Backsword :: Backsword (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.

Backsword :: Backsword (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick..

Broadsword :: Broadsword (n.) A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

Byword :: Byword (n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.

Byword :: Byword (n.) The object of a contemptuous saying.

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue..

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing..

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc..

Foreword :: Foreword (n.) A preface.

Half-sword :: Half-sword (n.) Half the length of a sword; close fight.

Misword :: Misword (v. t.) To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence..

Misword :: Misword (n.) A word wrongly spoken; a cross word.

Nayword :: Nayword (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword..

Overword :: Overword (v. t.) To say in too many words; to express verbosely.

Password :: Password (n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.

Reword :: Reword (v. t.) To repeat in the same words; to reecho.

Reword :: Reword (v. t.) To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage..

Smallsword :: Smallsword (n.) A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century..

Sword :: Swop (v. & n.) Same as Swap.

Sword :: Sword (n.) An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties..

Sword :: Sword (n.) Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power..

Sword :: Sword (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension..

Sword :: Sword (n.) The military power of a country.

Sword-shaped :: Swordplayer (n.) A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.

Swordbill :: Sword (n.) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

Sworded :: Swordbill (n.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird..

Sworder :: Sworded (a.) Girded with a sword.

Swordfish :: Sworder (n.) One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat..

Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long..

Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) The gar pike.

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