A coarse wool of low quality, usually shorn from the hind legs of sheep
The tail of a cow
giltzow
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
howlite
howlite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium borosilicate hydroxide found in evaporite deposits.
indwelt
kotwali
kotwali
noun
(India) A police station.
lackwit
lackwit
adj
Foolish; idiotic or simple-minded.
noun
A witless person; a fool.
lawsuit
lawsuit
noun
(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
lewnite
lingtow
littrow
loweite
loweite
noun
(geology) An alkaline sulphate that is a volcanic sublimation product
miltown
outwile
outwile
verb
(rare, transitive) To surpass in wile or cunning.
outwill
outwill
verb
(transitive) To surpass in force of will.
sitwell
swiftly
swiftly
adv
In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
swithly
swithly
adv
(obsolete) quickly
tawnily
tawnily
adv
In a tawny manner.
tidwell
tinwald
towlike
towlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of tow; towy.
towline
towline
noun
A line or rope used for towing a vehicle.
twibill
twibill
noun
(carpentry) A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a mortise chisel or hook, similar to the much larger French carpenter's tool, the besaiguë (or bisaiguë).
(dialectal, Britain) A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze.
(dialectal, England) A reaping hook, especially for cutting beans and peas.
(obsolete) A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.
twibils
twibils
noun
plural of twibil
twiddle
twiddle
noun
A drawn line that is curvy or twisted.
A slight twist with the fingers.
A small decorative embellishment.
A small musical flourish.
A tilde.
A tiny bit
A tizzy
A wiggling movement.
verb
(intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
(transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
(transitive, computing) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
(transitive, mathematics) To be in an equivalence relation with.
twiddly
twiddly
adj
(informal) Capable of being finely or idly adjusted with the fingers.
(informal) Having an elaborately twisted form.
(informal) In music, having a rapid series of musical notes.
twifoil
twifoil
noun
(heraldry) A head of two leaves growing out of a stem.
twifold
twifold
adv
(archaic) In a twofold manner or measure.
twigful
twigful
noun
As much as a twig will hold.
twiglet
twiglet
noun
A small twig.
twilled
twilled
adj
(nonce word) A Shakespearean word, perhaps meaning: woven with sticks to hinder erosion.
(of fabric) Having diagonal parallel ribs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twill
twiller
twindle
twindle
noun
(chiefly dialectal) A twin or twinling.
twingle
twingle
noun
(automotive) A four-stroke twin-cylinder engine with an altered firing order designed to give power pulses similar to a single-cylinder four-stroke engine.
twinkle
twinkle
noun
(childish) The female genitalia.
(colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
a flitting movement
a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
a sparkle or glimmer of light
verb
(chiefly of eyes) to be bright with delight
(of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
to bat, blink or wink the eyes
to flit to and fro
twinkly
twinkly
adj
happy and cheerful
that twinkles
twirled
twirled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twirl
twirler
twirler
noun
(baseball) A pitcher.
Someone who twirls something.
Something that twirls.
twistle
twistle
noun
(Scotland) A wrench.
(obsolete) A boundary stream.
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To twist.
twittle
twizzle
twizzle
noun
(skating) A figure skating maneuver that is a surface spin that travels across the ice.
A turning, twisting or spinning motion.
verb
(skating) To perform the twizzle maneuver.
To rotate, spin or twirl.
twoling
twoling
noun
A twin crystal consisting of two individuals.
untwirl
untwirl
verb
To untwist; to undo.
wagtail
wagtail
noun
(zoology) Short for wagtail platy.
Any of various small passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.
walkist
walkist
noun
(dated) A competitive walker; one taking part in the sport of pedestrianism.
welting
welting
noun
The act of making reinforcing welts.
verb
present participle of welt
westlin
whetile
whetile
noun
(UK, dialect) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
whiglet
whilkut
whilter
whirtle
whirtle
noun
(engineering) A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.
whistle
whistle
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).
(colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
An act of whistling.
Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
verb
(intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
(transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
whistly
whistly
adj
(informal) Making a whistling sound.
adv
(obsolete) silently
whitely
whitely
adj
(now rare, Scotland) White; pale.
adv
In a white manner.
whitlam
whitlow
whitlow
noun
An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
whittle
whittle
noun
(archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
(archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.
(transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
(transitive, figurative) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
wifelet
wifelet
noun
(colloquial, endearing) A wife.
(informal, by extension) A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship).
(informal, by extension) A wife who is of small stature.
wightly
wightly
adv
(obsolete) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
wiglets
wiglets
noun
plural of wiglet
wigtail
wilbert
wilburt
wildcat
wildcat
adj
(derogatory, dated) Of or concerning irresponsible banks or banking, (particularly) small, independent operations.
(firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
(oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
(usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
Unauthorized by the proper authorities.
noun
(American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
(US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
(figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
(firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
(nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
(obsolete) Clipping of wildcat money, notes issued by a wildcat bank.
(uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
(uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike, a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union.
Any feral cat.
verb
(oil industry) To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.
wildest
wildest
adj
superlative form of wild: most wild
wiliest
wiliest
adj
superlative form of wily: most wily
willets
willets
noun
plural of willet
willett
willits
wilmont
wilmott
wilting
wilting
noun
A wilt, especially one that affects multiple plants
verb
present participle of wilt
wiltsey
winglet
winglet
noun
(aeronautics) A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
A little wing.
The bastard wing or alula of a bird.
The pterygium of a weevil.
winklet
winklot
wintled
wintled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wintle
wintles
wintles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wintle
wistful
wistful
adj
Full of longing or yearning.
Sad and thoughtful.
witless
witless
adj
Lacking wit or understanding
indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment.
witling
witling
noun
A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.
A person with very little wit.
witloof
witloof
noun
(cooking) Belgian endive, common chicory (Cichorium intybus)
wittall
wittily
wittily
adv
in a witty manner; using wit
wittols
wittols
noun
plural of wittol
witwall
witwall
noun
(UK, dialect) The golden oriole.
(UK, dialect) The great spotted woodpecker.
womplit
wotlink
wraitly
wrytail
wrytail
noun
A condition in cattle where the base of the tail is set at an angle to the backbone.