English words: weight bear to well

300 English words, part 19 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words weight bear to well

weight bear verb: To bear weight; to support or withstand the weight of the body.
weight bearing adjective, noun, verb: The ability to bear weight.
weight class noun: A division of competition used to match competitors against others of their own weight
weight down verb: To place a weight on, attach a weight to, load with a weight; to encumber with a weight.
weight for age adverb, noun: Handicapped according to the age of the racehorse competing (and certain other factors).
weight gain noun: An increase in weight, usually of a person or animal.
weight gainer noun: A high-calorie beverage or powdered drink used to bulk up the physique, especially the muscles.
weight-lift verb: Alternative form of weightlift.
weight lifter noun: Alternative spelling of weightlifter.
weight lifting noun, verb: Alternative form of weightlifting.
weight loss noun: The reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc.
weight map noun: Alternative form of weightmap.
weight measure noun: A measure or unit to express an object's weight, which is directly proportional to its mass when the gravity is fixed (as commonly but imprecisely presumed...
weight of the world noun: The distressing combined burden of the problems, doubts, imperfections, and responsibilities associated with human existence.
weight off someone's mind noun: Synonym of weight off someone's shoulders.
weight off someone's shoulders noun: A worry, concern or burden removed.
weight plate noun: A flat, heavy object, usually made of cast iron, that is used in combination with barbells or dumbbells for the purpose of physical exercise.
weight rack noun /ˈweɪt ˌɹæk/: A metal storage unit consisting of shelves or pegs for storing weights.
weight room noun: A room containing exercise equipment for weight training.
weight-saving noun: An intentional reduction in the weight of an object.
weight stack noun: a block of calibrated weight, often used in an exercising machine
weight-train verb: To take part in weight training
weight training noun: A form of physical exercise using weights to increase the strength and size of muscles by using exercises specific for each muscle group.
weight/volume percent noun: A measure of the concentration of a solution obtained by dividing the mass of the solute by the volume of the solution and multiplying by one hundred. Often...
weight watcher noun: A person who monitors their body weight, especially when wanting to slim.
weight weenie noun: A cyclist who is overly concerned about the weight of their bicycle.
weightable adjective: Able to be weighted
weightage noun: Synonym of weighting.
weightbear verb: Alternative spelling of weight-bear.
weightbearing adjective, noun: Alternative form of weight-bearing.
weightclass noun: Alternative spelling of weight class.
weighted adjective, verb /ˈweɪ.tɪd/: Having weights on it.
weighted alphabet noun: An alphabet, every symbol of which is assigned a weight (positive real number)
weighted average noun: An arithmetic mean of values biased according to agreed weightings.
weighted-average cost of capital noun: A calculation of the overall cost of capital used by an enterprise, made by totalling the cost of each source of capital used multiplied by its proportional...
weighted graph noun: A graph that associates a weight (usually a real number) with every edge in the graph.
weighted mean noun: An average calculated after biasing values according to agreed weightings.
weighted vest noun: A waistcoat filled by design with small weights to increase workload of exercises performed therein.
weightedly adverb: In a weighted manner
weightedness noun: The condition of being weighted
weighten verb: To add or give weight to; make heavy
weightening noun, verb: The act or process of adding weight to
weighter noun: One who weights or assigns a weighting.
weightful adjective: Full of, possessing, or characterized by weight; weighty.
weightfully adverb: In a weightful way or manner.
weightfulness noun /ˈweɪt.fəl.nəs/: The quality or state of being weightful; heaviness; gravity.
weightily adverb: In a weighty manner; ponderously; forcibly.
weightiness noun: The quality of being weighty.
weighting noun, verb: The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.
weightism noun: Prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia).
weightist adjective, noun: Discriminating prejudicially based on weight.
weightless adjective /ˈweɪt.ləs/: Without weight.
weightlessly adverb: whilst weightless; without weight
weightlessness noun: The state of being free from the effects of gravity (the force).
weightlift verb: To practise weightlifting.
weightlifter noun /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɚ/: A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
weightlifting noun, verb /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/: A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
weightlifting chalk noun: Synonym of hand chalk.
weightlifting shoe noun: A specialty sports shoe designed for weightlifting exercises.
weightlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of weight.
weightloss noun: Alternative form of weight loss.
weightman noun: An athlete who competes in any of the field events that involve throwing a weight for distance (such as discus throw, hammer throw, and shot put).
weightmap noun: A set of vertex attributes controlling deformation of a three-dimensional model during skeletal animation.
weightometer noun: A device that continuously weighs material passing on a conveyor belt
weights noun, verb /weɪts/: plural of weight
weights and measures noun: The science and regulation of standards for the quantification of size, weight, temperature, etc.
weightsome adjective: Of, pertaining to, possessing, or characterised by weight; weighty; weightful; heavy; grave; grievous.
weightwise adverb: In terms of weight.
weighty adjective /ˈweɪti/: Having a lot of weight; heavy.
Weigle proper noun: A surname.
Weihai proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Shandong, China.
Weihaiwei proper noun: A military strongpoint and city on the coast of the Yellow Sea in Shandong, China, now Weihai; a leased territory of the United Kingdom from 1898 until 1930.
Weihe proper noun: A surname from German.
Weik proper noun: A surname from German.
Weikel proper noun: A surname from German.
Weikert proper noun: A surname.
Weil proper noun: A surname.
Weil's disease noun: leptospirosis
Weil's syndrome noun: leptospirosis
Weiland proper noun: A surname.
Weiler proper noun: A surname.
Weilian adjective: Of or relating to Simone Weil (1909–1943), French philosopher, mystic, and political activist.
weilite noun: A rare white triclinic arsenate mineral with waxy lustre.
Weill-Marchesani syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder characterized by short stature, brachycephaly, and other facial abnormalities; hand defects, including brachydactyly; and...
Weimann proper noun: A surname from German.
Weimar proper noun /ˈvaɪmɑː/: An independent city in Thuringia, Germany.
Weimaraner noun /ˈvaɪməɹɑːnəɹ/: A breed of gun dog with an athletic build and short coat.
Weimarian adjective: Of or relating to the Weimar period of German history.
Weimarisation noun: Alternative spelling of Weimarization.
Weimarization noun /ˌvaɪmɑːɹaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/: A state of economic crisis leading to political upheaval and extremism.
Weimarize verb: To cause to undergo Weimarization.
Weimer proper noun: A surname.
Weinan proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
Weinberg proper noun: A surname from German.
Weinberger proper noun: A surname.
weinbergerite noun: A silicate intermediate in chemical composition to pyroxene and nepheline.
weinebeneite noun: A monoclinic-domatic colorless mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
Weinert proper noun: A surname.
Weingart proper noun: A surname.
Weingarten proper noun: A surname from German.
Weingarten equation noun: Any of a group of equations giving the expansion of the derivative of the unit normal vector to a surface in terms of the first derivatives of the position...
Weingarten map noun: Synonym of shape operator.
Weingarten right noun: Any of various rights afforded employees by the United States Supreme Court decision in NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. (1975).
Weingartner proper noun: A surname.
Weinhold proper noun: A surname.
Weiningerian adjective: Of or relating to Otto Weininger (1880–1903), Austrian philosopher.
Weinman proper noun: A surname.
Weinmann proper noun: A surname.
Weinreb proper noun: A surname from German.
Weinreichian adjective: Of or relating to Uriel Weinreich (1926–1967), Polish-American linguist.
weinschenkite noun: The mineral churchite-(Y).
Weinstein verb /ˈwaɪnstiːn/: To make inappropriate sexual advances, especially from a position of power.
Weinsteinian adjective: Of, relating to, or resembling American film producer Harvey Weinstein or his behavior, particularly sex offending.
Weinstock proper noun: A surname from German.
Weintraub proper noun: A surname from German.
Weinzierl proper noun: A surname from German.
weiqi noun /weɪˈtʃiː/: An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.
weir noun, verb /wɪə̯/: An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
weirangle noun: Alternative form of wierangle.
weird adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈwɪə(ɹ)d/: Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
weird and wonderful adjective /ˈwɪə(ɹ)d ən ˈwʌndə(ɹ)fəl/: Delightfully unusual.
weird-ass adjective: Very strange.
weird fiction noun: A macabre subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th century, pre-dating the horror and fantasy genres.
weird flex but ok phrase: Used to indicate that one finds an action or statement to be showy and strange, and possibly unwittingly unflattering to the speaker.
weird looking adjective: Having an odd appearance.
weird matching noun: A type of matching where the newline character matches newlines but the wildcard character also does.
weird number noun: A natural number that is abundant but not semiperfect; one for which the sum of the proper divisors (including 1 but not itself) is greater than the number,...
weird out verb: To make someone feel, by weirdness, uneasy or uncomfortable; to make one feel (that something is) weird.
weird sister noun: A female witch.
weirdar noun: A supposed intuitive ability to detect that a person or thing is eccentric.
weirdcore noun: A musical genre derived from punk, technopop, and house music, that deliberately uses weird sounds and lyrics.
weirden verb: To make or become weird
weirdful adjective: Weird; supernatural; eerie.
weirdie noun: Someone or something weird.
weirding noun, verb: The process of becoming weird.
weirdish adjective: Somewhat weird.
weirdist noun: Someone who creates or enjoys weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").
weirdless adjective: Unfortunate, ill-fated, inept, incapable.
weirdlike adjective, adverb: Indicative of weirdness; odd, bizarre, fanciful.
weirdling adjective, noun: Someone or something which is odd, weird, strange, or unusual; oddball; weirdie; weirdo.
weirdlooking adjective: Alternative form of weird-looking
weirdly adverb /ˈwɪə(ɹ)dli/: In a weird manner.
weirdness noun /ˈwɪɚdnəs/: The state or quality of being weird.
weirdo adjective, noun /ˈwɪə.dəʊ/: A strange, odd, eccentric person.
weirdo shirt noun: A custom T-shirt featuring a grotesque, comical monster, such as Rat Fink, often seen driving a hot rod.
weirdometer noun: Someone's ability to sense weirdness.
weirds noun, verb: Synonym of creeps (“sensation of fear or horror”).
weirdscape noun: A bizarre place or atmosphere.
weirdsome adjective /ˈwɪədsəm/: Marked by weirdness; strange; mysterious.
weirdy adjective, noun: Somewhat weird, quite weird.
weired adjective: Having a weir.
Weirich proper noun: A surname from German.
weirless adjective: Without a weir.
weirlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a weir.
weirplate noun: A metal plate that forms an obstruction to adjust the flow of a weir.
Weirton proper noun: A city in West Virginia, United States.
Weisberg proper noun: A surname from German.
Weisbrod proper noun: A surname.
Weise proper noun: A surname from German.
weiselbergite noun: A deep black and light blue magmatic rock with isolated pieces of feldspar.
weisenheimer noun: Alternative spelling of wisenheimer.
Weiser proper noun: A surname from German.
Weisgerber proper noun: A surname.
Weishaar proper noun: A surname.
weishanite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal light yellow mineral containing gold, mercury, and silver.
Weishaupt proper noun: A surname from German.
Weisheit proper noun: A surname from German.
weisiensin noun: Any of a class of ent-kaurane diterpenoids isolated from the herb Rabdosia weisiensis.
Weisinger proper noun: A surname.
Weiskopf proper noun: A surname.
weism noun: wegotism
Weisman proper noun: A surname.
Weismann proper noun: A surname from German.
Weismann barrier noun: The strict distinction between the "immortal" germ cell lineages producing gametes and "disposable" somatic cells in animals (but not plants), in contrast...
Weismann-Netter-Stuhl syndrome noun: A rare disorder characterized by bowing of the lower legs and an abnormal thickening of thinner bone in the leg.
Weismann-Netter syndrome noun: Synonym of Weismann-Netter-Stuhl syndrome.
Weismannian adjective, noun: Of or relating to August Weismann (1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist.
Weismannism noun: The principle that hereditary information moves only from genes to body cells, and never the other way round.
Weismannist noun: A follower of Weismannism.
