| HOWTOWDIE | • HOWTOWDIE n. (Scots) a dish of boiled chicken. |
| SWEPTWING | • sweptwing adj. (Of an aircraft) Having sweptback wings. • swept-wing adj. Alternative form of sweptwing. • swept␣wing n. (Aviation) A wing that is angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from its point of attachment… |
| WASTEWEIR | • wasteweir n. A weir that allows the escape of excess water from a canal or reservoir. • WASTEWEIR n. a sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam, aka a spillway. |
| WHEREWITH | • wherewith adv. (Archaic) With which; with what. • wherewith n. (Archaic) Something with which; the means by which. • WHEREWITH adj. with what. |
| WHITEWALL | • whitewall adj. (Of a tyre/tire) Having white sidewalls. • whitewall adj. (US, military) Describing a hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of… • whitewall n. A tyre/tire with white sidewalls. |
| WHITEWARE | • whiteware n. Any pottery of a white or nearly white colour. • whiteware n. Synonym of white goods. • WHITEWARE n. articles made of white porcelain, pottery or other ceramic material. |
| WHITEWASH | • whitewash n. A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white. • whitewash n. (Sports) A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep. • whitewash n. (Politics) A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements. |
| WHITEWING | • whitewing n. The chaffinch. • whitewing n. The velvet scoter. • whitewing n. (US) A street sweeper. |
| WHITEWOOD | • whitewood n. Any of several deciduous trees, some used for furniture, as the tulip tree. • whitewood n. The wood of these trees or of spruce (Picea spp.). • whitewood n. (Pinball) A prototype version of a pinball table, without the final artwork. |
| WHITTAWER | • whittawer n. Alternative form of whittaw. • WHITTAWER n. (dialect) a saddler or harness-maker; a maker of white leather, also WHITTAW. |
| WIDTHWISE | • widthwise adj. Directed across the width of an object or place. • widthwise adv. Across the width of an object or place. • WIDTHWISE adv. across the width, as distinct from lengthways, also WIDTHWAY, WIDTHWAYS. |
| WINDSWEPT | • windswept adj. Exposed to the winds. • wind-swept adj. Alternative form of windswept. • WINDSWEPT adj. swept by the wind. |
| WITCHWEED | • witchweed n. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Striga, from Africa and Asia, some of which are parasitic to crops. • WITCHWEED n. a yellow-flowered plant of the snapdragon family. |
| WRITEDOWN | • writedown n. (Accounting) An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset… • write-down n. A depreciation, or a lowering in the price or value of something. • write␣down v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, down. |