(India, historical) The feudal chief of a jagir in certain districts, responsible for maintaining law and order with the aid of a military force.
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
hewlett
howlets
howlets
noun
plural of howlet
howlite
howlite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium borosilicate hydroxide found in evaporite deposits.
hulwort
outhowl
outhowl
verb
(transitive) To howl louder or longer than.
swithly
swithly
adv
(obsolete) quickly
thalweg
thalweg
noun
(geology, geography, cartography) The line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow or deepest water along a river’s course.
thurlow
twelfth
twelfth
adj
The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
noun
(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.
One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
unwelth
wachtel
walrath
waltham
waltham
Proper noun
a village and municipality in Quebec, Canada.
a village in Kent, England.
a village in North East Lincolnshire, England.
a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
a town in Maine, USA.
a city in Massachusetts, USA.
a so-called city in Minnesota, USA, named after Waltham, MA.
a town in Vermont, USA.
walther
wealths
wealths
noun
plural of wealth
wealthy
wealthy
adj
Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.
Possessing financial wealth; rich.
noun
(plural only) Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively.
(uncommon, countable) A rich person.
whately
whatley
wheetle
wheetle
noun
A sharp high-pitched vocal sound, as made by young birds and certain animals.
verb
To make a sharp high-pitched vocal sound, as young birds and certain animals do.
whetile
whetile
noun
(UK, dialect) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
whiglet
whilkut
whilter
whirtle
whirtle
noun
(engineering) A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.
whistle
whistle
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).
(colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
An act of whistling.
Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
verb
(intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
(transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
whistly
whistly
adj
(informal) Making a whistling sound.
adv
(obsolete) silently
whitely
whitely
adj
(now rare, Scotland) White; pale.
adv
In a white manner.
whitlam
whitlow
whitlow
noun
An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
whittle
whittle
noun
(archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
(archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.
(transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
(transitive, figurative) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.