English words: Welsbach burner to Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

300 English words, part 21 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 21 have a page of their own.

English words Welsbach burner to Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Welsbach burner noun: A burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapour is used to heat to incandescence a mantle composed of thoria and ceria. The mantle is...
Welsbach mantle noun: A gas mantle.
Welsby proper noun: A surname.
Welsch proper noun: A surname.
Welsford proper noun: A surname.
welsh adjective, noun, verb /ˈwɛlʃ/: Of or pertaining to Wales.
Welsh acre noun: Synonym of erw
Welsh ale noun: Bragget.
Welsh baseball noun: Synonym of British baseball.
Welsh bean noun: A French bean.
Welsh Black noun: A cattle breed native to Wales, one of the oldest in Great Britain.
Welsh cake noun /ˈwɛlʃ ˌkeɪk/: A traditional sweet griddle-baked Welsh flatbread with dried fruit and sometimes spices.
Welsh cat noun: Synonym of cat (“A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon”).
Welsh chimney noun: A type of chimney built from wooden slats woven together into a tall box sealed with clay.
Welsh cob noun: A kind of large pony developed in Wales as a working horse.
welsh-comb noun, verb: To comb (one's hair) with one's hand.
Welsh corgi noun /wɛlʃ ˈkɔːɡi/: A type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears.
Welsh dresser noun: A piece of furniture used to store and display crockery.
Welsh flannel noun: A fine kind of flannel made from the fleece of Welsh Mountain sheep. It was mostly manufactured by hand.
Welsh glaive noun: A weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleaxe.
Welsh harp noun: A type of harp associated with traditional music of Wales, originally a simple single-string instrument and now more usually referring to a type of triple harp.
Welsh hat noun: A tall hat, similar to a top hat, worn by women as part of traditional Welsh costume.
Welsh hook noun: Welsh glaive
Welsh law noun: That part of the common law legal system of Wales that supplements English law.
Welsh lead noun: Synonym of Welsh not.
Welsh lump noun: Synonym of Welsh not.
Welsh Marches noun: The lands in the vicinity of the Welsh-English border.
Welsh Mark noun: Synonym of Welsh not.
Welsh mortgage noun: A kind of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the...
Welsh Mountain noun: Short for Welsh Mountain sheep.
Welsh mountain pony noun: Synonym of Welsh pony.
Welsh Mountain sheep noun: A kind of small, hardy sheep from the higher parts of the mountains of Wales.
Welsh nephew noun: A son of one's first cousin.
Welsh Not noun: A wooden board hung around the neck of a student who was caught speaking the Welsh language, used as a punitive method to discourage its use.
Welsh note noun: Synonym of Welsh not.
Welsh onion noun: Any member of the species Allium fistulosum of onions, probably native to eastern Asia, widely cultivated.
Welsh parsley noun: hemp, or halters made from hemp
Welsh pear noun: Synonym of paisley (“a motif of a swirling droplet”)
Welsh plain noun: A type of coarse woolen fabric produced in Wales between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Welsh pony noun: A small, hardy breed developed in Wales, popular as a mounting horse.
Welsh poppy noun: A flowering plant of species Papaver cambricum.
Welsh rabbit noun: Alternative form of Welsh rarebit.
Welsh rarebit noun: A dish of cheese melted with a little ale and served on toast.
Welsh Sheep Dog noun: Alternative form of Welsh Sheepdog.
Welsh Sheepdog noun: A type of herding dog originating in 20th-century Wales.
Welsh Springer Spaniel noun: A dog of a Welsh hunting breed of the spaniel family, white with red markings.
Welsh stick noun: Synonym of Welsh not.
Welsh terrier noun: A sturdy, compact kind of terrier from Wales, with tan head, legs and underbelly and a black or sometimes grizzle saddle; females are sometimes a simple...
Welsh Ticket noun: Synonym of Welsh not.
Welsh web noun: Synonym of Welsh plain.
Welsh yard noun: The llath, a former Welsh unit of length equal to about 40 inches (about 1 m).
Welshcake noun: Alternative spelling of Welsh cake.
welshcomb verb: Alternative form of Welsh-comb.
welsher noun: Alternative spelling of welcher.
Welshery noun: Alternative form of Welshry.
Welshified adjective: Made Welsh.
Welshism noun: A characteristically Welsh phrase, idiom, etc.
welshite noun: A complex mineral containing magnesium and antimony.
Welshly adverb: In a Welsh manner.
Welshman noun /ˈwɛlʃmən/: A man who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
Welshness noun: The quality or characteristic of being Welsh
welshnut noun: A walnut (nut or tree).
Welshpool proper noun /wɛlʃˈpuːl/: A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2207).
Welshry noun: In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by Welsh people following their own customs.
