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Wisit Sasanatieng Wisit Sasanatieng (Thai วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง, born April 25, 1964 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. Best known for his colourful debut feature film, Tears of the Black Tiger, he is among a "New Wave" of Thai directors that include Nonzee Nimibutr, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASp) is a 502-amino acid protein that is expressed in cells of the hematopoietic system. In the inactive state, WASp exists in an auto-inhibited conformation with sequences near its C-terminus binding to a region near its N-terminus.
Wisła Wisła is a town in southern Poland, with a population of about 11,100, near the border with Czech Republic and Slovakia in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodship (1975-1998).
Wisława Szymborska Wisława Szymborska (born July 2, 1923, Bnin (now a district of Kórnik), Poland) is a Polish poet, essayist and translator. She is the 1996 laureate of the Noble Literature Prize and several other notable awards.
Wisma 46 Wisma 46 is a 262 m tall skyscraper located in the Kota BNI complex in South Jakarta, Indonesia. The 48 storey office tower was completed in 1996 under the design by Zeidler Roberts Partnership and DP Architects Private Ltd.
Wisma Putra Wisma Putra is another name for the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is also the name of the RM170 million Ministry of Foreign Affairs complex located at the country’s administrative capital, Putrajaya.
Wisner Washam Wisner Washam is an American soap opera writer, best known as the head writer of All My Children, from 1981 to 1992. He was groomed by All My Children creator Agnes Nixon to take the reins in the 1980s while she focused on other endeavors.
Wisp (musician) Wisp is the alias of electronic music artist Reid Dunn who hails from Niagara Falls, New York. Wisp began making music on his computer in 1999 and originally released his music for free as mp3s on Netlabels before being signed to Sublight Records.
Wisper The Wisper is a 30 km long river in western Germany, right tributary of the Rhine. Its source is in the western Taunus, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district of Hesse, near a small village named Wisper (municipality Heidenrod).
Wissahickon Creek Wissahickon Creek is a stream in southeastern Pennsylvania. Rising in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, it runs about 23 miles (37 km) passing through and dividing Northwest Philadelphia before emptying into the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia.
Wissam al-Zahawie Wissam al-Zahawie was a former official in Saddam Hussein's Baathist Iraq government who held many offices including that of Iraq's non-resident Ambassador to the Vatican and Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations.
Wissam S. al-Hashimi Dr Wissam S. al-Hashimi was an Iraqi geologist born in Baghdad who in 2001 was elected president of the Geological Society of Iraq, was president of the Union of Arab Geologists and from 1996 to 2002 was vice-president of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
Wissembourg Wissembourg (French: Wissembourg, pronounced ; German: Weißenburg) is a small town and commune situated on the little River Lauter close to the border between France and Germany, in easternmost Alsace région, approximately 60 km north of Strasbourg. Wissembourg is a sous-préfecture of the Bas-Rhin département.
Wissenschaft des Judentums Wissenschaft des Judentums ("the science of Judaism"), refers to a nineteenth-century movement premised on the critical investigation of Jewish literature and culture, including rabbinic literature, using scientific methods to analyze the origins of Jewish traditions.
Wissinoming, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wissinoming is a neighborhood in the Near Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is bordered by Tacony on the north, Bridesburg on the south, I-95 and the Delaware River on the east, and Frankford on the west.
Wistar Institute The Wistar Institute, an independent nonprofit biomedical research institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is dedicated to discovering the causes and cures for major diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. The institute is located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
Wistar rat Wistar rats are an outbred strain of albino rats belonging to the species Rattus norvegicus. This strain was developed at the Wistar Institute for use in biological and medical research, and is notably the first rat strain developed to serve as a model organism at a time when laboratories primarily used Mus musculus, or the common House mouse.
Wisteria Wisteria is a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and the East Asian states of China, Korea, and Japan. Aquarists refer to the species Hygrophila difformis, in the genus Hygrophila, as Water Wisteria.
