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winning, n. achievement, gaining.
winning, a. charming, captivating, winsome, engaging.
winter, n. a.s.sociated Words: hibernation, hibernal, hibernacle, hyemation, hibernaculum, hyemal, brumal.
winter, v. hibernate.
wipe, v. swab; expunge, efface, obliterate, erase.
wipe, n. gibe, taunt, jeer, sarcasm.
wireless telegraphy. a.s.sociated Word: marconigram.
wire-pulling, n. intrigue.
wisdom, n. lore, learning, sapience, erudition, knowledge, enlightenment.
wise, a. erudite, sapient, learned, philosophical, enlightened, sage; sagacious, expedient.
wiseacre, n. pretender, sciolist, ignoramus.
wisely, adv. prudently, judiciously, sapiently, sagaciously.
wise man. Solon, sage, oracle, luminary, authority, philosopher, Nestor, savant, philomath, scholar.
wise men (of the East). Magi.
wish, v. desire, aspire; invoke, imprecate; congratulate, felicitate (wish happiness to).
wish, n. desire, longing, aspiration, hankering.
wishbone, n. merry thought, furculum; fourchette.
wis.h.i.+ng, n. longing, aspiration.
wit, n. sense, understanding; repartee, drollery, facetiousness, jocularity, waggishness; wag, humorist.
witch, n. sorceress, enchantress; hag; siren; warlock (male witch).
witchcraft, n. sorcery, enchantments, necromancy, black art, conjuration, incantation; fascination, witchery.
witchery, n. witchcraft, sorcery; fascination, spell, charm, entrancement.
witch-hazel, n. hamamelis.
witching, a. bewitching, fascinating, charming.
withdraw, v. retire, retreat, quit; recall, retract, recant, disavow.
withdrawal, n. retirement, retreat; retraction, recantation, disavowal.
withering, a. blighting, blasting, marcescent.
with foal. pregnant.
withhold, v. refrain, abstain; refuse, deny.
withholding, n. restraint, repression, abstinence; refusal, denial.
witness, v. testify, bear witness, confirm, corroborate, attest.
witness, n. attestation, testimony, evidence; eye-witness, deponent, attestor.
witty, a. facetious, droll, sharp.
witty sayings. witticisms, conceits, facetiae, _bons mots_.
wizard, n. wonder-worker, magician, conjurer, sorcerer, enchanter, necromancer.
wizardry, n. wonder-working, sorcery, necromancy.
wolf, n. coyote; werewolf, lycanthrope.
wolfish, a. lupine, ravenous.
woman, n. dame, matron; mulier; adult. a.s.sociated Words: gynecology, gynecologist, gyniatrics, gyneocracy, gynecocracy, gynocracy, gynecian, gynarchy, gyneolatry, gyneolater, gynephobia, gynecopathy, philogynist, philogyny, misogyny, femicide, matriarchy, gynaeceum.
woman-hater, n. misogynist.
womanhood, n. womanliness, femininity, feminality.
womanish, a. effeminate, feminine.
womb, n. uterus, venter, matrix, matrice. a.s.sociated Words: uterine, metritis.
wonder, n. surprise, astonishment, amazement, awe; phenomenon, miracle, prodigy, marvel, rarity.
wonder, v. marvel.
wonderful, a. marvelous, wondrous, phenomenal, miraculous, portentous.
wonder-worker, n. wizard, magician, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, necromancer.
wonder-working, n. wizardry, magic, sorcery, thaumaturgy, necromancy.
wonder-working, a. magical, thaumaturgic, miraculous, necromantic, wizard.
wont, n. habit, custom, practice.
