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acaws

askew

askew

adj

  1. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.
  2. Turned or twisted to one side.

adv

  1. Tilted to one side.

aswan

asway

asway

adj

  1. Swaying.

aswim

aswim

adj

  1. Brimming with liquid.
  2. Swimming or immersed (in or with something).

avows

avows

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avow

awacs

awash

awash

adj

  1. (by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
  2. Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.

aways

aways

adv

  1. Alternative spelling of a ways

awest

awest

verb

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of awe

awols

awols

noun

  1. plural of awol

bawds

bawds

noun

  1. plural of bawd

bawls

bawls

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bawl

blaws

braws

chaws

chaws

noun

  1. plural of chaw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaw

chwas

claws

claws

noun

  1. plural of claw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of claw

craws

craws

noun

  1. plural of craw

datsw

dawes

dawks

dawks

noun

  1. plural of dawk

dawns

dawns

noun

  1. plural of dawn

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawn

dawts

dawts

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawt

draws

draws

noun

  1. plural of draw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draw

dwaps

etwas

fawns

fawns

noun

  1. plural of fawn

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fawn

flaws

flaws

noun

  1. plural of flaw

gawks

gawks

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawk

gawps

gawps

noun

  1. plural of gawp

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawp

gawsy

gnaws

gnaws

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gnaw

hawks

hawks

noun

  1. plural of hawk

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hawk

hawse

hawse

adj

  1. (nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

adv

  1. (nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

noun

  1. (nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
  2. (nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).
  3. (nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.

verb

  1. (intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

iowas

isawa

kiswa

kiswa

noun

  1. Alternative form of kiswah

kwasi

lawes

lawes

noun

  1. plural of lawe

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lawe

lawks

lawks

intj

  1. (UK, dialectal) Lord! (especially as an expression of surprise)

lawns

lawns

noun

  1. plural of lawn

mawks

mawks

noun

  1. (UK, dialect) A slattern; a mawk.
  2. hands
  3. plural of mawk

oswal

pawls

pawls

noun

  1. plural of pawl

pawns

pawns

noun

  1. plural of pawn

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pawn

pshaw

pshaw

intj

  1. Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".

resaw

resaw

verb

  1. (transitive) To saw again or anew, as with, especially, recutting (remilling) lumber by remaking boards into thinner boards.
  2. simple past tense of resee

sawah

sawah

noun

  1. A rice paddy.

sawan

sawed

sawed

verb

  1. (dialectal, often humorous) simple past tense of see
  2. simple past tense and past participle of saw

sawer

sawer

noun

  1. One who saws; a sawyer.

sawny

scawd

scawl

schwa

schwa

noun

  1. (phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.
  2. Alternative form of shva
  3. The character ə.

verb

  1. (phonetics, of a vowel sound, rare) To be reduced to schwa.

sclaw

scraw

scraw

noun

  1. A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
  2. A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.

seraw

sewan

sewan

noun

  1. Alternative form of seawan

sewar

sewar

noun

  1. (India, historical) A native trooper.

shawl

shawl

noun

  1. A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.
  2. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.

verb

  1. (transitive) To wrap in a shawl.

shawm

shawm

noun

  1. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.

shawn

shawn

Proper noun

  1. name, popular in the US in the 1970s.
  2. name, transferred from the male name.

shaws

shaws

noun

  1. plural of shaw
  2. stalks or leaves of root vegetables.

shawy

shewa

showa

siwan

slaws

slaws

noun

  1. plural of slaw

sliwa

snaws

sowan

sowar

sowar

noun

  1. (historical, India) A soldier on horseback, especially one during the British Raj.

spawl

spawl

noun

  1. Alternative form of spall
  2. Scattered or ejected spittle.

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To say in a rough manner.
  2. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit.

spawn

spawn

noun

  1. (by extension, sometimes derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.
  2. (horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
  3. (video games) The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.
  4. Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
  5. The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

verb

  1. (ergative, video games, of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
  2. (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
  3. (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
  4. (transitive) To bring forth in general.
  5. (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
  6. (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
  7. (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
  8. (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

squaw

squaw

noun

  1. (now offensive, ethnic slur) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.

