witch
witch is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
- noun. One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
- noun. An ugly old woman; a hag.
- noun. One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.
- noun. A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
- noun. The stormy petrel.
- transitive verb. To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
- noun. a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
- noun. a female sorcerer or magician
- noun. an ugly evil-looking old woman
- noun. a believer in Wicca
- verb. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
Synonyms
enchantress, beldam, beldame, crone, hag, wiccan, bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, jinx
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in witch:
Common word forms
witched, witchen, witcher, witches, witching
Words from these letters
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