| ATHWARTSHIPS | • athwartships adv. (Nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel. • ATHWARTSHIPS adv. transverse to a ship, also ATHWARTSHIP, THWARTSHIP. |
| HAWTHORNIEST | • HAWTHORNY adj. like hawthorn. |
| HEAVYWEIGHTS | • heavyweights n. Plural of heavyweight. • HEAVYWEIGHT n. a boxer fighting at a heavy weight. |
| LIGHTWEIGHTS | • lightweights n. Plural of lightweight. • light-weights n. Plural of light-weight. • LIGHTWEIGHT n. a person of little account. |
| THITHERWARDS | • thitherwards adv. (Archaic) Towards that place. • THITHERWARDS adv. in that direction, also THITHERWARD. |
| WHATSHISNAME | • whatshisname n. (Informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten. • what's-his-name pron. A male person or entity whose name one does not remember or want to mention but that is known to the… • WHATSHISNAME n. a designation for a male whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSISNAME. |
| WHEELWRIGHTS | • wheelwrights n. Plural of wheelwright. • WHEELWRIGHT n. a maker and repairer of wheels and wheeled vehicles. |
| WHEREWITHALS | • wherewithals n. Plural of wherewithal. • WHEREWITHAL n. the means, resources. |
| WHIPSTITCHED | • whipstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch. • whip␣stitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of whip stitch. • WHIPSTITCH v. to sew with a whipstitch. |
| WHIPSTITCHES | • whipstitches n. Plural of whipstitch. • whip␣stitches n. Plural of whip stitch. • WHIPSTITCH n. a small overcasting stitch. |
| WHITETHROATS | • whitethroats n. Plural of whitethroat. • WHITETHROAT n. any of several birds with white on the throat. |
| WHITEWASHERS | • whitewashers n. Plural of whitewasher. • WHITEWASHER n. one who whitewashes. |
| WHITEWASHING | • whitewashing n. The application of whitewash. • whitewashing n. (Figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions. • whitewashing n. (Derogatory) The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event… |
| WHITHERWARDS | • whitherwards adv. In what direction; toward what or which place. • WHITHERWARDS adv. toward what or which place, also WHITHERWARD. |
| WHITLEATHERS | • WHITLEATHER n. leather dressed with alum. |
| WITHHOLDINGS | • withholdings n. Plural of withholding. |