English Words: W

A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal

Obsolete spelling of Whithorn.

The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height.

An apostate or perfidious renegade.

Alternative spelling of widdershins (“anticlockwise”).

To whatever place; to anywhere.

A surname from Middle English.

A person who is utterly opposed to capital punishment and therefore may be excluded as a juror.

A plant disease, often of citrus plants, that causes dieback and wilting.

Adverse, contrary.

A counterbalancing weight; counterweight.

An opponent; rival; adversary; enemy; (Christianity) the Adversary; the Devil.

In the opposite or wrong direction; contrariwise.

Somewhat withered.

To go against; oppose; transgress.

A phenomenon relating to the pronunciation of stops in American English, whereby words appear to be chunked into pronunciation units, based on their morphology, which may block flapping.

That has been kept or held back from the possession or knowledge of another.

To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.

Able to be withheld.

Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.

second-person singular simple present indicative of withhold

third-person singular simple present indicative of withhold

present participle and gerund of withhold

plural of withholding

withholding; the act of withholding.

A small village and civil parish in central Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9965).

plural of withy

In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.

Anywhere near (a place or target).

Nearly, very near.

Very near; on the point of.

To a point where one is at great risk of death; or (figuratively, hyperbolic) of severe danger or trouble.

Without spending more than one can afford.

entitled, able

At a distance close enough to touch by reaching.

Within the boundaries, either physical or metaphorical; especially within the limits of acceptable behavior.

Very close.

indoors

Alternative form of within-doors.

Within; inside; inwardly.

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0315).

The state or condition of being within.

A surname.

Within, inside.

inward

Reminiscent of Withnail and I (1987), a British black comedy film about two young, unemployed, binge-drinking actors living in a squalid flat in 1960s London.

The quality of being or doing with something.

Obsolete spelling of withhold.

Outside, externally.

certainly; doubtlessly; unquestionably; indisputably; doubtless; surely; no doubt; without any doubt.