(now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
lowlife
lowlife
noun
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
midwife
midwife
noun
(rare, figuratively) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
verb
(transitive) To act as a midwife.
(transitive, figuratively) To facilitate the emergence of.
newfish
oidwlfe
oldwife
oldwife
noun
Alternative form of old wife (“various types of fish”)
piewife
puffwig
safawid
sawfish
sawfish
noun
Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
seawife
swiften
swiften
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become swifter or faster; to hasten.
swifter
swifter
adj
comparative form of swift: more swift
noun
(nautical) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
(nautical) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while it is being turned.
(nautical) The forward shroud of a lower mast.
verb
(nautical, transitive) To tighten (e.g. slack standing rigging) by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
swiftie
swiftie
noun
Alternative form of Tom Swifty.
Someone or something that moves swiftly.
swiftly
swiftly
adv
In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
swifton
tickfaw
townify
twifoil
twifoil
noun
(heraldry) A head of two leaves growing out of a stem.
twifold
twifold
adv
(archaic) In a twofold manner or measure.
twigful
twigful
noun
As much as a twig will hold.
uniflow
uniflow
adj
(of a steam engine) In which steam flows in one direction only in each half of the cylinder.
(of an engine) In which the gas mixture enters at one end of the cylinder controlled by the piston and the exhaust exits at the other.
unwifed
unwifed
adj
Not married to a woman.
wafdist
waffies
waffing
waffing
verb
present participle of waff
wafting
wafting
noun
An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.
verb
present participle of waft
waifing
waifing
verb
present participle of waif
wailful
wailful
adj
(chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful.
wainful
wainful
noun
A quantity that fills a wain; wagonful.
wakwafi
wharfie
wharfie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
whiffed
whiffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiff
whiffen
whiffer
whiffer
noun
(informal) An inhaler (device for asthmatics).
whiffet
whiffet
noun
A little whiff or puff.
whiffle
whiffle
noun
(obsolete) A fife or small flute.
(obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
A short blow or gust.
verb
(UK) To waste time.
(intransitive) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
(ornithology, of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
(transitive) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To blow a short gust.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
wifedom
wifedom
noun
A woman's devotion to meeting the needs and/or desires of another, as if they were a marriage partner.
The condition of marriage for a woman.
wifeism
wifeism
noun
(Nigeria, politics) A patriarchal societal tendency whereby women can only achieve things as the wives of men of rank.
wifekin
wifekin
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A wife.
wifelet
wifelet
noun
(colloquial, endearing) A wife.
(informal, by extension) A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship).
(informal, by extension) A wife who is of small stature.
wileful
wileful
adj
Full of wiles; deceitful.
wilfred
wilfred
Proper noun
name, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.
wilfrid
wilfrid
Proper noun
name, a less common form of Wilfred.
willful
willful
adj
US standard spelling of wilful.
winfall
winfred
winfree
winfrid
wishful
wishful
adj
(obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
Aspiring, or seeking advancement.
Expressing a wish or longing for something.
wistful
wistful
adj
Full of longing or yearning.
Sad and thoughtful.
witloof
witloof
noun
(cooking) Belgian endive, common chicory (Cichorium intybus)
witsafe
wolffia
wolfian
wolfing
wolfing
noun
The hunting of wolves for their skins.
verb
present participle of wolf
wolfish
wolfish
adj
Fierce; menacing; savage.
Having the characteristics or habits of a wolf.
Pertaining to wolves.
wolfkin
wolfkin
noun
(fantasy) Any of various nonhuman and non-wolf fantasy creatures that have features of a wolf.
A young or small wolf.
woofing
woofing
noun
Act of woofing; barking.
Travelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there.