| wiseass |
(slang; often offensive) insolent; impudent. [2 definitions] |
| wisecrack |
(informal) a clever or funny, and usu. sarcastic, remark or reply. [2 definitions] |
| wise up |
(slang) to make or become aware. |
| wish |
to long for; desire; want. [9 definitions] |
| wishbone |
a forked bone found in front of the breastbone of most birds, formed by the fusion of the clavicles, and sometimes used, when taken from a cooked fowl, to make wishes over. |
| wishful |
having or demonstrating a wish or desire. |
| wishful thinking |
the interpretation of facts, actions, words, and the like in accordance with the meanings a person would like them to have rather than in terms of what they really are. |
| wishy-washy |
indefinite, undecided, or feeble, as a person or utterance. [2 definitions] |
| wisp |
a thin bundle, bunch, tuft, streak, or the like, as of straw, hair, or smoke. [4 definitions] |
| wispy |
being or resembling a wisp. |
| wisteria |
any of several related woody vines characterized by drooping clusters of flowers that resemble bunches of grapes, usu. in purple or white. |
| wistful |
displaying or characterized by yearning or wishful sadness. |
| wit1 |
(often pl.) the innate ability to perceive, think, or know; mental faculties; intelligence. [5 definitions] |
| wit2 |
see "to wit." |
| witch |
a woman who practices or is believed to practice occult magic; sorceress. (Cf. warlock.) [4 definitions] |
| witchcraft |
magical power or practices; sorcery. [2 definitions] |
| witch doctor |
in some primitive societies, a person who is believed to be able to use magic or supernatural powers to cure illnesses, fend off evil, and the like; shaman; medicine man. |
| witchery |
the art practiced by a witch; sorcery. [2 definitions] |
| witch hazel |
any of a family of shrubs and small trees of eastern North America and Asia that bear yellow flowers in autumn. [2 definitions] |
| witch hunt |
a hunt for and punishment of those alleged to be witches, warlocks, or disciples of Satan. [3 definitions] |
| witching |
the practice of sorcery; witchcraft. [4 definitions] |