(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
halfwise
harpwise
hawkings
hawkings
noun
plural of hawking
hawkwise
haywires
haywires
noun
plural of haywire
highways
highways
noun
plural of highway
himwards
hiwassee
hoistway
hoistway
noun
An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
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.
kickshaw
kickshaw
noun
A dainty or delicacy.
A trinket or gewgaw.
lewisham
lewisham
Proper noun
a town in south-east London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
limewash
limewash
noun
A mixture of slaked lime in water.
verb
(transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
pshawing
pshawing
verb
present participle of pshaw
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.
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
thawiest
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
wahabism
wanhsien
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”)
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.
whalings
whalings
noun
plural of whaling
whammies
whammies
noun
plural of whammy
wheaties
wheaties
noun
plural of wheatie
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.
whiprays
whiprays
noun
plural of whipray
whipsawn
whipsawn
verb
past participle of whipsaw
whipsaws
whipsaws
noun
plural of whipsaw
whitlash
wisehead
wisehead
noun
(obsolete, sarcastic) A person who is wise or who considers himself or herself to be wise.
wishable
wishable
adj
Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.
withsave
withsave
verb
(intransitive) To vouchsafe; deign.
(transitive) To assure.
withspar
withstay
withstay
verb
(transitive) To hold back; oppose; withstand.
womanish
womanish
adj
(often derogatory) Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine.