| anticlockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: contraclockwise, counterclockwise |
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| (adverb) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | Synonyms: counterclockwise |
| breadthwise | (adverb) in the direction of the breadth | Synonyms: breadthways, broadwise |
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| broadwise | (adverb) in the direction of the breadth | Synonyms: breadthways, breadthwise |
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| clockwise | (adjective) in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock | - |
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| (adverb) in the direction that the hands of a clock move | - |
| coastwise | (adjective) along or following a coast | Synonyms: coastal |
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| (adverb) by way of, or along the coast | - |
| contraclockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: anticlockwise, counterclockwise |
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| contrariwise | (adverb) contrary to expectations | Synonyms: contrarily, on the contrary, to the contrary |
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| (adverb) with the order reversed | Synonyms: the other way around, vice versa |
| (adverb) in a contrary disobedient manner | Synonyms: contrarily, perversely |
| counterclockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: anticlockwise, contraclockwise |
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| (adverb) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | Synonyms: anticlockwise |
| crabwise | (adjective) (of movement) at an angle | Synonyms: sideways |
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| crosswise | (adjective) lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction | - |
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| (adjective) in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross | - |
| (adverb) transversely | Synonyms: across, crossways |
| (adverb) not in the intended manner | - |
| edgewise | (adverb) with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge | Synonyms: edgeways |
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| (adverb) as if by an edge; barely | Synonyms: edgeways |
| endwise | (adverb) with the end forward or toward the observer | Synonyms: end on, endways |
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| (adverb) in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise | Synonyms: endways |
| (adverb) on end or upright | Synonyms: endways |
| leastwise | (adverb) if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | Synonyms: at any rate, at least, leastways |
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| lengthwise | (adjective) running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing | Synonyms: lengthways |
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| (adverb) in the direction of the length | Synonyms: lengthways, longitudinally, longways, longwise |
| likewise | (adverb) in like or similar manner | Synonyms: similarly |
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| (adverb) in addition | Synonyms: also, as well, besides, too |
| (adverb) equally | Synonyms: alike |
| longwise | (adverb) in the direction of the length | Synonyms: lengthways, lengthwise, longitudinally, longways |
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| nowise | (adverb) in no manner | Synonyms: to no degree |
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| otherwise | (adjective) other than as supposed or expected | - |
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| (adverb) in other respects or ways | - |
| (adverb) in another and different manner | Synonyms: differently |
| scarecrowish | (adjective) resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged | - |
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| shrewish | (adjective) continually complaining or faultfinding | Synonyms: nagging |
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| shrewishly | (adverb) in a shrewish manner | - |
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| shrewishness | (noun) a nature given to nagging or scolding | - |
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| sidewise | (adverb) from the side; obliquely | Synonyms: sideway, sideways |
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| (adverb) with one side forward or to the front | Synonyms: sideway, sideways |
| (adverb) in a lateral direction | Synonyms: sideway, sideways |
| slantwise | (adverb) at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction | Synonyms: slantways |
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| stepwise | (adjective) one thing at a time | Synonyms: bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step |
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| (adverb) proceeding in steps | Synonyms: step by step |
| 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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| swish | (adjective) elegant and fashionable | Synonyms: classy, posh |
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| (noun) a brushing or rustling sound | - |
| (verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound | Synonyms: lap, swoosh, swosh |
| swishy | (adjective) resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle | - |
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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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| unwise | (adjective) showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom | - |
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| (adjective) not appropriate to the purpose | Synonyms: inexpedient |
| unwisely | (adverb) without good sense or judgment | Synonyms: foolishly |
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| unwiseness | (noun) the trait of acting stupidly or rashly | Synonyms: folly, foolishness |
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| unwished | (adjective) not welcome | Synonyms: unwelcome, unwished-for |
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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 | (adjective) having or prompted by wisdom or discernment | - |
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| (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart |
| (adjective) evidencing the possession of inside information | Synonyms: knowing, wise to |
| (adjective) marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | Synonyms: heady, judicious |
| (noun) a way of doing or being | - |
| 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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| (verb) make a comment, usually ironic | - |
| wisely | (adverb) in a wise manner | Synonyms: sagely |
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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 |
| (verb) invoke upon | Synonyms: bid |
| (verb) order politely; express a wish for | - |
| (verb) make or express a wish | - |
| (verb) feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of | Synonyms: wish well |
| (verb) to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something | Synonyms: care, like |
| wishbone | (noun) the furcula of a domestic fowl | Synonyms: wishing bone |
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| wishful | (adjective) having or expressing desire for something | Synonyms: desirous |
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| (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, aspiring |
| wishfully | (adverb) in a wishful manner | - |
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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 | - |
| wisplike | (adjective) thin and weak | Synonyms: wispy |
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| wispy | (adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness | Synonyms: dim, faint, shadowy, vague |
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| (adjective) thin and weak | Synonyms: wisplike |
| 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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| wistful | (adjective) showing pensive sadness | Synonyms: pensive |
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| wistfully | (adverb) in a wistful manner | - |
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| wistfulness | (noun) a sadly pensive longing | - |
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| yellowish | (adjective) of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk | Synonyms: xanthous, yellow |
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