| HEATWAVE | • heatwave n. A period of very hot weather. • heatwave n. A heat haze. • heat␣wave n. (Idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather. |
| HIVEWARD | • hiveward adj. Towards a hive. • hiveward adv. Towards a hive. • HIVEWARD adv. in the direction of a hive, also HIVEWARDS. |
| HUSWIVES | • huswives n. Plural of huswife. • HUSWIFE n. a sewing kit. |
| OVERWASH | • overwash v. (Transitive) To wash too much or too often. • overwash v. (Intransitive) To become flooded. • overwash n. The flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body. |
| VIEWSHED | • viewshed n. (Geography) The view from a particular vantage point. • VIEWSHED n. the natural environment visible from a viewing point. |
| WHATEVER | • whatever det. (Interrogative) What ever; emphatic form of ’what’. • whatever det. Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that. • whatever det. Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that. |
| WHENEVER | • whenever conj. At any time that. • whenever conj. At the (single) time that, no matter when. • whenever conj. Every time that. |
| WHEREVER | • wherever adv. (Interrogative) Where ever; an emphatic form of where. • wherever adv. (Informal) In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses. • wherever adv. (Fused relative) The place (no matter where) in, at or to which. |
| WHILEVER | • WHILEVER adv. for as long as. • WHILEVER conj. for as long as. |
| WHOMEVER | • whomever pron. Whatever person or persons (as object of verb or preposition). • WHOMEVER pron. the objective case of whoever. |
| WHOSEVER | • whosever det. (Possessive) Of whomever; belonging or related to whatever person or persons; whoever’s. • whosever pron. (Possessive) That of whomever; that which belongs or is related to whatever person or persons; whoever’s. • whosever cont. (Proscribed) whoever is. |
| WIVEHOOD | • wivehood n. Obsolete form of wifehood. • WIVEHOOD n. (Spenser) wifehood, also WIFEDOM, WIFEHOOD. |