Wisteria Island Wisteria Island is an uninhabited island in the lower Florida Keys 645 yards (590 m) northwest of the northwest corner of the main island of Key West, Florida close to Wall Street and Front Street (downtown), and 280 yards (260 m) NNE of Sunset Key (Tank Island), its closest neighbor.
Wisteria Lane Wisteria Lane is a fictional lane in the city of Fairview that houses the characters from the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. Its appearance reflects the stereotypical view of American suburbia: perfectly manicured lawns, rows of comfortable houses and white picket fences.
Wisteria sinensis Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria) is a woody, deciduous, perennial climbing vine in the genus Wisteria, native to China in the provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, and Yunnan. While this plant is a climbing vine, it can be trained into a tree-like shape, usually with a wavy trunk and a flattened top.
Wit (play) Wit (also spelled W;t) is a play by Margaret Edson about a university professor of English who is dying of ovarian cancer. As she copes with her life-threatening cancer she assesses her own life through the intricacies of the English language, especially the use of wit and the metaphysical poetry of John Donne.
Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy Wit and Mirth: Or Pills to Purge Melancholy is the title of a large collection of songs by Thomas d'Urfey, published between 1698 and 1720, which in its final, six-volume edition held over 1,000 songs and poems. The collection started as a single book compiled and published by Henry Playford who had succeeded his father John Playford as the leading music publisher of the period.
Wit at Several Weapons Wit at Several Weapons is a seventeenth-century comedy of problematic date and authorship. In its own century, the play appeared in print only in the two Beaumont and Fletcher folios of 1647 and 1679; yet modern scholarship has determined that the Wit at Several Weapons is a collaboration between Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, written some three decades before publication.
Witango Witango is a web application development environment, similar in some aspects to the Macromedia ColdFusion development platform. The product was formerly known just as Tango, and was owned by Pervasive Software and before them, Everyware Corporation.
Witanhurst Witanhurst is the name of a historical Georgian-style mansion located on an 5 acre (20,000 m²) estate in the village of Highgate, North London. It is the second-largest house in London in private ownership, the largest being Buckingham Palace.
Witbier Witbier, or White beer (French : bière blanche) is a barley/wheat beer brewed mainly in Belgium, although there are also examples in the Netherlands and elsewhere. It gets its name due to suspended wheat proteins which cause the beer to look hazy, or white, when cold.
Wite-Out Wite-Out is a trademark for a line of correction fluid and related products well-known in the United States—so well-known, in fact, that it has evolved into a generic word, white-out or whiteout, synonymous with any make of correction fluid.
Witelo Witelo - also known as Erazmus Ciolek Witelo, Witelon, Vitellio, Vitello, Vitello Thuringopolonis, Erazm Ciołek, (born ca. 1230 probably in the village of Borek in Lower Silesia; died after 1280, before 1314), was a Silesian and Polish friar, theologian and scientist: physicist, natural philosopher, mathematician, precursor of perception psychology.
Witels The Witels is a remote upland river of the mountainous Boland of South Africa and lies in rugged sandstone ranges some 60km east of Cape Town. It is renowned amongst mountaineers and bushwalkers for its wonderful, beautiful and inaccessible valley or ravine, which in places narrows down to a gorge or slot canyon.
With a Flair "With A Flair" is a song written by Robert and Richard Sherman for the 1971, Walt Disney musical film production Bedknobs and Broomsticks. David Tomlinson sings the song; however the song was cut in the final cut of the motion picture.
With a strong hand and an outstretched arm In Exodus 6 (Parshat Va'eira in the Torah), Moses has just reiterated to God the complaint of the Israelites that every time he has gone to Pharaoh on their behalf, things have gotten worse for them; in this case, Pharaoh has now ruled that they shall henceforward make bricks without straw.
With a Smile and a Song (album) With a Smile and a Song was an album, featuring Doris Day and Jimmy Joyce and the Children's Chorus, recorded from July 7 to 14, 1964 and released by Columbia Records on October 19, 1964. It was issued as a monophonic album (catalog number CL-2266) and a stereophonic album (catalog number CS-9066).
