(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
(transitive) To expect.
(transitive, formal) To wait for.
(transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
awake
awake
adj
(figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.
Not asleep; conscious.
verb
(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
(intransitive, figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
(transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
(transitive) To make aware of something.
(transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
awald
awalt
awane
award
award
noun
(Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
(law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
(law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
verb
(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
(transitive) To give (a person) an award.
(transitive) To give (an award).
(transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
aware
aware
adj
Conscious or having knowledge of something.
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
awarn
awarn
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To warn.
awash
awash
adj
(by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
awave
awave
adj
waving
aways
aways
adv
Alternative spelling of a ways
awber
aweek
aweel
aweel
intj
(Scotland) Well; well then.
awest
awest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of awe
aweto
aweto
noun
(New Zealand) A parasitic fungus of the genus Ophiocordyceps.
awful
awful
adj
(dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
(now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
(now rare) Struck or filled with awe or reverence.
(obsolete) Terror-stricken.
Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
Very bad.
adv
(colloquial) Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.
(colloquial, US, Canada) Very, extremely.
awhet
awhir
awide
awing
awing
adv
On the wing; flying; fluttering.
verb
present participle of awe
awink
awink
adj
Winking.
awiwi
awkly
awkly
adv
(obsolete) Awkwardly.
(obsolete) In an unlucky or perverse manner.
awned
awned
adj
Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
awner
awner
noun
A device for cutting the awns from grain.
awoke
awoke
verb
(rare) past participle of awake
simple past tense of awake
awols
awols
noun
plural of awol
awork
awork
Adverb
At work; in action.
balow
batwa
bawds
bawds
noun
plural of bawd
bawdy
bawdy
adj
(of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
bawke
bawls
bawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bawl
bawly
bawly
noun
Alternative form of bawley
bawra
bawty
bawty
noun
(Scotland) A dog.
bedew
bedew
verb
(transitive) To make wet with or as if with dew.
behew
behew
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To carve; adorn; embellish.
below
below
adv
(nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.
(of a temperature) Below zero.
In or to a lower place.
Later in the same text.
On or to a lower storey.
prep
(stage directions) Downstage of.
Downstream of.
Lower in spatial position than.
Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.
South of.
Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
bepaw
besew
besew
verb
(transitive) To sew.
bewet
bewet
verb
(transitive) To wet or moisten profusely.
bewig
bewig
verb
(transitive) To furnish or cover with a wig; put a wig on.
bewit
bewit
noun
A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
verb
(transitive) To bequeath.
(transitive) To endue or impart wit (to); instruct.
bewry
bilow
blaew
blawn
blaws
blown
blown
adj
(automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
(obsolete) Stale; worthless.
(of glass) Formed by blowing.
Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
Distended, swollen, or inflated.
Having failed.
Panting and out of breath.
Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
verb
past participle of blow
blows
blows
noun
plural of blow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blow
blowy
blowy
adj
(of fabric, hair, etc.) Billowy, blowing or waving in the wind.
(of soil) Susceptible to drifting.
Windy or breezy.
noun
Alternative spelling of blowie
bmews
bowed
bowed
adj
Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bow
bowel
bowel
noun
(chiefly medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
(in the plural, archaic) The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
(in the plural, figuratively) The (deep) interior of something.
(obsolete, in the plural) offspring
verb
(now rare) To disembowel.
bowen
bower
bower
noun
(literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
(nautical) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.
(obsolete, falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
(ornithology) A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.
A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.
A peasant; a farmer.
A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
Either of the two highest trumps in euchre.
One who bows or bends.
One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow.
verb
(obsolete) To lodge.
To embower; to enclose.
bowes
bowes
noun
plural of bowe
verb
Obsolete form of bow.
bowet
bowge
bowge
verb
(intransitive) To bulge or swell out.
(transitive) To cause to leak.
bowie
bowie
noun
A Bowie knife
bowla
bowle
bowle
noun
Obsolete form of bowl.
bowls
bowls
noun
A ball used in the game of bowls
A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
plural of bowl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowl
bowly
bowne
bowne
verb
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative form of boun
bowra
bowse
bowse
noun
A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
verb
(archaic) To drink excessively and socially; to carouse.
(nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
brawl
brawl
noun
(dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”)
(dance, obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
verb
(intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
(intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
(intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
(transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold.
brawn
brawn
noun
(UK, dialectal) A boar.
(chiefly Britain) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
Physical strength; muscularity.
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
verb
(intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.
(transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
braws
brews
brews
noun
plural of brew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brew
browd
brown
brown
adj
(US) Latino
(obsolete) Gloomy.
(of Asians) South Asian
(of East Asians) Southeast Asian
Having a brown colour.
noun
(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
(entomology) Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
(hunting, as "the brown") A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
(slang, archaic, countable) A copper coin.
(snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
(sometimes capitalised, countable, informal) A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
(uncountable) Black tar heroin.
A brown horse or other animal.
verb
(cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
(demography, transitive, intransitive, slang, ethnic slur, usually derogatory, offensive) To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
(intransitive) To become brown.
(intransitive, transitive) To tan.
(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
(transitive) To make brown or dusky.
brows
brows
noun
plural of brow
bulow
bunow
bwana
bwana
noun
(slang) Big boss, important person.
bylaw
bylaw
noun
A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
byway
byway
noun
(by extension) a little-known or arcane field of study or detail.
a road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path.
a road that is not frequently travelled.
cadew
cadew
noun
(obsolete) A caddice.
cahow
cahow
noun
An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel.
carew
cawed
cawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caw
cawky
cawky
adj
Resembling or relating to cawk.
cawny
cawny
noun
Alternative form of cawnie
chawk
chawl
chawl
noun
A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
chawn
chaws
chaws
noun
plural of chaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaw
chewa
chews
chews
noun
plural of chew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chew
chewy
chewy
adj
Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
noun
(Australia, informal) Alternative form of chewie (“chewing gum”)
(US, informal) A type of soft and sticky cookie.
chivw
chowk
chowk
noun
(India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
(India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
(India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
chows
chows
noun
plural of chow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chow
chwas
clawk
claws
claws
noun
plural of claw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of claw
clews
clews
noun
plural of clew
clown
clown
noun
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.
A clownfish.
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
A stupid or badly-behaved person.
verb
(intransitive) To act in a silly or playful fashion.
(transitive, African-American Vernacular) To ridicule.
clwyd
clywd
cohow
cowal
cowal
noun
(Australia) A billabong, or stagnant pool.
cowan
cowan
noun
(Freemasonry) A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
(Scotland, obsolete, rare) A fishing-boat.
(in attributive use) Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.
(slang) A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.
A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
cowed
cowed
adj
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cowed.
Frightened into submission.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cow
cowen
cowen
noun
Obsolete spelling of cowan (one uninitiated in the secrets of Freemasonry).
cower
cower
verb
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
(intransitive, archaic) To crouch in general.
(obsolete, transitive) To cherish with care.
(transitive) To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.
cowes
cowes
Proper noun
A town on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England.
cowey
cowie
cowie
noun
(Britain, Northumbria) A left-handed person.
(Britain, Northumbria) A pill, especially of the drug ecstasy.
cowle
cowls
cowls
noun
plural of cowl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cowl