(Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
impawns
impawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impawn
inswamp
inswept
inswept
adj
Narrowed at the forward end; said of an automobile frame when the side members are closer together at the forward end than at the rear.
inwraps
inwraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inwrap
ipswich
ipswich
Proper noun
The county town of Suffolk, England
A city in south-east Queensland, Australia.
A coastal town in Massachusetts, USA.
A small city in South Dakota, USA
An unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
jewship
mapwise
mapwise
adv
In terms of a map.
In the manner of a map.
peewits
peewits
noun
plural of peewit
pigwash
pigwash
noun
pigswill
pillows
pillows
noun
plural of pillow
pitsaws
pitsaws
noun
plural of pitsaw
pristaw
ripsaws
ripsaws
noun
plural of ripsaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripsaw
shipway
shipway
noun
A navigable canal.
The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
skipway
slipway
slipway
noun
(nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
A slip road.
spewier
spewing
spewing
noun
Material spewed or vomited.
verb
present participle of spew
swiping
swiping
verb
present participle of swipe
swiples
swiples
noun
plural of swiple
swipper
swipper
adj
(obsolete, UK, dialect, slang) nimble; quick
swipple
swipple
noun
The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing.
tawpies
tawpies
noun
plural of tawpie
topwise
upswing
upswing
noun
(by extension) an upward trend or an increase in activity
an upward swing
verb
To swing upward.
uptwist
upwinds
upwinds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upwind
wampish
wampish
verb
(intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To wriggle, twist or swerve about, like a fish swimming
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To brandish or flourish, or be brandished or flourished.
wapitis
wapitis
noun
plural of wapiti
warship
warship
noun
Any ship built or armed for naval combat.
waspier
waspier
adj
comparative form of waspy: more waspy
waspily
waspily
adv
In a waspy manner.
waspish
waspish
adj
Spiteful or irascible.
Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
weepies
weepies
noun
plural of weepie
plural of weepy
whipsaw
whipsaw
adj
Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once.
noun
A rip saw often operated by two people.
verb
(US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
(transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
(transitive, finance) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
To operate a whipsaw.
whisper
whisper
noun
(Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
(figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something).
(usually in the plural) A rumor.
A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.
verb
(intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.
(intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
(intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
(transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
(transitive, obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
(transitive, obsolete) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
wikiups
wikiups
noun
plural of wikiup
wimpish
wimpish
adj
Characteristic of a wimp.
wimples
wimples
noun
plural of wimple
windups
windups
noun
plural of windup
winesap
winesap
Noun
A medium-sized winter apple of a deep red variety with yellowish, somewhat acidic flesh.
winesop
winesop
noun
(figuratively, by extension, derogatory) A drunkard, a wino.
A piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.
wispier
wispier
adj
comparative form of wispy: more wispy
wispily
wispily
adv
In a wispy manner.
wisping
wisping
verb
present participle of wisp
wispish
wispish
adj
Wispy.
wistrup
witship
woppish
woppish
adj
(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Resembling or characteristic of a wop (person of Italian descent).
worship
worship
noun
(Christianity, specifically) The adoration owed to God alone, as greater than the veneration that may be accorded to figures such as saints.