Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 24 compound words that contain witches. The most common are listed below. Open witches in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- witches' SabbathA supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy.
- Witches CauldronA basin in Douglas Range, Alexander Island, Bellingshausen Sea, Southern Ocean, off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica; an ice-filled basin found near Mount Egbert.
- witches' brewA strange, powerful, terrifying or dangerous concoction of ingredients.
- witches' stoneA small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to rest.
- witches' SabbatSynonym of witches' Sabbath: A supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy.
- kitchen witchesplural of kitchen witch: A homemade doll in the form of a stereotypical witch or crone, displayed in home kitchens as a good luck charm and to ward off bad spirits.
- witches' butterAny of several gelatinous fungi which are generally yellowish (resembling globs of butter) or black (resembling black butter), including those of species:
- witches' milkAlternative form of witch's milk: Milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies.
- witches' stairssteep staircase with alternate half treads.
- witches' stonesplural of witches' stone: A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to …
- witches' broomAlternative form of witch's broom (“type of plant disease”).
- witches' besomAlternative form of witch's besom (“broom used by witches”).
- witches' bellsThe plant foxglove.
- witches' thimblesThe foxglove.
- black witchesplural of black witch: A witch who practices black magic.
- half-witchesplural of half-witch: A person, especially a woman, with one magical and one non-magical parent.
- hedge witchesplural of hedge witch: Fungus of species Phallus impudicus, a type of stinkhorn.
- shadow witchesplural of shadow witch: Any orchid in the genus Ponthieva.
- water witchesplural of water witch: A grebe
- white witchesplural of white witch: A witch who practises white magic.
- wind-witchesplural of wind-witch: Synonym of tumbleweed (“loose plant driven by the wind”).
- witches' hairAlternative form of witch's hair (“a type of lichen”).
- witches' hatsplural of witch's hat: Hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe.
- witches' ladderAlternative form of witch's ladder: In folk magic, a charm or talisman made from knotted or plaited cord or hair, with various things like feathers braided or knotted into it.
- witches' laddersplural of witches' ladder: In folk magic, a charm or talisman made from knotted or plaited cord or hair, with various things like feathers braided or knotted into it.
Compound words 24
- softswitchesplural of softswitch: A central device in a telephone network that connects phone lines using software in a computer.
- microswitchesplural of microswitch: An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator.
- archwitchesplural of archwitch: A very powerful witch.
- autoswitchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of autoswitch: To switch automatically.
- codeswitchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of codeswitch
- dipswitchesplural of dipswitch: A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- hedgewitchesplural of hedgewitch: Fungus of species Phallus impudicus, a type of stinkhorn.
- hookswitchesplural of hookswitch: The spring-loaded button on a telephone that is depressed by the action of returning the handset to the cradle, thus terminating the call.
- Hurwitchesplural of Hurwitch: A surname.
- keyswitchesplural of keyswitch: A mechanical switch associated with a key on a keyboard.