Any bird of the genus Molothrus. The cowbirds are brood parasites.
cowhide
cowhide
noun
(countable) A hide of a cow.
(uncountable) Any quantity of hides of cows.
(uncountable) Leather made from the hide of cows.
A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
verb
(transitive) To flog with a cowhide.
cowroid
crowdie
crowdie
noun
(Scotland, now historical) Gruel or thin porridge.
A Scottish form of cottage cheese.
demiowl
disavow
disavow
verb
(transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
disgown
disgown
verb
(transitive) To divest of a gown of office; to defrock.
disknow
disowns
disowns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disown
diswont
diswont
verb
(archaic) To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom.
diswood
dowdier
dowdier
adj
comparative form of dowdy: more dowdy
dowdies
dowdies
noun
plural of dowdy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dowdy
dowdily
dowdily
adv
In a dowdy manner
dowding
dowitch
dowling
dowling
Proper noun
A in Michigan.
downier
downier
adj
comparative form of downy: more downy
downily
downily
adv
In a downy manner.
downing
downing
noun
A defeat.
An occasion on which something is downed.
verb
present participle of down
downlie
dowries
dowries
noun
plural of dowry
dowsing
dowsing
noun
The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.
verb
present participle of dowse
godwine
godwits
godwits
noun
plural of godwit
goldwin
goodwin
gowdnie
gwydion
gwydion
Proper noun
A magician, hero and trickster in Welsh mythology.
howadji
howadji
noun
A merchant in the East.
A traveller in the East.
howdied
howdied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of howdy
howdies
howdies
noun
plural of howdy
inbowed
indowed
indowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of indow
inkwood
inkwood
noun
Hypelate trifoliata, a small tree in the soapberry family, native to extreme southern Florida and islands of the Caribbean. It has trifoliate leaves and produces small flowers in early summer.
inwound
inwound
adj
enwound
ivywood
kowbird
linwood
lodowic
miaowed
miaowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miaow
midtown
midtown
noun
(US) The part of a city between uptown and downtown
misword
misword
noun
(obsolete, in later use dialectal) An insult.
verb
(transitive) To word incorrectly.
nilwood
oidwlfe
oldwife
oldwife
noun
Alternative form of old wife (“various types of fish”)
outwind
outwind
verb
(transitive) To extricate by winding; to unloose.
(transitive) To surpass in wind or breath.
pitwood
powdike
powdike
noun
(UK, dialect) A dike; a marsh or fen.
rowdier
rowdier
adj
comparative form of rowdy: more rowdy
rowdies
rowdies
noun
plural of rowdy
rowdily
rowdily
adv
In a rowdy manner.
sidwohl
swindon
swindon
Proper noun
A town in Wiltshire, England
twifold
twifold
adv
(archaic) In a twofold manner or measure.
waiwode
weirdos
weirdos
noun
plural of weirdo
wendigo
wendigo
noun
(mythology) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”)
widgeon
widgeon
noun
Alternative spelling of wigeon
widnoon
widowed
widowed
adj
(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of widow
widower
widower
noun
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); masculine of widow. [from 14th c.]
widowly
widowly
adj
Like, or suiting, a widow.
wifedom
wifedom
noun
A woman's devotion to meeting the needs and/or desires of another, as if they were a marriage partner.
The condition of marriage for a woman.
willdon
winddog
windigo
windigo
noun
Alternative spelling of wendigo.
windock
windore
windore
noun
Obsolete form of window.
windows
windows
noun
plural of window
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of window
windowy
windowy
adj
(rare, obsolete) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
Having many windows.
windrow
windrow
noun
(Canada) A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
(UK) The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it.
(by extension) A long snowbank along the side of a road.
(by extension) A ridge or berm at a perimeter
A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.
A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
verb
(transitive) To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.
windsor
windsor
Proper noun
A placename
UK; A town in Berkshire, England — famous for
Canada; A city in famous for its auto industry.
Several other places in England, Australia, Canada and the United States
a town in North Carolina, USA
from the town in Berkshire.
name transferred from the surname.
The Royal — from the traditional seat at
wisdoms
wisdoms
noun
plural of wisdom
witword
woodbin
woodbin
noun
A bin in which wood is stored.
woodier
woodier
adj
comparative form of woody: more woody
woodies
woodies
noun
plural of woodie
plural of woody
woodine
wooding
wooding
verb
present participle of wood
woodish
woodish
adj
(obsolete) Characteristic of woods or woodland.
(rare) Being like wood, pertaining to wood; woody.
woodris
woodsia
woodsia
noun
(botany) Any of the fern genus Woodsia.
wordier
wordier
adj
comparative form of wordy: more wordy
wordily
wordily
adv
In a wordy manner; using too many words.
wording
wording
noun
A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.
verb
present participle of word
wordish
wordish
adj
Of or pertaining to words; verbal; wordy.
worried
worried
adj
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of worry
wosbird
wosbird
noun
(UK, West Country, Wiltshire, obsolete) A term of reproach.