| AWATCH | • awatch adj. Watching; in a state of vigilance. • AWATCH adv. (archaic) in a watchful state. |
| AWHAPE | • awhape v. (Transitive, obsolete) To confound; to terrify; to amaze. • AWHAPE v. (Spenser) to confound, amaze. |
| AWHATO | • AWHATO n. (Maori) the so-called vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand, also AWATO, AWETO, AWHETO. |
| BASHAW | • bashaw n. (Now rare, historical) A pasha. • bashaw n. (Archaic, often derogatory, by extension) A grandee. • bashaw n. A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat. |
| BHAWAN | • BHAWAN n. (Hindi) a large house, also BHAVAN. |
| CASHAW | • cashaw n. Alternative form of cushaw. • CASHAW n. (Native American) a variety of squash, also CUSHAW. |
| DAWAHS | • DAWAH n. (Arabic) the practice of educating nonbelievers about the practice of Islam. |
| FATWAH | • fatwah n. Alternative spelling of fatwa. • fatwah v. Alternative spelling of fatwa. • FATWAH v. (Arabic) to threaten death by religious decree, also FATWA, FETWA. |
| HALWAS | • halwas n. Plural of halwa. • HALWA n. (Hindi) a sweet Indian dish. |
| HANIWA | • haniwa n. A terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan. • HANIWA n. (Japanese) japanese clay sculptures. |
| HAWALA | • hawala n. A long-established informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers. • HAWALA n. (Arabic) a type of financial arrangement in Islamic societies. |
| KWACHA | • kwacha n. Malawi’s major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala. • kwacha n. Zambia’s major currency unit, equivalent to 100 ngwee. • KWACHA n. (Bantu) a monetary unit of Zambia. |
| MAHWAS | • mahwas n. Plural of mahwa. • MAHWA n. (Hindi) a kind of butter-tree with edible flowers, also MAHUA, MOWA, MOWRA. |
| SAWAHS | • sawahs n. Plural of sawah. • SAWAH n. (Malay) an irrigated paddy-field. |
| TAWHAI | • TAWHAI n. (Maori) a New Zealand beech, also TAWAI. |
| WALLAH | • wallah n. (India) A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah. • wallah n. (India, historical) Short for competition wallah. • wallah n. (Britain, slang) A guy or bloke. |
| WATCHA | • watcha cont. Alternative form of whatcha. • WATCHA interj. (colloquial) what are you, used as a greeting, also WHATCHA, WOTCHA, WOTCHER. |
| WHANAU | • whanau n. (New Zealand) Extended family. • whānau n. (New Zealand) Alternative spelling of whanau. • WHANAU n. (Maori) a family, especially an extended one. |
| WHATAS | • WHATA n. (Maori) a building on stilts or a raised platform for storing provisions. |
| WHATNA | • whatna cont. (Scotland, Northern England, dialect, archaic) what kind of. • WHATNA adj. (dialect) what kind of, also WHATEN, WHATTEN. |