starw

stawn

straw

straw

adj

  1. (figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.
  2. Made of straw.
  3. Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

noun

  1. (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
  2. (countable) A drinking straw.
  3. (figurative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
  4. (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
  5. (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

  1. (obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
  2. To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.

swabs

swabs

noun

  1. plural of swab

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swab

swack

swack

adj

  1. (Scotland) Lithe; nimble.

adv

  1. With a swack, to the point of touching.

noun

  1. (slang) A large number or amount of something.
  2. A bum or petty thief.
  3. A gulp or hearty swallow.
  4. A sharp blow.
  5. A single attempt or instance of taking action; a crack; a go.
  6. A striking stimulus.
  7. A wet sound such as a loud kiss.
  8. An attack, a swipe.
  9. The sound of a sharp blow.
  10. clout; influence.

verb

  1. To consume with hearty enjoyment.
  2. To labour; to exert an effort.
  3. To make a swack (sound).
  4. To slap or hit.

swage

swage

noun

  1. A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.

verb

  1. (transitive) To bend or shape through use of a swage.
  2. Obsolete form of assuage.

swags

swags

noun

  1. plural of swag

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swag

swail

swain

swain

noun

  1. (archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
  2. (obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.
  3. (obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
  4. (poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

swale

swale

noun

  1. (UK, dialectal) A gutter in a candle.
  2. A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
  3. A low tract of moist or marshy land.
  4. A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
  5. A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
  6. Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

verb

  1. Alternative form of sweal (melt and waste away, or singe)

swami

swami

noun

  1. (used as a title) A Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.

swamp

swamp

noun

  1. (figurative) A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
  2. A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
  3. A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment.

verb

  1. (figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
  2. (figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
  3. To drench or fill with water.

swamy

swane

swang

swang

noun

  1. A swamp.

verb

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) To steer one's vehicle from side to side while driving.
  2. (archaic and dialectal) simple past tense of swing. Now largely replaced by swung.

swank

swank

adj

  1. Fashionably elegant, posh.

noun

  1. A fashionably elegant person.
  2. Ostentation; bravado.

verb

  1. To swagger, to show off.

swann

swans

swans

noun

  1. plural of swan

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swan

swape

swape

noun

  1. A bar or pole used as a lever, swivel handle e.g. on the end of a shaft.
  2. A kind of mechanical scoop for water.
  3. A sconce for holding a light.
  4. A steering oar use by Tyne keelmen.

verb

  1. To place aslant.
  2. To sweep.

swaps

swaps

noun

  1. plural of swap

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swap

sward

sward

noun

  1. (Philippines) A homosexual man.
  2. (countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
  3. (countable, obsolete except Britain, dialectal) The rind of bacon or pork; also, the outer covering or skin of something.
  4. (countable, obsolete) The upper layer of the ground, especially when vegetation is growing on it.
  5. (uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.

verb

  1. (intransitive) Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.
  2. (transitive) To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.

sware

sware

noun

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of swear

verb

  1. (archaic) simple past tense of swear

swarf

swarf

noun

  1. (countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.
  2. (obsolete) A faint or swoon.
  3. (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

  1. (intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.
  2. (transitive) To grind down.

swarm

swarm

noun

  1. (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
  2. A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
  3. A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
  2. (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
  3. (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
  4. (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
  5. To breed multitudes.
  6. To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.

swart

swart

adj

  1. (UK dialectal) Black.
  2. (obsolete) Gloomy; malignant.
  3. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.

noun

  1. (IE dialectal) Variant of swath.
  2. (UK dialectal) Black or dark dyestuff.
  3. Obsolete spelling of sward

verb

  1. (transitive) To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.

swash

swash

adj

  1. (typography) Having pronounced swashes.
  2. bold; dramatic.

