English words: wairua to waldflute

300 English words, part 3 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words wairua to waldflute

wairua noun: A spirit associated with a person or thing, according to Māori beliefs.
waishengren noun: a category of people and their descendants who fled mainland China for Taiwan after 1945 in response to the Nationalists losing the Chinese Civil War;...
waist noun /weɪst/: The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
waist bag noun: A fanny pack or bum bag.
waist card noun: A slim and attractive waist.
waist chain noun: Synonym of belly chain.
waist cincher noun: A type of corset that is used to pull in the waist.
waist-deep adjective: As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
waist-deep in the Big Muddy adjective: Synonym of knee-deep in the Big Muddy.
waist-high adjective: As high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
waist overalls noun: Synonym of denim jeans (pants, trousers)
waistache noun: Pain in the waist; backache of the lower back.
waistband noun /ˈweɪstˌbænd/: A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.
waistbanded adjective: Having a waistband.
waistbandless adjective: Without a waistband.
waistbelt noun: A belt (a band or strap) worn around the waist, especially when part of a larger article, such as a backpack.
waistboat noun: A boat carried in the waist of a vessel.
waistcloth noun: A cloth or garment worn around the waist.
waistcoat noun /ˈweɪs(t)kəʊt/: An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
waistcoated adjective: Wearing a waistcoat.
waistcoateer noun /ˌwɛskəˈtɪə(ɹ)/: A woman undressed to her waistcoat; a low-class prostitute, a whore.
waistcoating noun: A fabric designed for waistcoats, often with a multicoloured pattern of different yarns.
waistcoatless adjective: Without a waistcoat.
waisted adjective /ˈweɪstɪd/: Having some specific type of waist.
waisted drum noun: Synonym of hourglass drum.
waister noun: A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.
waisting noun: That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).
waistless adjective: Having no waist
waistlessness noun: Absence of a waist.
waistline noun /ˈweɪstˌlaɪn/: a line around the body at the waist; its measurement
waistlined adjective: Having the specified kind of waistline.
waistlong adjective: Long enough to reach one's waist.
waistwrap noun: A wrapper (loose robe) worn around the waist.
wait interjection, noun, verb /weɪt/: To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
wait-a-bit noun: Senegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia)
wait a minute interjection, noun, verb: Used to indicate a new insight or dawning understanding.
wait-a-while noun: Synonym of wait-a-bit.
wait and see adjective, verb: Tending to observe events before coming to a decision.
wait around verb: To spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival of someone or while anticipating some other event, often impatiently...
wait-awhile noun: Alternative form of wait-a-while.
wait for verb: To wait until the specified event occurs.
wait for Godot verb: To wait hopelessly.
wait for it phrase: Used to draw attention to and build suspense, often ironically, for a remark to come.
wait for the ball to drop verb: To wait in expectation of an occurrence.
wait for the cat to jump verb: Synonym of see which way the cat jumps.
wait for the dust to settle verb: To let a situation calm down, become clear or certain, before taking any action.
wait for the other shoe to drop verb: To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
wait-free adjective: Involving no busy-wait loops or locks for synchronizing with other threads. Able to act immediately without waiting on others.
wait in the wings verb: To be about to become important or central.
wait-list noun, verb: Alternative form of waitlist.
wait on verb /ˈweɪt ˌɑn/: To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
wait on hand, foot and finger verb: Alternative form of wait on hand and foot.
wait on someone hand and foot verb: To attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.
wait on someone hand, foot and finger verb: Alternative form of wait on someone hand and foot.
wait on tables verb: Alternative form of wait tables.
wait one's turn verb: To wait until it is time for one to do or receive something.
wait out verb: To wait through (something): wait (through) till the end; patiently endure.
wait staff noun: Alternative form of waitstaff.
wait state noun: Any of several instances in which a computer's processor cannot execute instructions (either for the entire computer, or just for a specific task) until an...
wait tables verb: To wait as a server in a restaurant or other dine-in eatery.
wait till the clouds roll by verb: To await more favourable circumstances.
wait time noun: Synonym of waiting time.
wait unemployment noun: A form of frictional unemployment where a person deliberately remains unemployed, or takes work on a temporary basis, while waiting for an opportunity in...
wait up verb: To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.
wait upon verb: Synonym of wait on.
wait upon hand and foot verb: Alternative form of wait on hand and foot.
waitable adjective: Implementing a wait/notify functionality.
Waitaha penguin noun: Megadyptes waitaha, an extinct species of New Zealand penguin.
Waitaki proper noun: A local government district in South Canterbury, and North Otago, New Zealand.
waitaminute interjection: Alternative form of wait a minute in rapid speech.
Waitangi proper noun /waɪˈtæŋi/: A locality in the Bay of Islands Northland region, North Island, New Zealand.
