| archway | (noun) a passageway under a curved masonry construction | Synonyms: arch |
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| athwart | (adverb) at an oblique angle | Synonyms: aslant, obliquely |
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| (adverb) at right angles to the center line of a ship | - |
| breadthways | (adverb) in the direction of the breadth | Synonyms: breadthwise, broadwise |
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| churchwarden | (noun) an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters | - |
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| deathwatch | (noun) bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death | Synonyms: deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum |
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| (noun) minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers | Synonyms: book louse, booklouse, Liposcelis divinatorius |
| dishware | (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | Synonyms: crockery |
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| dishwasher | (noun) a machine for washing dishes | Synonyms: dish washer, dishwashing machine |
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| (noun) someone who washes dishes | - |
| dishwashing | (noun) the act of washing dishes | Synonyms: washup |
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| dishwater | (noun) water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed | - |
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| freshwater | (noun) water that is not salty | Synonyms: fresh water |
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| hatchway | (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: opening, scuttle |
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| highwater | (noun) the tide when the water is highest | Synonyms: high tide, high water |
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| highway | (noun) a major road for any form of motor transport | Synonyms: main road |
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| highwayman | (noun) a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | Synonyms: highjacker, hijacker, road agent |
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| lengthways | (adjective) running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing | Synonyms: lengthwise |
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| (adverb) in the direction of the length | Synonyms: lengthwise, longitudinally, longways, longwise |
| mouthwash | (noun) a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth | Synonyms: gargle |
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| northward | (adjective) moving toward the north | Synonyms: northbound |
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| (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees | Synonyms: due north, N, north |
| (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northerly, northwards |
| northwards | (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northerly, northward |
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| pathway | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: footpath |
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| (noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, tract |
| schwa | (noun) a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables | Synonyms: shwa |
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| shwa | (noun) a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables | Synonyms: schwa |
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| southward | (adjective) moving toward the south | Synonyms: southbound |
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| (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | Synonyms: due south, S, south |
| (adverb) toward the south | Synonyms: southerly, southwards |
| southwards | (adverb) toward the south | Synonyms: southerly, southward |
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| superhighway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, throughway, thruway |
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| (noun) an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form | Synonyms: information superhighway |
| throughway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, thruway |
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| thwack | (noun) a hard blow with a flat object | - |
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| (verb) deliver a hard blow to | Synonyms: smack |
| thwart | (noun) a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat | Synonyms: cross thwart |
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| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil |
| thwarted | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated |
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| thwarter | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, resister |
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| thwarting | (adjective) preventing realization or attainment of a desire | Synonyms: frustrating, frustrative |
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| (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: foiling, frustration |
| thwartwise | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: cross, transversal, transverse |
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