Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A regional word. Scots turns up more than anything else.
abody is Scots for everybody. abulyeit means dressed or arrayed. affloof means offhand. aholt is US dialect for ahold. affydavy is a joking form of affidavit.
Watch the overlap with lost spaces. abody looks like a body run together, but it carries a meaning of its own, so it belongs here.
1,957 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Region and meaning |
|---|---|
| warsel | Scots, to wrestle or struggle |
| warytree | Scots, the gallows, the cursing tree |
| washbrew | English dialect, a kind of oatmeal porridge |
| wasterie | Scots, extravagance, waste |
| wastrie | Scots, extravagance, waste |
| waterbroo | Scots, water-broo, thin oatmeal broth |
| waterbrose | Scots, water-brose, brose made with water |
| wathstead | Northern English, the site of a ford (wath) |
| wauble | Scots, to wobble |
| wauch | Scots, insipid, stale |
| wauf | Scots, worthless, shabby (also waff) |
| waufie | Scots, a vagabond (also waffie) |
| waughy | Scots, insipid or musty |
| waukit | Scots, fulled or matted, of cloth |
| waumle | Scots, to wamble, roll about |
| wauns | Scots oath, 'wauns, God's wounds |
| waygang | Scots, departure; the outgoing crop |
| weanie | Scots, a little child (wean + -ie) |
| weanly | Scots, childish, infantile |
| weapschawing | Scots, weapon-schawing, a review of arms |
| weeble | dialect form of weevil |
| weelfaured | Scots, weel-faured, well-favoured, comely |
| weemen | Scots spelling of women |
| weenty | dialect, tiny (cf. weeny) |
| weesh | Irish dialect, very small |
| weeshee | Irish dialect, tiny (cf. weeshy) |
| weeshy | Irish dialect, tiny |
| weety | Scots, wet, rainy (weet + -y) |
| weewaw | US dialect, crooked, askew |
| weewow | US dialect, crooked, awry (also weewaw) |
| wentle | dialect, to roll or turn over (cf. wentletrap) |
| westlan | Scots, westlan', western |
| westlin | Scots, westerly |
| wevet | English dialect, a spider's web |
| whalm | dialect, to overturn, to whelm |
| whalp | Scots, a whelp |
| whammle | Scots, to overturn or capsize |
| whamp | Scots, a wasp |
| whample | Scots, a stroke or blow |
| whappet | English dialect form of whippet, the dog |
| wharrow | English dialect, the whorl of a spindle |
| wharry | English dialect, a spindle whorl; compare wharrow |
| whauve | Northern English, to turn upside down, cover over |
| wheam | English dialect, snug or close fitting |
| whedder | Northern English, whether |
| wheencat | English dialect, the whinchat bird |
| wheep | Scots, to whistle or cry shrilly |
| wheer | Northern English, where |
| wheerikins | Northern English, the backside |
| whein | Scots, variant of wheen, a few |
| whelve | English dialect, to turn over and cover |
| wherrit | English dialect, to worry, tease or fret |
| whewt | Scots, a whistle or whistling cry |
| whicken | Northern English, the rowan or quicken tree |
| whidder | Scots, to whirr, quiver or tremble |
| whift | English dialect, a slight puff or whiff |
| whigmaleery | Scots, a whim or fanciful trinket |
| whigmeleerie | Scots, variant of whigmaleery, a whim |
| whiley | English dialect, a little while |
| whilie | Scots, a little while |
| whillaloo | Anglo-Irish, a wailing cry of lament |
| whillikins | US dialect, exclamation of surprise, as in gee whillikins |
| whillilew | Anglo-Irish, a wailing cry, variant of whillaloo |
| whils | Scots, whiles, sometimes |
| whinchacker | English dialect, the whinchat |
| whincheck | English dialect, the whinchat |
| whincow | Scots, a gorse bush (whin-cow) |
| whindle | Northern English, to whine or whimper |
| whirken | Scots, to choke or strangle |
| whirlmagee | US dialect, a whirligig or fanciful contrivance |
| whirlygigum | US dialect, a fanciful extension of whirligig |
| whirrey | Scots, to hurry or whirl along, variant of whirry |
| whirroo | Anglo-Irish, a shout of exultation |
| whissle | Scots spelling of whistle |
| whitehass | Scots, a white pudding made in a sheep's throat |
| whitehawse | Scots, variant of whitehass, a white pudding |
| whitesark | Scots, a white shirt or shroud |
| whiteseam | Scots, plain white needlework |
| whitfinch | English dialect bird name, a white-marked finch |
| whoosy | US informal, a thingamajig, variant of whosis |
| whosen | US dialect, whose, formed like hisn and ourn |
| whud | Scots, a lie or fib, variant of whid |
| whulk | English dialect, whelk |
| whun | Scots, whin, gorse |
| whush | Scots, a rushing sound; to hush |
| whute | Scots, to whistle |
| whutter | Scots, to chatter or whisper |
| wickthing | Northern English, a living creature (wick, alive) |
| widdendream | Scots, a state of confusion or frenzy |
| widdie | Scots, a withe, halter or hangman's rope |
| widegab | English dialect, the angler fish (wide-gab) |
| wifecarl | Scots, a man who meddles in women's work |
| wifiekie | Scots, a little wife, double diminutive of wife |
| wifock | Scots, a little wife, diminutive of wife |
| wiggen | Northern English, the rowan or quicken tree |
| wigher | English dialect, to neigh or whinny |
| wigtail | English dialect, the wagtail |
| williewaucht | Scots, a hearty draught of drink |
| willyart | Scots, shy or wild |
| wilycoat | Scots, an under-petticoat or flannel vest |
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