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Wight

/waɪt/

A living creature, especially a human being.

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noun
  1. 1

    A living creature, especially a human being.

  2. 2

    A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.

  3. 3

    A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.

  4. 4

    A wraith-like creature.

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creaturenounA living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.

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creaturenounA living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
whytenounA surname.
whitenounThe color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
wyattnounA male given name from the Germanic languages, modern transferred use of the surname.
waightnounA surname.
widgenoun(poetic, archaic) A horse.
weomannounObsolete form of woman. [An adult female human.]
whomannounObsolete spelling of woman. [An adult female human.]
corpsenounA dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
swarthnounAn apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.
thewnounAn attractive physical attribute; also, physical, mental, or moral strength or vigour.
woughnoun(dialectal, archaic or obsolete) A wall.
lichnoun(fantasy, roleplaying games) A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
whidnounA quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
wommonnoun(rare) Feminist spelling of woman
weftnoun(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
wivernounObsolete form of wyvern. [(heraldry, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.]
warmannounA city in the Rural Municipality of Corman Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.
victualnoun(archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.
wonenoun(obsolete, poetic) A house, home, habitation, dwelling.

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