The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
ackworth
archways
archways
noun
plural of archway
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
archwise
archwise
adj
In the shape of an arch.
backwash
backwash
noun
(economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
verb
(transitive) To affect with backwash.
To clean the oil from wool after combing.
To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
bawarchi
bawarchi
noun
(India, historical) A cook.
bethwack
bethwack
verb
(transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.
browache
buchwald
buckwash
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
cartwhip
cartwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a cart.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a cartwhip.
cashtown
chadwick
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chaffwax
chaffwax
noun
(UK, law, historical) A chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
chairway
chaochow
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chawbone
chawbuck
chawbuck
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chaworth
chewable
chewable
adj
(finance, of a poison pill) Allowing for a particular type of bid that does not trigger the flip-in.
Capable of being chewed.
Chewy.
noun
A medicine supplied in a form that can be chewed.
Anything that is chewable; anything that is able to be chewed.
chewalla
chewbark
chewelah
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.
choctaws
chowanoc
coachway
cowhages
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowheart
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.
cowshard
cowsharn
cowwheat
cowwheat
noun
Alternative spelling of cow-wheat
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).
crenshaw
crowshay
cumshaws
cumshaws
noun
plural of cumshaw
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
dowhacky
eschewal
eschewal
noun
The act of eschewing
hacksaws
hacksaws
noun
plural of hacksaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hacksaw
hackwood
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
hangchow
hardwick
hartwick
hatchway
hatchway
noun
A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door.
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.
kiaochow
kickshaw
kickshaw
noun
A dainty or delicacy.
A trinket or gewgaw.
lichwake
midwatch
midwatch
noun
(nautical) A watch kept from midnight until four o'clock in the morning.
muchwhat
muchwhat
adv
(obsolete) Nearly, almost; much.
noun
(obsolete) Many matters.
outwatch
outwatch
verb
To maintain a vigil beyond the end.
To watch more than someone else.
panchway
panchway
noun
(India, now historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
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.
schwaben
schwartz
schwejda
showance
showcase
showcase
noun
A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.
verb
To display, demonstrate, show, or present.
swatchel
swatchel
noun
(dated) swazzle
swatcher
swatches
swatches
noun
plural of swatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swatch
szechwan
thwacked
thwacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thwack
thwacker
thwacker
noun
A club, rod, stick, etc., used to thwack.
A person who strikes a resounding blow with an object.
twatchel
unchawed
unchawed
adj
Obsolete form of unchewed.
uwchland
wacadash
wacadash
noun
Obsolete form of wakizashi (“Japanese short sword”).
wachuset
waechter
wahconda
walachia
wallache
wallhick
wallhick
noun
The lesser spotted woodpecker.
wanchese
wanchuan
wangchuk
watchcry
watchdog
watchdog
noun
(electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer.
(figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.
A guard dog.
verb
(electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.
To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
watchers
watchers
noun
plural of watcher
watcheye
watchful
watchful
adj
Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
watching
watching
noun
The act of one who watches.
verb
present participle of watch
watchman
watchman
noun
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
watchmen
watchmen
noun
plural of watchman
watchout
watchout
noun
(firefighting) Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous.
A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.
watchung
wauchted
wauchted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waucht
wauchula
wauchula
Proper noun
a city in Florida, USA
welchman
welsbach
wenchman
wenchman
noun
A marine food fish native to the subtropical and tropical western Atlantic/Caribbean, Pristipomoides aquilonaris, a type of snapper.
Misspelling of winchman.
whackers
whackers
noun
plural of whacker
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
whallock
whatreck
wheencat
wheyface
wheyface
noun
One who is pale, as from fear; a coward.
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
winchman
winchman
noun
A man who operates a winch.
witchman
withcall
withcall
verb
(transitive) To call back or call away (from); recall; withdraw one's words; retract; recant; unsay; cancel; call off.
woodchat
woodchat
noun
Lanius senator, a medium-sized migratory passerine bird of the shrike family.