Crossword clues for werewolves
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. Werewolves. [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w["a]rwolf, w["a]hrwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.] A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.
The werwolf went about his prey.
--William of
Palerne.
The brutes that wear our form and face,
The werewolves of the human race.
--Longfellow.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of werewolf English)
WordNet
n. a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf [syn: wolfman, lycanthrope]
[also: werewolves (pl)]
See werewolf
Usage examples of "werewolves".
No one was sure if it was breeding or genetics or great good fortune or the omnivore diet, but werewolves, in addition to being exceptionally strong and exceptionally fast, were exceptionally easy on the eyes.
No one was even sure what it meant—could werewolves harness mental power as well as physical?
Either that, or she was used to strange werewolves showing up at her door.
Not to mention, werewolves weren't big on calling each other up and asking about the weather.
If he didn't know for a fact that werewolves were all men, he'd wonder .
A lot more humans lived in this town than werewolves, even here, the seat of Michael and Jeannie's power.
He controlled an admirable fortune and had three hundred thousand werewolves at his back.
She didn't know much about werewolves, but she was going to learn, oh yes.
This was the 21st century, and there were no such things as werewolves, dammit!
Minimum security—not that that would be a problem for three werewolves in their prime—and a pleasing location, right on the lake, with a park across the street.
Unlike me, most werewolves are born werewolves, though they can't change forms until they reach adulthood.
Non-Pack werewolves, whom we called mutts, ate humans because they couldn't bother fighting the urge to hunt and kill, and humans were the most plentiful target.
If you start believing in werewolves, then you have to admit the possibility of other things, witches and sorcerers and shamans.
Why, if this UN doesn't include werewolves, would you suddenly want to contact them now?
Maybe it was easier to believe werewolves were a onetime aberration of nature, the way some people—myself included—think the universe contains only one populated planet.