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.
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.
wermethe
westfahl
westhead
westphal
weymouth
weymouth
Proper noun
a town in Dorset, England
a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
whatever
whatever
adj
(colloquial) Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
adv
(interrogative) In what way; to what extent.
(with negative) At all; in any way; whatsoever.
det
(interrogative) What ever; emphatic form of 'what'.
Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that.
Any; of no matter what type or kind.
Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that.
intj
(colloquial) A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further.
noun
(colloquial) Something whose exact kind or nature is unimportant; a thingy.
pron
(fused relative) Anything that; all that.
(informal) Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
(interrogative) What ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc.
Regardless of anything that.
whatlike
whatlike
det
(Scotland, archaic) what kind of
whatness
whatness
noun
(philosophy) Essence; quiddity.
Quality; quantity.
whatnots
whatnots
noun
plural of whatnot
whatreck
wheatear
wheatear
noun
A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat.
An ear of wheat.
Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
especially, the northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
wheatens
wheaties
wheaties
noun
plural of wheatie
wheatley
wheatley
Proper noun
Derived from the place name
A town in Arkansas
A village in Oxfordshire, England
wheencat
whereout
whereout
conj
Out of which.
whetrock
whetters
whetters
noun
plural of whetter
whetting
whetting
noun
The process by which something is whetted.
verb
present participle of whet
whiffets
whiffets
noun
plural of whiffet
whinchat
whinchat
noun
A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.
whiniest
whiniest
adj
superlative form of whiny: most whiny
whipholt
whippets
whippets
noun
plural of whippet
whippost
whipster
whipster
noun
(informal, dated) a scholastic often pedantic person, wise guy
whiptail
whiptail
noun
(uncountable) A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.
A fish, the blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae.
Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.
The pretty-faced wallaby.
whiptree
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.
whirlpit
whirlpit
noun
(obsolete) A whirlpool.
whishted
whisting
whisting
verb
present participle of whist
whistled
whistled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whistle
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).
whistles
whistles
noun
plural of whistle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whistle
whitaker
whitblow
whitcher
whitcomb
whiteboy
whiteboy
noun
(UK, US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Caucasian male.
(uncountable, slang) Heroin.
whitecap
whitecap
noun
(US, historical) A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks.
A wave having a white crest; a breaker
Any of several birds having a white patch on the head
whitecup
whitecup
noun
The solanaceous plant Nierembergia rivularis.
whitefly
whitefly
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest