(electrical engineering) A unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10⁻⁷ watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
acknew
acknew
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknow
acknow
acknow
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
(transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
acrawl
acrawl
adj
Crawling.
Full of or covered (with something that crawls or moves as if crawling).
adward
adward
noun
Obsolete form of award.
afrown
afrown
adj
frowning
agawam
agawam
Proper noun
An Eastern Algonquian language
An unincorporated community in Kentucky
A city and a river in Massachusetts
A ghost town in Oklahoma
airway
airway
noun
(anatomy) The trachea.
(aviation) A flight path used by aeroplanes.
aiwain
ajowan
ajowan
noun
Alternative form of ajwain
akawai
aldwin
aldwon
allows
allows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allow
always
always
adv
(informal) In any event.
At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.
Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
alwise
alwise
adv
(archaic) In every way; always.
alwite
alwite
Adjective
Composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other such covering, white.
Noun
Polished plate armour worn uncovered by cloth.
alwitt
andrew
andrew
Proper noun
The first Apostle in the New Testament.
A village in Alberta, Canada
A city in Iowa
An unincorporated community in West Virginia
androw
angwin
anhwei
annfwn
annwfn
answer
answer
noun
(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.
anyhow
anyhow
adv
(conjunctive) In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
(manner) In any way or manner whatever.
anyway
anyway
adv
(conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow.
(obsolete) In any way.
Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point).
Used to indicate a change of subject.
Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least.
anywhy
anywhy
adv
(colloquial, nonstandard) For any reason.
aprowl
aprowl
adj
Prowling.
arawak
aronow
arrows
arrows
noun
(heraldry) Short darts feathered at the ends.
plural of arrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrow
arrowy
arrowy
adj
Consisting of arrows.
Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; for example swift or slender or straight
arzawa
ashwin
aswail
aswail
noun
(dated) The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), an India bear.
aswarm
aswarm
adj
Filled or overrun (with moving objects or beings).
aswash
asweat
asweat
adj
(dated) In a sweat; covered or soaked with sweat or some liquid resembling sweat; sweating.
aswell
aswell
adv
Archaic spelling of as well.
Misspelling of as well.
asweve
asweve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To stupefy.
(obsolete, poetic) To put to sleep.
aswing
aswing
adv
In a state of swinging.
aswirl
aswirl
adv
Swirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling.
aswoon
aswoon
adv
In a swoon.
atwain
atwain
adv
(archaic) Into two parts.
atweel
atween
atween
prep
(archaic, dialectal) Between.
atwekk
atwind
atwind
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To escape.
atwirl
atwirl
adv
twirling
atwist
atwist
adv
Twisted; distorted; awry
atwite
atwite
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To blame; reproach; twit.
atwixt
atwixt
adv
(obsolete, dialectal) Between.
atwood
atwood
Proper noun
An English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.
A small city in Kansas, USA
audwen
audwin
auwers
avawam
avowal
avowal
noun
An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.
avowed
avowed
adj
asserted under oath, or vow
openly acknowledged
positively stated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avow
avower
avower
noun
A person who avows
avowry
avowry
noun
(ecclesiastical) Advowson, the right to appoint to a benefice or office.
(historical) A form of medieval patronage in which colonial tenants, often from criminal backgrounds, were guaranteed protection by an English lord in exchange for the payment of a tax.
(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
(obsolete) A protector, especially a patron saint.
(obsolete) Avowal (open affirmation or admission).
awadhi
awadhi
Proper noun
An Indo-Aryan language, usually considered a dialect of Hindi, spoken in India and Nepal.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Awadh in India.
awaits
awaits
noun
plural of await
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of await
awaked
awaked
verb
(US, rare) simple past tense and past participle of awake
awaken
awaken
verb
(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.
(theology) To call to a sense of sin.
(transitive) To cause to become awake.
(transitive) To cause to become aware.