Weisner proper noun: A surname.
Weiss proper noun: A characteristical surname from German.
weiss beer noun: Alternative form of weissbier.
weissbergite noun: A triclinic-pedial steel gray mineral containing antimony, sulfur, and thallium.
weissbier noun /ˈvaɪs.bɪə/: A Bavarian specialty beer in which a significant proportion of malted barley is replaced with malted wheat.
weissburgunder noun: A dry white wine from Germany and Austria
Weisse proper noun: A surname from German.
Weisselberg proper noun: A surname.
weissellicin noun: Any of a group of bacteriocins produced by Weissella bacteria.
Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome noun: An autosomal-recessive congenital disorder, a form of collagenopathy causing facial abnormalities, skeletal malformation and occasionally neural tube defects.
Weissenberg effect noun: A phenomenon that occurs when a spinning rod is inserted into a solution of elastic liquid. Instead of being thrown outward, the solution is drawn towards...
Weissenburg proper noun: An unincorporated rural community in Woolwich, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Weissensee proper noun: A town in Germany; see Weißensee.
Weisser proper noun: A surname.
weissite noun: A hexagonal copper telluride mineral.
Weissman proper noun: A surname from German.
Weissmann proper noun: A surname from German.
Weissmannian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Weismannian.
Weissmannism noun: Alternative form of Weismannism.
Weissmannist noun: Alternative form of Weismannist.
weisswurst noun: Any of several mildly spiced sausages made with light-colored meat such as pork and veal.
Weist proper noun: A surname.
weisure noun: The merging of work and leisure activities.
Weisz proper noun: A surname.
Weitz proper noun: A surname.
Weitzel proper noun: A surname.
Weitzman proper noun: A surname.
Weizsäcker proper noun: A surname from German.
wejack noun: A fisher, Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti.
weka noun: Gallirallus australis, a flightless bird of New Zealand in the family Rallidae with brown plumage.
wekau noun: An extinct small New Zealand owl with short wings and long legs that lived chiefly on the ground (†Sceloglaux albifacies).
wekeen noun: A bird, the meadow pipit.
weki noun: Alternative form of wheki (“the tree fern Dicksonia squarrosa”).
wekiu bug noun: An insect in either of two species in the family Lygaeidae, Nysius wekiucola (found on Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii) and Nysius wekiucola (found on the...
wel verb /wɛl/: To transform or change in form, appearance, or state.
welan noun: An exopolysaccharide produced by fermentation of sugar by bacteria of the genus Alcaligenes, used as a rheology modifier in industrial applications such as...
Welayta noun: An ethnic group of southern Ethiopia.
Welbeck proper noun: A surname.
Welbike noun: A British single-seat motorcycle produced during World War II for military use.
Welborn proper noun: A surname.
Welborne proper noun: A small village in Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0609).
Welbourn proper noun: A surname.
Welburn proper noun: A surname.
Welby proper noun: A locality and site of a medieval village in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7320).
welch noun, verb /wɛlt͡ʃ/: A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
welcher noun: One who welches (i.e. who fails to repay a debt).
welcome adjective, interjection, noun, verb /ˈwɛl.kəm/: Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
welcome back phrase: Said to someone coming back to somewhere they have been before.
welcome home phrase: Said to someone coming back to their own home.
welcome-home-husband-however-drunk-you-be noun: Synonym of welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk.
welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk noun: The houseleek.
welcome mat noun: A doormat with a welcoming message on it.
welcome page noun: Synonym of home page
welcome pole noun: A totem pole with large carvings of human figures, intended to welcome guests or to intimidate strangers.
welcome swallow noun: A small passerine bird, taxonomic name Hirundo neoxena
Welcome to Country noun: A formal protocol in which respect is shown for the traditional indigenous custodians of a particular area through speech, song, dance or ceremony.
welcome to my life phrase: Synonym of welcome to my world.
welcome to my world phrase: Indicates that the speaker is very experienced with a (usually unpleasant) situation that is new to the interlocutor.
welcome to the club phrase: Synonym of join the club.
welcomed adjective, verb /ˈwɛlkəmd/: Having received a warm welcome.
welcomee noun: The recipient of a welcome.
welcomeless adjective: Lacking a welcome
welcomely adverb: In a welcome manner.
welcomeness noun: The condition of being welcome
welcomer adjective, noun: Something which or someone who welcomes people, especially newcomers.
welcoming adjective, noun, verb: hospitable, accessible and cordial.
welcomingly adverb: In a welcoming manner.
welcomingness noun: The state or quality of being welcoming.
welcs interjection: You're welcome.
welcum interjection: Eye dialect spelling of welcome.
weld noun, verb /wɛld/: A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
weld steel noun: A compound of iron, such as puddled steel, made without complete fusion.
weld together verb: To forge a social or emotional bond between people.
weldability noun: The ability of a metal or other material to be welded under specified conditions
weldable adjective /ˈwɛldəbl̩/: that is able to be welded
Welden proper noun: A surname.
welder noun /ˈwɛldə(ɹ)/: One who welds, that is, unites pieces of steel, aluminum, or other metals by welding.
welder's anthrax noun: A disease that closely resembles anthrax but is produced by a different type of bacterium and is seemingly associated with welders and other metalworkers.
welder's burn noun: Synonym of photokeratitis.
welder's eye noun: Synonym of photokeratitis.
welder's flash noun: Synonym of photokeratitis.
welding noun, verb /ˈwɛldɪŋ/: The joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
welding bug noun: A semi-automatic welding machine.
welding machine noun: Any of a wide variety of machines for welding.
weldless adjective: Made or done without welding.
weldment noun /ˈwɛldmənt/: A part created from an assembly of smaller components that are joined by welding.
weldmesh noun: A kind of barrier fencing manufactured in square or rectangular mesh from steel wire, welded at each intersection.
Weldon proper noun /ˈwɛl.dən/: A surname.
Weldonian adjective /wɛlˈdəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Fay Weldon (1931–2023), English author, essayist and playwright.
weldor noun: Alternative form of welder.
Weldy proper noun: A surname.
welfare noun, verb /ˈwɛlˌfɛə/: Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
welfare assistance noun: Synonym of welfare (“various forms of financial aid provided by the government”).
welfare Cadillac noun: The case of a person or group receiving public benefits, although the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud.
welfare capitalism noun: A form of capitalism that includes social welfare policies.
welfare check noun: A visit made by law enforcement to a person's residence in response to a request that they check in on a person and their well-being.
welfare economics noun: The use of microeconomics to evaluate the overall well-being of a society.
welfare hotel noun: A hotel where people receiving welfare can stay until permanent housing is found for them.
welfare magnet noun: A place that attracts people because it offers generous welfare benefits or social assistance.
welfare mother noun: A woman who receives government support for dependent children.
welfare princess noun: A young welfare queen.
welfare state noun: A national level social system of a country operated by its sovereign central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility, providing health...
welfare stater noun: A proponent of the idea of a welfare state.
welfare statism noun: Support for the idea of a welfare state.
welfare-to-work noun: A social program designed to wean those receiving government benefits back into employment.
welfare trap noun: A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does...
welfarism noun: An axiology or ethical theory in which value is determined by the well-being (e.g., happiness) of people or other sentient beings.
welfarist adjective, noun /ˈwɛlfɛːɹɪst/: Someone who supports welfare, especially of animals.
welfaristic adjective: Supporting or relating to welfarism.
welfarite noun: A person who receives, or lives on, welfare (financial aid provided by the government).
Welfic adjective: Of or relating to the House of Welf, a European dynasty.
welfie noun /ˈwɛlfi/: A self-taken photograph of one's exercise session.
Welford proper noun: A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4073).
Welham proper noun: A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP7692).
welinite noun: A red trigonal mineral which is a manganese, tungsten silicate.
welk noun, verb /wɛlk/: Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
Welke proper noun: A surname.
Welker proper noun: A surname from German.
welkin noun /ˈwɛlkɪn/: The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
Welkom proper noun: The second-largest city in Free State, South Africa.
well adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verb /ˈwɛl/: Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under W: 16,520 words, in 56 parts.