Index of English words, starting with "sw"

(1) - Swarthiness (n.) The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.

(1) - Swarthy (v. t.) To make swarthy.
(2) - Swarthy (a.) Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces.

(1) - Swartness (n.) The quality or state of being swart.

(1) - Swash (n.) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
(2) - Swash (n.) A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
(3) - Swash (n.) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
(4) - Swash (n.) A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
(5) - Swash (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
(6) - Swash (v. i.) To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
(7) - Swash (v. i.) To fall violently or noisily.
(8) - Swash (v. i.) To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
(9) - Swash (v. t.) Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.
(10) - Swash (v. t.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

(1) - Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.