5 Letter Words Ending in W

endow

Verb : (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.

Verb : (transitive, followed by with, or rarely by of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.

Verb : (transitive, usually in the passive voice) To naturally furnish (with something).

throw

Verb : (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

Verb : (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

Verb : (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.

allow

Verb : (ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.

Verb : (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.

Verb : To not bar or obstruct.

sinew

Noun : (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.

Noun : A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.

Noun : (figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.

screw

Noun : A device that has a helical function.

Noun : A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.

Noun : A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.

askew

Adjective : Turned or twisted to one side.

Adjective : (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.

Verb : Tilted to one side.

shrew

Noun : Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Eulipotyphla).

Noun : Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.

Noun : (derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

aglow

Adjective : (sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant

below

Verb : In or to a lower place.

Verb : On or to a lower storey.

Verb : (nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.

strew

Verb : (dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.

Verb : (archaic) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To spread abroad; to disseminate.

straw

Noun : (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

Noun : (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.

Noun : (countable) A drinking straw.

renew

Verb : (transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.

Verb : (transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.

Verb : (theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

scraw

Noun : (Ireland, archaic) A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.

Noun : A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.

widow

Noun : A person whose spouse is absent:

Noun : A person who has lost a spouse and not remarried:

Noun : A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.

elbow

Noun : (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

Noun : (by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

Noun : (US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.

oxbow

Noun : A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.

Noun : A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.

Noun : A town in North Dakota.

pshaw

Verb : (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".

embow

Verb : (archaic, ambitransitive) To bend like a bow; to curve.

yelow

Adjective : Misspelling of yellow. [Of a yellow hue.]

bylaw

Noun : A local custom or law of a settlement or district.

Noun : (often in the plural) A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.

Noun : (countable, in the singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.

papaw

Noun : A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.

Noun : (less common) A father.

Noun : Alternative form of pawpaw, a grandfather, especially one's paternal grandfather. [Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:]

ennew

Verb : (obsolete) To make new.

Noun : A surname.

arrow

Noun : A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

Noun : A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→).

Noun : (graph theory) A directed edge.

macaw

Noun : Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

threw

Verb : (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

Verb : (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

Verb : (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.

scrow

Noun : scroll

Noun : (in the plural) writings

Noun : the sky, the heavens

minow

Noun : Archaic spelling of minnow. [Any small fish.]

shrow

Verb : (obsolete) To hide or cover; to shroud.

Noun : (obsolete) Alternative form of shrew [Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Eulipotyphla).]

tohew

Verb : (obsolete) To cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces, chop up.

theow

Noun : (historical) A bondman or bondwoman; a slave.

aview

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To survey, observe; (loosely), to view.

benew

Verb : (archaic) To make like new; renew; refresh.

benow

Verb : (UK dialectal) By this time; by now.

squaw

Noun : (now offensive, ethnic slur) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.

miaow

Noun : (chiefly dated) British spelling of meow

Verb : (chiefly dated) British spelling of meow

nohow

Verb : (slang) In no way; not at all; by no available means.

kotow

Noun : Alternative spelling of kowtow [The act of kowtowing.]

Verb : Alternative spelling of kowtow [(historical) To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.]

strow

Verb : Obsolete form of strew. [(dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.]

gamow

Noun : united states physicist (born in russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for dna (1904-1968

unlaw

Noun : (obsolete) A crime, an illegal action.

Noun : Absence of law; lawlessness.

Noun : (obsolete) A fine exacted from a transgressor of the law.

agnew

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

Noun : An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States.

emmew

Verb : (obsolete) To mew or coop up.

inlaw

Verb : (UK, law, historical, transitive) To clear of outlawry or attainder, to return to the protection of the law

Noun : One who is within the domain or protection of the law.

Noun : Alternative spelling of in-law [(often in the plural) A relative by marriage (or through affinity).]

sprew

Noun : (medicine, US, dialect) thrush

vrouw

Noun : A Dutchwoman.

devow

Verb : (obsolete) To give up; to devote.

Verb : (obsolete) To disavow; to disclaim.

depew

Noun : A surname.

aflow

Verb : flowing

imbow

Verb : Obsolete form of embow. [(archaic, ambitransitive) To bend like a bow; to curve.]

indow

Verb : Obsolete spelling of endow. [(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.]

venew

Noun : (obsolete) A bout, or turn, as at fencing

Noun : Archaic spelling of venue. [A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.]

cadew

Noun : (obsolete) A caddis.

eskew

Noun : A surname.

of new

Verb : (obsolete) Once again; anew.

on tow

Adjective : Alternative form of in tow

sprow

Noun : A surname.

valew

Noun : Obsolete form of value. [The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.]

dorow

Noun : A surname.

dubow

endew

Verb : (obsolete) Alternative form of endue (“to endow”) [To provide with some quality or trait]

rogow

Noun : A surname.

bedaw

Verb : (ambitransitive, archaic) To awake.

besew

Verb : (transitive) To sew.

danaw

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memaw

Noun : Alternative form of meemaw [(US, dialect, Southern US) Synonym of mamaw (“grandmother”)]

Verb : Alternative form of meemaw [(intransitive, UK, dialect) To mouth words so that they can be heard over noise (or later so that they cannot be overheard), originally in the cotton industry of Lancashire.]

morow

Noun : Obsolete spelling of morrow. [(archaic or poetic) The next or following day.]

remew

Verb : (obsolete) To remove.

upbow

Noun : (music) A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow upward or to the left across the instrument, moving the point of contact from the bow's tip toward the frog.

Verb : (geology) To bend or arc upwards.

adraw

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To draw out; to draw (a sword).

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw oneself.

besow

Verb : (transitive) To sow; sow all around or about; scatter; disperse; plant.

pilow

Noun : Obsolete form of pillow. [A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.]

Noun : Obsolete form of pilaf. [A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.]

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cd-rw

Noun : Initialism of compact disk – rewritable. A form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from a plastic disc. It can be written to multiple times.

cd rw

bedew

Verb : (transitive) To make wet with or as if with dew.

serow

Noun : Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis.

up bow

Noun : (music) movement from the tip to the frog on the bow of a stringed instrument

carew

Noun : A village and Welsh community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN045038).

Noun : An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States.

Noun : A habitational surname from Welsh.

resaw

Verb : (transitive) To saw again or anew, as with, especially, recutting (remilling) lumber by remaking boards into thinner boards.

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a few

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pelew

Noun : Obsolete form of Palau. [A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.]

resow

Verb : To sow again, to plant seed where it has already been planted.

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c and w

Noun : a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern united states; usually played on stringed instrument

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menow

Noun : Obsolete form of minnow. [Any small fish.]

navew

Noun : (now rare) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica napus.

pilaw

Noun : Alternative spelling of pilaf [A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.]

resew

Verb : Alternative spelling of re-sew [To sew again.]

unsew

Verb : (transitive) To undo something sewn or enclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.

narew

Noun : A river in Poland and Belarus.

cahow

Noun : An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.

padow

Noun : (obsolete, rare) A paddock, or toad.

thraw

Verb : to twis

unmew

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To release from confinement or restraint.

bulow

Noun : A surname from German.

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