To quench; extinguish (fire, pain, malice, enemies, etc.)
airwash
alswith
ashaway
ashdown
ashdown
Proper noun
A city in and the county seat of in Arkansas, USA.
ashweed
ashweed
noun
Goutweed, Aegopodium podagraria.
ashwell
ashwood
ashwood
noun
The wood of the ash tree.
ashwort
askwith
aswithe
aswough
bagwash
bagwash
noun
(historical) A type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.
bashaws
bashaws
noun
plural of bashaw
bushwah
bushwah
Noun
Nonsense.
bushwas
capshaw
carwash
carwash
noun
Alternative spelling of car wash
cashaws
cashaws
noun
plural of cashaw
cashews
cashews
noun
plural of cashew
chawers
chawers
noun
plural of chawer
crashaw
cumshaw
cumshaw
noun
A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
verb
To give or make a present to.
cushaws
cushaws
noun
plural of cushaw
darwesh
dwamish
enshawl
eyewash
eyewash
noun
(countable, uncountable) A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes.
(countable, uncountable) The washing out of the eyes with copious water (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants.
(uncountable, slang) Nonsense, flattery, or pretentiousness.
verb
(intelligence) To keep information secret by sending false information to many people in one's own organization, and correct information to a select few.
To fool with nonsense or flattery.
fishway
fishway
Noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
goshawk
goshawk
noun
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
hacksaw
hacksaw
noun
A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal
verb
To cut with a hacksaw.
hallows
hallows
noun
(archaic) The relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept.
plural of hallow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hallow
handsaw
handsaw
noun
(obsolete) A heron.
A saw small enough to be used by one hand.
handsew
hanshaw
hanshaw
noun
(UK, archaic) A heronsew.
harrows
harrows
noun
plural of harrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harrow
harshaw
haswell
hawkers
hawkers
noun
plural of hawker
hawkeys
hawkeys
noun
plural of hawkey
hawkies
hawkies
noun
plural of hawkie
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.
hawkyns
hawsers
hawsers
noun
plural of hawser
hawsing
hawsing
verb
present participle of hawse
haymows
haymows
noun
plural of haymow
headsaw
heehaws
heehaws
noun
plural of heehaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heehaw
hiwasse
hogwash
hogwash
noun
(informal, figurative) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
(literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.
howdahs
howdahs
noun
plural of howdah
jahwism
jahwist
jawfish
jawfish
noun
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
kershaw
kumshaw
kwachas
kwachas
noun
plural of kwacha
mathews
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
mohawks
mohawks
noun
plural of mohawk
outwash
outwash
noun
(geology) The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier
pasahow
pigwash
pigwash
noun
pigswill
ponhaws
potshaw
prewash
prewash
noun
A quick rinse given to objects before they are washed properly.
verb
To rinse something before washing it properly.
pshawed
pshawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pshaw
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.
salchow
salchow
noun
A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.
verb
(intransitive) To perform a figure skating jump of this kind.
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.
schwann
schwarz
sekhwan
shadows
shadows
noun
plural of shadow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shadow
shadowy
shadowy
adj
(figurative) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
(of character) Dark, obscure.
(rare, dated) Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
shallow
shallow
adj
(angles) Not steep; close to horizontal.
(obsolete) Not deep in tone.
(tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
Extending not far downward.
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
Lacking interest or substance.
Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
noun
(historical) A costermonger's barrow.
A fish, the rudd.
A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become less deep.
shalwar
shalwar
noun
(in singular or plural) Loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women but also by men, especially with a kamees.
shantow
shawano
shawing
shawled
shawled
adj
Dressed in a shawl.
shawmut
shawnee
shawnee
noun
Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
shawwal
shawwal
Proper noun
The tenth month of the Islamic calendar.
shipway
shipway
noun
A navigable canal.
The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
showman
showman
noun
A person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation, performance, or publicity.
A person who produces or presents shows as a profession, especially the proprietor, manager, or MC of a circus or variety show.
shulwar
shumway
shuswap
shuswap
Noun
A member of a First Nations people residing in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Proper noun
The traditional language of these people.
The tribe which this people constitutes.
swahili
swarths
swarthy
swarthy
adj
(nonstandard) Evil, malicious.
(nonstandard) Weathered, rough.
A dark grey color.
Dark-skinned; Black.
Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.
Tawny, dusky, dark.
noun
A swarthy person.
swashed
swashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swash
swasher
swasher
adj
comparative form of swash: more swash
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a blustering show of valour or force of arms.
swashes
swashes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swash
swathed
swathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swathe
swather
swather
noun
A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swath.
A length of cloth used to swaddle an infant.
swathes
swathes
noun
plural of swathe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swathe
swihart
thawers
thawers
noun
plural of thawer
thwacks
thwacks
noun
plural of thwack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thwack
thwarts
thwarts
noun
plural of thwart
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thwart
trishaw
trishaw
noun
A three-wheeled cycle rickshaw.
unshawl
unshawl
verb
(intransitive) To remove one's shawl.
(transitive) To remove a shawl from.
wabasha
wabasha
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
wadhams
waggish
waggish
adj
mischievous, tricky
witty, jocular, like a wag
wagshul
wahines
wahines
noun
plural of wahine
wallahs
wallahs
noun
plural of wallah
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
warmths
warmths
noun
plural of warmth
warnish
warrish
warrish
adj
Militant; warlike.
warship
warship
noun
Any ship built or armed for naval combat.
wasatch
wasatch
Proper noun
A mountain range that forms the western edge of the Rocky Mountains
washaki
washday
washday
noun
(Philippines) A non-uniform day; a mufti day.
A day when laundry is washed.
washers
washers
noun
plural of washer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of washer
washery
washery
noun
(dated, 1930s) Synonym of laundromat, launderette
The place in the above-ground part of a coal mine where coal is washed.
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
washman
washman
noun
(historical) A person employed in metalworking to wash the tin plates between manufacturing processes.
washmen
washmen
noun
plural of washman
washoan
washoff
washoff
noun
Material transferred by this process.
The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall.
washout
washout
noun
(biology, medicine) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
(informal) A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
(medicine) A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.
(meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.
An appliance designed to wash something out.
An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.
The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
washpot
washpot
noun
A pot which holds water for washing.
washrag
washrag
noun
(Southern US) A square piece of cloth for washing the face and body.
washtub
washtub
noun
A tub used for washing clothes.
washups
washups
noun
plural of washup
washway
waskish
waspish
waspish
adj
Spiteful or irascible.
Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
watches
watches
noun
The leaves of Sarracenia flava.
plural of watch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of watch
wauchts
wauchts
noun
plural of waucht
waughts
waughts
noun
plural of waught
waxbush
weakish
weakish
adj
Somewhat weak
wealths
wealths
noun
plural of wealth
wearish
wearish
adj
(obsolete or dialectal) Sickly, wizened, feeble.
(obsolete) Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.
wershba
westham
whackos
whackos
noun
plural of whacko
whalers
whalers
noun
plural of whaler
whalish
wharves
wharves
noun
plural of wharf
whatsis
whatsis
noun
Any object whose actual name one does not know or cannot remember.