(Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
bhowani
chatwin
chawing
chawing
verb
present participle of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewing.
chinwag
chinwag
noun
(Britain, Ireland, informal) An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip.
verb
(British, Ireland, informal) To chat, to gossip.
chumawi
dwamish
fishway
fishway
Noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
ghawazi
ghawazi
Noun
A group of Egyptian dancing girls of the Nawari people, whose suggestive dancing was seen as improper.
haikwan
haikwan
Noun
Chinese maritime customs
haleiwa
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
harwich
harwich
Proper noun
A coastal town in Essex, England
harwick
harwill
hawkbit
hawkbit
noun
Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.
hawkies
hawkies
noun
plural of hawkie
hawking
hawking
noun
Action of the verb to hawk.
verb
present participle of hawk
hawkins
hawkish
hawkish
adj
Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.
Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.
Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.
hawsing
hawsing
verb
present participle of hawse
haywire
haywire
adj
Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process; usually used with the verb "go".
Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).
noun
Wire used to bind bales of hay.
hedwiga
hickway
hickway
noun
Alternative form of hickwall
highway
highway
noun
(computing) Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
(figurative) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
(historical) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides
(law, rail transport) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
verb
To travel on a highway
himward
hiwasse
howadji
howadji
noun
A merchant in the East.
A traveller in the East.
htindaw
iwearth
jahwism
jahwist
jawfish
jawfish
noun
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
kahawai
kahawai
noun
(New Zealand) Arripis trutta, a marine fish found around the southeastern coast of Australia and New Zealand, having a dark bluish-green body with indistinct rows of spots forming narrow irregular bands on the upper sides.
mawkish
mawkish
adj
(archaic or dialectal) Feeling sick, queasy.
(archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
mawmish
mawmish
adj
(obsolete) nauseous
pigwash
pigwash
noun
pigswill
rawhide
rawhide
noun
(countable) A whip made from twisted untanned leather.
Untanned hide.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a rawhide whip.
(transitive) To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.
rikshaw
rikshaw
noun
Alternative spelling of rickshaw
sahiwal
sahiwal
Proper noun
A town in western Pakistan.
Noun
Any of a breed of short-horned dairy cattle originating from the Sahiwal district.
sawfish
sawfish
noun
Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
shawing
shipway
shipway
noun
A navigable canal.
The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
swahili
swihart
thawier
thawing
thawing
noun
The process by which something thaws.
verb
present participle of thaw
thwaite
thwaite
noun
(archaic) A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing; assart
Alternative form of twaite
trishaw
trishaw
noun
A three-wheeled cycle rickshaw.
waggish
waggish
adj
mischievous, tricky
witty, jocular, like a wag
wahabit
wahhabi
wahhabi
Noun
An adherent of the puritanical reform movement that arose in 18th-century Arabia.
wahiawa
wahines
wahines
noun
plural of wahine
waipahu
walchia
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.
wannish
wannish
adj
(obsolete) Quite wan or pale.
wansith
warmish
warmish
adj
somewhat warm
warnish
warrish
warrish
adj
Militant; warlike.
warship
warship
noun
Any ship built or armed for naval combat.
washaki
washier
washier
adj
comparative form of washy: more washy
washing
washing
noun
(countable) The action of the verb to wash
(countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
(pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
(stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
(uncountable, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
A thin covering or coat.
My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
The liquid used to wash an ore.
verb
present participle of wash
washita
waskish
waspish
waspish
adj
Spiteful or irascible.
Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
weakish
weakish
adj
Somewhat weak
wearish
wearish
adj
(obsolete or dialectal) Sickly, wizened, feeble.
(obsolete) Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.
whaddie
whaddie
noun
Alternative form of waddy (Aboriginal war club)
whaling
whaling
noun
(informal) A beating.
The practice of hunting whales.
The practice of spotting whales.
verb
present participle of whale
whalish
wharfie
wharfie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
whatkin
whatkin
det
(UK, obsolete, regional) what kind of
whatsis
whatsis
noun
Any object whose actual name one does not know or cannot remember.
whatzit
whatzit
noun
Alternative spelling of whatsit
whidahs
whidahs
noun
plural of whidah
whigham
whileas
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.
whitlam
whitman
whittaw
whittaw
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A saddler.
wichita
wichita
Noun
A member of a tribe of Native Americans, most populous in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Proper noun
Their Caddoan language, which is now extinct.
The largest city in Kansas, USA
wichman
wickham
wickham
Proper noun
A village in Hampshire, England.
wilonah
windham
windham
Proper noun
a town in Connecticut, USA.
an unincorporated community in Iowa, USA.
a town in Maine, USA.
a town in New Hampshire, USA.
a town, hamlet and CDP in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a town in Vermont, USA.
winonah
wishmay
wishram
wishram
Proper noun
a CDP situated on the in Washington, USA.
withams
withdaw
withnay
withsaw
withsaw
noun
(UK dialectal) A contradiction.
withsay
withsay
verb
To contradict or deny.
To decline, to refuse to do or accept.
To forbid, to refuse to allow, give, or permit.
To gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing).
wivinah
wraithe
wraiths
wraiths
noun
plural of wraith
wraithy
wraithy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wraith.
wyethia
yahwism
yahwist
yarwhip
yarwhip
noun
(obsolete) The bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica