Possible Clues:

• Abnormality in character produced by conflict and pressure
• Enterprise speed term
• War and Peace' ... just the first character twist
• Measure of speed in 'Star Trek'
• One might come across a woof with that sort of a yarn
• Pervert - distort
• Buckle quietly after fighting
• Distort, twist
• Corrupt in power after violent struggle
• Weft's counterpart