Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
awber
awner
awner
noun
A device for cutting the awns from grain.
carew
dewar
dewar
noun
A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.
eward
ewart
ewart
Proper noun
name from the Norman French for Edward
derived from the given name
hawer
lerwa
mewar
narew
narew
Proper noun
A river in Poland and Belarus.
newar
newar
Noun
The historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal, and creators of its historic heritage and civilization.
pawer
pawer
noun
One who paws.
rawer
rawer
adj
comparative form of raw: more raw
resaw
resaw
verb
(transitive) To saw again or anew, as with, especially, recutting (remilling) lumber by remaking boards into thinner boards.
(Northern England, Scotland) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
A swear word.
verb
(Northern England, Scotland) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.
(transitive) To administer an oath to (a person).
(transitive) To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.
(transitive) To take an oath that an assertion is true.
(transitive, intransitive) To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
(transitive, intransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
tawer
tawer
noun
One who taws; a dresser of whitleather.
wader
wader
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc.
A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments.
One who wades.
waers
wafer
wafer
noun
(Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
(electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
verb
(transitive) To seal or fasten with a wafer.
wager
wager
noun
(law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
(law) An offer to make oath.
Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.
(transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
waker
waker
adj
(now chiefly UK dialectal) Watchful; vigilant; alert.
noun
(programming) In the Rust programming language, a handle that "wakes up" a task by notifying its executor that it is ready to be run.
One who wakens or arouses from sleep.
One who wakes somebody or something.
waler
waler
noun
(Australia, India) A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse.
(structural engineering) A plank of wood, block of concrete, etc., used for support or to maintain required separation between components in order to help maintain the form of a construction under stress.
waner
warde
wared
wared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ware
warer
wares
wares
noun
Goods or services that are for sale.
plural of ware
warne
warse
warve
water
water
noun
(alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
(colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
(colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
(countable) A serving of liquid water.
(countable, often in the plural) Spa water.
(figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
(pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
(poetic, archaic or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river.
(sometimes countable) Mineral water.
(uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
(uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
(uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
(uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. (Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America.)
The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
Urine.
verb
(intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
(intransitive) To get or take in water.
(transitive) To dilute.
(transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
(transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
(transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
(transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
(transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
(transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
waver
waver
noun
(UK, dialect, dated) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
A tool that accomplishes hair waving.
An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
(intransitive) To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
(intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
(intransitive) To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
(intransitive) To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
(intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
waxer
waxer
noun
A device used to apply wax.
A person who applies wax.
Something that waxes (grows larger, as opposed to waning).
weare
weare
verb
Obsolete spelling of wear
Obsolete spelling of were
wears
wears
noun
plural of wear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wear
weary
weary
adj
Causing weariness; tiresome.
Expressive of fatigue.
Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.