The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
aircrews
aircrews
noun
plural of aircrew
airscrew
airscrew
noun
Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
archwise
archwise
adj
In the shape of an arch.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
bawarchi
bawarchi
noun
(India, historical) A cook.
bawdrick
bawdrics
bawdrics
noun
plural of bawdric
canewise
cantwise
capewise
capewise
adv
In the manner of a cape.
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.
cityward
cityward
adj
Directed toward cities
adv
Toward a city or cities
clawlike
clawlike
adj
Resembling a claw
clawsick
cobewail
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
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.
coxswain
coxswain
noun
(archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
(naval) A rank or position.
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
verb
(transitive, intransative) To act as coxswain for.
coxwains
crabwise
crabwise
adj
(figuratively) Incidental.
In the manner of a crab; sideways.
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).
crawlier
crawlier
adj
comparative form of crawly: more crawly
crawling
crawling
noun
The motion of something that crawls.
verb
present participle and gerund of crawl
crowbait
crowbait
noun
(US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse.
dowagiac
facewise
facewise
adv
By means of or in terms of the face.
hardwick
hartwick
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
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.
katowice
katowice
Proper noun
A city in southern Poland, capital of Silesian Voivodeship.
kiaochow
kickshaw
kickshaw
noun
A dainty or delicacy.
A trinket or gewgaw.
lacewing
lacewing
noun
Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia.
lampwick
lichwake
mackinaw
mackinaw
noun
A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
A heavy woolen cloth.
micawber
micawber
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve.
midwatch
midwatch
noun
(nautical) A watch kept from midnight until four o'clock in the morning.
nawrocki
pickaway
picowatt
picowatt
noun
One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of a watt, abbreviated as pW.
rickshaw
rickshaw
noun
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
verb
To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
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.
scawtite
scawtite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
stickjaw
stickjaw
noun
Food that is difficult to chew or swallow, such as toffee or pudding.
swacking
swacking
adj
(slang) Huge; whopping.
Characteristic of a swack.
verb
present participle of swack
swanwick
swanwick
Proper noun
A village in Hampshire, England
A village in Derbyshire, England
swastica
wackiest
wackiest
adj
superlative form of wacky: most wacky
wainscot
wainscot
noun
(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
Any of various noctuid moths.
verb
To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
walachia
waldwick
wallhick
wallhick
noun
The lesser spotted woodpecker.
wariance
watching
watching
noun
The act of one who watches.
verb
present participle of watch
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
whichway
whinchat
whinchat
noun
A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.
whipjack
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
whitrack
wickapes
wickawee
wickawee
noun
The plant Castilleja coccinea.
wifecarl
wildcard
wildcard
noun
(also written wild card) An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
(also written wild card) An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
(computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
(sports, card games) Alternative form of wild card.
wildcats
wildcats
noun
plural of wildcat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wildcat
wilycoat
winchman
winchman
noun
A man who operates a winch.
wingback
wingback
noun
(American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
(soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
A wingback chair.
One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
wiseacre
wiseacre
noun
(obsolete) A learned or wise man.
One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
verb
To act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack.
witchman
witcraft
witcraft
noun
Art or skill of the mind; mental skill; contrivance; invention; the art of wit.
The art of reasoning; logic.
withcall
withcall
verb
(transitive) To call back or call away (from); recall; withdraw one's words; retract; recant; unsay; cancel; call off.
wracking
wracking
verb
present participle of wrack
zwieback
zwieback
noun
A usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddlers.