| MILLWRIGHT | • millwright n. A person who designed, erected and built mills and milling machinery. • millwright n. A person engaged in the erection of machinery. • MILLWRIGHT n. a person whose occupation is planning and building mills or setting up their machinery. |
| SHIPWRIGHT | • shipwright n. A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones. • SHIPWRIGHT n. a carpenter skilled in ship construction and repair. |
| SHIRTWAIST | • shirtwaist n. (US) A woman’s tailored blouse, buttoned down the front. • shirt-waist n. Alternative spelling of shirtwaist. • shirt␣waist n. Alternative spelling of shirtwaist. |
| SWITCHGIRL | • switchgirl n. The female equivalent of a switchman. • SWITCHGIRL n. a women who operates a telephone switchboard. |
| SWITHERING | • swithering v. Present participle of swither. • SWITHER v. (Scots) to be undecided. |
| TIGHTWIRES | • tightwires n. Plural of tightwire. • TIGHTWIRE n. a wire tightrope. |
| WAINWRIGHT | • wainwright n. A person who builds and repairs wagons. • Wainwright prop.n. An English surname originating as an occupation. • Wainwright prop.n. A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada. |
| WHERRITING | • WHERRIT v. to worry, also WORRIT. |
| WHIRRETING | • whirreting v. Present participle of whirret. • WHIRRET v. to give a sharp blow to, also WHERRET. |
| WHITHERING | • whithering v. Present participle of whither. • WHITHER v. to blow strongly with a roaring sound, also WUTHER. |
| WHITTERICK | • whitterick n. Alternative form of whitret. • WHITTERICK n. (Scots) a weasel, also WHITRACK, WHITRET, WHITRICK, WHITTRET. |
| WHITTERING | • whittering v. Present participle of whitter. • WHITTER v. to talk or mutter peevishly or ineffectually, also WITTER. |
| WITCHERIES | • witcheries n. Plural of witchery. • WITCHERY n. enchantment; witchcraft. |
| WITHERINGS | • witherings n. Plural of withering. • WITHERING n. the act of withering. |
| WITHERITES | • witherites n. Plural of witherite. • WITHERITE n. barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses. |
| WRAITHLIKE | • wraithlike adj. Resembling a wraith; ghostly. • WRAITHLIKE adj. like a wraith. |
| WRITERSHIP | • writership n. (Now historical) The position or office of a writer in the East India Company. • writership n. The job of a writer or clerk; clerkship. • WRITERSHIP n. the office of a writer. |
| WRITHINGLY | • writhingly adv. With a writhing motion. • WRITHING adv. twisting, squirming. |