With a Song in My Heart (album) "With A Song In My Heart" is a 1963 album by Stevie Wonder on the Tamla (Motown) label. The album was the first to drop Wonder's Little moniker as the 13-year-old singer went the same route of his label mate Marvin Gaye and covered a set of standards.
With a Song in My Heart (film) With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was paralyzed by an airplane crash but entertained the troops in World War II despite having to walk with crutches. It stars Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Helen Westcott and Una Merkel.
With Blood Comes Cleansing With Blood Comes Cleansing is a Christian metal band from Auburn, Alabama. They self-released the "Dern EP" and then had their first major label debut August 22, 2006, titled Golgotha on Blood and Ink Records.
With Fire and Sword With Fire and Sword (Polish: Ogniem i mieczem) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as the Trilogy, followed by The Deluge (Potop, 1886) and Fire in the Steppe (Pan Wołodyjowski, 1888), also translated as Colonel Wolodyjowski.
With Fire and Sword (film) With Fire and Sword is the English title of the Polish film Ogniem i Mieczem, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1999. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
With Force Peru With Force Peru (Spanish: Con Fuerza PerĂş) is a Peruvian political party founded on March 1995. The party participated in the 2006 Peruvian national election under the Presidential candidacy of Pedro Koechlin Von Stein.
With God on Our Side "With God On Our Side" is a song by Bob Dylan, released as the third track on his 1964 album The Times They Are A-Changin'. Dylan first performed the song during his debut appearance at The Town Hall in New York City on April 12, 1963.
With Hopes of Starting Over With Hopes of Starting Over is the debut EP from the band The Starting Line, released on June 25 2001 by Drive-Thru Records. It featured four original songs, two of which later reappeared on their full-length album Say It Like You Mean It, and a cover of Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".
With Love and Hisses With Love and Hisses is a 1927 short comedy film. One of a dozen or so films starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy, this silent two-reeler features the pair as soldier and commanding officer.
With Malice towards One and All With Malice towards One and All was the weekly column series published by celebrated Indian journalist, author & columnist, Khushwant Singh in leading english daily of India, occupying two full length column of pages on the editorial page of Saturday edition.
With Six You Get Eggroll With Six You Get Eggroll is a family movie from 1968, starring Doris Day and Brian Keith. Other cast members include American stand-up comedian George Carlin, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Barbara Hershey, Alice Ghostley and Pat Carroll.
With the Marines at Tarawa With the Marines at Tarawa was a 1944 short propaganda film directed by Louis Hayward. It uses authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the story of the American servicemen from the time he gets the news that they are to participate in the invasion to the final taking of the island and raising of the Stars and Stripes.
With This Ring With This Ring (January 21, 1951–March 11, 1951) was a prime time panel show broadcast by the DuMont Television Network that featured engaged couples discussing marriage and marital problems. It was initially hosted by Bill Slater, but the show quickly changed hosts to Martin Gabel, then left the air.
With-profits policy A with-profits policy (Commonwealth) or participating policy (USA) is an insurance contract that participates in the profits of a life insurance company. The company is usually a mutual life insurance company, or had been one when it began its with-profits product line.
Withdrawal Withdrawal refers to the characteristic signs and symptoms that appear when a drug that causes physical dependence is regularly used for a long time and then suddenly discontinued or decreased in dosage. The term can also, less formally, refer to symptoms that appear after discontinuing a drug or other substance (unable to cause true physical dependence) that one has developed a psychological dependence for.
Withdrawal (military) A withdrawal is a type of military operation, generally meaning retreating forces back while maintaining contact with the enemy. A withdrawal may be undertaken as part of a general retreat, to consolidate forces, to occupy ground that is more easily defended, or to lead the enemy into an ambush.
Withdrawal reflex The nociceptive withdrawal reflex (NWR) is a spinal reflex intended to protect the body from damaging stimuli. The classic example is when you touch something hot and withdraw your body part from the hot object.
