Crossword clues for wiles
wiles
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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n. (plural of wile English)
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Wiles is a family name. For its etymology, meaning, related names, and translations, see Wiktionary.
People commonly known by the family name Wiles include:
- Andrew Wiles, British mathematician who proved Fermat's Last Theorem
- Archie Wiles, cricketer from Trinidad
- Billy Wiles, American wrestler
- Irving Ramsey Wiles, United States artist
- Jason Wiles, actor, director and producer
- John Wiles, British television producer
- Lemuel M. Wiles (1826-1905), American landscape painter.
- Maurice Wiles, British theologian, father of Andrew Wiles
- Michele Wiles, principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre
- Simon Wiles, English footballer
People whose family name is Wiles, but better known by other names, include:
- Adam Wiles (born 1984), real name of Scottish singer, songwriter, DJ, and producer Calvin Harris
Usage examples of "wiles".
For reasons only Valis might ever understand, Billy Wiles had been identified, researched, and chosen for this performance.
Billy Wiles stared at his wristwatch as if it were a bomb clock counting down to detonation.
The three had been through much beside Drizzt, and they all knew well that the drow had many evil and powerful enemies, one in particular who would have the wiles to create such an elaborate deception.
Morik was a clever information gatherer, a thief who survived through his wiles and his weapons, neither of which would help him in a common tavern brawl.
He regained control quickly, reminding himself that only his wiles would allow him to beat Lord Feringal, that only his cleverness would allow him to overcome his enemy's unjust advantage, one given by birth and not quality of character.
The woman had used her wiles to become Pasha Basadoni's second and had survived the drow takeover to serve as figurehead of the guild.
Dwahvel, that most competent of halfling females-good with her wiles, good with her daggers, and better with her wits-wasn't used to walking so gingerly in this place, though it was as secure a house as could be found in all of Calimport.
In the months of her abduction, his accursed, scheming wiles had orchestrated her estrangement.
The two shared a pot of coffee brewed with rare and expensive beans imported from Ethiopia, and Taita exerted all his wiles to charm Nintura, who had been loitering outside the palace for the last ten days, waiting for his turn to display his wares to Trok's new bride.
Taita rode alone in the van, because he was best able to resist the wiles of Ishtar the Mede, and to discover the true road that had been hidden from them.
Andrew Wiles at Princeton had recently announced a proof of the famous conjecture, although his work was still being scrutinized by his colleagues, and the final verdict wasn't yet in.
But only because the class of physical systems whose behavior depends on it is so ludicrously specific: the brains of mathematicians who are trying to validate the Wiles proof.