| aircrew | (noun) the crew of an aircraft | Synonyms: air crew |
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| aircrewman | (noun) a member of an aircrew | - |
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| airscrew | (noun) a propeller that rotates to push against air | Synonyms: airplane propeller, prop |
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| beshrew | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
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| bestrew | (verb) cover by strewing | - |
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| brew | (noun) drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling | Synonyms: brewage |
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| (verb) sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor | - |
| (verb) prepare by brewing | - |
| brewage | (noun) drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling | Synonyms: brew |
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| brewer | (noun) the owner or manager of a brewery | - |
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| (noun) someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water | Synonyms: beer maker |
| brewery | (noun) a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation | - |
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| brewing | (noun) the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast | - |
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| brewpub | (noun) a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food | - |
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| careworn | (adjective) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | Synonyms: drawn, haggard, raddled, worn |
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| corkscrew | (noun) a bottle opener that pulls corks | Synonyms: bottle screw |
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| (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: spiral |
| crew | (noun) an organized group of workmen | Synonyms: gang, work party |
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| (noun) the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.) | - |
| (noun) the team of men or women manning a racing shell | - |
| (noun) an informal body of friends | Synonyms: bunch, crowd, gang |
| (verb) serve as a crew member on | - |
| crewelwork | (noun) embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn | - |
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| crewet | (noun) bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table | Synonyms: cruet |
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| crewman | (noun) a member of a work crew | - |
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| (noun) a member of a flight crew | Synonyms: crew member |
| (noun) any member of a ship's crew | Synonyms: sailor |
| 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 |
| firewall | (noun) (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust | - |
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| (noun) a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
| (noun) (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet | - |
| firewater | (noun) any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) | - |
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| fireweed | (noun) tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant | Synonyms: Epilobium angustifolium, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup |
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| (noun) an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers | Synonyms: Erechtites hieracifolia |
| firewood | (noun) wood used for fuel | - |
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| firework | (noun) (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | Synonyms: pyrotechnic |
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| forewarn | (verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: previse |
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| forewarning | (noun) an early warning about a future event | Synonyms: premonition |
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| forewing | (noun) either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings | Synonyms: fore-wing, fore wing |
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| forewoman | (noun) a woman in charge of a group of workers | - |
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| (noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury | Synonyms: forelady |
| foreword | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: preface, prolusion |
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| herewith | (adverb) (formal) by means of this | Synonyms: hereby |
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| homebrew | (noun) an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home | Synonyms: home brew |
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| jackscrew | (noun) screw-operated jack | Synonyms: screw jack |
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| microbrewery | (noun) a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere | - |
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| mitrewort | (noun) any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter | Synonyms: bishop's cap, miterwort |
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| prewar | (adjective) existing or belonging to a time before a war | - |
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| reward | (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | Synonyms: reinforcement |
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| (noun) benefit resulting from some event or action | Synonyms: advantage |
| (noun) the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property | - |
| (noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: payoff, wages |
| (noun) payment made in return for a service rendered | - |
| (verb) strengthen and support with rewards | Synonyms: reinforce |
| (verb) act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions | Synonyms: pay back, repay |
| (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honor, honour |
| rewardful | (adjective) offering or productive of reward | - |
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| rewarding | (adjective) providing personal satisfaction | - |
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| rewardingly | (adverb) in a rewarding manner | - |
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| rewatch | (noun) to watch a show or television one more time | - |
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| (verb) to watch a show or television one more time | - |
| rewind | (verb) wind (up) again | - |
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| rewire | (verb) provide with new wiring | - |
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| reword | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: paraphrase, rephrase |
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| rewording | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rephrasing |
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| rework | (verb) use again in altered form | Synonyms: make over, retread |
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| rewrite | (noun) something that has been written again | Synonyms: rescript, revision |
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| (verb) write differently; alter the writing of | - |
| (verb) rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose | - |
| rewriter | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man |
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| rewriting | (noun) editing that involves writing something again | Synonyms: revising |
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| rupturewort | (noun) common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures | Synonyms: Hernaria glabra |
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| screw | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shag, shtup |
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| (noun) a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head | - |
| (noun) a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air | Synonyms: screw propeller |
| (noun) a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole | - |
| (noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, turnkey |
| (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, shaft |
| (verb) tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions | - |
| (verb) cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion | Synonyms: drive in |
| (verb) turn like a screw | - |
| (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, sleep together, sleep with |
| screwball | (adjective) foolish; totally unsound | Synonyms: crazy, half-baked, softheaded |
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| (noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown | - |
| (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case |
| screwballer | (noun) (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs | - |
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| screwbean | (noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods | Synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo |
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| screwdriver | (noun) a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw | - |
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| (noun) a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice | - |
| screwing | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, shag, shtup |
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| screwtop | (noun) the top of a container that must be screwed off and on | - |
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| screwup | (noun) the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation | - |
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| screwy | (adjective) not behaving normally | Synonyms: screw-loose |
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| setscrew | (noun) a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted | - |
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| (noun) a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring | - |
| shareware | (noun) software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc. | - |
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| shoreward | (adjective) (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land | Synonyms: inshore, onshore |
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| shrew | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrewmouse |
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| (noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Synonyms: termagant |
| shrewd | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming |
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| (adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence | Synonyms: astute, sharp |
| shrewdly | (adverb) in a shrewd manner | Synonyms: acutely, astutely, sagaciously, sapiently |
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| shrewdness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity |
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| shrewish | (adjective) continually complaining or faultfinding | Synonyms: nagging |
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| shrewishly | (adverb) in a shrewish manner | - |
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| shrewishness | (noun) a nature given to nagging or scolding | - |
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| shrewmouse | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrew |
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| strew | (verb) spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic) | Synonyms: straw |
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| (verb) cover; be dispersed over | - |
| strewing | (noun) the act of scattering | Synonyms: scatter, scattering |
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| therewith | (adverb) with that or this or it | - |
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| therewithal | (adverb) together with all that; besides | - |
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| thumbscrew | (noun) screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers | - |
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| (noun) instrument of torture that crushes the thumb | - |
| trews | (noun) (used in the plural) tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan | - |
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| unrewarded | (adjective) having acquired or gained nothing | Synonyms: empty-handed |
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| unrewarding | (adjective) not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction | - |
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| unscrew | (verb) loosen something by unscrewing it | - |
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| (verb) loosen by turning | - |
| werewolf | (noun) a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again | Synonyms: loup-garou, lycanthrope, wolfman |
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| wherewithal | (noun) the necessary means (especially financial means) | - |
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| wirework | (noun) mesh netting made of wires | Synonyms: grillwork |
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| wireworm | (noun) wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants | - |
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| woodscrew | (noun) a metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver | - |
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