The act of giving by official decision such as giving a contract.
verb
present participle of award
bewaring
bewaring
verb
(archaic or nonstandard) present participle of beware
bowering
bowering
verb
present participle of bower
brawling
brawling
noun
An unruly fight; a brawl.
verb
present participle of brawl
brewings
brewings
noun
plural of brewing
brigalow
brigalow
noun
Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
browning
browning
noun
(Jamaica, countable) A brown-skinned person.
(masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
verb
present participle of brown
browsing
browsing
noun
A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.
verb
present participle of browse
clowring
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cowering
cowering
verb
present participle of cower
cowgirls
cowgirls
noun
plural of cowgirl
crawling
crawling
noun
The motion of something that crawls.
verb
present participle and gerund of crawl
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
crowning
crowning
adj
Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
noun
(obstetrics) The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
A coronation.
The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
verb
present participle of crown
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
drawings
drawings
noun
plural of drawing
drawling
drawling
noun
The act of speaking with a drawl.
verb
present participle of drawl
drowning
drowning
noun
An instance of a person or animal being drowned.
An instance of a person or animal drowning.
verb
present participle of drown
drowsing
drowsing
noun
The act of one who drowses.
verb
present participle of drowse
dwarfing
dwarfing
noun
The situation where something is made to seem (relatively) small or unimportant.
verb
present participle of dwarf
earwiggy
earwiggy
adj
Infested with earwigs.
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
forewing
forewing
noun
Alternative spelling of fore wing
frowning
frowning
noun
The act of giving a frown.
verb
present participle of frown
gahrwali
gainward
gainward
prep
(obsolete) Toward; facing; over against.
gairfowl
gairfowl
noun
Alternative form of garefowl
garhwali
garhwali
Proper noun
A Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.
gershwin
giftware
giftware
noun
Items designed to be bought as gifts
giftwrap
giftwrap
verb
Alternative form of gift-wrap
girdwood
glowbird
griswold
growlier
growlier
adj
comparative form of growly: more growly
growling
growling
adj
Producing a growl.
noun
(jazz) The technique of producing a low-pitched growling or rumbling sound on a wind instrument.
A sustained instance of growls or guttural noises.
(sometimes derogatory) A cultured or learned person or thing.
ingrowth
ingrowth
noun
(medicine) Growth inwards.
lawgiver
lawgiver
noun
Any lawmaker.
One who provides laws to a society.
lingwort
lowering
lowering
adj
(of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.
Lurking, skulking, menacing.
That lowers or frowns.
noun
Alternative form of louring.
The act of something being lowered.
verb
present participle of lower
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
misgrown
misgrown
adj
Grown out of shape; misshapen.
verb
past participle of misgrow.
misgrows
misgrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgrow
newsgirl
newsgirl
noun
A girl who delivers newspapers.
outwring
outwring
verb
(poetic, transitive) To wring out.
overwing
overwing
adj
Over the wing of an aircraft.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To outflank.
parawing
parawing
noun
Synonym of Rogallo wing
periwigs
periwigs
noun
plural of periwig
porwigle
porwigle
noun
Obsolete form of polliwog.
powering
powering
verb
present participle of power
prawning
prawning
verb
present participle of prawn
preweigh
prowling
prowling
noun
The act of one who prowls.
verb
present participle of prowl
rawlings
redwings
redwings
noun
plural of redwing
renewing
renewing
noun
A renewal.
verb
present participle of renew
resawing
resawing
verb
present participle of resaw
resewing
resewing
verb
present participle of resew
resowing
resowing
noun
A second or subsequent sowing.
verb
present participle of resow
rewaking
rewaking
verb
present participle of rewake
rewaxing
rewaxing
noun
The act of waxing something again.
verb
present participle of rewax
reweighs
reweighs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reweigh
reweight
reweight
verb
(horseracing) To adjust or reassign the handicap weight.
(mathematics, statistics) To adjust the weighting given to a value.
To replace or adjust weights that are attached to something.
rewiring
rewiring
noun
(informal) A new configuration of neurons in the brain
A new wiring
verb
present participle of rewire
ridgeway
ridgeway
noun
A track or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.
rigwiddy
ringtaws
ringtown
ringwalk
ringwall
ringwall
noun
A circular rampart.
ringwise
ringwise
adj
Laid out or moving in a ring.
Skilled at fighting from familiarity with the boxing ring.
adv
With a ringlike layout or motion.
ringwood
ringwood
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
ringworm
ringworm
noun
A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
roweling
roweling
verb
present participle of rowel
screwing
screwing
noun
The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
verb
present participle of screw
sewering
sewering
noun
The act of constructing or replacing a sewer system for a new development or neighborhood.
showgirl
showgirl
noun
A non-starring but physically beautiful female dancer in an often lavishly produced theatrical revue; a chorine.
shrewing
shrewing
verb
present participle of shrew
spurwing
spurwing
noun
Any of various butterflies of the genus Antigonus.
strawing
strawing
verb
present participle of straw
strewing
strewing
noun
Material that is strewn.
