| coastwise | (adjective) along or following a coast | Synonyms: coastal |
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| (adverb) by way of, or along the coast | - |
| leastwise | (adverb) if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | Synonyms: at any rate, at least, leastways |
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| slantwise | (adverb) at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction | Synonyms: slantways |
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| streetwise | (adjective) having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment | Synonyms: street smart, with-it |
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| supertwister | (noun) the most powerful tornado which can create enormously devastating damage | - |
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| 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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| 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 |
| (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, sprain, turn, wrench, wrick |
| (verb) form into twists | - |
| (verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist around |
| (verb) turn in the opposite direction | - |
| (verb) form into a spiral shape | Synonyms: distort, twine |
| (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, deform, flex, turn |
| (verb) twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates | Synonyms: wrench |
| (verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe |
| (verb) do the twist | - |
| (verb) extend in curves and turns | Synonyms: curve, wind |
| twisted | (adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | Synonyms: distorted, misrepresented, perverted |
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| 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 | (adjective) marked by repeated turns and bends | Synonyms: tortuous, twisty, voluminous, winding |
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| (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture |
| (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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| twisty | (adjective) marked by repeated turns and bends | Synonyms: tortuous, twisting, voluminous, winding |
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| untwist | (verb) cause to become untwisted | - |
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| untwisted | (adjective) not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight | - |
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