Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across; from side to side of.

Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course..

Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely..

Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

Birthwort :: Birthwort (n.) A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties..

Breadthways :: Breadthways (ads.) Breadthwise.

Breadthwinner :: Breadthwinner (n.) The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.

Breadthwise :: Breadthwise (ads.) In the direction of the breadth.

Deathward :: Deathward (adv.) Toward death.

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick..

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

Earthward :: Earthward (adv.) Alt. of Earthward.

Earthwards :: Earthwards (adv.) Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth..

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) An embankment or construction made of earth.

Earthworm :: Earthworm (n.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm..

Earthworm :: Earthworm (n.) A mean, sordid person; a niggard..

Forthward :: Forthward (adv.) Forward.

Forthwith :: Forthwith (adv.) Immediately; without delay; directly.

Forthwith :: Forthwith (adv.) As soon as the thing required may be done by reasonable exertion confined to that object.

Healthward :: Healthward (a. & adv.) In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency..

Lathwork :: Lathwork (n.) Same as Lathing.

Lengthways :: Lengthways (adv.) Alt. of Lengthwis.

Lengthwise :: Lengthwise (adv.) In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.

Northward :: Northward (a.) Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Northward :: Northward (adv.) Alt. of Northward.

Northwardly :: Northwardly (a.) Having a northern direction.

Northwardly :: Northwardly (adv.) In a northern direction.

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