The act of scattering or spreading.
verb
present participle of strew
strowing
strowing
noun
Obsolete form of strewing.
verb
present participle of strow
swarding
swarding
verb
present participle of sward
swarming
swarming
noun
(colloquial, Canada) A crime where an unsuspecting innocent bystander is attacked by several culprits at once, with no known motive.
The motion of a swarm.
verb
present participle of swarm
swearing
swearing
noun
The act of swearing, or making an oath.
verb
present participle of swear
swerving
swerving
adj
(humorous) Variable, unsteady.
noun
An unpredictable change of direction.
verb
present participle of swerve
swiggers
swiggers
noun
plural of swigger
swingers
swingers
noun
plural of swinger
swingier
swingier
adj
comparative form of swingy: more swingy
swirling
swirling
adj
that swirls
noun
A pattern or motion that swirls.
verb
present participle of swirl
swirring
swording
swording
noun
Slashing or fighting with a sword.
verb
present participle of sword
thrawing
throwing
throwing
noun
The act by which something is thrown.
The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
verb
present participle of throw
towering
towering
adj
Very tall or high, so as to dwarf anything around it.
noun
The act or condition of being high above others.
verb
present participle of tower
trawling
trawling
noun
A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat.
A laborious search.
verb
present participle of trawl
twangier
twangier
adj
comparative form of twangy: more twangy
twiggier
twiggier
adj
comparative form of twiggy: more twiggy
twirling
twirling
noun
The motion of something that twirls.
verb
present participle of twirl
wafering
wafering
verb
present participle of wafer
wagering
wagering
noun
An amount wagered.
verb
present participle of wager
waligore
warbling
warbling
noun
A sound that warbles.
verb
present participle of warble
waringin
waringin
noun
Synonym of weeping fig (“the tree Ficus benjamina”).
warnings
warnings
noun
plural of warning
warrigal
warrigal
noun
A wild dingo.
A wild horse
warsling
watering
watering
noun
An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.
The art or process of giving a wavy, ornamental appearance to something.
verb
present participle of water
wavering
wavering
adj
Being in doubt; indecisive.
Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.
noun
gerund of waver: a state of fluctuation or indecision.
verb
present participle of waver
wearying
wearying
noun
The process of making weary.
verb
present participle of weary
weighbar
weighers
weighers
noun
plural of weigher
weighter
weighter
noun
One who weights or assigns a weighting.
weinberg
weisberg
wellring
weregild
weregild
noun
Alternative spelling of wergeld.
wergilds
wergilds
noun
plural of wergild
wharfing
wharfing
noun
(engineering) A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
The material for constructing a wharf.
verb
present participle of wharf
whiggery
whiggery
Noun
Support for whiggish attitudes.
whirlgig
whirling
whirling
adj
That whirls or whirl.
noun
The action of the verb to whirl.
verb
present participle of whirl
whirlwig
whirlwig
Noun
A whirligig beetle.
whirring
whirring
adj
Producing a whirr; giving off a whirring noise.
Spinning rapidly.
noun
A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.
verb
present participle of whirr
wigglers
wigglers
noun
plural of wiggler
wigglier
wigglier
adj
comparative form of wiggly: more wiggly
wigmaker
wigmaker
noun
A person who makes wigs.
windring
wingover
wingover
noun
An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short dive, levelling out to fly in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began.
winograd
woodring
wordings
wordings
noun
plural of wording
workgirl
workgirl
noun
A young female laborer.
workings
workings
noun
The internal mechanism of some device or system.
The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.
plural of working.
wormling
wormling
noun
(by extension) Any weak, mean, or lowly creature.
A little worm.
worrying
worrying
adj
Inducing worry.
noun
The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
verb
present participle of worry
worsting
worsting
verb
present participle of worst
worthing
worthing
verb
present participle of worth
wracking
wracking
verb
present participle of wrack
wrapping
wrapping
noun
The material in which something is wrapped.
verb
present participle of wrap
wrathing
wrathing
verb
present participle of wrath
wraxling
wraxling
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) wrestling
wreaking
wreaking
noun
The act by which something is wreaked.
verb
present participle of wreak
wrecking
wrecking
noun
The act by which something is wrecked.
The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.
verb
present participle of wreck
wresting
wresting
verb
present participle of wrest
wricking
wricking
verb
present participle of wrick
wriggled
wriggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wriggle
wriggler
wriggler
noun
A cunning or tricky person; a dodger.
Anything that wriggles.
wriggles
wriggles
noun
plural of wriggle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wriggle