(obsolete, transitive) To survey, observe; (loosely), to view.
avowe
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.
awane
aware
aware
adj
Conscious or having knowledge of something.
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
awave
awave
adj
waving
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.
awhet
awide
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
bawke
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
blaew
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
bowle
bowle
noun
Obsolete form of bowl.
bowne
bowne
verb
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative form of boun
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.
brews
brews
noun
plural of brew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brew
cadew
cadew
noun
(obsolete) A caddice.
carew
cawed
cawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caw
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.
clews
clews
noun
plural of clew
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
crewe
crewe
noun
A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras float in parades, as well as other charity work.
crews
crews
noun
plural of crew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crew
crowe
dawed
dawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daw
dawen
dawes
dekow
delaw
depew
devow
devow
verb
(obsolete) To disavow; to disclaim.
(obsolete) To give up; to devote.
dewal
dewan
dewan
noun
(historical) A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor.
dewar
dewar
noun
A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.
dewax
dewax
verb
To remove wax from a material or from a surface.
dewed
dewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dew
dewer
dewey
dewey
Proper noun
name derived from the surname, popular in the U.S. in the 1890s.
dewie
dowed
dowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dow
dowel
dowel
noun
(construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
verb
(transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
(transitive) To furnish with dowels.
dower
dower
noun
(law) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.
(law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
(obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
verb
(transitive) To endow.
(transitive) To give a dower or dowry to.
dowie
downe
downe
adv
Obsolete spelling of down
dowse
dowse
noun
Alternative form of douse (“strike”)
verb
(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”)
Alternative form of douse (“to strike”)
dowve
drews
dwale
dwale
noun
(archaic) A sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna.
(dialect) A torpor.
(heraldry) Sable or black (when the colors are blazoned as plants).
A bugbear.
Belladonna or a similar soporific plant.
verb
(dialectal) To mutter deliriously
dwane
dweck
dwell
dwell
noun
(automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
(electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
(engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
verb
(intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
(intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
(transitive with on) To linger on a particular thought, idea, etc.; to remain fixated on something.
dwelt
dwelt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dwell
dwine
dwine
verb
(archaic outside Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.
dwyer
edwin
edwin
Proper noun
Edwin of Northumbria.
egwan
egwin
ekwok
elbow
elbow
noun
(US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.
(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
(basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
(knots) Two nearby crossings of a rope.
A hit with the elbow.
verb
(transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
(transitive, by extension) To nudge, jostle or push.
(transitive, with "out" or "aside") To make someone quit or lose their job so that someone else can get it.
elwee
elwin
elwyn
embow
embow
verb
(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To bend like a bow; to curve.
emmew
emmew
verb
(obsolete) To mew or coop up.
endew
endew
verb
(obsolete) Alternative form of endue (“to endow”)
endow
endow
verb
(transitive) Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
(transitive) Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something).
(transitive, archaic or obsolete) To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”).
enmew
ennew
ennew
verb
(obsolete) To make new.
enows
enweb
erwin
erwin
Proper noun
name, a rare variant of Irwin.
etwas
etwee
etwee
noun
Obsolete form of étui.
eutaw
ewald
ewall
eward
ewart
ewart
Proper noun
name from the Norman French for Edward
derived from the given name
ewder
ewell
ewens
ewers
ewers
noun
plural of ewer
ewery
ewery
noun
(historical, UK) An office or place of household service where the ewers and table linen were kept.
ewest
ewhow
ewing
ewold
expwy
expwy
noun
Abbreviation of expressway.
fanwe
fawne
fetwa
fetwa
noun
Alternative form of fatwa
fewer
fewer
det
Fewer women wear hats these days.
comparative degree of few; a smaller number.
finew
finew
noun
moldiness
flews
flews
noun
plural of flew
flowe
flowe
verb
Obsolete form of flow.
fowey
fowey
Proper noun
a small town and port on the south coast of Cornwall, England.
a river in Cornwall which flows from Bodmin Moor to the English Channel at the town of Fowey.
fowle
fowle
noun
Obsolete spelling of fowl
gawen
gowen
gower
gower
Proper noun
A peninsula in southern Wales.
grewt
gweed
gwelo
gwely
gwenn
gwent
gweyn
gwine
gwine
verb
(archaic, especially African-American Vernacular) present participle of go
halwe
hawed
hawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of haw
hawer
hawse
hawse
adj
(nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.
adv
(nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.
noun
(nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
(nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).
(nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
verb
(intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.