English words: wage earner to Wairoa

300 English words, part 2 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 31 have a page of their own.

English words wage earner to Wairoa

wage earner noun: Someone who works for wages, especially if that wage supports a household.
wage-fund doctrine noun: The theory that there is at any given time in a country a determinate amount of capital available for the payment of labour, therefore the average wage...
wage labor noun: Labor that is sustained by giving the laborer a wage.
wage laborer noun: Somebody who works for a wage.
wage labour noun: Commonwealth standard spelling of wage labor.
wage labourer noun: Commonwealth standard spelling of wage laborer.
wage moderation noun: A method of devaluing a real exchange rate internally, as a way of regaining competitiveness when a nation's nominal exchange rate is fixed.
wage packet noun: An envelope or similar package in which a salary is given to a worker
wage premium noun: The average amount that the wages of members of a certain group are greater than those of the population as a whole
wage-push inflation noun: The situation where rising wages lead to an increase in the cost of goods.
wage scale noun: A system of remuneration for workers which specifies levels of payment based on set criteria, such as the skill levels of the various jobs or the number of...
wage share noun: The part of national income, or the income of a particular economic sector, allocated to wages (labor).
wage slave noun, verb: Someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy.
wage slavery noun: The dependence on wages for survival.
wage stop noun: A limit on the state benefits an unemployed person can receive, preventing these benefits from exceeding the amount that the person would be expected to...
wage theft noun: The illegal withholding of wages or denial of benefits that are rightfully owed to an employee.
wage thief noun: One who commits wage theft.
wage-worthy adjective: Worthy of receiving wages; deserving (of) pay.
wageable adjective: Capable of being waged or fought.
waged adjective, verb /weɪd͡ʒd/: Receiving a wage.
wagedom noun: The practice of hiring workers for wages.
wagel noun: Alternative form of waggel.
wageless adjective: Without a wage.
wagelessness noun: The state or condition of being wageless.
wageling noun: One who is hired for wages, especially one motivated solely by money; a hireling.
wageman noun: A worker who is paid an hourly or daily wage, rather than by the piece or job
wagenboom noun: A South African proteaceous tree (Protea nitida).
wagenburg noun: A defensive encampment formed of wagons; a laager or corral.
Wagener proper noun: A surname.
Wageningen proper noun: A city in Gelderland province, Netherlands.
Wagenknecht proper noun: A surname from German.
wager noun, verb /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/: A bet; a stake; a pledge.
wager a dollar to a donut verb: Synonym of bet a dollar to a doughnut.
wager a dollar to a doughnut verb: Alternative form of bet a dollar to a doughnut.
wager-boat noun: A high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
wager of battle noun: The giving of gage, or pledge, for trying a cause by single combat, formerly allowed in military, criminal, and civil causes, and finally abolished in 1819....
wager of law noun: The giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take an oath in open court that he did not owe...
wagerable adjective: Suitable for wagering; capable of being gambled.
wagerer noun: A person who wagers or bets.
wagering noun, verb: An amount wagered.
wagery noun: Synonym of wage slavery.
wages noun, verb /ˈweɪd͡ʒɪz/: one's total income for a time period
wageslave noun: Alternative form of wage slave.
wagesman noun: Alternative form of wageman.
wagetaker noun: A firm that has no choice over its wages and must accept those of the general market.
wagework noun: Work done to earn a wage.
wageworker noun: A worker who earns a wage.
wageworking adjective: Working in order to earn a wage.
wagga noun: A rug created from material scraps, small raw wool scraps and hessian bags.
waggable adjective: Capable of wagging.
waggadash noun: A wakizashi.
Waggarian noun: A native or inhabitant of the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
waggel noun /ˈwæɡ.əl/: The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species.
Waggener proper noun: A surname.
wagger noun /ˈwæɡə/: One who, or that which, wags.
wagger-pagger noun /ˌwæɡə ˈpæɡə/: Ellipsis of wagger-pagger-bagger.
wagger-pagger-bagger noun /ˌwæɡə ˌpæɡə ˈbæɡə/: A wastepaper basket.
waggery noun: Droll behaviour characteristic of a wag.
Waggett proper noun: A surname.
waggie noun /ˈwæɡi/: The pied wagtail, a small passerine bird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, a subspecies of the white wagtail, found in Britain and Ireland.
wagging noun, verb: The motion of something that is wagged.
waggingly adverb: With a wagging motion.
waggish adjective: witty, jocular, like a wag
waggishly adverb: In a waggish manner.
waggishness noun: Waggish behaviour.
waggle noun, verb /ˈwaɡəl/: To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
waggle dance noun: A dance in the form of a figure eight performed by the honey bee in order to communicate the direction and distance of patches of flowers, water sources,...
waggler noun: One who, or that which, waggles.
waggletail noun: A mosquito larva.
waggling noun, verb: The act of something being waggled.
waggly adjective: Frequently waggling.
waggon noun, verb: Dated spelling of wagon.
waggonage noun: Dated spelling of wagonage.
waggoneer noun: Dated spelling of wagoneer.
waggoner noun: Alternative spelling of wagoner.
waggonette noun: Alternative form of wagonette.
waggonload noun: Alternative spelling of wagonload.
waggonry noun: Dated spelling of wagonry.
waggonway noun: Alternative spelling of wagonway.
waggonwright noun: Alternative form of wagonwright.
waggy adjective: Having a tendency to wag.
waghalter noun: Alternative form of wag-halter.
Waghorn proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
wagie noun /ˈweɪd͡ʒi/: A wage slave.
Wagle proper noun: A surname.
Wagler proper noun: A surname.
waglerin noun: Any of a group of peptides found in the venom of the snake Tropidolaemus wagleri.
wagling noun: A petty wag or joker.
Wagman proper noun: A surname.
wagmi phrase: Initialism of we're all gonna make it An expression of comradery.
wagmib phrase: Abbreviation of we're all gonna make it, bros.
Wagner proper noun /ˈwæɡnɚ/: A surname from German.
Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement noun: Any of a class of carbocation 1,2-rearrangement reactions in which a hydrogen, alkyl or aryl group migrates from one carbon to a neighbouring carbon.
Wagner tuba noun: A brass instrument that combines tonal elements of the French horn and the trombone.
Wagneresque adjective: Reminiscent of the works of the composer Richard Wagner.
Wagnerian adjective, noun: Of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music; (by extension) of epic dimensions.
Wagnerianism noun: Synonym of Wagnerism (“the ideals of Richard Wagner”).
Wagnerianly adverb: In a Wagnerian manner
Wagnerism noun: The philosophical and artistic ideals put forward by the composer and theatre director Richard Wagner.
Wagnerist noun: An adherent of Wagner's musical methods.
wagnerite noun: A combined phosphate and fluoride of iron and magnesium.
Wagnerization noun: The process of Wagnerizing.
Wagnerize verb: To make to conform to the philosophical and artistic ideals put forward by the composer and theatre director Richard Wagner.
Wagnon proper noun: A surname.
wago noun: A Japanese word of native Japanese origin, not a loanword from outside Japan.
Wagogo adjective, noun /wəˈɡəʊɡəʊ/: The Gogo people of Tanzania.
Wagoma noun: Synonym of Goma (“tribe of Tanzania”).
wagon noun, verb /ˈwæɡən/: A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
wagon jobber noun: A small-scale foodservice distributor.
wagon-lit noun /ˌvæɡɒ̃ˈliː/: A sleeping car, often used in international trains in continental Europe; the Wagons-Lits company also ran dining cars.
wagon load noun: Alternative form of wagonload.
wagon lock noun: An iron shoe placed on the rear wheel of a wagon to retard motion in going downhill.
wagon master noun: Alternative form of wagonmaster
wagon-sheet noun: Alternative form of wagonsheet.
wagon train noun: A number of horse-drawn wagons traveling together for safety.
wagon tree noun: Synonym of wagenboom.
wagon wheel noun: The wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons.
wagon-wheel effect noun: An optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation, sometimes caused by stroboscopic effects.
wagonable adjective: Able to be traversed by wagon.
wagonage noun: The transport of goods by wagon.
wagonbuilder noun: A craftsman who builds wagons or a manufacturer of wagons.
wagonbuilding noun: The construction of wagons.
wagoneer noun: One who drives a wagon.
wagoner noun: Someone who drives a wagon.
wagoner's axe noun: A medieval war and utility axe with a long wooden haft of 1.5 metres in length set with a blade shaped as a tear drop.
wagonet noun: A small wagon.
wagonette noun: A kind of four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, normally uncovered.
wagonful noun: The amount that will fit in a wagon.
wagonless adjective: Without a wagon or wagons.
wagonlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a wagon.
wagonload noun: The amount that can be loaded onto a wagon.
wagonmaker noun: A craftsman who makes wagons or a manufacturer of wagons.
wagonmaking noun: The construction of wagons.
wagonman noun: A male wagoner.
wagonmaster noun: The man in charge of a wagon.
wagonmaster general noun: A high-ranking officer responsible for overseeing military transport and logistics, particularly in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
wagonmistress noun: The woman in charge of a wagon.
wagonner noun: Alternative spelling of wagoner.
wagonry noun: Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.
wagonsheet noun: A large cloth, usually canvas, that covers the bed of a wagon to keep dust off the load.
wagonsmith noun: A maker of wagons, wainwright.
wagonway noun: A railway designed for use by trams or wagons.
wagonwayman noun: A man employed to repair wagonways.
wagonwork noun: The work of transporting goods on a wagon.
wagonworks noun: A place where wagons are constructed.
wagonwright noun: A builder of wagons.
wagonyard noun: An enclosed area for wagons and draught animals.
wagpastie noun: A rogue; a rascal; a scoundrel.
WAGR complex noun: aniridia-Wilms' tumor syndrome
WAGR syndrome noun: aniridia-Wilms' tumor syndrome
WAGRO syndrome noun: Aniridia-Wilms' tumor syndrome accompanied by obesity.
wagsome adjective: Waggish.
Wagstaff proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
Wagstaffe proper noun: A surname.
wagster noun: A wag or wit; a joker.
wagtail noun: Any of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.
wagtail-tyrant noun: Any birds in the genus Stigmatura, of tropical South America.
Waguespack proper noun: A surname.
Waguha noun: A tribe of south-central Africa.
wagwan interjection /wɑːˈɡwɑːn/: A greeting, equivalent to what's up or what's happening.
wagwant noun: Synonym of wag-wanton (“quaking grass”).
Wagweno noun: The people of Ugweno in Tanzania.
wagyu noun /ˈwæɡ.juː/: Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
wah interjection, noun /wɑː/: The red panda.
wah lau interjection /ˈwɑː ˌlaʊ/: An exclamation of annoyance or exasperation.
wah lau eh interjection: Alternative form of wah lau.
wah pedal noun: Synonym of wah-wah pedal.
wah wah adjective, interjection, noun, verb: Modifying the resonance of musical notes to produce the effect of a human voice.
wah-wah pedal noun: A pedal for an electric guitar that mimics the sound of the human voice.
Wahab proper noun: A surname.
Wahabi noun: Alternative spelling of Wahhabi.
Wahabiism noun: Alternative form of Wahhabism.
Wahabism noun: Alternative form of Wahhabism.
Wahabit noun: Alternative form of Wahhabite.
Wahabite noun: Alternative form of Wahhabite.
Wahabitism noun: Alternative form of Wahhabitism.
wahala noun: trouble; problem.
wahalla noun: Alternative spelling of wahala.