Withdrawn Canadian banknotes Among Canadian currency, only five different banknotes are currently printed. Smaller denominations have been replaced by coins, and larger ones are felt to be no longer required in an era of electronic transmission of most large transactions.
Withernsea Withernsea, population around 6000, is a seaside resort town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England which forms the focal point for a wider community of small villages in Holderness. Its most famous landmark is the white inland lighthouse, rising around 38 metres above Hull Road.
Withernsea Lighthouse Withernsea Lighthouse stands in the middle of the town. The base features RNLI and HM Coastguard exhibits with models and old photography recording the history of ship-wrecks and the Withernsea lifeboats and crews who saved 87 lives between 1862 and 1913 and the history of the Spurn lifeboats.
Withers The withers is the highest point on the animal's back of a non-upright animal, on the ridge between its shoulder blades. They are made up by the dorsal spinal processes of the first 5 to 9 thoracic vertebrae (every horse has 18 thoracic vertebrae), which are unusually long in this area and are less than 6" in height on the withers of the average horse.
Withers Stakes The Withers Stakes is a race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses willing to compete one mile on the dirt. Held at Aqueduct Racetrack every year at the end of April (one week before the Kentucky Derby), it is a Grade III event, and offers a purse of $150,000.
Within Our Gates Within Our Gates is a 1920 silent race film that dramatically depicts the racial situation in America during the violent years of Jim Crow, the Klan, the Great Migration, and the emergence of the "New Negro." The story focuses on an African-American woman who goes North in an effort to help a minister in the Deep South raise money to keep a school for poor Black children open.
Within Temptation Within Temptation is a band from the Netherlands. Founded by guitarist Robert Westerholt and vocalist Sharon den Adel, their music is variously described as symphonic metal and sometimes by the media as gothic metal, from which they take influence.
Within You Without You "Within You Without You" was a song written by George Harrison and recorded with a group of Indian musicians, without any input from his fellow Beatles. It was the second of Harrison's songs to be explicitly influenced by Indian classical music, after "Love You To".
Withlacoochee River (South) The Withlacoochee River (South) originates in central Florida's Green Swamp, east of Polk City. It flows west, then north, and then turns northwest and finally west again before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Yankeetown.
Without Face Without Face is a Hungarian progressive metal band formed in Veszprém, Hungary in 1997. The band features a dual female and male vocal line-up similar to that of gothic metal, with progressive metal and thrash metal overtones.
Without loss of generality Without loss of generality (abbreviated to WLOG or WOLOG and less commonly stated as without any loss of generality) is a frequently used expression in mathematics. The term is used before an assumption in a proof which does not narrow the premise of the proof.
Without Limits Without Limits is a 1998 biographical film about the friendship between running star Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman, who would later co-found Nike, Inc. Billy Crudup played Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland played Bowerman.
Without Walls Central Church Without Walls Central Church was founded in Auburndale, Florida, in January 2004 under the vision of Bishop Randy White of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida. Pastors Scott and Cindy Thomas were set forth as senior pastors to shepherd the church.
Without Warning Without Warning is a TV movie that premiered on CBS on Halloween night, October 31, 1994. The movie centered around one news reporter (veteran journalist Sander Vanocur appearing as himself) and a scientific analyst (Jane Kaczmarek as Dr.
Without Words Dei lo tin fong (Without Words) is a love film revolving around an orphaned mute girl named Snow Yip and a young musician named Kit. One morning, As Snow puts on her slippers, she pulls out her left foot and sees an engagement ring on the toe that corresponds to her ring finger.
Without You I'm Nothing (album) Without You I'm Nothing is the name of the second record released by comedienne and singer Sandra Bernhard. It was released at the height of her career and is a live performance recording that was issued on double-cassette, double-compact -isc and double-vinyl in 1987; it was later re-released on double-compact-disc and made available for sale on Bernhard's own website.
Without You I'm Nothing (film) Without You I'm Nothing is a 1990 film starring and written by comedienne and singer Sandra Bernhard, based on material from her award-winning one-woman show of the same name. It was released on VHS video cassette in 1990 and became a cult classic, prompting it to be re-released (again on VHS) in 2000 as part of the "MGM Avant-Garde Cinema" collection.
