The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
ahhiyawa
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
archwise
archwise
adj
In the shape of an arch.
bawarchi
bawarchi
noun
(India, historical) A cook.
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
cartwhip
cartwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a cart.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a cartwhip.
chadwick
chairway
chichewa
chingpaw
chinhwan
chippewa
chippewa
Noun
A member of the Ojibwe people.
Proper noun
The Ojibwe language.
Any of four rivers, one each in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, and Wisconsin.
cowichan
cowichan
Noun
A member of a certain Native American tribe of British Columbia.
Adjective
Of or relating to this tribe.
Of or relating to a form of distinctively-patterned heavy knitting developed by the tribe.
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
dishware
dishware
noun
crockery used for serving or cooking food
dishwash
dishwash
noun
(attributive) The washing of dishes.
Dishwater.
verb
(intransitive) To wash dishes and other dishware.
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
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.
ghatwazi
hailweed
hailwood
hairweed
hairweed
noun
The plant dodder.
hairwood
hairwork
hairwork
noun
Jewellery made from human hair.
hairworm
hairworm
noun
A nematomorph.
halfwise
hamewith
handwrit
handwrit
noun
a book or document written by hand
manuscript; any nonprinted or handwritten text
hardwick
hardwire
hardwire
verb
Alternative spelling of hard-wire
harpwise
hartwick
harwilll
hawaiian
hawaiite
hawaiite
noun
(geology) An olivine basalt intermediate between alkali olivine and mugearite.
(mineralogy) A gem variety of olivine peridot.
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
hawkbill
hawkbill
noun
Alternative spelling of hawksbill
hawkings
hawkings
noun
plural of hawking
hawklike
hawklike
adj
Reminiscent of a hawk.
hawkwise
haywires
haywires
noun
plural of haywire
headwind
headwind
noun
(figurative, by extension) A strong force that impedes or reverses progress.
A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.
hiawatha
hiawatha
Proper noun
A pre-historical Native American leader
Any of a number of towns or other places in English-speaking countries:
a city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Brown County.
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.
hideaway
hideaway
adj
Capable of being stored out of sight when not in use.
noun
a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
highways
highways
noun
plural of highway
hillward
hillward
adj
which faces a hill; which faces the hills
adv
toward a hill; toward the hills
himwards
hindward
hindward
adj
Posterior; in the rear.
adv
Toward the posterior extremity.
hiveward
hiveward
adj
Towards a hive.
hiwassee
hoistway
hoistway
noun
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
hwaiyang
hwangmei
inswathe
inswathe
verb
Archaic spelling of enswathe.
jawsmith
jawsmith
noun
(US, slang) A union organizer; later especially of the International Workers of the World.
(US, slang) An orator, especially a demagogue.
kherwari
kiaochow
kickshaw
kickshaw
noun
A dainty or delicacy.
A trinket or gewgaw.
landwhin
lewisham
lewisham
Proper noun
a town in south-east London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
lichwake
limewash
limewash
noun
A mixture of slaked lime in water.
verb
(transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
matthiew
midwatch
midwatch
noun
(nautical) A watch kept from midnight until four o'clock in the morning.
nganhwei
pshawing
pshawing
verb
present participle of pshaw
rahanwin
rainwash
rainwash
noun
(geography) The washing action of rain, capable of erosion and transporting soil.
A deposit formed by rain.
verb
To wash by the action of rain.
rawhided
rawhided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rawhide
rawhider
rawhider
noun
(US, historical) An itinerant cowboy.
rawhides
rawhides
noun
plural of rawhide
rickshaw
rickshaw
noun
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
verb
To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
rikshaws
rikshaws
noun
plural of rikshaw
sahiwals
sandwich
sandwich
adj
(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
noun
(UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
(archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.
verb
(figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
(sex) To double penetrate
To eat sandwiches.
To feed sandwiches.
To place one item physically between two other, usually flat, items.
sapowith
sawsmith
sawsmith
noun
A person who makes saw blades.
shawabti
shawling
shawling
noun
An act of wrapping in a shawl.
verb
present participle of shawl
sherwani
sherwani
noun
A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by man, over a shalwar kameez, in parts of India and Pakistan.
shinwari
shipward
shipward
adv
toward a ship
shipways
shipways
noun
plural of shipway
sidewash
sightsaw
sightsaw
verb
simple past tense of sightsee
siwashed
strawish
swaddish
swadeshi
swadeshi
noun
(India, economics, politics, also attributively) A policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India, involving the revival and promotion of domestic production and (originally) the boycott of British products.
swahilis
swainish
swainish
adj
Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain according to any definition; but commonly conveying the sense of "ignorant", or "rustic". Rarely used except when quoting Milton.
swampish
swampish
adj
swampy
swannish
swannish
adj
Characteristically like a swan; somewhat swanlike
swartish
swartish
adj
Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny.
swashing
swashing
adj
Crushing; resounding.
Hectoring; swaggering.
noun
A back-and-forth movement of liquid; a swish or swash.
verb
present participle of swash
swathing
swathing
noun
A wrapping.
verb
present participle of swathe
sweamish
tarwhine
tarwhine
noun
A yellowish sea bream, Rhabdosargus sarba
thawiest
thrawing
tightwad
tightwad
noun
(colloquial, derogatory) One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
That tightwad would drive ten miles to save a few cents on gas.
wadleigh
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
wahabism
walachia
waldheim
waldheim
Proper noun
A town in Saxony, Germany.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
wallhick
wallhick
noun
The lesser spotted woodpecker.
wanhsien
wanthill
wardship
wardship
noun
(chiefly law) The state of being a ward of someone.
(historical) In English feudal law, the guardianship which the lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was an infant or minor.
wareship
warships
warships
noun
plural of warship
washdish
washdish
noun
(archaic) A washbowl; a basin for washing.
washiest
washiest
adj
superlative form of washy: most washy
washings
washings
noun
plural of washing
washitas
washmaid
washmaid
noun
(archaic) A young washerwoman.
washtail
washtail
noun
Synonym of wagtail (“type of bird”)
watching
watching
noun
The act of one who watches.
verb
present participle of watch
waterish
waterish
adj
Watery.
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
wealdish
wealdish
adj
(archaic) Of or pertaining to a weald
noun
A wooded place.
weighage
weighage
noun
A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.
weighbar
weighman
weighman
noun
A person whose occupation is weighing goods.
whackier
whackier
adj
comparative form of whacky: more whacky
whacking
whacking
adj
(informal) Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big).
verb
present participle of whack
whalings
whalings
noun
plural of whaling
whammies
whammies
noun
plural of whammy
whamming
whamming
verb
present participle of wham
whanging
whanging
verb
present participle of whang
whapping
whapping
verb
present participle of whap
wharfing
wharfing
noun
(engineering) A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
The material for constructing a wharf.
verb
present participle of wharf
whatlike
whatlike
det
(Scotland, archaic) what kind of
whealing
wheaties
wheaties
noun
plural of wheatie
whichway
whimwham
whimwham
noun
Alternative form of whim-wham
whinchat
whinchat
noun
A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.
whinyard
whinyard
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The pochard, a type of duck.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The shoveler, a type of duck.
(obsolete) A sword, or hanger.
whipjack
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.
whippany
whiprays
whiprays
noun
plural of whipray
whipsawn
whipsawn
verb
past participle of whipsaw
whipsaws
whipsaws
noun
plural of whipsaw
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.
whitaker
whitecap
whitecap
noun
(US, historical) A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks.
A wave having a white crest; a breaker
Any of several birds having a white patch on the head