(by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
awhet
awhir
cahow
cahow
noun
An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel.
chawk
chawl
chawl
noun
A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
chawn
chaws
chaws
noun
plural of chaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaw
chewa
chwas
halwe
hawed
hawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of haw
hawer
hawks
hawks
noun
plural of hawk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hawk
hawky
hawky
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hawk.
hawok
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.
howea
hwang
jahwe
mahwa
mohwa
mowha
pshaw
pshaw
intj
Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.
verb
(intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".
sawah
sawah
noun
A rice paddy.
schwa
schwa
noun
(phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.
Alternative form of shva
The character ə.
verb
(phonetics, of a vowel sound, rare) To be reduced to schwa.
shawl
shawl
noun
A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.
A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.
verb
(transitive) To wrap in a shawl.
shawm
shawm
noun
A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
shawn
shawn
Proper noun
name, popular in the US in the 1970s.
name, transferred from the male name.
shaws
shaws
noun
plural of shaw
stalks or leaves of root vegetables.
shawy
shewa
showa
swash
swash
adj
(typography) Having pronounced swashes.
bold; dramatic.
noun
(architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
(obsolete) A blustering noise.
(obsolete) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
(obsolete) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
(obsolete) swaggering behaviour.
(typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
A smooth stroke; a swish.
A streak or patch.
A swishing noise.
A wet splashing sound.
The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
verb
(intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
(intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
(transitive, intransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
(transitive, intransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
(transitive, intransitive) To swipe.
(transitive, intransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
To streak, to color in a swash.
swath
swath
noun
(often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.
The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
thawn
thaws
thaws
noun
plural of thaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thaw
thawy
thawy
adj
Becoming liquid; thawing; inclined to or tending to thaw.
Conducive to thawing.
thraw
tihwa
wahoo
wahoo
noun
(Southern US) The winged elm, Ulmus alata.
Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush.
wakhi
walsh
walsh
Proper noun
Variant of Welsh and Welch.
walth
warch
warth
warth
noun
(UK, dialect) A ford.
washo
washy
washy
adj
(US, dialect, archaic) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour.
Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble.
Watery; damp; soft.
noun
(childish or poetic, rare) A wash, an act of washing.
watch
watch
noun
(nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
(nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
A person or group of people who guard.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a lookout.
(intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
(intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
(nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
(transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
(transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
(transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
(transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
(transitive, intransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
(transitive, obsolete) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
watha
watha
Proper noun
A town in North Carolina.
wauch
waugh
waugh
adj
(dialect, Scotland and Northern England) Insipid; tasteless.
verb
Alternative form of waff (“to bark”)
wawah
whack
whack
adj
Alternative form of wack (“crazy”)
noun
(US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
(dated, disco-era drug slang) PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack).
(obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
(originally UK cant, somewhat dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
(typography, computing, slang) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
The sound of a heavy strike.
The strike itself.
The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
verb
(UK, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
(slang) To kill, bump off.
(sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
(transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
To hit, slap or strike.
whale
whale
noun
(by extension) Any species of Cetacea.
(figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
(figuratively, as "whale of a ___") Something, or someone, that is excellent.
(finance, informal) An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
(gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
(marketing, by extension) A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.
Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
verb
(intransitive) To hunt for whales.
(slang, transitive) To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
whall
whall
noun
A light colour of the iris in horses; the state of being walleyed.
whalm
whalp
whaly
whame
whame
noun
Synonym of whame fly
whamo
whamo
intj
Alternative form of whammo
whamp
whams
whams
noun
plural of wham
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wham
whand
whang
whang
noun
(Britain, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
(UK, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
(US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.
(dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
verb
(Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
(US, Scotland, Britain, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
(chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
(informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
whank
whank
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A large portion, slice or lump.
(Scotland, Northern England) A strike with the fist; a blow; a knock.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To beat; to thrash; to whip; to lash.
(Scotland, Northern England) To cut, especially to cut off a large portion.
whaps
whaps
noun
plural of whap
whare
whare
noun
A Maori hut.
wharf
wharf
noun
A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
verb
(transitive) To place on a wharf.
(transitive) To secure by a wharf.
wharl
wharl
noun
(medicine) A rattling or uvular utterance of the r-sound.
wharp
wharp
noun
(UK, dated) A fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
whart
whase
whata
whatd
whats
whats
noun
plural of what; used as a stand-in to collectively pluralize arbitrary instances of things. Often used along with whys, hows, etc.
whauk
whaup
whaup
noun
(Scotland) The curlew, Numenius arquata.
whaur
wheal
wheal
noun
(UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.
A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
verb
(uncommon) Synonym of wale.
wheam
wheat
wheat
adj
Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
noun
(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
(uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.
whiba
whiba
noun
An old Tunisian unit of dry measure, one sixteenth of a cafiz.
whoas
whoas
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whoa
wisha
wisha
intj
(Ireland) An expression of surprise.
witha
wrath
wrath
adj
Wrathful; wroth; very angry.
noun
(formal or old-fashioned) Great anger.
(rare) Punishment.
verb
(obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
wuhan
wuhan
Proper noun
A sub-provincial city in central China; capital of Hubei Province.