(obsolete) Contraction of ever a (sometimes used with a redundant a or an).
noun
(botany) The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
(colloquial, darts) A dart.
(computing) The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
(graph theory) A directed edge.
A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →).
verb
(computing, intransitive) To navigate using the arrow keys.
(intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
(intransitive, botany, of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
(transitive) To let fly swiftly and directly.
award
award
noun
(Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
(law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
(law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
verb
(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
(transitive) To give (a person) an award.
(transitive) To give (an award).
(transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
aware
aware
adj
Conscious or having knowledge of something.
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
awarn
awarn
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To warn.
awber
awhir
awner
awner
noun
A device for cutting the awns from grain.
awork
awork
Adverb
At work; in action.
bawra
bowra
brawl
brawl
noun
(dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”)
(dance, obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
verb
(intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
(intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
(intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
(transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold.
brawn
brawn
noun
(UK, dialectal) A boar.
(chiefly Britain) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
Physical strength; muscularity.
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
verb
(intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.
(transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
braws
carew
crawl
crawl
noun
(figurative) A very slow pace.
(television, film) A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
verb
(intransitive) Followed by with: see crawl with.
(intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
(intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
(intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
(intransitive, transitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
(transitive) To move over (an area) on hands and knees.
(transitive) To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
(transitive, Internet) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
crawm
craws
craws
noun
plural of craw
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.
drawk
drawk
noun
(archaic) Grass growing as a weed among corn.
(archaic) Ryegrass, darnel, cockle, tare, or wild oats.
verb
(UK, dialectal) To drench with water.
drawl
drawl
noun
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
verb
(intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
(transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
(transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
drawn
drawn
adj
Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
Of a game: undecided; having no definite winner and loser.
verb
past participle of draw
draws
draws
noun
plural of draw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draw
dwarf
dwarf
adj
(especially in botany) Miniature.
noun
(astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
(now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
verb
(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
(transitive) To make appear insignificant.
(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
eward
ewart
ewart
Proper noun
name from the Norman French for Edward
derived from the given name
frawn
gawra
grawn
gwari
hawer
jowar
jowar
noun
Alternative form of jawar
korwa
kwara
lawry
lerwa
mewar
mowra
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.
prawn
prawn
noun
(Australia, colloquial, derogatory) Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
(Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
Alternative form of porn.
verb
(intransitive) To fish for prawns.
ratwa
ratwa
noun
The muntjac, or barking deer.
rawer
rawer
adj
comparative form of raw: more raw
rawin
rawky
rawky
adj
(dialectal, rare) Foggy, misty (and dreary).
rawly
rawly
adv
In a raw manner.
resaw
resaw
verb
(transitive) To saw again or anew, as with, especially, recutting (remilling) lumber by remaking boards into thinner boards.
simple past tense of resee
rewan
rewax
rewax
verb
(transitive) To wax again.
rowan
rowan
noun
Alternative form of rowen (“aftermath”)
Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
sawer
sawer
noun
One who saws; a sawyer.
scraw
scraw
noun
A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.
seraw
sewar
sewar
noun
(India, historical) A native trooper.
sowar
sowar
noun
(historical, India) A soldier on horseback, especially one during the British Raj.
starw
straw
straw
adj
(figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.
Made of straw.
Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
noun
(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
(countable) A drinking straw.
(figurative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
(uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
verb
(obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
sward
sward
noun
(Philippines) A homosexual man.
(countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
(countable, obsolete except Britain, dialectal) The rind of bacon or pork; also, the outer covering or skin of something.
(countable, obsolete) The upper layer of the ground, especially when vegetation is growing on it.
(uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
verb
(intransitive) Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.
(transitive) To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.
sware
sware
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of swear
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of swear
swarf
swarf
noun
(countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.
(obsolete) A faint or swoon.
(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
verb
(intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.
(transitive) To grind down.
swarm
swarm
noun
(computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
verb
(intransitive) To move as a swarm.
(intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
(transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
(transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
To breed multitudes.
To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
swart
swart
adj
(UK dialectal) Black.
(obsolete) Gloomy; malignant.
Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
noun
(IE dialectal) Variant of swath.
(UK dialectal) Black or dark dyestuff.
Obsolete spelling of sward
verb
(transitive) To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.
(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.
thraw
trawl
trawl
noun
A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
A net or dragnet used for trawling.
verb
(intransitive) To fish from a slow-moving boat.
(intransitive) To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.
(transitive, intransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
unrwa
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.
waird
wairs
wairs
noun
plural of wair
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wair
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
warba
warch
warda
warde
wards
wards
noun
plural of ward
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ward
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
warga
warks
warks
noun
plural of wark
warly
warly
adj
(archaic) Warlike.
warms
warms
noun
plural of warm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warm
warne
warns
warns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warn
warnt
warnt
verb
Alternative form of warn't
warps
warps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warp
warri
warse
warst
warta
warth
warth
noun
(UK, dialect) A ford.
warts
warts
noun
plural of wart
warty
warty
adj
Having warts.
Similar to a wart.
warua
warve
wasir
wasir
noun
Alternative form of vizier
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.
waura
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.
wawro
waxer
waxer
noun
A device used to apply wax.
A person who applies wax.
Something that waxes (grows larger, as opposed to waning).
wazir
wazir
noun
Vizier.
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.
verb
To make or to become weary.
werra
whare
whare
noun
A Maori hut.
wharf
wharf
noun
A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
verb
(transitive) To place on a wharf.
(transitive) To secure by a wharf.
wharl
wharl
noun
(medicine) A rattling or uvular utterance of the r-sound.
wharp
wharp
noun
(UK, dated) A fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
whart
whaur
wirra
wirra
intj
(Ireland) Exclamation of dismay.
wraac
wraaf
wrack
wrack
noun
(archaic) Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
(archaic, dialectal or literary) Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
(archaic, except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.
A high flying cloud; a rack.
Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.
The remains; a wreck.
Weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
verb
(UK dialectal, transitive) To execute vengeance; avenge.
(UK dialectal, transitive) To worry; tease; torment.
(transitive, usually passive) To wreck, especially a ship.
Alternative form of rack (“to cause to suffer pain, etc.”)
wracs
wrafs
wramp
wramp
noun
(figurative) A twisted or distorted view or understanding.
A wrench, twist, or sprain of the body.
verb
(transitive) To sprain (part of the body).
wrand
wrang
wrang
verb
(dialect) simple past tense of wring
wrans
wraps
wraps
noun
plural of wrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wrap
wrapt
wrapt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of wrap
wrast
wrath
wrath
adj
Wrathful; wroth; very angry.
noun
(formal or old-fashioned) Great anger.
(rare) Punishment.
verb
(obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
wrawl
wrawl
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To cry like a cat; to waul.