(transitive, figurative) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
awakes
awakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awake
awalim
awanyu
awards
awards
noun
plural of award
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of award
awaste
awaste
adv
To waste; wasted.
awatch
awatch
adj
Watching; in a state of vigilance.
awater
aweary
aweary
adj
(poetic) Weary, tired.
awedly
aweigh
aweigh
adj
Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor.
aweing
awhape
awhape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To confound; to terrify; to amaze.
awheel
awheel
adv
(dated) Riding a bicycle.
(dated) Travelling by a wheeled vehicle.
(poetic) Circling; moving in the shape of a wheel.
awheft
awhile
awhile
adv
(US, Pennsylvania Dutch English) In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process.
For some time; for a short time.
awhirl
awhirl
adj
Whirling.
awless
awless
adj
Archaic form of aweless.
awmous
awning
awning
noun
(nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
awoken
awoken
verb
(nonstandard, rare) Misspelling of awaken.
past participle of awake
aworry
aworth
awreak
awreak
verb
(obsolete) To avenge, take vengeance on.
awreck
awreck
adv
in or into a state of being wrecked
awrist
awrong
awrong
adv
(obsolete) Wrongly.
awshar
axweed
axwise
axwort
badawi
bagwig
bagwig
noun
Alternative form of bag wig
bagwyn
bagwyn
noun
An imaginary heraldic animal, like an antelope but with the tail of a horse and two curved horns.
balawa
balawu
balewa
ballow
ballow
adj
(obsolete) Round; pot-bellied.
noun
(nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar.
baniwa
baniwa
Proper noun
An Arawakan language spoken in Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.
barlow
barlow
Proper noun
The name of several villages in north-eastern England.
originating from one of these villages.
The name of several towns in the United States, either named after one of the English villages or a person bearing the surname.
barrow
barrow
noun
(Britain) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
(chiefly Britain) A hill.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
(obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
(obsolete) A mountain.
(saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
bartow
bartow
Proper noun
a city in Florida, USA
barwal
barway
barway
noun
A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars that can be lifted out of the posts.
barwin
bashaw
bashaw
noun
(archaic, often derogatory, by extension) A grandee.
(now rare, historical) A pasha.
A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.
bawbee
bawbee
noun
(Scotland, historical) A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
(figuratively) A copper; a small amount of money.
bawble
bawble
noun
Archaic spelling of bauble.
Misspelling of bauble.
bawdry
bawdry
noun
Illicit intercourse; fornication.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
bawled
bawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bawl
bawler
bawler
noun
One who bawls.
bawley
bawley
noun
(nautical) A small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England.
bawrel
bawtie
bawtie
noun
Alternative form of bawty
beclaw
beclaw
verb
(transitive) To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
bedawn
bedews
bedews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedew
bedown
bedway
beeway
beglew
begnaw
begnaw
verb
(transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at.
begowk
begowk
verb
(archaic, Scotland) To play a trick on, make a fool of.
behowl
behowl
verb
(archaic, transitive) To howl at.
beknow
beknow
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess.
(transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about.
bellew
bellow
bellow
noun
The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
verb
To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
To shout in a deep voice.
belows
benbow
berkow
berwyn
berwyn
Proper noun
A mountain range in northeast Wales.
beshow
beshow
noun
A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; the candlefish or sablefish.
beslow
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.
bespew
bespew
verb
(obsolete) To soil or daub with spew; vomit on; foul with vomit.
bestow
bestow
verb
(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
(transitive) To dispose of.
(transitive) To give in marriage.
(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere.
(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.
(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
beswim
betwit
bewail
bewail
verb
To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for
bewake
bewake
verb
(intransitive) To keep awake; watch.
(transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
(transitive) To spend waking; watch through.
(transitive, obsolete) To watch over (a body); observe funeral rites for.
(transitive, obsolete) To watch; keep watch over; guard.
bewall
beware
beware
verb
(defective, transitive, intransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
bewary
bewash
bewash
verb
(transitive, rare) To wash all over; drench with water.
beweep
beweep
verb
(intransitive) To weep.
(transitive) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
bewend
bewend
verb
(transitive, chiefly dialectal) To turn; turn around.
bewept
bewept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beweep
bewest
bewest
prep
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To the west of.
bewhig
bewick
bewigs
bewigs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewig