shrewishness | (noun) a nature given to nagging or scolding | - |
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supertwister | (noun) the most powerful tornado which can create enormously devastating damage | - |
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swish | (noun) a brushing or rustling sound | - |
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twist | (noun) social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s | - |
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(noun) any clever maneuver | Synonyms: device, gimmick |
(noun) the act of rotating rapidly | Synonyms: spin, twirl, twisting, whirl |
(noun) turning or twisting around (in place) | Synonyms: turn |
(noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: wind, winding |
(noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: braid, plait, tress |
(noun) an interpretation of a text or action | Synonyms: construction |
(noun) an unforeseen development | Synonyms: turn, turn of events |
(noun) a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself | Synonyms: eddy |
(noun) a jerky pulling movement | Synonyms: wrench |
(noun) a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | Synonyms: kink, twirl |
(noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: bend, crook, turn |
(noun) a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments | Synonyms: pull, wrench |
twister | (noun) small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts | Synonyms: cruller |
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(noun) a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground | Synonyms: tornado |
twisting | (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture |
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(noun) the act of rotating rapidly | Synonyms: spin, twirl, twist, whirl |
twistwood | (noun) vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black | Synonyms: twist wood, Viburnum lantana, wayfaring tree |
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unwiseness | (noun) the trait of acting stupidly or rashly | Synonyms: folly, foolishness |
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wisdom | (noun) the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight | Synonyms: wiseness |
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(noun) the quality of being prudent and sensible | Synonyms: soundness, wiseness |
(noun) ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight | Synonyms: sapience |
(noun) accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment | - |
wise | (noun) a way of doing or being | - |
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wiseacre | (noun) an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments | Synonyms: smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wisenheimer |
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wisecrack | (noun) witty remark | Synonyms: crack, quip, sally |
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wiseness | (noun) the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight | Synonyms: wisdom |
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(noun) the quality of being prudent and sensible | Synonyms: soundness, wisdom |
wisenheimer | (noun) an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments | Synonyms: smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wiseacre |
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wisent | (noun) European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison | Synonyms: aurochs, Bison bonasus |
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wish | (noun) the particular preference that you have | - |
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(noun) an expression of some desire or inclination | Synonyms: indirect request |
(noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: compliments, regard |
(noun) a specific feeling of desire | Synonyms: want, wishing |
wishbone | (noun) the furcula of a domestic fowl | Synonyms: wishing bone |
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wishfulness | (noun) an unrealistic yearning | - |
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wishing | (noun) a specific feeling of desire | Synonyms: want, wish |
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wisp | (noun) a flock of snipe | - |
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(noun) a small tuft or lock | - |
(noun) a small bundle of straw or hay | - |
(noun) a small person | - |
wistaria | (noun) any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria | Synonyms: wisteria |
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wisteria | (noun) any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria | Synonyms: wistaria |
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wistfulness | (noun) a sadly pensive longing | - |
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