A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
awiggle
awiggle
adj
wiggling
awingly
bagwell
bawling
bawling
noun
The act of one who bawls or shouts.
verb
present participle of bawl
bigelow
blawing
blowgun
blowgun
noun
A hollow tube through which a dart or similar missile may be blown.
blowing
blowing
noun
The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
verb
present participle of blow
bowlegs
bowlegs
noun
plural of bowleg
bowling
bowling
noun
(Ireland) Road bowling.
(New England) Candlepin bowling.
(cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
(slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
verb
present participle of bowl
clawing
clawing
adj
Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
noun
A scratch with the claws.
verb
present participle of claw
clewing
clewing
verb
present participle of clew
clogwyn
clogwyn
noun
cliff, precipice
cogweel
cowgill
cowgill
Proper noun
A village in Cumbria, England.
A city/town in Missouri.
cowgirl
cowgirl
noun
(card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.
A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
(rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
cowling
cowling
noun
A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc.
A young or little cow; calf.
verb
present participle of cowl
dayglow
dayglow
noun
The airglow of the sky during the day.
dogblow
dowling
dowling
Proper noun
A in Michigan.
flawing
flawing
verb
present participle of flaw
flowage
flowage
noun
A flowing or overflowing of liquid.
flowing
flowing
adj
Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
Tending to flow.
noun
The action of the verb to flow
verb
present participle of flow
fowling
fowling
noun
A session of hunting fowl.
verb
present participle of fowl
gadwall
gadwall
noun
A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).
gadwell
gallows
gallows
noun
(colloquial, obsolete) A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
(colloquial, obsolete) Suspenders; braces.
(printing, obsolete) The rest for the tympan when raised.
Any contrivance with posts and crossbeam for suspending objects.
The main frame of a beam engine.
Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow
galways
gawkily
gawkily
adv
In a gawky manner.
ghatwal
ghatwal
noun
(India, historical) The feudal chief of a jagir in certain districts, responsible for maintaining law and order with the aid of a military force.
giltzow
gladwin
glasgow
glasgow
Proper noun
A city in Lanarkshire and the largest in Scotland.
A CDP in Delaware.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Kentucky.
A city in Missouri.
A city in Montana
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town in Virginia.
A town in West Virginia.
A settlement in Suriname.
glhwein
gliwice
gliwice
Proper noun
A city in southern Poland.
glowers
glowers
noun
plural of glower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glower
glowfly
glowing
glowing
adj
(figuratively) Full of praise.
That glows or glow.
noun
The action of the verb glow.
verb
present participle of glow
goldwin
goldwyn
gowland
gownlet
gownlet
noun
A little gown.
growled
growled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of growl
growler
growler
noun
(Britain, slang) The vulva.
(US, dialect) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
(dialect, UK, Yorkshire) A pork pie.
(historical, slang) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
(informal, Canada, US, Australia) A kind of jug used to carry beer (in current usage, a 2-liter or 64-ounce container with or without a handle; sometimes extended to similarly shaped 32-ounce jug, but not bottles).
A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.
A person, creature or thing that growls.
A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
gunwale
gunwale
noun
The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck.
gwalior
highlow
highlow
noun
An article of men's footwear, typically made of leather, lower in height than a boot, rising just above the ankle, with laces in the front.
howling
howling
adj
(colloquial) Used as an intensifier
noun
The act of producing howls.
verb
present participle of howl
ingelow
jewling
lagwort
lapwing
lapwing
noun
A silly man.
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
lawgive
lawings
lawings
noun
plural of lawing
legwork
legwork
noun
Skillful or vigorous use of the legs, as in dance or sports.
Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.
lingtow
logways
logways
noun
plural of logway
logwise
logwood
logwood
noun
A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
logwork
longawa
longbow
longbow
noun
A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew.
longjaw
longjaw
adj
Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a long jaw.
longway
lowings
lowings
noun
plural of lowing
lowsing
ludewig
ludwigg
lugworm
lugworm
noun
black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens)
especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
mewling
mewling
noun
A sound that mewls.
verb
present participle of mewl
outglow
outglow
verb
(transitive) To glow brighter than
pawling
pawling
verb
present participle of pawl
plowing
plowing
noun
Alternative form of ploughing
verb
(snowboarding): riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reglow
sawlogs
sawlogs
noun
plural of sawlog
slewing
slewing
verb
present participle of slew
slowing
slowing
noun
A deceleration; a slowing down.
verb
present participle of slow
sunglow
sunglow
noun
A gold yellow colour, like that of a sunglow.
