(law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
A solution to a problem.
verb
(law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
(obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
(obsolete) To render account to or for.
(transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
(transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
(transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
asweat
asweat
adj
(dated) In a sweat; covered or soaked with sweat or some liquid resembling sweat; sweating.
aswell
aswell
adv
Archaic spelling of as well.
Misspelling of as well.
asweve
asweve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To stupefy.
(obsolete, poetic) To put to sleep.
auwers
awakes
awakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awake
awaste
awaste
adv
To waste; wasted.
awless
awless
adj
Archaic form of aweless.
axwise
bedews
bedews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedew
belows
beshow
beshow
noun
A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; the candlefish or sablefish.
beslow
besnow
besnow
verb
To scatter like snow, or as if like snow.
To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
To whiten with snow, or as with snow.
bespew
bespew
verb
(obsolete) To soil or daub with spew; vomit on; foul with vomit.
bestow
bestow
verb
(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
(transitive) To dispose of.
(transitive) To give in marriage.
(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere.
(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.
(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
beswim
bewash
bewash
verb
(transitive, rare) To wash all over; drench with water.
bewest
bewest
prep
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To the west of.
bewigs
bewigs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewig
blowse
blowse
noun
(obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
bowels
bowels
noun
(obsolete) The body as the source of offspring.
Compassion, sympathy.
The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
The deepest or innermost part.
The intestines.
plural of bowel
bowers
bowers
noun
plural of bower
bowess
bowess
noun
(obsolete, falconry) A bower, or young hawk.
bowles
bowles
noun
plural of bowle
bowsed
bowsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowse
bowser
bowser
noun
(Britain) A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
(Ireland, slang, used in the vocative) A buffoon or imbecile.
(now chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
bowses
bowses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowse
bowsie
bowsie
noun
(Ireland) Alternative spelling of bowsy (“lout”)
(sailing) A simple device with three holes used for tensioning stays on boats or guy-lines on tents.
brewis
brewis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
brewst
browse
browse
noun
(countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
(uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
(uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
(intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
cashew
cashew
noun
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
chowse
chowse
verb
(transitive) Obsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”)
ciwies
cowers
cowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cower
cowles
dasewe
daswen
dewans
dewans
noun
plural of dewan
dewars
dewars
noun
plural of dewar; alternative spelling of Dewars
dewees
disnew
dowels
dowels
noun
plural of dowel
dowers
dowers
noun
plural of dower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dower
downes
dowsed
dowsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dowse
dowser
dowser
noun
A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner.
dowses
dowses
noun
plural of dowse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dowse
dowset
dowset
noun
Obsolete form of doucet.
drowse
drowse
noun
The state of being sleepy and inactive.
verb
(intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.
(intransitive, also figurative) To be sleepy and inactive.
(transitive) To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.)
(transitive) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
dwells
dwells
noun
plural of dwell
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwell
dwines
ecowas
elbows
elbows
noun
plural of elbow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elbow
embows
embows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embow
endows
endows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endow
ensnow
eschew
eschew
verb
(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
escrow
escrow
noun
(law) A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow.
(law) In common law, escrow applied to the deposits only of instruments for conveyance of land, but it now applies to all instruments so deposited.
(law) Money or other property so deposited is also loosely referred to as escrow.
The state of property deposited with an escrow agent.
verb
To place in escrow.
etwees
etwees
noun
plural of etwee
fawkes
fewest
fewest
det
superlative degree of few; the smallest number.
fewnes
fowkes
gawsie
growse
growse
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To shiver; to have chills.
hawsed
hawsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hawse
hawser
hawser
noun
(nautical) A cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship.
hawses
hawses
noun
plural of hawse
hewers
hewers
noun
plural of hewer
jewels
jewels
noun
(slang) Family jewels; testicles.
plural of jewel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jewel
jewess
jewess
Noun
A female Jew.
jewish
jewish
Adjective
Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.
Yiddish
Proper noun
The Yiddish language.
jewism
jowser
juwise
leasow
leasow
noun
(now rare, dialectal, historical) (Green) land as opposed to flood or desert; a pasture.
verb
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To feed or pasture
lewiss
lewist
lowers
lowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lower
lowest
lowest
adj
superlative form of low: most low
lowsed
lowser
mawsie
miswed
miswed
verb
To wed improperly.
mowers
mowers
noun
plural of mower
nawies
newels
newels
noun
plural of newel
newest
newest
adj
superlative form of new: most new
newies
newies
noun
plural of newie
newish
newish
adj
(informal) Somewhat new
newsie
newsie
noun
Alternative form of newsy
newsom
nowise
nowise
adv
(archaic or dialect) (In) no way, (in) no manner, definitely not.
oswego
oswego
Proper noun
a large village in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA, named after Oswego, New York.
a city in Kansas, USA
an unincorporated community in Montana, USA, named after Oswego, NY.
a small CDP in South Carolina, USA.
a city and town in New York State, USA
a river in New York which flows into Lake Ontario.
a river in New Jersey, USA, which flows into the Wading River.
oswell
owades
owlets
owlets
noun
plural of owlet
owners
owners
noun
plural of owner
pasewa
pawers
pawers
noun
plural of pawer
pesewa
pesewa
noun
In the currency of Ghana, one hundredth of a cedi.
peshwa
peshwa
noun
(now historical) Originally, a chief minister under the Marathi princes; later, (the title of) each of the rulers of the Marathi kingdom in central India from 1713–1818.
pewees
pewees
noun
plural of pewee
pewits
pewits
noun
plural of pewit
powers
powers
noun
plural of power
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of power
presaw
rawest
rawest
adj
superlative form of raw: most raw
renews
renews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of renew
resawn
resawn
verb
past participle of resaw
resaws
resaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resaw
resewn
resewn
verb
past participle of resew
resews
resews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resew
reshew
reshow
reshow
verb
(transitive) To show again.
reskew
resown
resown
verb
past participle of resow
resows
resows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resow
restow
reswim
rewash
rewash
noun
The act of washing something again
verb
To wash again
reweds
reweds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewed
rewets
rewets
noun
plural of rewet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewet
rewins
rewins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewin
rewish
rowels
rowels
noun
plural of rowel
rowens
rowens
noun
plural of rowen
rowers
rowers
noun
plural of rower
salwey
sawder
sawder
noun
Archaic form of solder.
soft sawder; flattery; blarney
sawers
sawers
noun
plural of sawer
sawneb
sawney
sawney
adj
foolish, stupid
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Bacon.
(countable) A fool, an idiot.
sawnie
sawyer
sawyer
noun
(US) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
(US, dialect) The bowfin.
A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
scowed
scowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scow
screws
screws
noun
plural of screw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of screw
screwy
screwy
adj
(archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.
(archaic) Worthless.
(archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.
(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
seamew
seamew
noun
The common gull (Larus canus).
seawan
seawan
noun
Wampum (small beads made from polished shells).
seaway
seaway
noun
(nautical) A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.
(nautical) An inland waterway used by seagoing shipping.
(nautical) The headway of a vessel.
seesaw
seesaw
adj
fluctuating.
noun
(medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
A series of alternating movements or feelings.
A series of up-and-down movements.
A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
verb
(intransitive) To use a seesaw.
(intransitive, by extension) To fluctuate.
(transitive) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
seewee
selway
selwin
selwyn
selwyn
Proper noun
name transferred back from the surname, in quiet use since the 19th century.
Any of a number of places in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and US.
sepawn
serows
serows
noun
plural of serow
sewage
sewage
noun
(obsolete) sewerage.
A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.