(transitive) To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
bewick
cardew
carrew
cashew
cashew
noun
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
cawker
cawker
noun
Alternative form of calker
cawley
cawney
cawnie
cawnie
noun
(historical) A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.
chawed
chawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed.
chawer
chawer
noun
One who chaws; a chewer.
chawle
cheraw
chewed
chewed
adj
That has been chewed; masticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chew
chewer
chewer
noun
One who chews.
chewet
chewet
noun
(obsolete) A chough.
(obsolete) A kind of meat pie.
chewie
chewie
noun
(Australia, informal) Chewing gum.
(informal) A chewable treat or toy intended for a pet.
chowed
chowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chow
chowse
chowse
verb
(transitive) Obsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”)
ciwies
clawed
clawed
adj
having claws (of animals)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of claw
clawer
clawer
noun
One who, or that which, claws things.
clewed
clewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clew
clower
clowre
cobweb
cobweb
noun
(Internet slang, rare) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited.
(figurative) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.
(informal, usually in the plural) fuzzy inexact memories.
A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
An intricate plot to catch the unwary.
One of its filaments; gossamer.
The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.
colwen
cornew
cowage
cowage
noun
A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.
cowden
cowdie
cowdie
noun
The kauri tree.
coween
cowell
cowers
cowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cower
coweta
coweta
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA.
cowier
cowier
adj
comparative form of cowy: more cowy
cowled
cowled
adj
(of a chimney) Fitted with a cowl.
Wearing a cowl; hooded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cowl
cowles
cowley
cowley
Proper noun
A district of London, England, in the borough of Hillingdon
A town near Oxford, England
A village in Alberta, Canada
A town in Wyoming
cowmen
cowmen
noun
plural of cowman
cowpea
cowpea
noun
Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.
cowpen
cowper
cowper
noun
(obsolete) A cooper.
cowpie
cowpie
noun
A single pile of cow excrement.
cowrie
cowrie
noun
(by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
(by extension, dated) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
crewed
crewed
adj
Having a crew; manned; piloted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crew
crewel
crewel
noun
Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
verb
(transitive) To make (embroidery) using the crewel method.
crewer
crewer
noun
(informal) A member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft
A competitive rower
A person in charge of locating the technical crew for a media production
crewet
crewet
noun
Alternative form of cruet
crowed
crowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crow
crower
crower
noun
A bird which, or person who, crows.
curfew
curfew
noun
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A signal indicating this time.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
The time when such restriction begins.
curlew
curlew
noun
(Australia) A stone curlew.
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
cwierc
cwierc
noun
An old Polish dry measure, one quarter of a korzec.
cwrite
decrew
decrew
verb
(obsolete, rare) To decrease, wane.
dewcap
dewcup
dowcet
ecowas
encowl
encowl
verb
(transitive) To clothe (as) in a cowl; to make (someone) a monk.
eschew
eschew
verb
(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
escrow
escrow
noun
(law) A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow.
(law) In common law, escrow applied to the deposits only of instruments for conveyance of land, but it now applies to all instruments so deposited.
(law) Money or other property so deposited is also loosely referred to as escrow.
The state of property deposited with an escrow agent.
verb
To place in escrow.
gawcey
gawcie
gweduc
lechwe
lechwe
noun
Kobus leche, an African antelope that inhabits marshy regions.
mcewen
mcgrew
mcgrew
Proper noun
A village in Nebraska.
newcal
plewch
rechaw
rechew
rechew
verb
(figuratively) To go over or ponder again.
To chew again.
recrew
recrew
verb
(transitive) To crew (a vessel) again or anew.
scowed
scowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scow
screws
screws
noun
plural of screw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of screw
screwy
screwy
adj
(archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.
(archaic) Worthless.
(archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.
(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
stowce
stowce
noun
(mining) A wooden landmark to indicate possession of mining land.
A windlass.
twicer
twicer
noun
One who attends two church services on Sundays.
One who is both compositor and pressman.
twicet
twicet
adv
(Southern US, Midland US, regional) Twice.
unclew
unclew
verb
(transitive) To unwind, unfold, or untie.
(transitive, figuratively) To undo; to ruin.
wacken
wacken
adj
(UK dialectal) Lively; sharp; wanton.
(obsolete) Watchful.
wacker
wacker
adj
comparative form of wack: more wack
noun
(UK, Liverpudlian) A Liverpudlian; a resident of Liverpool, England.
wackes
wackes
noun
plural of wacke
waseca
waseca
Proper noun
a smallish city in Minnesota, USA.
a village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
weanoc
wecche
wechts
wechts
noun
plural of wecht
wejack
wejack
noun
(US, Canada, rare) The fisher (Martes pennanti).
welfic
wendic
wendic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Wends.
Proper noun
The language of the Wends.
whence
whence
adv
(archaic, formal or literary) From where; from which place or source.
conj
(literary, poetic) Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence
wiches
wiches
noun
plural of wich
wicked
wicked
adj
(Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Active; brisk.
(slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
Evil or mischievous by nature.
Having a wick.
adv
(slang, New England, Britain) Very, extremely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wick
wicken
wicker
wicker
adj
Made of wickerwork.
noun
A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.
Wickerwork.
wicker basket
wickes
wicket
wicket
noun
(Britain) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
(Internet, informal) An angle bracket when used in HTML.
(US, dialect) A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
(cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
(cricket) One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
(cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
(cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together.
(croquet) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
(mining) The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
(skiing, snowboarding) A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
(veterinary) A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
wieche
wilcoe
winced
winced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wince
wincer
wincer
noun
One who, or that which, winces.
winces
winces
noun
plural of wince
wincey
wincey
noun
linsey-woolsey
wlench
wrecks
wrecks
noun
plural of wreck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wreck
wrecky
wrecky
adj
Damaged, run-down.
wrench
wrench
noun
(UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
(US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
(archaic) A winch or windlass.
(obsolete) A screw.
(obsolete) A trick or artifice.
(obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.
(obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.
(obsolete) means; contrivance
(physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
A distorting change from the original meaning.
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
A violent emotional change caused by separation.
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
verb
(intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.
(intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe.
(transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
(transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
(transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
(transitive) To pull or twist violently.
(transitive) To rack with pain; to be hurt or distressed.
(transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
(transitive, obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.
(transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch.
wretch
wretch
noun
(archaic) An exile.
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.