A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.
swaling
swaling
noun
Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.
verb
present participle of swale
swengel
swiggle
swiggle
verb
(rare) to drink to excess
(rare) to wriggle, wiggle or squirm
swingel
swingel
noun
Alternative form of swingle
swingle
swingle
noun
An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swiple.
verb
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To swing for pleasure.
(transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
To dangle; to wave hanging.
thalweg
thalweg
noun
(geology, geography, cartography) The line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow or deepest water along a river’s course.
twangle
twangle
noun
A twanging sound.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To twang repetitively.
twigful
twigful
noun
As much as a twig will hold.
twiglet
twiglet
noun
A small twig.
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.
twoling
twoling
noun
A twin crystal consisting of two individuals.
waggled
waggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waggle
waggles
waggles
noun
plural of waggle
waglike
wagling
wagshul
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.
waiguli
wailing
wailing
noun
A loud drawn out scream or howl.
verb
present participle of wail
walburg
walking
walking
adj
Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
Characterized by or suitable for walking.
Heavily characterized by some given quality.
Incarnate as a human; living.
noun
gerund of walk.
verb
present participle of walk
wallago
wallago
noun
A member of the genus Wallago of catfishes of the family Siluridae, native to Asia.
walling
walling
noun
A group of walls.
A method of torture in which a person's neck is encircled by a collar, which is then used to slam the person against a wall.
Material used for walls.
verb
present participle of wall
wangala
wangled
wangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wangle
wangler
wangler
noun
a person who wangles
wangles
wangles
noun
plural of wangle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wangle
warling
warling
noun
(obsolete) One often quarreled with.
wauling
wauling
noun
A plaintive cry or howl, as of a cat.
verb
present participle of waul
wawling
wawling
noun
Alternative form of wauling
verb
present participle of wawl
weigela
weigela
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Weigela.
weilang
welding
welding
noun
binding together inseparably; uniting closely or intimately.
joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination, or
verb
present participle of weld
welling
welling
noun
The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water.
verb
present participle of well
welting
welting
noun
The act of making reinforcing welts.
verb
present participle of welt
wergeld
wergeld
noun
(historical, especially in Germanic law) Blood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their rank, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to the victim in the case of injury or to the victim's kindred in the case of homicide.
(historical, especially in Germanic law) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.
wergelt
wergild
whaling
whaling
noun
(informal) A beating.
The practice of hunting whales.
The practice of spotting whales.
verb
present participle of whale
whiglet
whiling
whiling
verb
present participle of while
wiggled
wiggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wiggle
wiggler
wiggler
noun
(Southern US) An earthworm.
(physics) A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in an accelerator.
Anything that wiggles.
The larva of a mosquito.
wiggles
wiggles
noun
The tendency to squirm or be restless.
plural of wiggle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wiggle
wightly
wightly
adv
(obsolete) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
wigless
wigless
adj
Without a wig.
wiglets
wiglets
noun
plural of wiglet
wiglike
wiglike
adj
Like a wig.
wigtail
wilding
wilding
adj
(poetic) Not cultivated or tame; wild.
noun
A wild apple or apple tree.
Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc.
verb
present participle of wild
wilgers
willing
willing
adj
Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
noun
(rare or obsolete) The execution of a will.
verb
present participle of will
wilning
wilting
wilting
noun
A wilt, especially one that affects multiple plants
verb
present participle of wilt
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.
wirling
witling
witling
noun
A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.
A person with very little wit.
wolfing
wolfing
noun
The hunting of wolves for their skins.
verb
present participle of wolf
wolgast
wraggle
wraggle
verb
To noisily try to convince others.
To pester.
To wag about with a wiggling motion.
wrangel
wrangle
wrangle
noun
(countable) An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
(also figuratively) To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
(by extension, humorous) To manage or supervise (people).
(figuratively) To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
(generally, also figuratively) To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.
(reflexive) To cause (oneself) grief through arguing or quarrelling.
Followed by out of: to compel or drive (someone or something) away through arguing.
Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
Followed by out: to put forward arguments on (a case, a matter disagreed upon, etc.).
To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner.
To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.
wriggle
wriggle
noun
A wriggling movement.
verb
(intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
(intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.
(transitive) To cause something to wriggle.
wriggly
wriggly
adj
(informal) That wriggles.
wrigley
wringle
wrongly
wrongly
adv
In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; unfairly, unjustly, dishonestly, immorally, wrongfully; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.
Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
yawling
yawling
verb
present participle of yawl
yowling
yowling
noun
A sound that yowls.
verb
present participle of yowl
zwingle
zwingli
zwingli
Proper noun
a German surname, notably borne by a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland