These are the meanings of the letters LIEWETH when you unscramble them.
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Elite (n.)
A choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society.
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Lethe (n.)
A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.
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Lethe (n.)
Death.
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Lethe (n.)
Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.
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Lithe (a.)
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
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Lithe (a.)
Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
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Lithe (a.)
To smooth; to soften; to palliate.
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Lithe (v. i. & i.)
To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
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Wheel (n.)
A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
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Wheel (n.)
A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.
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Wheel (n.)
A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
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Wheel (n.)
A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.
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Wheel (n.)
A potter's wheel. See under Potter.
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Wheel (n.)
A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
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Wheel (n.)
A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
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Wheel (n.)
A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
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Wheel (n.)
An instrument of torture formerly used.
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Wheel (n.)
Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.
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Wheel (n.)
The burden or refrain of a song.
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Wheel (v. i.)
To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right.
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Wheel (v. i.)
To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.
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Wheel (v. i.)
To roll forward.
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Wheel (v. i.)
To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.
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Wheel (v. t.)
To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.
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Wheel (v. t.)
To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.
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While (conj.)
During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep.
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While (conj.)
Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas.
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While (n.)
Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent.
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While (n.)
That which requires time; labor; pains.
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While (prep.)
Until; till.
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While (v. i.)
To loiter.
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While (v. t.)
To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away.
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White (n.)
A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
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White (n.)
A white pigment; as, Venice white.
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White (n.)
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
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White (n.)
Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
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White (n.)
Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
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White (n.)
The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
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White (superl.)
Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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White (superl.)
Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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White (superl.)
Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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White (superl.)
Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White (superl.)
Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
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White (superl.)
Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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White (v. t.)
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
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Withe (n.)
A band consisting of a twig twisted.
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Withe (n.)
A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
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Withe (n.)
A partition between flues in a chimney.
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Withe (n.)
An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe.
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Withe (v. t.)
To bind or fasten with withes.