Waitara proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Hornsby council area, New South Wales, Australia.
waitasec verb: Eye dialect spelling of wait a sec.
waitee noun: One who is waiting for service.
waiter noun, verb /ˈweɪ̯təː/: A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
waiter's friend noun: A type of corkscrew having a folding design and including a small blade resembling a pocketknife
waiter's knife noun: Synonym of waiter's friend.
waiterage noun: The work of a waiter, attending on somebody.
waiterdom noun: The realm or sphere of waiters.
waitered adjective, verb: Having a waiter or waiters.
waiterhood noun: The role or status of a waiter.
waiterish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.
waiterless adjective: Without a waiter.
waiterlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.
waiterly adjective: Characteristic of a waiter or waitress.
waitership noun: The role or status of a waiter.
Waithe proper noun: A hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district, of Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA202006).
waithood noun: A period of limbo faced by young college graduates in developing countries, in which activities belonging to the traditional transition into adulthood, such...
waitin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of waiting.
waiting noun, verb /ˈweɪtɪŋ/: Watching, observation; keeping watch, guarding.
waiting area noun: waiting room
waiting game noun: A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.
waiting list noun: An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.
waiting maid noun: A lady's female servant.
waiting mode noun: A neurodivergent phenonemon where someone feels unable to complete tasks while waiting for an important event or deadline.
waiting move noun: A move that is not tactical except in that it puts the burden to move on the opposing player.
waiting period noun: A certain amount of time of required delay before some other action is allowed.
waiting room noun: A room in a public place for people to wait.
waiting shed noun: passenger waiting area providing shade
waiting shelter noun: A small roofed structure where intending passengers can wait for a train or bus to arrive.
waiting staff noun: Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.
waiting time noun: The total amount of time in which a process spends in a ready queue before it reaches the CPU.
waiting to happen phrase: Bound to happen; almost certain to occur in the future.
waitingly adverb: So as to wait; hesitatingly or loiteringly.
waitlist noun, verb /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/: A waiting list.
waitlister noun: A person on a waiting list.
waitoreke noun: A cryptid of New Zealand, said variously to be a mammal resembling an otter, platypus or beaver, and to live in rivers.
waitperson noun: A waiter or waitress.
waitress noun, verb /ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/: A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
waitress mom noun: Any woman with children who has a relatively low-paid (blue-collar) job (such as a waitress).
waitresslike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a waitress.
waitressy adjective: Of or pertaining to waitresses.
waitrix noun: Synonym of waitress
waitron noun: A waiter or waitress.
Waitrosey adjective: Characteristic of the upmarket Waitrose supermarket chain
waits noun, verb /weɪts/: A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.
Waitsfield proper noun: A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.
waitstaff noun: Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.
waitstate noun: Alternative form of wait state.
Waitt proper noun: A surname.
waivable adjective /ˈweɪvəbəl/: Capable of being waived, of being given a waiver.
waive noun, verb /weɪv/: To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
waiver noun, verb /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/: The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
waiver wire noun: a league-wide list to which an inexperienced player is added for a short period when cut from a team's roster; any team in the league may make a claim for...
waiverable adjective: Synonym of waivable.
waivered adjective, verb: Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
waivers noun, verb: plural of waiver
waivery noun: The outlawry of a woman.
waivod noun: voivode
waivode noun: Alternative form of voivode.
Waiwai noun: A Carib-speaking indigenous people of Guyana and northern Brazil.
waiwodeship noun: Alternative spelling of voivodeship.
wajang noun: Alternative form of wayang.
Wajda proper noun: A surname.
wajib noun /ˈwɑːd͡ʒɪb/: A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
wajib saum noun: a required fast, such as that celebrating Ramadan
WAK noun: Initialism of wearable artificial kidney.
waka noun /ˈwʌkʌ/: A kind of classical Japanese poem.
waka ama noun: A Maori outrigger canoe.
waka gashira noun: A yakuza member ranking beneath the oyabun and responsible for seeing that his orders are carried out correctly.
waka-jumper noun: A member of parliament who switches parties.
waka-jumping noun: The act of switching parties as a member of parliament.
wakabayashilite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, arsenic, and sulfur.
wakable adjective: Alternative spelling of wakeable.
wakaf noun: Alternative spelling of waqf.
wakagashira noun: Alternative form of waka gashira.
wakaimonogashira noun: A retired wrestler who works with new recruits
Wakako proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
Wakamba noun: Alternative form of Kamba (“Bantu people of Kenya”).
wakame noun: Undaria pinnatifida, an edible seaweed.
wakamezake noun: The fetishistic practice of drinking, from a woman's mons pubis, saké poured down thereto from her chest.
wakan noun: Alternative form of waegwan.
Wakana proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Wakanda proper noun: The supreme being or Great Spirit of the Osage, Omaha, Caddo and Ponca peoples of North America.
