| WITCHBROOMS | • WITCHBROOM n. a dense abnormal growth of shoots on a tree or other woody plant, usually caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Taphrina. |
| WITCHCRAFTS | • witchcrafts n. Plural of witchcraft. • WITCHCRAFT n. the use of sorcery or magic. |
| WITCHETTIES | • witchetties n. Plural of witchetty. • WITCHETTY n. (Native Australian) any of the edible grubs of certain moths and longhorn beetles. |
| WITENAGEMOT | • witenagemot n. (History, usually uncountable, sometimes countable) Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon… • witenagemot n. (History, countable) A specific session of such an assembly. • WITENAGEMOT n. (Old English) an early English national council, also WITENAGEMOTE. |
| WITGATBOOMS | • WITGATBOOM n. (South African) a South African evergreen tree with edible roots used as a coffee substitute when roasted, also WITGAT. |
| WITHDRAWALS | • withdrawals n. Plural of withdrawal. • WITHDRAWAL n. the act of withdrawing. |
| WITHDRAWERS | • withdrawers n. Plural of withdrawer. • WITHDRAWER n. one who withdraws. |
| WITHDRAWING | • withdrawing v. Present participle of withdraw. • withdrawing n. Withdrawal. • WITHDRAW v. to move away. |
| WITHERINGLY | • witheringly adv. In a withering manner. • WITHERING adv. of criticism, severe. |
| 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. |
| WITHHOLDING | • withholding v. Present participle of withhold. • withholding n. The deduction of taxes from an employee’s salary. • withholding n. The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government. |
| WITHINDOORS | • withindoors adv. Alternative form of within-doors. • within-doors adv. (Dated) indoors. • WITHINDOORS adv. indoors. |
| WITHSTANDER | • withstander n. A person who withstands or resists; an opponent. • WITHSTANDER n. one who withstands. |
| WITLESSNESS | • witlessness n. The state of being witless; stupidity. • WITLESSNESS n. the state of being witless. |
| WITNESSABLE | • witnessable adj. Capable of being witnessed; observable. • WITNESSABLE adj. that can be witnessed. |
| WITTINESSES | • wittinesses n. Plural of wittiness. • WITTINESS n. the quality of being witty. |
| WITWANTONED | • witwantoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of witwanton. • WITWANTON v. to engage in irreverent wit. |