| ATHWARTSHIP | • athwartship adj. (Nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft… • athwartship adv. Alternative form of athwartships. • ATHWARTSHIP adv. transverse to a ship, also ATHWARTSHIPS, THWARTSHIP. |
| ELSEWHITHER | • elsewhither adv. (Formal) To some other place; in some other direction. • ELSEWHITHER adv. to another place. |
| HITHERWARDS | • hitherwards adv. (Archaic) Towards this place. • HITHERWARDS adv. (archaic) toward this place; hither, also HETHERWARD, HITHERWARD. |
| OTHERWHILES | • otherwhiles adv. (Archaic) At another time, or other times. • otherwhiles adv. (Archaic) sometimes; occasionally. • OTHERWHILES adv. (archaic) at other times, sometimes, also OTHERWHILE. |
| SHIPWRIGHTS | • shipwrights n. Plural of shipwright. • SHIPWRIGHT n. a carpenter skilled in ship construction and repair. |
| SIGHTWORTHY | • sightworthy adj. Worth seeing, or visiting in order to see. • SIGHTWORTHY adj. worth looking at. |
| SOMEWHITHER | • somewhither adv. (Archaic, literary) To some indeterminate place; to some place or other; to somewhere. • SOMEWHITHER adv. (archaic) to some place; somewhere. |
| THWARTSHIPS | • thwartships adv. Alternative form of athwartships. • THWARTSHIPS adv. across the ship, also ATHWARTSHIPS, THWARTSHIP. |
| WHITEFISHES | • whitefishes n. Plural of whitefish. • white-fishes n. Plural of white-fish. • WHITEFISH n. a general name for such fish as the whiting, haddock, plaice, cod, sole, menhaden, etc. |
| WHITESMITHS | • whitesmiths n. Plural of whitesmith. • WHITESMITH n. one who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron. |
| WHITETHORNS | • whitethorns n. Plural of whitethorn. • WHITETHORN n. the hawthorn. |
| WHITEWASHED | • whitewashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of whitewash. • whitewashed adj. Of or pertaining to a fence or wall that has been painted with the temporary paint whitewash. • whitewashed adj. Having had any controversy or potential for scandal removed, ignored or downplayed. |
| WHITEWASHER | • whitewasher n. One who, or that which, whitewashes. • WHITEWASHER n. one who whitewashes. |
| WHITEWASHES | • whitewashes n. Plural of whitewash. • whitewashes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whitewash. • WHITEWASH v. to cover with whitewash. |
| WHITISHNESS | • whitishness n. The quality of being whitish, somewhat white. • WHITISHNESS n. the state of being whitish. |
| WHOLESTITCH | • wholestitch n. A lacemaking stitch used in filling. • WHOLESTITCH n. weaving stitch that fills in a pattern. |
| WISHTONWISH | • wishtonwish n. (US, obsolete, except perhaps in dialects) The prairie dog. • WISHTONWISH n. (Native American) the whippoorwill. |
| WITHERSHINS | • withershins adv. Alternative form of widdershins (“anticlockwise”). • WITHERSHINS adv. in a left-handed, wrong, or contrary direction; counterclockwise, also WIDDERSHINS, WIDERSHINS. |
| WITHHOLDERS | • withholders n. Plural of withholder. • WITHHOLDER n. one who withholds. |