These are the meanings of the letters JREWY when you unscramble them.
- Jew (n.)
Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.
- Rye (n.)
A disease in a hawk.
- Rye (n.)
A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.
- Wry (a.)
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
- Wry (superl.)
Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
- Wry (superl.)
Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
- Wry (superl.)
Wrested; perverted.
- Wry (v. i.)
To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
- Wry (v. i.)
To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
- Wry (v. t.)
To cover.
- Wye (n.)
A kind of crotch. See Y, n. (a).
- Wye (n.)
The letter Y.
- Yew (a.)
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
- Yew (n.)
A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
- Yew (n.)
An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
- Yew (n.)
The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.
- Yew (v. i.)
See Yaw.