| FISHWAY | • fishway n. A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish. • FISHWAY n. a device for enabling fish to pass around a dam. |
| HAYWIRE | • haywire n. Wire used to bind bales of hay. • haywire adj. Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs). • haywire adj. Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process; usually used… |
| HIGHWAY | • highway n. (Historical) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides. • highway n. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare. • highway n. (Figurative) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny. |
| LICHWAY | • lichway n. (UK, dialect) The path by which the dead are carried to the grave. • LICHWAY n. a path by which the dead are carried to burial. |
| SHIPWAY | • shipway n. The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched. • shipway n. A navigable canal. • Shipway prop.n. A surname. |
| SHOWILY | • showily adv. In a showy manner. • SHOWY adv. making a brilliant display. |
| SWITCHY | • switchy adj. (Colloquial) Having a whisking or wagging motion. • switchy adj. (Colloquial, BDSM) Inclined to switch between sadistic and masochistic roles. • SWITCHY adj. full of switches. |
| SWITHLY | • swithly adv. (Obsolete) quickly. • SWITHLY adv. quickly, at once. |
| TWITCHY | • twitchy adj. Susceptible to twitching a lot. • twitchy adj. (Figuratively) irritable, cranky. • TWITCHY adj. given to twitching. |
| WASHILY | • washily adv. In a washy manner. • WASHILY adv. overly diluted. |
| WEIGHTY | • weighty adj. Heavy (“having a lot of weight”). • weighty adj. (Figurative) Important; serious; not trivial or petty. • weighty adj. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. |
| WHEYIER | • WHEYEY adj. like whey also WHEYISH. |
| WHEYISH | • wheyish adj. Resembling whey. • WHEYISH adj. somewhat like whey, also WHEYEY. |
| WHIMSEY | • whimsey n. Alternative spelling of whimsy. • WHIMSEY n. delicately fanciful behaviour; gentle fantasy, also WHIMSY. |
| WHIPRAY | • whipray n. Synonym of whiptail stingray. • WHIPRAY n. a stingray. |
| WHISKEY | • whiskey n. (Ireland, US) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley). • whiskey n. (Ireland, US) A drink of whiskey. • whiskey n. (Historical) A light gig or carriage; a tim-whiskey. |
| WHITELY | • whitely adj. (Now rare, Scotland) White; pale. • whitely adv. In a white manner. • Whitely prop.n. A surname. |
| WIGHTLY | • wightly adv. (Obsolete) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly. • WIGHT adv. swift, nimble, also WITE, WYTE. |