Without Your Love Without Your Love was the Armenian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, Armenia's debut at the Contest. Performed in English by André, it opened the semi-final (being followed by Bulgaria's Mariana Popova singing Let Me Cry) before being performed last in the final (following Sibel Tüzün's Süper Star for Turkey), having qualified in 6th position with 150 points.
Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field The Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field is a National Park Service designated privately-owned National Natural Landmark located in Douglas County, Washington state, United States. Withrow Moraine is the only Ice Age terminal moraine on the Waterville Plateau section of the Columbia Plateau.
Witch (Buffyverse) In the fictional Buffyverse established by Buffy and Angel, a Witch is a person who has great knowledge and power over the use of mystical forces, commonly known as "magic", to perform various feats that defy the laws of nature. The term "witch" is commonly used to refer to female magic-users.
Witch (Navajo) There are a number of beliefs in traditional Navajo culture relating to practices which, in English, are all referred to as 'witchcraft.' In the Navajo language, they are actually each referred to distinctly, and are regarded as separate, albeit related, phenomena.
Witch boil Witch boil is a British slang word for a dental disease, which causes the teeth and tongue to swell. The disease was highly dangerous in the 1870's but since 1892 there have been no recorded cases of the condition, so it has never been given a scientific name.
Witch Brooms Witch Brooms, or Birds' Nests, in botany, are peculiar broom-like growths often seen on the branches of many trees. They are a dense development of branching twigs formed at one place on a branch as the result of the irritation set up by the presence of a mite or a fungus.
Witch doctor A witch doctor (in southern Africa known as a Sangoma) often refers to exotic healers that believe that maladies are caused by magic and are therefore best cured by it, as opposed to science or developed medicine.
Witch Doctors of Chiloé The witchcraft of the archipelago of Chiloé has been practiced for ages and ages. When the Spanish arrived in this land of huilliches (Mapudungun= " southern people"), the witch doctors of Chiloé had already been long established.
Witch Hazel (Disney) Witch Hazel is a fictional character appearing in productions of The Walt Disney Company. She first appeared in the Donald Duck cartoon Trick or Treat in 1952, voiced by June Foray, where she helps Huey, Dewey and Louie get candy from Donald.
Witch Hunters Witch Hunters are one of the playable armies in the tabletop miniature wargame, Warhammer 40,000. In terms of the fictional background of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the army comprises several separate factions within the Imperium, but are characterised primarily by Inquisitors of the Ordo Hereticus (a branch of the Inquisition) and the Battle Sisters of the Adepta Sororitas.
Witch smeller Witch smellers (isinyanga or abangoma), almost always women, were important and powerful people amongst the Zulu and other Bantu tribes of Southern Africa, responsible for rooting out evil witches in the tribe, and sometimes responsible for considerable bloodshed themselves.
Witch World The Witch World series by Andre Norton is a long series of fantasies laid in a parallel universe where magic works, and at the beginning at least, is the exclusive property of women. The series combines many traits of high fantasy and sword and sorcery.
Witch's broom A Witch's broom is a disease or deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, where the natural structure of the plant is changed. A dense mass of shoots grow from a single point, with the resulting structure resembling a broom or a bird's nest.
Witch's ladder A witch's ladder (also known as witches' ladder, witches ladder, or witch ladder) is a fetish or talisman in folk magic or witchcraft that is made from knotted cord or hair. Charms are knotted or braided with specific magical intention into the cords.
Witch-hazel cone gall aphid The witch-hazel cone gall aphid (Hormaphis hamamelidis) is a minuscule insect, a member of the aphid superfamily, whose presence on a witch-hazel plant is easily recognizable by a red conical gall structure. This gall, rich in nutrients, provides both food and shelter for the female aphid.
Witch-hunt A witch-hunt was traditionally a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, which could lead to a witchcraft trial involving the accused person. Many diverse cultures throughout the world, both ancient and modern, have reacted to allegations of witchcraft either by superstitious fear and awe, and killed any alleged practitioners of witchcraft outright; or, shunned it as quackery, extortion or fraud.
