Any one of four species of quail in the genus Colinus, of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas.
chowries
chowries
noun
plural of chowry
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
cowhided
cowhided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cowhide
cowhides
cowhides
noun
plural of cowhide
echowise
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
heilwood
hoodwise
hookwise
howitzer
howitzer
noun
(sports, rugby, ice hockey) A powerfully hit shot.
A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
verb
To attack with a howitzer.
kweichow
lewisohn
nonwhite
nonwhite
adj
Not associated with white people.
Not belonging to the white race.
Not white in color.
noun
A person who is not white.
outweigh
outweigh
verb
(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
overwhip
overwhip
verb
(transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
shopwife
showiest
showiest
adj
superlative form of showy: most showy
sideshow
sideshow
noun
(US slang) An incident in which drivers block traffic to perform stunts like donuts and burnouts for an extended period of time.
(figurative) An incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern.
A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair, music festival or similar.
vowelish
vowelish
adj
Of the nature of a vowel.
whiteboy
whiteboy
noun
(UK, US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Caucasian male.
(uncountable, slang) Heroin.
whiteout
whiteout
noun
(computing) The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.
(sports, slang) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear.
Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white men.
The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.
whiteowl
whitepot
whitepot
noun
(historical) An early form of bread and butter pudding, made with bone marrow or butter.
whitetop
whitetop
noun
Lepidium draba, a perennial herb that reproduces by seeds and by horizontal creeping roots.
whitmore
whoosies
whosises
wifehood
wifehood
noun
The character or behaviour that befits a good wife; wifeliness.
The quality or state of being a wife.
windhoek
windhoek
Proper noun
The capital of Namibia.
windhole
wineshop
wineshop
noun
(India) A liquor store.
A shop selling wine.
wishbone
wishbone
noun
(American football) A particular kind of offensive formation. See wishbone formation.
(automotive) A suspension component similar in shape to a chicken wishbone.
(nautical) A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew.
(nautical) Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone.
A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.