(India, historical) A court of justice in British India.
aflower
aflower
adj
(archaic, poetic) flowering, in bloom
agarwal
ailweed
aimwell
airflow
airflow
noun
Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.
airglow
airglow
noun
A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
alewhap
alewife
alewife
noun
(archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
Any of several species similar in appearance.
alloway
allowed
allowed
adj
(now rare) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
(now rare) Allotted.
Permitted, authorized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allow
allower
allower
noun
One who allows or permits.
allwein
allwork
allwork
noun
Domestic or other work of all kinds.
alswith
amawalk
anawalt
ashwell
asprawl
asprawl
adj
Sprawling; covered or filled (with something sprawling).
prep
Sprawling over or across.
avowals
avowals
noun
plural of avowal
aweless
aweless
adj
(obsolete) Inspiring no awe.
Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; irreverent.
A plant, Subularia aquatica, with awl-shaped leaves.
awnless
awnless
adj
Without awns or beard.
awnlike
awnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an awn.
awolowo
aylward
bagwell
baklawa
baldwin
baldwin
Proper noun
name; rather rare in English.
Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.
A town in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan
A town and a hamlet in New York.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town and village in Wisconsin.
Noun
A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
baldwyn
ballwin
banwell
barlows
batfowl
bawdily
bawdily
adv
In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
bawlers
bawlers
noun
plural of bawler
bawling
bawling
noun
The act of one who bawls or shouts.
verb
present participle of bawl
beclown
beclown
verb
(transitive) To make a fool of.
becrawl
becrawl
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To crawl about; crawl all over.
bedwell
bedwell
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.
beelbow
behowls
behowls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behowl
bejewel
bejewel
verb
To decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
bellows
bellows
noun
(figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
(informal or archaic) The lungs.
(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
plural of bellow
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
(transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow
beltway
beltway
noun
(US) A freeway that encircles a city.
belview
beowulf
beowulf
Proper noun
An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of an Old English epic poem, or to the poem itself.
bespawl
bespawl
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle.
betowel
bewails
bewails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewail
bewield
bewield
verb
(transitive, rare) To hold in hand; rule; control; manage; handle; wield.
bidwell
bigelow
billows
billows
noun
plural of billow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of billow
billowy
billowy
adj
Swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
blawing
blawort
blawort
noun
(Scotland) Centaurea cyanus, the cornflower.
blewits
blewits
noun
A type of edible mushroom.
blowbys
blowbys
noun
plural of blowby
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowess
blowess
noun
(obsolete, vulgar) A prostitute; a courtesan.
blowfly
blowfly
noun
Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
blowgun
blowgun
noun
A hollow tube through which a dart or similar missile may be blown.
blowier
blowier
adj
comparative form of blowy: more blowy
blowing
blowing
noun
The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
verb
present participle of blow
blowjob
blowjob
noun
(figurative, derogatory) Excessive praise.
(sex, vulgar) An act of fellatio, or sucking a penis or other phallic object (such as a dildo). Stimulation of somebody's penis or testicles with a person's lips, tongue or mouth with the purpose of giving the receiver sexual pleasure. It may or may not result in orgasm.
blowoff
blowoff
noun
(UK, slang) A fart.
(colloquial) An outburst of temper or excitement.
A blowing off of steam, water, etc.
Something that is blown off.
The explosive separation of part of a rocket etc in order to prevent its destruction and allow for retrieval
blowout
blowout
noun
(Australia) An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
(geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
(slang) A large or extravagant meal.
(slang) A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
(slang) An argument; an altercation.
(slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.
A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
blowpit
blowsed
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
blowzed
blowzed
adj
Rendered blowsy by weather, drink, exertion, etc.
bodwell
bolckow
boswall
boswell
boswell
Proper noun
of Norman origin from Beuzeville in France.
