(law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
A solution to a problem.
verb
(law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
(obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
(obsolete) To render account to or for.
(transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
(transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
(transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
ashwin
aswing
aswing
adv
In a state of swinging.
aswoon
aswoon
adv
In a swoon.
besnow
besnow
verb
To scatter like snow, or as if like snow.
To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
To whiten with snow, or as with snow.
brawns
brawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brawn
browns
browns
noun
plural of brown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brown
bwanas
bwanas
noun
plural of bwana
clowns
clowns
noun
plural of clown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clown
cowson
cowson
adj
(slang, chiefly South London, archaic) Used for emphasis; bloody; fucking.
That cowson nut is rusted frozen.
noun
(slang, chiefly South London, archaic) An objectionable, contemptible, unfortunate or stubborn person, place or situation (sometimes used ironically or humorously); bastard; git.
That cowson still owes me five quid.
crowns
crowns
noun
plural of crown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crown
daswen
dawson
dawson
Proper noun
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A in Maryland.
A city in Minnesota.
A village in Nebraska.
A ghost town in New Mexico.
A city in North Dakota.
A township in Ontario.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town in Texas.
dewans
dewans
noun
plural of dewan
disnew
disown
disown
verb
(transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
(transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
(transitive, computing, Unix) To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
diwans
diwans
noun
plural of diwan
downes
dowson
drowns
drowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drown
dwines
endows
endows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endow
ensnow
fewnes
frowns
frowns
noun
plural of frown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frown
gowans
gowans
noun
plural of gowan
indows
indows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indow
inwats
iowans
jawans
jawans
noun
plural of jawan
knowns
knowns
noun
plural of known
lawson
lawson
noun
a chemical and dye found in henna (Lawsonia inermis)
lowsin
lowson
mawson
navswc
nawabs
nawabs
noun
plural of nawab
nawies
newels
newels
noun
plural of newel
newest
newest
adj
superlative form of new: most new
newies
newies
noun
plural of newie
newish
newish
adj
(informal) Somewhat new
newsie
newsie
noun
Alternative form of newsy
newsom
nisswa
nisswa
Proper noun
A city in Minnesota.
noways
noways
adv
Alternative form of noway
nowise
nowise
adv
(archaic or dialect) (In) no way, (in) no manner, definitely not.
onslow
owings
owings
noun
(rare) That which is owed; debt.
owners
owners
noun
plural of owner
prawns
prawns
noun
plural of prawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prawn
rawins
rawson
renews
renews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of renew
resawn
resawn
verb
past participle of resaw
resewn
resewn
verb
past participle of resew
resown
resown
verb
past participle of resow
rewins
rewins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewin
rowans
rowans
noun
plural of rowan
rowens
rowens
noun
plural of rowen
salwin
sarwan
sarwan
noun
One who drives a camel.
sawing
sawing
noun
(usually in the plural) A shaving or fragment of sawn material.
The act by which something is sawn.
verb
present participle of saw
sawman
sawman
noun
A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber.
sawmon
sawneb
sawney
sawney
adj
foolish, stupid
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Bacon.
(countable) A fool, an idiot.
sawnie
seawan
seawan
noun
Wampum (small beads made from polished shells).
selwin
selwyn
selwyn
Proper noun
name transferred back from the surname, in quiet use since the 19th century.
Any of a number of places in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and US.
sepawn
sewans
sewans
noun
plural of sewan
sewing
sewing
noun
Something that is being or has been sewn.
The action of the verb to sew.
verb
present participle of sew
shawna
shawna
Proper noun
name, a modern feminine form of Shawn.
shawny
sidnaw
sinawa
sinews
sinews
noun
plural of sinew
sinewy
sinewy
adj
(figuratively) Having or showing nervous strength.
(of a person or animal) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
Tough; having strong sinews.
siwens
snawed
snawle
snowed
snowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snow
snowie
sowans
sowens
sowens
noun
(Scotland) A food item made from the husk of the oat by a process similar to that by which common starch is made; flummery.
sowing
sowing
noun
The act or process by which something is sown.
verb
present participle of sow
sowins
sowins
noun
Alternative form of sowens
spawns
spawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spawn
spawny
spawny
adj
(slang) lucky
In some way like or resembling spawn.
strawn
strawn
adj
Alternative spelling of strawen
strewn
strown
strown
verb
past participle of strow
sunbow
sunbow
noun
A bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, caused by refraction through a spray of water from a cataract, waterfall, fountain, etc., rather than through droplets of rain.
sundew
sundew
noun
Any of a group of insectivorous plants in the genus Drosera that catch insects by sticky droplets ("dew") at the end of hairs on the leaves and grow in boggy ground all over the world.
sunway
supawn
supawn
noun
Alternative form of suppawn
surwan
surwan
noun
Alternative form of sarwan (“camel-driver”)
swaine
swaine
noun
Obsolete spelling of swain
swains
swains
noun
plural of swain
swanee
swangy
swanks
swanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swank
swanky
swanky
adj
(informal) Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.
noun
Alternative form of swankie
swanny
swanny
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swan.
verb
Alternative form of swan (“declare, swear”)
swayne
sweden
sweden
Proper noun
of the Scandinavian countries. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.
sweens
sweeny
sweeny
noun
An atrophy of the muscles, especially of the shoulder, in horses.
sweven
sweven
noun
(archaic) A dream.
(archaic) A vision.
swiney
swinge
swinge
noun
(archaic) A swinging blow.
(obsolete) Power; sway; influence.
verb
(archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.
(archaic) To strike hard.
(obsolete) To chastise; to beat.
(obsolete) To singe.
swings
swings
noun
plural of swing
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swing
swingy
swingy
adj
(curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.
(informal) Characteristic of swing music.
(informal) Having a swinging motion.
(informal, of dice) Having a comparatively flat normal distribution of possible results.
(informal, politics) Having many swing voters.
swinks
swinks
noun
plural of swink
swoons
swoons
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swoon
swoony
swoony
adj
Tending to swoon or faint
swound
swound
noun
Obsolete form of swoon.
swouns
tensaw
tiswin
townes
townes
noun
plural of towne
towson
towson
Proper noun
a large unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland, USA, and the county seat of Presumably named after early settlers William and Thomas Towson.
tswana
twains
twains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twain
twangs
twangs
noun
plural of twang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twang
twines
twines
noun
plural of twine
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twine
unmews
unmews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unmew
unsawn
unsawn
adj
Not sawn.
unsewn
unsewn
adj
Not sewn.
unsews
unsews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unsew
unslow
unsnow
unsown
unsown
adj
Not sown.
unstow
unstow
verb
(transitive) To unload (stowed cargo) from a ship, etc.
unwise
unwise
adj
Not wise; lacking wisdom
unwish
unwish
verb
(transitive) To undo a wish
(transitive, obsolete) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
unwist
unwist
adj
(archaic) unknown, unrecognized
unwits
unwits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unwit
vowson
wagons
wagons
noun
plural of wagon
wakens
wakens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waken
wandis
wanids
wanlas
washen
washen
adj
(archaic) clean
verb
(archaic) alternative past participle of wash.
washin
waspen
wasson
watson
watson
Proper noun
Any character who acts as a catalyst for the detective protagonist's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that is privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.