Wahba proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
WAHD noun: Initialism of work-at-home dad.
Waheed proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
waheela noun: A wolflike cryptid reported from Nahanni Valley in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
waheeny noun: Dated form of wahine.
Waheguru proper noun: God as conceived by Sikhism.
Wahehe noun: Synonym of Hehe (“a Bantu people of Tanzania”).
wahey interjection /wəˈheɪ/: Expressing exhilaration or delight.
Wahhabi adjective, noun: An adherent of Wahhabism (Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement).
Wahhabiism noun: Alternative form of Wahhabism.
Wahhabism proper noun: A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and...
Wahhabist noun: a follower of Wahhabism; a Wahhabite.
Wahhabite noun: A follower of Wahhabism, a fundamentalist movement of Islam.
Wahhabitism noun: The religious beliefs and practices of the Wahhabites.
Wahhabization noun: Process of making Wahhabi
Wahhabize verb: To make Wahhabi.
Wahid proper noun: A surname.
Wahinda noun: A clan or class of Eastern Africa, especially Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
wahine noun /wɑːˈhiːnɪ/: A Polynesian or Maori woman.
wahini noun: Alternative form of wahine.
Wahiro noun: Synonym of Wayuu (“Amerindian ethnic group”).
Wahl proper noun: A surname
wahlau interjection: Alternative spelling of wah lau.
Wahlberg proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Wahlberg's eagle noun: Hieraaetus wahlbergi, a bird of prey that is native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Wahlen proper noun: A surname from German.
Wahler proper noun: A surname.
Wahlgren proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Wahlquist proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Wahlstrom proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Wahlund effect noun: A reduction of heterozygosity in a population caused by subpopulation structure.
WAHM noun: Initialism of work-at-home mom/mum/mother.
wahmbulance noun: Alternative form of wambulance.
Wahn proper noun: A district of Porz borough, in south-east Cologne, Germany.
Wahnes's parotia noun: A bird of paradise of species Parotia wahnesi.
wahoo interjection, noun /ˈwɑ.hu/: Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
WAHP noun: Initialism of work-at-home parent.
Wahpekute noun: A band within the Santee division of the Dakota people.
Wahpeton noun: A band within the Santee division of the Dakota people.
Wahroonga proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Hornsby council area and the Ku-ring-gai council area, New South Wales, Australia.
wahter noun: Eye dialect spelling of water.
wahtuh noun: Pronunciation spelling of water.
wahy noun: The inspirational revelation of the Qur'an to Muhammad.
wai adverb, noun, phrase /waɪ/: A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.
Wai Wai noun: Alternative form of Waiwai.
Waianae proper noun: A census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States.
waiata noun: A Māori folk song.
Waiau proper noun /waɪˈaʊ/: A river in western Southland, New Zealand, which flows into Te Waewae Bay.
Waibel proper noun: A surname.
Waibling noun: Synonym of Ghibelline.
Waicura noun: Alternative form of Guaycura.
Waicuri noun: Alternative form of Guaycura.
waid adjective: Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.
Waide proper noun: A surname.
waif noun, verb /weɪf/: An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding...
waifish adjective: Waiflike.
waifishly adverb: In a waifish manner.
waifishness noun: The state or condition of being waifish.
waiflike adjective: Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
waifs and strays noun: Homeless people or animals.
waifu noun /ˈwaɪ.fuː/: A female fictional character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) or non-fictional persona to whom one is...
waifu pillow noun: A body pillow, especially one decorated with a picture of a female anime or manga character.
waify adjective: Characteristic of a waif; thin; waifish.
Waigeo brushturkey noun: A bird of species Aepypodius bruijnii, endemic to Waigeo Island in West Papua.
Waigieu seaperch noun: Psammoperca waigiensis, a latid marine fish, native to tropical coastal waters.
waigon noun: A person which one does not trust and in turn wastes their life.
Waihi proper noun /waɪˈhiː/: A town in Hauraki district, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, with a gold mining history.
Waiilatpuan adjective: Belonging or relating to a certain proposed branch of the hypothetical Penutian phylum.
Waikanae proper noun: A town in Kapiti Coast district, Wellington region, New Zealand.
Waikato proper noun: A river in the Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand, emptying into the Tasman Sea; the longest in the country.
waikavirus noun: Any of several viruses, of the genus Waikavirus, that are transmitted by leafhoppers and infect rice and other plants
Waikiki proper noun /ˌwaɪkɪˈkiː/: A beachfront neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
Waikuri noun: Alternative form of Guaycura.
Waikurian adjective: Of or relating to a group of languages associated with the Waikuri/Guaycura people.
wail noun, verb /weɪl/: To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
wail on verb: Alternative form of whale on.
Wailaki noun: A member of one of the Eel River Athabaskan groups of Native Americans.
Wailea proper noun: A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.
wailer noun /ˈweɪlə/: One who wails or laments.
waileress noun: A female professional mourner
wailful adjective /ˈweɪlfəl/: Sorrowful; mournful.
wailfully adverb: In a wailful manner.
wailin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of wailing.
wailing noun, verb /ˈweɪlɪŋ/: A loud drawn out scream or howl.
wailingly adverb: With a wailing sound.
wailment noun: Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing.
wailo verb: Alternative form of wylo.
wailsome adjective: Characterised or marked by wailing
Wailuku proper noun: A census-designated place, the county seat of Maui County, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, United States.
waily adjective /ˈweɪli/: Tending to wail; complaining.
Waimakariri proper noun: A large river in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Waimate proper noun /wʌɪˈmati/: A town in Waimate district, in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
Waimea proper noun: A landlocked census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.
wain noun, verb /weɪn/: A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
wainable adjective: Capable of being ploughed or cultivated; arable; tillable.
wainage noun: Gainage; the team and implements necessary for the cultivation of land.
wainbote noun: Wood allotted to a tenant for use in repairing wagons.
Waine proper noun /weɪn/: A surname.
Wainfleet proper noun: Short for Wainfleet All Saints and Wainfleet St Mary, neighbouring settlements and civil parishes in Lincolnshire, England.
wainful noun: A quantity that fills a wain; wagonful.
wainman noun: A wagoner.
Wainright proper noun: A surname.
wainrope noun: A rope for binding a load on a wagon.
wainscot noun, verb /ˈweɪnskɒt/: An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
wainscot veneer noun: A moth of species Chilo phragmitella.
wainscoted adjective, verb /ˈweɪnskɒtɪd/: Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
wainscoting noun, verb /ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/: Alternative spelling of wainscotting.
Wainscott proper noun: A surname.
wainscotted adjective, verb /ˈweɪnskɒtɪd/: Having a wainscot.
wainscotting noun, verb /ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/: Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
waint contraction: Pronunciation spelling of won't and wouldn't.
wainwright noun /ˈweɪnɹaɪt/: A person who builds and repairs wagons.
wainwrighting noun: The work of a wainwright, building wagons.
Waipa proper noun: A territorial authority in Waikato region, New Zealand, with its main towns being Cambridge and Te Awamutu; in full, Waipa District.
Waipahu proper noun: A census-designated place in the ʻEwa District on the island of Oʻahu in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
Waipara proper noun: A settlement in Hurunui district, north Canterbury, New Zealand.
wair noun, verb /wɛɹ/: A plank six feet long and one foot across.
Wairakei proper noun: A small settlement and geothermal area in Taupo district, Waikato region, in the centre of the North Island, near the town of Taupo, New Zealand, and the...
wairakite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
Wairarapa proper noun /ˌwaɪrəˈræpə/: A lake in southern North Island, New Zealand.
wairauite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt and iron.
Wairoa proper noun /wʌɪˈɹəʊə/: A town and local government district of the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand.

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.