James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Noun
A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
bourlaw
bowable
bowable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; yielding.
boweled
bowerly
bowkail
bowlder
bowlder
noun
Dated form of boulder.
bowlegs
bowlegs
noun
plural of bowleg
bowlers
bowlers
noun
plural of bowler
bowless
bowless
adj
Without a bow.
bowlful
bowlful
Noun
As much as is held by a bowl.
bowlike
bowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).
bowline
bowline
noun
(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.
(nautical) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
bowling
bowling
noun
(Ireland) Road bowling.
(New England) Candlepin bowling.
(cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
(slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
verb
present participle of bowl
bowtell
bradawl
bradawl
noun
An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.
brawled
brawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brawl
brawler
brawler
noun
(video games, informal) A beat 'em up game.
One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
brawley
brawlie
brawlis
brawlys
brownly
brownly
adv
With a brown colour.
bulwand
bulwark
bulwark
noun
(figurative) Any means of defence or security.
(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
A breakwater.
A defense or safeguard.
A defensive wall or rampart.
verb
(transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
(transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.
burwell
burwell
Proper noun
a village in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England.
a small village in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England.
a city in Nebraska, USA, and the county seat of Garfield County.
byelaws
byelaws
noun
plural of byelaw
cadwell
capwell
caswell
caswell
Proper noun
A village on the Gower Peninsula in Wales.
catclaw
catclaw
noun
An acacia, specifically Acacia greggii, now Senegalia greggii, native to most of the border region of the US and Mexico.
catwalk
catwalk
noun
(by extension, "the catwalk") The business of making clothes for fashion shows.
(nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
A narrow elevated stage on which models parade; a runway
Any similar elevated walkway.
clawers
clawers
noun
plural of clawer
clawing
clawing
adj
Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
noun
A scratch with the claws.
verb
present participle of claw
clawker
clawson
clewing
clewing
verb
present participle of clew
clogwyn
clogwyn
noun
cliff, precipice
clowder
clowder
noun
A group of cats or other small felines.
clowned
clowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clown
cogweel
colwell
colwich
conflow
conflow
verb
to flow together into one stream, to converge
costlew
cowbell
cowbell
noun
(music) A musical instrument, typically found without a clapper.
A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap.
Misconstruction of bell cow
cowedly
cowedly
adv
(rare) In a cowed or intimidated manner.
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
cowflop
cowflop
noun
A cowpat.
cowgill
cowgill
Proper noun
A village in Cumbria, England.
A city/town in Missouri.
cowgirl
cowgirl
noun
(card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.
A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
(rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
cowheel
cowheel
noun
The foot or trotter of a cow, used as food (typically stewed to form a jelly).
cowlick
cowlick
noun
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
cowlike
cowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
cowling
cowling
noun
A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc.
A young or little cow; calf.
verb
present participle of cowl
cowlitz
cowplop
cowplop
noun
(colloquial) cow excrement
cowslip
cowslip
noun
(Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
cowtail
cowtail
noun
A coarse wool of low quality, usually shorn from the hind legs of sheep
The tail of a cow
crawful
crawful
noun
As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.
Enough to fill the craw.
crawled
crawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawl
crawler
crawler
noun
(Australia, obsolete) A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
(Internet) A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
(UK, Australia, slang) A sycophant.
(sports) A crawl swimmer.
A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
crawley
crawley
Proper noun
A large town in West Sussex, England
crawlie
crewels
crewels
noun
Alternative form of cruels (“scrofulous swellings in the neck”)
plural of crewel
crowdle
crowell
crowley
crownal
curlews
curlews
noun
plural of curlew
cynwulf
danelaw
danelaw
Proper noun
The part of Great Britain in which the laws of the Scandinavians dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.
The set of legal terms and definitions created in the treaties between the English Alfred the Great and the Danish Guthrum the Old.
dawdled
dawdled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dawdle
dawdler
dawdler
noun
A person who dawdles or idles.
dawdles
dawdles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawdle