Word Finder - witch

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A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft.

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An ugly or unpleasant woman.

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I hate that old witch.

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One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.

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One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.

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A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

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The stormy petrel.

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Any of a number of flatfish:

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The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.

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To practise witchcraft.

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To bewitch.

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To dowse for water.

Well, maybe it does for some people, but not a hard hearted old witch like me.

Wow, I've never met a witch before.

I didn't need a witch to tell me you are the love of my life.

One wicked witch named Mombi stole him and carried him away, keeping him as a prisoner.

Yes; a wicked witch enchanted her, so she could not rule her kingdom.

You are a very naughty witch.

Is she some kind of witch or evil fairy?

From jealous rivals, to witch hunters or insane elders; the night is fraught with peril even for the undead.

Oh comfrey the comforting, you cunning witch, how I adore you!

A Scandinavian witch does the same in the Egil saga.

These often contain witch hazel, which is thought to have soothing properties.

He was paid 20 shillings for each witch captured.

They discuss why Megan is the " wicked witch of the West " .

They ceased to appeal to the Virgin and saints, and to venerate images and relics, procure indulgences and go on pilgrimages, they deprecated the monastic life, and no longer nourished faith by the daily repetition of miracles, but in the witch persecutions their demonology cost the lives of thousands of innocent women.

If you have oily skin you can try Witch Hazel.

The Witch of Edmonton was attributed by its publisher to William Rowley, Dekker, Ford, "&c.," but the body of the play has been generally held to be ascribable to Ford and Dekker only.

The employment of " witch doctors " for " smelling out " criminals or abatagati (usually translated " wizards," but meaning evildoers of any kind, such as poisoners), once common in Zululand, as in neighbouring countries, was discouraged by Cetywayo, who established " kraals of refuge " for the reception of persons rescued by him from condemnation as abatagati.

When we think of the archetypal image of the Witch, we remember the evil enchantress of childhood tales.

There is a well-known Scottish legend to the effect that a certain old witch was once fired at in her shape as a hare, and that where the hare was hit there the old woman was found to be wounded.

She was a brave witch; she never blenched at the stake, which was proof enough of her compact with the Devil.

A witch's broom can also be used for sweeping the floor to expose a trapdoor.

Hecat the Witch Queen battles with Love Goddess Venus in a Victorian courtroom to expose the Seven Deadly Sins in Shakespeare.

The plot is simple enough, a girl goes to study ballet at a school in Germany and runs into a witch coven.

And Roman, head of the witch's coven, replies proudly, He has his father's eyes.

She is a witch dreamer, she has the ability to walk in dreams and the subconscious and to work magic there.

Witch doctors casting the runes or examining chicken entrails would probably be as useful.

I am so envious but not enough to not say, " You lucky witch you.

But has Julian heard of an early 70's space glam band from Florida called White Witch?

Neat or diluted witch hazel can help for quick relief.

Despite all this, the witch hunt had little effect.

James I, who believed the witch hysteria, wrote a book called ' Demonology ' about the supposed hidden world of wicked witches.

The forces of good have discovered your evil lair - you being an evil witch of course.

The ever popular charismatic pastor, Jack Hayford, led the chanting crowd in an " African witch doctor's dance.

Much Pagan lore was hidden in these ditties during the years of witch persecutions.

She also posits a connection with witch rites on nearby Cadbury Hill.

For areas of extreme inflammation, try a witch hazel poultice or spray if touching cannot be tolerated.

Is she a witch, as some believe, or a pagan priestess?

How on earth would he react if he ever learned that Sabrina, his own roommate is a witch?

The specialist has at times been called a shaman, or a witch doctor, or a doctor or a surgeon.

She looks like a very smiley, friendly witch.

I'll soon wipe the smirk from the War Witch's face.

Drawing two three-legged stools from under the table, the witch invited her visitors to be seated.

From the nauseating Blair Witch Project to the impressive auto-biopic tarnation, low-budget DV filmmaking has taken mainstream cinema by storm.

An hysterical subject, like the Salem witch trials of 1892, requires hysterical treatment up to a point.

Some books on being a witch seem trivial, more about fashion than faith, slightly dubious.

There they find a magic wardrobe, which leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch.

I practice as a solitary witch, tho I have the greatest respect for covens and formal magical practitioners.

James I, who believed the witch hysteria, wrote a book called ' Demonology ' about the supposed hidden world of wicked witch hysteria, wrote a book called ' Demonology ' about the supposed hidden world of wicked witches.

Witch A person, normally a woman who practices witchcraft.

A 100-year-old Ugandan witch doctor married a 12-year-old girl after an affair that lasted for months, a newspaper reported.