A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
bullwhip
bullwhip
noun
A whip made from plaited leather, often with a knotted end, for use with livestock.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a bullwhip.
chigwell
chlodwig
clerihew
clerihew
noun
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
dewlight
dilworth
downhill
downhill
adj
(by extension) Easy.
Going down a slope or a hill.
Located down a slope or hill.
adv
(by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
Down a slope.
noun
(countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
(uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
verb
To take part in downhill skiing.
erewhile
erewhile
adv
(archaic or poetic) Some time ago; beforehand; formerly.
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
flywinch
gahrwali
garhwali
garhwali
Proper noun
A Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.
gluhwein
gluhwein
noun
A type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.
hailweed
hailwood
halfwise
harwilll
hawkbill
hawkbill
noun
Alternative spelling of hawksbill
hawklike
hawklike
adj
Reminiscent of a hawk.
heilwood
hickwall
hickwall
noun
(UK, regional) A European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
(UK, regional) A lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor.
(UK, regional, archaic) A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.
hilltown
hilltown
noun
Alternative form of hill town
hillview
hillward
hillward
adj
which faces a hill; which faces the hills
adv
toward a hill; toward the hills
hillwort
hillwort
noun
Calamintha nepeta, a perennial herb in the mint family.
hurlwind
hurlwind
noun
(obsolete) whirlwind
jewishly
jewishly
Adverb
In a Jewish way.
landwhin
leftwich
lewisham
lewisham
Proper noun
a town in south-east London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
lewisohn
lichwake
limewash
limewash
noun
A mixture of slaked lime in water.
verb
(transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
lowishly
newlight
outwhirl
outwhirl
verb
(rare, transitive) To surpass in whirling or spinning.
owlishly
owlishly
adv
In an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.
owllight
owllight
Noun
glimmering or imperfect light
pinwheel
pinwheel
noun
A cogged (toothed) gear.
A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spin.
plowfish
sahiwals
shawling
shawling
noun
An act of wrapping in a shawl.
verb
present participle of shawl
showgirl
showgirl
noun
A non-starring but physically beautiful female dancer in an often lavishly produced theatrical revue; a chorine.
sillyhow
swahilis
swelchie
swelchie
noun
(rare, obsolete) A whirlpool.
swellish
swellish
adj
(slang, dated) Like a swell or dandy; stylish.
switchel
switchel
noun
(US) A beverage of water and vinegar, often seasoned with ginger and sweetened with molasses, honey, or similar.
thewlike
thwittle
thwittle
noun
(obsolete) A small knife; a whittle.
verb
(obsolete) To cut or whittle.
twichild
twichild
adj
(obsolete) Being in second childhood.
twilight
twilight
adj
Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.
noun
(astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
verb
(transitive, poetic) To illuminate faintly.
twitchel
twitchel
noun
(Midlands) A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.
vowelish
vowelish
adj
Of the nature of a vowel.
wadleigh
walachia
waldheim
waldheim
Proper noun
A town in Saxony, Germany.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
wallhick
wallhick
noun
The lesser spotted woodpecker.
wanthill
washtail
washtail
noun
Synonym of wagtail (“type of bird”)
wealdish
wealdish
adj
(archaic) Of or pertaining to a weald
noun
A wooded place.
wehrlite
wehrlite
noun
(mineralogy) A naturally-occurring alloy of bismuth and tellurium, primarily Bi₂Te₃.
(petrology) A type of peridotite that is a mixture of olivine and clinopyroxene.
weichsel
welching
welching
verb
present participle of welch
wellnigh
wellnigh
adv
Alternative spelling of well-nigh.
welshing
welshing
verb
present participle of welsh
welshism
welshism
Noun
A characteristically Welsh phrase, idiom, etc.
wenliche
whalings
whalings
noun
plural of whaling
whatlike
whatlike
det
(Scotland, archaic) what kind of
whealing
wheelies
wheelies
noun
plural of wheelie
wheeling
wheeling
noun
The act of moving or conveying on wheels.
The motion of something that wheels.
verb
present participle of wheel
wheezily
wheezily
adv
In a wheezy manner.
whelkier
whelming
whelming
noun
Something that covers or submerges.
verb
present participle of whelm
whelping
whelping
verb
present participle of whelp
whelpish
whelpish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a whelp.
wheylike
wheylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of whey.
whiffled
whiffled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiffle
whiffler
whiffler
noun
(US, dialectal) The goldeneye.
(obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
(obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
(obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
(obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion.
whiffles
whiffles
noun
plural of whiffle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiffle
whigling
whigling
Noun
A petty or inferior Whig.
whimbrel
whimbrel
noun
A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
whimling
whimling
noun
(obsolete) One given to whims; a weak, childish person.
whipholt
whiplash
whiplash
noun
(figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
The lash of a whip.
verb
To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
To lash as if with a whip.
whiplike
whiplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a whip; long, thin, and flexible, or flagellatory.
whiptail
whiptail
noun
(uncountable) A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.
A fish, the blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae.
Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.
The pretty-faced wallaby.
whirlbat
whirlbat
noun
(archaic) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it.
(archaic, poetic) The cestus of ancient boxers.
whirlers
whirlers
noun
plural of whirler
whirlgig
whirlier
whirlier
adj
comparative form of whirly: more whirly
whirlies
whirlies
noun
plural of whirly
whirling
whirling
adj
That whirls or whirl.
noun
The action of the verb to whirl.
verb
present participle of whirl
whirlpit
whirlpit
noun
(obsolete) A whirlpool.
whirlwig
whirlwig
Noun
A whirligig beetle.
whiskful
whiskful
noun
As much as a whisk will hold.
whistled
whistled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whistle
whistler
whistler
noun
(slang, obsolete) The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.
A broken-winded horse.
An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
The goldeneye (certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
The whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
whistles
whistles
noun
plural of whistle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whistle
whitblow
whitefly
whitefly
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
whitelaw
whiteley
whiteowl
whitlash
whitling
whitling
noun
(UK, dialect) A young full trout during its second season.
whitlock
whitlows
whitlows
noun
plural of whitlow
whitnell
whittled
whittled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whittle
whittler
whittler
noun
A compact folding knife with two small blades at one end and a single larger blade at the other that folds between them and is sprung by the other ends of both springs.
One who whittles.
whittles
whittles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whittle
whitwell
wholisms
wholisms
noun
plural of wholism
williche
wilshire
winchell
windhole
winshell
wishable
wishable
adj
Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.
wishedly
wishedly
adv
(obsolete) According to wish; as was desired.
wishless
wishless
adj
Without a wish or wishes.
withcall
withcall
verb
(transitive) To call back or call away (from); recall; withdraw one's words; retract; recant; unsay; cancel; call off.
witherly
withheld
withheld
adj
That one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of withhold
withhele
withhold
withhold
verb
(intransitive) To stay back.
(transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
(transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
withslip
wolffish
wolffish
noun
Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.
woolrich
woolwich
woolwich
Proper noun
A town in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, southeast London, England.
worldish
worldish
adj
Of, belonging to, or characteristic the world; worldly
worthily
worthily
adv
In a worthy manner.
wrathily
wrathily
adv
(colloquial, archaic) In a wrathy manner; with great anger.