bowel | (noun) the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus | Synonyms: gut, intestine |
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bowels | (noun) the center of the Earth | - |
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crewelwork | (noun) embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn | - |
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disembowelment | (noun) the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude | Synonyms: evisceration |
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dishtowel | (noun) a towel for drying dishes | Synonyms: dish towel, tea towel |
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dowel | (noun) a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together | Synonyms: dowel pin, joggle |
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doweling | (noun) fastening by dowels | - |
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dweller | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, habitant, indweller, inhabitant |
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dwelling | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, domicile, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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farewell | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: leave-taking, leave, parting |
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(noun) an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting | Synonyms: word of farewell |
gromwell | (noun) European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands | Synonyms: Lithospermum officinale |
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indweller | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant |
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(noun) activation by an inner spirit or force or principle | - |
inkwell | (noun) a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped | Synonyms: inkstand |
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jewel | (noun) a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry | Synonyms: gem, precious stone |
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(noun) a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry | Synonyms: gem |
jeweler | (noun) someone in the business of selling jewelry | Synonyms: jeweller |
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(noun) someone who makes jewelry | Synonyms: jeweller, jewelry maker |
jeweller | (noun) someone in the business of selling jewelry | Synonyms: jeweler |
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(noun) someone who makes jewelry | Synonyms: jeweler, jewelry maker |
jewellery | (noun) an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) | Synonyms: jewelry |
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jewelry | (noun) an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) | Synonyms: jewellery |
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jewelweed | (noun) North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil | Synonyms: celandine, Impatiens capensis, lady's earrings, orange balsam, touch-me-not |
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knawel | (noun) widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers | Synonyms: knawe, Scleranthus annuus |
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kwela | (noun) a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments | - |
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maxwell | (noun) a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss | Synonyms: Mx |
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newel | (noun) the central pillar of a circular staircase | - |
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(noun) the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail | Synonyms: newel post |
rowel | (noun) a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur | - |
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semivowel | (noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: glide |
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sewellel | (noun) bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent | Synonyms: Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver |
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speedwell | (noun) any plant of the genus Veronica | Synonyms: veronica |
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stairwell | (noun) a vertical well around which there is a stairway | - |
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swell | (noun) a crescendo followed by a decrescendo | - |
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(noun) the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea | Synonyms: crestless wave |
(noun) a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | - |
(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik |
swellhead | (noun) a conceited and self-centered person | Synonyms: egoist, egotist |
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swelling | (noun) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | Synonyms: intumescence, intumescency |
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(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
(noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, puffiness |
towel | (noun) a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping | - |
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toweling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: towelling |
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towelling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: toweling |
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trowel | (noun) a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials | - |
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twelfth | (noun) one part in twelve equal parts | Synonyms: duodecimal, one-twelfth, twelfth part |
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(noun) position 12 in a countable series of things | - |
twelve | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one | Synonyms: 12, dozen, XII |
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twelvemonth | (noun) a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days | Synonyms: year, yr |
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unwellness | (noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Synonyms: illness, malady, sickness |
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vowel | (noun) a speech sound made with the vocal tract open | Synonyms: vowel sound |
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(noun) a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel | - |
welcher | (noun) someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager | Synonyms: welsher |
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welcome | (noun) a greeting or reception | - |
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(noun) the state of being welcome | - |
welcomer | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, saluter |
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weld | (noun) a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together | - |
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(noun) European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America | Synonyms: dyer's mignonette, dyer's rocket, Reseda luteola |
welder | (noun) joins pieces of metal by welding them together | - |
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welding | (noun) fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure | - |
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weldment | (noun) an assembly of parts welded together | - |
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welfare | (noun) governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need | Synonyms: public assistance, social welfare |
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(noun) something that aids or promotes well-being | Synonyms: benefit |
(noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, well-being, wellbeing |
welkin | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven |
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well | (noun) a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine | - |
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(noun) an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps | - |
(noun) an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) | - |
(noun) a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid | - |
(noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring |
wellbeing | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being |
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wellerism | (noun) a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel | - |
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wellhead | (noun) a structure built over a well | - |
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(noun) the source of water for a well | Synonyms: wellspring |
wellness | (noun) a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease | Synonyms: health |
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wellpoint | (noun) a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area | Synonyms: well point |
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wellspring | (noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: fountainhead, well |
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(noun) the source of water for a well | Synonyms: wellhead |
welsher | (noun) someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager | Synonyms: welcher |
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welt | (noun) a raised or strengthened seam | - |
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(noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: wale, weal, wheal |
welter | (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother |
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welterweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the lightweight division and lighter than those in the middleweight division. | - |
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(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds | - |
(noun) a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds | - |
(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds | - |
(noun) a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase) | - |
welwitschia | (noun) curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old | Synonyms: Welwitschia mirabilis |
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