noun

  1. (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
  2. (obsolete) A blustering noise.
  3. (obsolete) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
  4. (obsolete) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
  5. (obsolete) swaggering behaviour.
  6. (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
  7. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
  8. A smooth stroke; a swish.
  9. A streak or patch.
  10. A swishing noise.
  11. A wet splashing sound.
  12. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
  2. (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To swipe.
  6. (transitive, intransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
  7. To streak, to color in a swash.

swath

swath

noun

  1. (often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.
  2. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.

swati

swats

swats

noun

  1. plural of swat

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swat

sways

sways

noun

  1. plural of sway

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sway

swazi

sweal

sweal

verb

  1. (intransitive) To burn slowly.
  2. (intransitive) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.
  3. (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.
  4. (transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn.
  5. (transitive, dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.

swear

swear

adj

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Dull; lazy; slow.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) Heavy.
  3. (Northern England, Scotland) Niggardly.
  4. (Northern England, Scotland) Reluctant; unwilling.
  5. (Northern England, Scotland) Top-heavy; too high.

noun

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
  2. A swear word.

verb

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.
  2. (transitive) To administer an oath to (a person).
  3. (transitive) To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.
  4. (transitive) To take an oath that an assertion is true.
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
  6. (transitive, intransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.

sweat

sweat

noun

  1. (Britain, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
  2. (figurative) Hard work; toil.
  3. (figurative) Moisture issuing from any substance.
  4. (historical) The sweating sickness.
  5. (video games, slang) An extremely competitive player.
  6. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
  7. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
  8. The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To emit moisture.
  2. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
  3. (intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
  4. (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
  5. (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
  6. (intransitive, informal) To worry.
  7. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
  8. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
  9. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
  10. (transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run.
  11. (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
  12. (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
  13. (transitive, informal) To worry about (something).
  14. (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
  15. (transitive, slang) To stress out.
  16. (video games) To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.
  17. To cause to perspire.

tawse

tawse

noun

  1. (chiefly Scotland) A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.

verb

  1. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To beat with a tawse.

tawsy

thaws

thaws

noun

  1. plural of thaw

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thaw

twaes

twats

twats

noun

  1. plural of twat

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twat

unwas

uwcsa

waacs

waafs

waals

waasi

wacks

wacks

noun

  1. plural of wack

wades

wades

noun

  1. plural of wade

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wade

wadis

wadis

noun

  1. plural of wadi

waers

waffs

waffs

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waff

wafts

wafts

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waft

wages

wages

noun

  1. one's total income for a time period
  2. plural of wage. It may take a singular verb. E.g. 'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23 KJV)

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wage

waifs

waifs

noun

  1. plural of waif

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waif

wails

wails

noun

  1. plural of wail

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wail

wains

wains

noun

  1. plural of wain

wairs

wairs

noun

  1. plural of wair

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wair

waise

waist

waist

noun

  1. (anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
  2. (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
  3. (obsolete) The middle part of anything.
  4. A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
  5. The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
  6. The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).

waits

waits

noun

  1. (Britain) A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.
  2. plural of wait

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wait

wakas

wakas

noun

  1. plural of waka

wakes

wakes

noun

  1. A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
  2. plural of wake

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wake

wales

wales

noun

  1. plural of wale

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wale

walks

walks

noun

  1. plural of walk

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of walk

walls

walls

noun

  1. (US, slang) The vagina.
  2. plural of wall

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wall

walsh

walsh

Proper noun

  1. Variant of Welsh and Welch.

wames

wames

noun

  1. plural of wame

wamus

wamus

noun

  1. (historical) A ceremonial tunic among the Lakota people.
  2. A warm knitted jacket from the southwest of the USA.

wands

wands

noun

  1. plural of wand

wanes

wanes

noun

  1. plural of wane

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wane

wants

wants

noun

  1. plural of want

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of want

wards

wards

noun

  1. plural of ward

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ward

wares

wares

noun

  1. Goods or services that are for sale.
  2. plural of ware

warks

warks

noun

  1. plural of wark

warms

warms

noun

  1. plural of warm

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warm

warns

warns

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warn

warps

warps

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warp

warse

warst

warts

warts

noun

  1. plural of wart