Witchaven Witchaven is a computer game developed using an early version of 3D Realms' Build engine. Although technically a first-person shooter, the game had distinct role-playing and fantasy elements to it, including character progression and a focus on hand-to-hand combat.
Witchblade Witchblade is a comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writer Brian Haberlin, and artist Michael Turner
Witchblade (TV series) Following a pilot film in August 2000, the cable network TNT premiered a Witchblade television series based on the Witchblade comic book series in 2001. The series was directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by Marc Silvestri (who also wrote the comic book) and J.
Witchcraft Witchcraft, in various historical, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts, is the use of certain kinds of alleged supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft, and may be male or female.
Witchcraft Today Witchcraft Today is a non-fiction book written by the founder of the Wiccan religion, Gerald Gardner. Published in 1954, Witchcraft Today recounts Gardner's thoughts on the history of witchcraft, and details his disputed claim to have met practicing Witches in 1950s England.
Witchdoctor Witchdoctor born Erin Johnson, is an established member of Atlanta’s Dungeon Family collective which includes members such as Goodie Mob, OutKast, Killer Mike, Big Rube, & many others. Witchdoctor has released three solo albums, one mixtape, and one book, most recently “King of The Beasts”.
Witches (Discworld) A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. They are closely based on witches in British folklore, combined with modern Wicca and a slightly tongue-in-cheek reinterpretation of the Triple Goddess.
Witches of Belvoir The Witches of Belvoir (pronounced beaver) were three women, a mother and her two daughters, accused of witchcraft in England around 1619. The mother, Joan Flower, died while in prison, and the two daughters, Margaret and Philippa, were burnt at the stake at Lincoln.
Witches of East Brunswick The Witches of East Brunswick is the name given by Ann Coulter to a group of four widows of men killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks: Kristen Breitweiser, Lorie Van Auken, Mindy Kleinberg and Patty Casazza. The name comes from the city where two of the women live.
Witches' Brew (novel) Witches' Brew (1995) by Terry Brooks is the fifth and last novel of the Magic Kingdom of Landover series. The plot has a usurper who claims to be from another world calling for Ben's abdication from the throne.
Witches' mark According to witch-hunters during the height of the witch trials, the witches’ mark (also called a Devil’s mark or a witches’ teat) indicated that an individual was a witch. The witches' mark was believed to be the permanent marking of the Devil on his initiates to seal their obedience and service to him.
Witches' Water The Witches' Water is a theme park at the middle station of the cable car at Söll in Tyrol, Austria. The central part is a water park consisting of ponds and rivulets where children can play a variety of water games.
Witchetty grub The witchetty grub (also spelled witchety grub) is a term used in Australia for the large, white, wood feeding larvae of cossid moths (Cossidae), ghost moths (Hepialidae) and longicorn beetles (Cerambycidae). The term is used mainly when the larvae are being considered as food.
Witchfinder General (band) Witchfinder General were a heavy metal band from the United Kingdom who were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement during the early 1980s. They are strongly influenced by Black Sabbath, and are widely recognised today as one of the pioneers of the doom metal style.
Witchfinder General (film) Witchfinder General is a 1968 British horror film directed by Michael Reeves and starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, and Hilary Dwyer. The screenplay was by Reeves and Tom Baker, based on Ronald Bassett's novel of the same name.
Witchfynde Witchfynde is a band that was one of the forerunners of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Witchfynde was formed in Nottinghamshire, England in late 1979 by vocalist Steve Bridges, lead guitarist Montalo, bassist Andro Coulton, and drummer Gra Scoresby.
Witching hour In European folklore, the witching hour is the time when supernatural creatures such as witches, demons and ghosts are thought to be at their most powerful, and black magic at its most effective. This hour is typically midnight, and the term may now be used to refer to midnight, or any late hour, even without having the associated superstitious beliefs.

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