(obsolete) To hold sway over; to have power or dominion over, to rule, govern.
To cause (someone, someone's thoughts or intentions etc.) to go in a particular direction; to influence.
To overpower, overwhelm.
To overrule.
overwary
overwary
adj
Too wary; excessively cautious.
paleways
paleways
adv
Palewise.
panchway
panchway
noun
(India, now historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
pandowdy
pandowdy
noun
(US) A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping in a deep dish.
parkways
parkways
noun
plural of parkway
pathways
pathways
noun
plural of pathway
pickaway
plateway
plateway
noun
An early form of railway using L-shaped iron rails.
playdown
playdown
noun
(sports) Any match that is part of a playoff.
playstow
playstow
noun
(UK dialectal) A place for play; playground.
playward
playwear
playwear
noun
Clothes designed for children to wear while playing.
playwork
playwork
noun
(UK) A branch of childcare involving the supervision and development of play.
A role.
Work that is very easy or enjoyable.
przywara
raceways
raceways
noun
plural of raceway
railways
railways
noun
plural of railway
rainbowy
rainbowy
adj
Pertaining to a positively viewed diversity in gender and/or sexuality.
Resembling a rainbow.
resawyer
ridgeway
ridgeway
noun
A track or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.
riverway
riverway
noun
The segment of a river or route on a river which is traversed by watercraft.
roadways
roadways
noun
plural of roadway
rockaway
rockaway
noun
(dated, uncommon) A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the sides, but with waterproof curtains for bad weather.
(dated, uncommon) A similar but heavier carriage, enclosed except at the front, and with a door at each side.
rollaway
rollaway
adj
Having wheels to allow for storage.
rollways
rollways
noun
plural of rollway
ropeways
ropeways
noun
plural of ropeway
roseways
routeway
routeway
noun
A way along which a route can be followed; a road or path.
rowleyan
rowleyan
Adjective
Of or relating to (c.1585–1626), English Jacobean dramatist.
runaways
runaways
noun
plural of runaway
ryotwari
ryotwari
noun
(historical) In British India, a system used to collect revenues directly from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land), as opposed to zamindari, where revenues were collected indirectly through zamindars.
ryotwary
sallowly
sallowly
adv
In a sallow manner.
sawbelly
sawbelly
noun
(US) A fish, the alewife.
sawdusty
sawdusty
adj
Resembling, or covered in, sawdust.
scourway
seaweedy
seaweedy
adj
Containing seaweed.
serwamby
shadowly
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
shallowy
shipways
shipways
noun
plural of shipway
showyard
showyard
noun
An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.
sidesway
sideways
sideways
adj
(chiefly US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
(informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
(informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
(usually with "with", informal) In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
Moving or directed toward one side.
adv
(informal) Neither upward nor downward.
Askance; sidelong.
Towards one side.
With a side to the front.
noun
plural of sideway
skidways
skidways
noun
plural of skidway
skywalks
skywalks
noun
plural of skywalk
skywards
skywards
adv
In the direction of the sky; upwards.
slideway
slideway
noun
Any form of track along which things can slide.
slipways
slipways
noun
plural of slipway
soakaway
soakaway
noun
(chiefly UK) A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.
someways
someways
adv
Somehow, in an unspecified manner; someway.
spanaway
sparrowy
speedway
speedway
noun
(chiefly US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.
(uncountable) A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks.
(uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
spillway
spillway
noun
A path designed to take away overflow safely.
stairway
stairway
noun
A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
stateway
steinway
steinway
Noun
A piano made by an American-German piano company founded in 1853.
sternway
sternway
noun
(nautical) A backwards motion of a vessel.
stewarty
stowaway
stowaway
noun
A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.
subwayed
subwayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subway
swagerty
swankily
swankily
adv
In a swanky manner.
swannery
swannery
noun
A place where swans are bred.
swashway
swashway
noun
Synonym of swash (“narrow sound or channel of water”)
swayable
swayable
adj
Capable of being swayed; whose mind can be changed.
swayback
swayback
noun
An animal with such excessive sagging.
An excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.
swayless
swayless
adj
Without a swaying motion.
sweatily
sweatily
adv
In a sweaty way.
takeaway
takeaway
adj
(chiefly UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
noun
(US) A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.
(chiefly UK, Australia and New Zealand) A meal which has been purchased and has been carefully packaged as to be taken and consumed elsewhere.
(chiefly UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.
(frequently in the plural) An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.
(golf) The preliminary part of a golfer′s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.
tallywag
tallywag
noun
(archaic, slang) The penis .
(obsolete, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle .
(uncommon) The black sea bass, Centropristis striata.
tawdrily
tawdrily
adv
In a tawdry manner.
taxiways
taxiways
noun
plural of taxiway
tearaway
tearaway
noun
(informal, chiefly Britain, derogatory) An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead.
thataway
thataway
adv
(humorous or dialect) that way (usually in terms of physical direction)
thrawnly
thrawnly
adv
(rare) In a thrawn manner.
thruways
thruways
noun
plural of thruway
thwartly
thwartly
adv
transversely; obliquely
tideways
tideways
noun
plural of tideway
tileways
tollways
tollways
noun
plural of tollway
towardly
towardly
adj
Promising, propitious.
towaways
towaways
noun
plural of towaway
toywoman
toywoman
noun
(dated) A female seller of toys.
trackway
trackway
noun
A set of footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.
Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, such as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheeled vehicles.
trailway
trailway
noun
A trail or rural route.
trainway
trainway
noun
A railway.
tramways
tramways
noun
plural of tramway
trawleys
treadway
truckway
truckway
noun
A special road for the exclusive use of trucks.
trunkway
turnaway
turnaway
noun
(often attributive) The situation where a potential customer is turned away because their needs cannot be accommodated.
twyblade
twyblade
noun
Alternative form of twayblade
unbrawny
underway
underway
adv
In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
noun
A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass.
A voyage, especially underwater.
An underground passage, subway, tunnel.
unswampy
unswayed
unswayed
adj
Without being swayed, unconvinced, not having changed opinion.
untawdry
untawdry
adj
Not tawdry.
unwarely
unwarely
adv
(poetic, obsolete) unawares; unforeseen
unwarily
unwarily
adv
In an unwary manner.
unwatery
unwatery
Adjective
Not watery.
upwardly
upwardly
adv
In an upward manner.
Towards a higher level, position or status.
viewably
viewably
adv
In a viewable way.
waddying
waddying
verb
present participle of waddy
wadingly
wadingly
adv
So as to wade.
waggably
waggonry
waggonry
noun
Dated form of wagonry.
wagonway
wagonway
noun
A railway designed for use by trams or wagons.
waiyeung
wakayama
wakayama
Proper noun
A prefecture in Japan.
A city, capital of Wakayama prefecture, Japan.
wakeeney
wakingly
wakingly
adv
While one is awake.
walkaway
walkaway
noun
An easy victory; a walkover.
walkways
walkways
noun
plural of walkway
walkyrie
wallasey
wallasey
Proper noun
a town in the Wirral area of Merseyside, England.
walleyed
walleyed
adj
(of fish) Having bulging eyes.
Having eyes of different colours.
Having eyes with a pale-coloured iris.
Suffering from exotropia.
walleyes
walleyes
noun
plural of walleye
walycoat
wanhappy
wansonsy
wantonly
wantonly
adv
in a wanton manner.
wanwordy
wardency
wardency
noun
The office / position of a warden
wardenry
wardenry
noun
The office or jurisdiction of a warden; wardenship.
warmedly
warranty
warranty
noun
(countable) A guarantee that a certain outcome or obligation will be fulfilled; security.
(countable) A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that repairs will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a fault.
(countable, insurance law) A stipulation of an insurance policy made by an insuree, guaranteeing that the facts of the policy are true and the insurance risk is as stated, which if not fulfilled renders the policy void.
(countable, law) A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate.
(countable, law, real estate, obsolete) An obsolete legal agreement that was a real covenant and ran with the land, whereby the grantor and his heirs of a piece of real estate held in freehold were required to officially guarantee their claim and plead one’s case for the title. If evicted by someone with a superior claim (paramount title) they were also required to hand over other real estate of equal value in recompense. It has now been replaced by personal covenants and the covenant of warranty.
(law, countable, real estate) A covenant, also called the covenant of warranty, whereby the grantor assures the grantee that he or she not be subject to the claims of someone with a paramount title, thereby guaranteeing the status of the title that is being conveyed.
(uncountable, rare) Justification or mandate to do something, especially in terms of one’s personal conduct.
verb
To warrant; to guarantee.
warytree
washaway
washaway
noun
(chiefly Australia) The washing away of earth, a road, structure etc. by flood, or the channel caused by this.
washdays
washdays
noun
plural of washday
washtray
washtray
noun
A tray for holding items while they are washed.
wasteway
wasteway
noun
A chute or other route for the disposal of waste material.
watchcry
watcheye
waterily
waterily
adv
In a watery manner.
waterway
waterway
noun
A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.
waverley
waverley
Proper noun
A very rare Scottish surname of unknown origin
A railway station in Edinburgh
Any of several placenames in several countries
A suburb and local government council area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
wavingly
wavingly
adv
So as to wave; with a waving motion.
waxberry
waxberry
noun
The bayberry.
The snowberry.
The yangmei.
waxingly
wayberry
waybills
waybills
noun
plural of waybill
waybread
waybread
noun
The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).
waycross
wayfarer
wayfarer
noun
A traveller, especially one on foot.
A type of glasses, with pointed ends and rounded bottoms.
waygoing
waygoing
adj
Alternative form of way-going
waygoose
wayhouse
waylayer
waylayer
noun
a person who waylays someone
wayleave
wayleave
noun
(US) A right to cross land.
A right of way granted by a landowner.
waymaker
waymaker
noun
One who makes a way; a precursor; pioneer; pathfinder.