Wakandan adjective: Of, from, or related to Wakanda, a fictional country in sub-Saharan Africa in the Marvelverse.
Wakarusa proper noun: A town in Harrison Township and Olive Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
wakasagi noun: Japanese smelt, Hypomesus nipponensis, a fish native to Japan and introduced in the United States
Wakashanist noun: A linguist who specialises in studying Wakashan languages.
wakashu noun: A Japanese boy after early childhood but before his coming-of-age ceremony.
Wakatipu proper noun: A district in inland Otago, New Zealand.
Wakatsuki proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Wakayama proper noun: A prefecture of Japan.
wake noun, verb /ˈweɪ̯k/: (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
wake and bake verb: To smoke marijuana soon after waking up.
wake boat noun: A boat used to create a wake suitable for wakeboarding
wake flow noun: The turbulent flow, with many eddies, downstream of a blunt body
Wake Islander noun: someone from Wake Island.
wake lock noun: Alternative form of wakelock.
wake loss noun: The space behind a wind turbine where there the wind power decreases after passing through the turbine due to the wind energy conversion to move the turbine...
wake 'n bake verb: Alternative form of wake and bake.
wake-on-LAN noun: A networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message.
wake-over noun: Alternative spelling of wakeover.
wake robin noun: Alternative form of wakerobin.
wake-sleep algorithm noun: A certain unsupervised learning algorithm for neural networks, having separate "wake" and "sleep" phases that attempt to connect the layers of neurons in...
wake the dead verb: To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.
wake turbulence noun: The disturbances formed in the atmosphere behind an aircraft passing through the air, consisting primarily of a combination of wake vortices and jet blast...
wake up noun, verb /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/: To stop sleeping; to awake.
wake up and die right phrase: Get a grip.
wake up and smell the ashes verb: Synonym of wake up and smell the coffee.
wake up and smell the coffee verb /ˈweɪk ʌp n̩ ˈsmɛl ðə ˈkɒfi/: Often in the infinitive or imperative: to face reality and stop deluding oneself.
wake up and smell the roses verb: Synonym of wake up and smell the coffee.
wake up call noun: A telephone call to awaken someone at a certain time, especially one requested by the person while staying at a hotel.
wake up dead verb: To die, particularly in one's sleep.
wake up on the wrong side of bed verb: To feel grumpy and irritable; to be easily annoyed.
wake up one day verb: To undergo an overnight change, often an unplanned one (used with and).
wake vortex noun: One of the paired vortices formed behind any heavier-than-air aircraft when producing lift, created by the velocity differential between the air being...
wake word noun: A word or phrase that activates a dormant device when spoken by the user.
wakeable adjective: Capable of being woken.
wakeaday adjective: mundane (as one wakes up to each day)
wakeathon noun: An event during which a person attempts to stay awake for as long as possible.
wakeboard noun, verb: The board one stands on for wakeboarding.
wakeboard tower noun: A structure made of bars on a motorboat to which a wakeboard can be attached.
wakeboarder noun: Someone who takes part in wakeboarding.
wakeboarding noun /ˈweɪkbɔɹdɪŋ/: A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
wakeel noun: Alternative form of wakil.
wakefield noun: The electron density wave structure which immediately follows an intense laser beam or relativistic charged particle beam as it passes through a plasma; the...
wakefieldite noun: Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.
Wakeford proper noun: A surname from Old English.
wakeful adjective /ˈweɪk.fʊl/: Awake; not sleeping.
wakefullness noun: Alternative spelling of wakefulness.
wakefully adverb: In a wakeful manner.
wakefulness noun /ˈweɪk.fʊl.nəs/: The state of being wakeful.
Wakeland proper noun: A surname.
wakeless adjective: Without (the possibility of) waking.
wakelessness noun: Absence of waking; a state of endless sleep.
wakelet noun: A small wake (turbulence path or offshoot of a larger one)
Wakeley proper noun: A hamlet in Westmill parish, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3426).
Wakelin proper noun: A surname.
wakelock noun: A lock that can be acquired by software for the purpose of preventing the mobile device from going into a locked standby state during a particular operation.
Wakely proper noun: A surname.
wakeman noun: A watchman
waken verb /ˈweɪkən/: To wake or rouse from sleep.
wakener noun: One who wakens.
wakening noun, verb: The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
wakeover noun: A sleepover party in a public place, such as a church, at which little or no sleep actually takes place.
waker adjective, noun: Watchful; vigilant; alert.
waker-upper noun: Someone or something who wakes people up.
wakerobin noun: Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals.
wakes noun, verb: A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
wakeskate noun: The board used in wakeskating.
wakeskater noun: Someone who takes part in wakeskating.
wakeskating noun: A water sport that employs a board like that used for wakeboarding, manufactured from maple or fibreglass.
wakesome adjective: Marked by wakefulness or alertness; vigilant.
wakespan noun: The time interval during which a person is awake.
wakesurf verb: To take part in the sport of wakesurfing.
wakesurfer noun: One who takes part in wakesurfing.
wakesurfing noun: A watersport in which a rider trails behind a boat, riding the boat's wake without being directly pulled by the boat.
waketime noun: The time when one wakes.
wakeup noun: An act or instance of waking up.
wakeup call noun: Alternative form of wake-up call.
wakey interjection, noun /ˈweɪ.ki/: The day on which one wakes up and travels home.
wakey wakey interjection: Wake up.
wakey wakey, eggs and bakey interjection: Wake up.
wakf noun, verb: Alternative spelling of waqf.
wakfed adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of waqfed.
Wakhi noun /ˈwʌki/: A Pamiri ethnic group residing in the Pamir Mountains.
wakif noun: Alternative form of waqif.
wakil noun: In Arabian countries and in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, a lawyer or an administrator; one acting on behalf of another.
wakin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of waking.
waking adjective, noun, verb /ˈweɪkɪŋ/: Occurring during wakefulness.
waking dream noun: A dream or dreamlike situation while one is awake or in the drowsy period before sleep.
waking life noun: The reality of the awakened state of consciousness, in contrast to the supposed reality of the dream state.
wakingly adverb: While one is awake.
wakipai noun: Armpits, especially regarded as erotic.
Wakisi noun: An African people living on the shores of Lake Malawi.
wakiup noun: Alternative spelling of wickiup.
wakizashi noun /wækɪˈzæʃi/: A traditional Japanese shortsword, typically 30cm to 60cm (or nearly 12 inches to approx. 23.6 inches) in length, often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.
Wakkaliga noun: Alternative form of Vokkaliga.
wakken verb: To waken.
Wakonda proper noun: Alternative form of Wakanda.
Wakore noun: Synonym of Wangara.
Wakulla proper noun: A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
Wakwafi noun: A group of the Maasai people.
Wakwavi noun: Alternative form of Wakwafi.
waky waky interjection: Alternative form of wakey wakey.
WAL noun: Acronym of write-ahead logging.
Wal-Mart verb: Former spelling of Walmart.
wala noun: Alternative spelling of wallah.
walaʻau adjective, verb: garrulous
Walach noun: Alternative form of Wallach.
Walachia proper noun: A historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania.
Walachian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Wallachian.
walah noun: Alternative spelling of wallah.
Walang proper noun: A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
walao interjection: Alternative form of wah lau.
walao eh interjection: Alternative form of wah lau.
Walapai noun: Alternative form of Hualapai.
walau eh interjection: Alternative form of wah lau.
walauwa noun: A native headman's feudal/colonial manor house in Sri Lanka.
walawwa noun: Alternative form of walauwa
Walberg proper noun: A surname.
Walberswick proper noun: A coastal village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4974).
Walbiri noun: Alternative form of Warlpiri.
Walbridge proper noun: A surname.
Walburg proper noun: An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas, United States.
Walburn proper noun: A surname.
Walch proper noun /wɒlt͡ʃ/: A surname.
Walcha proper noun: A town in the Walcha council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Walcheren proper noun: A former island in Zeeland province, Netherlands.
Walcot proper noun: A village in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0635).
Walcott proper noun: A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1356).
Walczak proper noun: A surname.
wald noun, verb /wɔːld/: To govern; inherit.
Wald test noun: A test that assesses constraints on statistical parameters based on the weighted distance between the unrestricted estimate and its hypothesized value under...
Waldegrave proper noun /wɔːldəɡɹeɪv/: A surname.
Waldemar proper noun: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Walden proper noun: A surname.
Walden cycle noun: The conversion of one enantiomer of a chemical compound into the other enantiomer and back again.
Walden inversion noun: The inversion of a chiral center in a molecule in a chemical reaction, converting the configuration of the molecule from one enantiomeric form to the other.
Walden reductor noun: A reduction column filled with metallic silver, used to reduce a metal ion in aqueous solution to a lower oxidation state.
Waldenesque adjective: Reminiscent of Walden, an 1854 novel by Henry David Thoreau that is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings.
Waldenite noun: A native or inhabitant of the city of Walden in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.
Waldense noun: A member of a sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the...
Waldensian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.
Waldensianism noun: The religious beliefs of the Waldenses.
Waldenström proper noun: A surname from German.
Waldenström macroglobulinemia noun: Alternative form of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
Walder proper noun: A surname.
Waldeyer's ring noun /ˈvaldʌɪəz ˌɹɪŋ/: The ring of lymphoid tissue in the pharynx.
waldflute noun: A kind of large flue pipe for an organ.

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.