Welshwoman noun: A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
Welshy adjective, noun: Synonym of Walian: a Welshman or Welshwoman, a Welsh person.
welsium noun: A supposed chemical element, now discredited.
welt noun, verb /wɛlt/: To roll; revolve.
weltanschauung noun /ˈvɛlt.ɑːnˌʃaʊ.ʊŋ/: A person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview.
Weltansicht noun: The general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.
Weltbild noun: A theoretical understanding of the world and how it operates.
Welte proper noun: A surname.
welted thistle noun: Synonym of curly plumeless thistle (Carduus crispus)
welter adjective, noun, verb /ˈwɛltə/: A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
welter-weight adjective, noun: between lightweight and middleweight
weltering noun, verb: The motion of something that welters; a billowing.
welterweight adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of welter-weight.
welting noun, verb: The act of making reinforcing welts.
Welton proper noun: A hamlet in Sebergham parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3544).
weltschmerz noun /ˈvɛltˌʃmɛːts/: An apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness.
Welty proper noun: A surname.
welwitindolinone noun: An alkaloid extracted from certain blue-green algae that may be active against drug resistance; it has a structure similar to that of hapalindole with a...
welwitschia noun /wɛlˈwɪt͡ʃɪə/: Any member of the species Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa.
welwitschia bug noun: Any member of species Probergrothius angolensis, a yellow true bug with black markings, found in the Namib desert and known for its association with the...
Welwitschia Goth noun: An aesthetic based on internet artwork created during the 2000s, featuring innocent motifs (e.g. bows, lace, butterflies) juxtaposed with grunge or rotting...
Welwyn proper noun /ˈwɛlɪn/: A village and civil parish in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2316).
Welz proper noun: A surname.
wem noun /wɛm/: A spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault.
Wemale noun: A member of an ethnic group of Seram Island, Indonesia.
Wemba-Wemba noun /ˈwembə wembə/: A group of indigenous Australians, found in north-western Victoria and south-western New South Wales.
Wembawemba noun: An aboriginal people of New South Wales.
wemble verb: To upend or topple.
Wembley proper noun /ˈwɛmbli/: A suburb of London, in northwestern Greater London, England.
Wembury proper noun: A coastal village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5248)
Wemen proper noun: A locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, north western Victoria, Australia
wemistikoshiw noun: Among the Cree, a non-Native American person; a white man.
Wemple proper noun: A surname.
Wemyss proper noun /wiːmz/: A parish in Fife council area, Scotland.
wen adverb, conjunction, noun, pronoun /wɛn/: A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
Wenami noun: Alternative form of Unami.
Wenatchee proper noun /wɛˈnæt͡ʃiː/: A city, the county seat of Chelan County, Washington, United States.
Wences proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Wenceslas proper noun /ˈwɛnsəsˌlæs/: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Wenceslaus proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Wenchang chicken noun: A chicken dish from the Wenchang city area in Hainan, China, made with a small, fleshy variety of free-range chicken that is fed coconut and peanut bran.
wenchdom noun: The domain or world of wenches; wenches collectively
wencher noun: One who chases women (or men) in a lecherous manner.
wenchful adjective: Characteristic of, or abounding with wenches
wenchhood noun: The quality, state, or condition of a wench
wenchiness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being wenchy
wenchish adjective: Like or resembling a wench.
wenchless adjective: Without women or a woman.
wenchlike adjective: Like or characteristic of a wench
wenchly adjective: Like, relating to, or befitting a wench
wenchman noun: A marine food fish native to the subtropical and tropical western Atlantic/Caribbean, Pristipomoides aquilonaris, a type of snapper.
Wenchuan proper noun: A county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.
wenchy adjective: Typical or characteristic of a wench.
Wenck proper noun: A surname from German.
wend noun, verb /wɛnd/: To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
Wenda proper noun: A female given name, variant of Wendy.
Wendat noun /ˈwɛn.dɑt/: Alternative form of Wyandot.
Wende-Bauckus syndrome noun: A cutaneous condition characterized by tiny white macules on the trunk with confluence within flexures.
Wendell proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Wenden proper noun: A census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.
Wendersian adjective: Of or pertaining to Wim Wenders (born 1945), German filmmaker and playwright.
Wendi proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Wendic adjective: Synonym of Wendish.
Wendig proper noun: A surname.
wendigo noun /ˈwɛndɪɡəʊ/: A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess...
wendigo psychosis noun /ˈwɛndɪɡəʊ saɪˈkəʊsɪs/: A psychological condition specific to some Native American groups, in which a person in fever-induced delusions believes that they are possessed by a...
wending noun, verb: act of going, course
Wendish adjective /ˈwɛndɪʃ/: Of or relating to the Wends.
Wendland proper noun: A surname.
Wendlandt proper noun: A surname.
Wendler proper noun: A surname.
Wendling proper noun: A surname.
Wendorf proper noun: A surname from German.
Wendouree proper noun: A suburb of the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
Wendover proper noun: A surname.
Wendt proper noun: A surname.
Wendtian adjective: Of or relating to Alexander Wendt (born 1958), German political scientist, one of the core social constructivist scholars in the field of international...
wendwilsonite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
Wendy house noun: A toy house in which children can play.
wenge noun /ˈwɛnɡeɪ/: A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia laurentii.
Wengen proper noun: A mountain village in Bern canton, Switzerland.
Wenger proper noun: A surname.
Wengerian adjective: Of or relating to Étienne Wenger (born 1952), Swiss-American educational theorist.
Wengert proper noun: A surname.
Wenham proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Wenig proper noun: A surname from German.
wenion noun: Alternative form of wanion.
wenis noun /ˈwiːnɪs/: The skin on the outside of the elbow.
Wenk proper noun: A surname.
Wenke proper noun: A surname from German.
Wenker sentence noun: Any of 40 sample sentences, written in Standard German, used to map spoken dialects of the German language.
Wenker synthesis noun: An organic reaction converting a beta amino alcohol to an aziridine with the aid of sulfuric acid.
wenkite noun: A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal light gray mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.
Wenling proper noun: A county-level city of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Wenlock adjective: Of a geologic epoch within the Silurian period from about 428 to 423 million years ago; marked by the appearance of the first corals.
Wenman proper noun: A surname.
Wenner proper noun: A surname.
Wenning proper noun: A surname.
Wennington proper noun: A hamlet in Abbots Ripton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2379).
wennish adjective: Having the nature of, or resembling a wen (cyst)
wenny adjective: Covered with wens.
Wenona proper noun: A female given name, variant of Winona.
Wenonah proper noun: A female given name, a less common spelling of Winona.
Wenro noun: Synonym of Wenrohronon.
Wenrohronon noun: An Iroquoian indigenous nation of North America, originally residing in present-day western New York (and possibly fringe portions of northern and...
Wenrohronons noun: Synonym of Wenrohronon.
Wenros noun: Synonym of Wenrohronon.
Wensley proper noun /ˈwɛnzli/: A hamlet in South Darley parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2661).
Wensleydale noun: A supple, moist cheese produced in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England.
Wensum proper noun: A river in Norfolk, England, which joins the River Yare at Norwich.
went noun, verb /wɛnt/: A course; a way, a path; a journey.
wentletrap noun: Any of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the family Epitoniidae, especially Epitonium scalare, which were formerly highly valued.
Wentworth proper noun: A village in Newton County, Missouri.
Wentworthville proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area and the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Wentz proper noun: A surname.
Wentzel proper noun: A surname.
wenus noun: Alternative spelling of wenis.
wenyan noun: Classical Chinese
Wenz proper noun: A surname.
Wenzhou proper noun /wɛnˈd͡ʒəʊ/: A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China.
Weobley proper noun /ˈwɛbli/: A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO402865).
WEP noun: Initialism of war emergency power.
wer noun, verb: A man; a male; a husband.
Werber proper noun: A surname from German.
werdingite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal brownish yellow mineral containing aluminum, boron, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease noun: spinal muscular atrophy
were noun, prefix, verb /wə(ɹ)/: second-person singular simple past indicative of be
were-creature noun: Alternative form of werecreature.
were-elephant noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an elephant.
were-elf noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an elf.
were gild noun: Alternative form of wergeld.
were-hare noun: Alternative form of werehare.
were it not for prepositional phrase: Alternative form of if it were not for.
were wolf noun: Alternative form of werewolf.
were you born in a tent phrase: An admonishment to someone who has left a door open.
werealligator noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an alligator.
wereanimal noun: A shapeshifter that can change between human and some animal form, such as a werewolf or werebear.
werebadger noun: A shapeshifter who can change between badger and human form.
werebat noun: A shapeshifter who can change between bat and human form.
werebear noun /ˈwɪəbɛə(ɹ)/: A shapeshifter who can change between bear and human form
werebeast noun: Synonym of wereanimal.
werebeaver noun: A shapeshifter who can change between beaver and human form.
werebeing noun: Any shapeshifting creature, such as a werewolf or werebear.
werebird noun: A being that can change between human and bird form.
wereboar noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a boar.
werecat noun /ˈwɪəkæt/: A shapeshifter who can change between cat and human form.
werechicken noun: A shapeshifter that can transform from a human to a chicken or chicken-like creature.
werecow noun: A person who transforms into a cow or cowlike creature, like a werewolf transforms into a wolf or wolflike creature.
werecrab noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crab.
werecreature noun: A shapeshifter that can change between human and some animal form, such as a werewolf or werebear.
werecritter noun: werecreature
werecrocodile noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
wereda noun: Alternative form of woreda.
weredingo noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a dingo.
weredog noun: A shapeshifter who can change between dog and human form.
weredolphin noun: A shapeshifter that can transform from a human to a dolphin or dolphin-like creature.
weredonkey noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a donkey.
weredragon noun: A shapeshifter who can change between dragon and human form.
weredwarf noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a dwarf.
wereelephant noun: Alternative spelling of were-elephant.
werefish noun: A shapeshifter who can change between fish and human form.
werefolk noun: werecreatures
werefolks noun: Synonym of werefolk.
werefox noun /ˈweə.fɒks/: A person who transforms into a fox or foxlike form.
werefrog noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a frog.
weregeld noun: Alternative spelling of wergeld.
wereghost noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a ghost.
weregild noun: Alternative spelling of wergeld.
weregoat noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a goat.
weregorilla noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a gorilla.
werehare noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a hare.
werehog noun: A person who is transformed or can transform into a hog or a hoglike human.
werehorse noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a horse.
werehuman noun: A shapeshifter, generally non-human (especially a wolf), who can assume the form of a human.
werehyena noun /ˈwɪəhaɪˌiːnə/: A shapeshifter capable of assuming the form of a hyena.
werejackal noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a jackal.
werejaguar noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
wereke noun: Ibervillea sonorae, a sprawling Mexican plant of the gourd family with yellow flowers and inedible red or orange berries. Its tubers are reputed to have...
Werekena noun: Alternative form of Warekena.
werekitten noun: A young werecat.
wereleopard noun /ˈwɪəlɛpəd/: A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
werelion noun /ˈwɪəlaɪən/: A shapeshifter who can change between lion and human form.
werelioness noun: A shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form.
weremammoth noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a mammoth.
wereman noun: A shapeshifter, generally non-human (especially a wolf), who can assume the form of a man.
weremonkey noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a monkey.
weren't verb /ˈwɜːnt/: Contraction of were + not.
werena contraction: Alternative form of werenae.
werenae contraction: were not
wereorc noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an orc.
wereowl noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an owl.
werepanther noun: A shapeshifter who can change between panther and human form.
wereporcupine noun: A shapeshifter who can change between porcupine and human form.
werepuma noun: A shapeshifter who can change between puma and human form.
werepup noun /ˈweə(ɹ).pʌp/: A werewolf puppy.
werepuppy noun: Synonym of werepup.
wererabbit noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a rabbit.
wererat noun /ˈwɪəɹæt/: A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat.
wereshark noun: A shapeshifter that can transform from a human to a shark or shark-like creature.
weresquid noun: A shapeshifter that can tranform from a human to a squid or squid-like creature.
werething noun: A werecreature.
weretiger noun /ˈwɪətaɪɡə/: A creature of Southeast Asian myth; a shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger.
weretroll noun: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a troll.
werewildcat noun: A person who is transformed or can transform into a wildcat or a wildcat-like human.
werewolf noun /ˈwɛːwʊlf/: A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
werewolf syndrome noun: severe hypertrichosis
werewolfdom noun: The world of werewolves.
werewolfery noun: Synonym of werewolfism.
werewolfess noun: A female werewolf.
werewolfish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.
werewolfism noun: lycanthropy; the transformation of a person into a wolf
werewolflike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of werewolves.
werewolfy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.
werewolvish adjective: Alternative form of werewolfish.
werewoman noun: A woman who takes the form of an animal through a process of therianthropy.
wergeld noun /ˈwɛəɡɛld/: Blood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their rank, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to...
wergelt noun: Alternative spelling of wergeld.
wergild noun: Alternative spelling of wergeld.
wergyld noun: Alternative spelling of wergeld.
werk noun, verb: Alternative form of work.
Werkheiser proper noun: A surname.
Werle proper noun: A surname.
Werman proper noun: A surname.
wermlandite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
Wermuth proper noun: A surname from German.
wern't verb: Pronunciation spelling of weren't.
Werner proper noun: A surname from German.
Werner complex noun: A coordination compound.
Werner projection noun: A pseudoconic cordiform equal-area map projection that is a limiting form of the Bonne projection, having its standard parallel at one of the poles (90°N/S).
Wernerian adjective: Of or pertaining to Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), German mineralogist and geologist, or his theory of Neptunism.
Wernerism noun: Synonym of Neptunism.
wernerite noun: The common greyish or white variety of scapolite.
Werneth proper noun: A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9104).
Wernick proper noun: A surname from German.
Wernicke proper noun: A surname from German.
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome noun: The combined presence of Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's syndrome.

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.