(Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
pigwash
pigwash
noun
pigswill
shipway
shipway
noun
A navigable canal.
The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
waipahu
wampish
wampish
verb
(intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To wriggle, twist or swerve about, like a fish swimming
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To brandish or flourish, or be brandished or flourished.
warship
warship
noun
Any ship built or armed for naval combat.
waspish
waspish
adj
Spiteful or irascible.
Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
whipcat
whipman
whipman
noun
A man who uses a whip.
whipray
whipray
noun
Synonym of whiptail stingray
whipsaw
whipsaw
adj
Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once.
noun
A rip saw often operated by two people.
verb
(US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
(transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
(transitive, finance) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
To operate a whipsaw.
yarwhip
yarwhip
noun
(obsolete) The bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica