English words: wingism to Winterhaven
300 English words, part 40 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 33 have a page of their own.
English words wingism to Winterhaven
- wingism noun: Any position or philosophy on the spectrum of left-wing or right-wing politics, in contrast to apolitical or anti-political people.
- wingist noun: A person who holds views associated with wingism.
- wingle noun, verb /wɪŋl/: To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.
- wingless adjective: Having no, or only rudimentary, wings.
- winglessly adverb: Without wings.
- winglessness noun: Absence of wings.
- winglet noun /ˈwɪŋlət/: A little wing.
- winglike adjective: Having the characteristics of a wing.
- wingloading noun: Alternative form of wing loading.
- wingman noun, verb /ˈwɪŋmæn/: A pilot partner of another; a pilot who flies in the same wing or squadron.
- wingmanship noun: Power or skill in flying.
- wingmate noun: Synonym of wingman.
- wingnut noun /ˈwɪŋˌnʌt/: A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.
- wingnuttery noun /wɪŋnʌtəɹi/: Craziness; lunacy.
- Wingo proper noun: A surname.
- wingover noun: An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short...
- wingpad noun: The part of a pupa that develops into a wing in the adult insect.
- wingpit noun: The location under and at the base of the wing, where the axillary feathers are found (analogous to the armpit of an arm).
- wingplay noun: Alternative form of wing-play.
- Wingrave proper noun: A village in Wingrave with Rowsham parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8618).
- Wingrove proper noun: A suburban area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2365).
- wings noun, verb /wɪŋz/: A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
- wingsail noun: A variable-camber aerodynamic structure that may be fitted to a marine vessel in place of conventional sails.
- wingseed noun: Synonym of hoptree (“Ptelea trifoliata”).
- wingshooting noun: The shooting of birds in flight.
- wingspan noun /ˈwɪŋ.spæn/: The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).
- wingspot noun: A spot on a wing (as of a bird or butterfly).
- wingspread noun: The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.
- wingstroke noun: A wingbeat.
- wingsuit noun /ˈwɪŋˌsut/: A special jumpsuit, used in extreme sports like a parachute, which adds surface area to the wearer's body to create lift.
- wingsuited adjective: Dressed in a wingsuit.
- wingsuiter noun: A person who flies with a wingsuit
- wingtip noun: The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
- wingwalker noun: Alternative form of wing walker.
- wingwang noun: A penis.
- wingwoman noun: A female friend who accompanies one to offer support.
- wingy adjective, noun: Winged, or as if winged; inclined to fly.
- Winhead noun: A user or fan of Microsoft Windows.
- Winiama noun: One of the Gurunsi peoples of Burkina Faso.
- Winick proper noun: A surname.
- Winifred proper noun: A female given name from Welsh.
- winika noun: Dendrobium cunninghami, an epiphytic orchid found in New Zealand.
- winily adverb: In a winy manner; drunkenly.
- wininess noun: The quality of being winy; drunkenness.
- wining noun, verb: A session of drinking wine socially.
- winish adjective: Resembling wine; winy.
- wink noun, verb /ˈwɪŋk/: To close one's eyes in sleep.
- wink-a-peep noun: An eye.
- wink at verb: To turn a blind eye to (something); to corruptly ignore (some wrongdoing); to pretend not to have seen (something); to signal one's approval of (illicit...
- wink murder noun: A children's game in which a designated player attempts to wink at as many people as possible in order to "kill" them, without being caught by the player...
- wink out verb: to come to an end; to stop
- wink-wink noun, verb: To turn a blind eye to something; to make an indirect reference to something unspoken, especially something indecent.
- wink wink nudge nudge interjection: Alternative form of nudge nudge wink wink.
- Winkelman proper noun: A surname.
- Winkelmann proper noun: A surname.
- winker noun /ˈwɪŋkə/: A person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy”).
- winkered adjective: Wearing winkers or blinders. (of a horse or other domesticated animal)
- winkers noun /ˈwɪŋkɚz/: blocked leather eye shields attached to a (usually) harness bridle for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards, and partially sideways; blinders in (USA).
- Winkey noun: Abbreviation of Windows key.
- winkfest noun: A work typified by winking, either literally or in the form of ironic self-reference.
- Winkfield proper noun: A surname.
- winkie noun: Alternative form of winky (“emoticon that shows a winking face”).
- winkin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of winking.
- winkiness noun: The quality of being winky.
- winking noun, verb: The act of someone who winks.
- winking monkey noun: The greater spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans).
- winking owl noun: Synonym of barking owl.
- winkingly adverb: In a winking way; with a wink.
- winkle noun, verb /ˈwɪŋkəl/: A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
- winkle-hawk noun: A rectangular tear or cut in clothing or any other fabric, shaped like a try square.
- winkle out verb: To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.
- winkle picker noun: A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.
- winkle squeeze noun: A squeeze in which a trick is offered to the defenders but whichever wins the trick is then endplayed.
- Winkleigh proper noun: A locality in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- Winkleman proper noun: A surname.
- winklepicker noun: Alternative form of winkle-picker.
- winkler noun: One who finds and sells winkles.
- Winkler bottle noun: A glass laboratory apparatus for measuring the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.
- winkless adjective: Of eyes, not winking.
- Winklevoss proper noun /ˈwɪŋkəlvɒs/: A surname.
- Winkley proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- winksome adjective: Marked by winking
- Winkworth proper noun: A surname.
- winkworthite noun: Synonym of howlite.
- winky adjective, noun /ˈwɪŋki/: Tending to wink; winking.
- winless adjective: Having never won; without a win; unsuccessful.
- winlessness noun: Absence of wins; failure to attain victory.
- winly adjective, adverb: Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly.
- Winmalee proper noun: A locality in the Blue Mountains council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- Winmodem noun: A softmodem designed to work with the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- Winn proper noun: A surname.
- winnability noun: The quality of being winnable; the possibility that one can win at all.
- winnable adjective /ˈwɪnəbəl/: Able to be won or achieved.
- winnar noun: Alternative form of winner
- winnard noun: The redwing.
- winne adjective, noun /ˈwɪn/: Joy; delight; pleasure.
- winnebago noun /ˈwɪnɪˌbeɪ.ɡəʊ/: Any of a Native American people of Wisconsin and Nebraska, now called Ho-Chunk.
- Winnemucca proper noun /ˌwɪnəˈmʌkə/: A city, the county seat of Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
- winner noun /ˈwɪnə/: One who has won or often wins.
- winner's circle noun: An enclosed area next to a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for photographs and awards.
- winner's curse noun: The phenomenon whereby the winner of an auction is likely to overpay, since each bid represents a bidder's estimate of the item's value, and one would...
- winner take all adjective: Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers receive anything.
- winner takes all adjective: Alternative form of winner-take-all.
- winner, winner, chicken dinner phrase: An expression or declaration of victory, especially in a game of chance.
- winnerhood noun: The state or condition of a winner
- winnerless adjective: Without a winner.
- winners' rostrum noun: A platform with three height levels on which the three most successful sports competitors stand when receiving medals.
- winners take all adjective: Alternative form of winner-take-all.
- Winnersh proper noun: A large village and civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7870).
- winnership noun: The quality of being a winner
- Winneshiek proper noun: An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States.
- winnet noun: A small piece of faeces stuck to the hairs around the anus of a mammal.
- Winnetka proper noun: A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
- Winnetkan adjective, noun: Of or relating to Winnetka.
- Winnett proper noun: A surname.
- winney noun /ˈwɪni/: Synonym of winnebago.
- Winnfield proper noun: A city, the parish seat of Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- Winni proper noun: Winnipesaukee
- Winnick proper noun: A surname.
- Winnicott proper noun: A surname
- Winnicottian adjective: Of or relating to Donald Winnicott (1896–1971), English paediatrician and psychoanalyst.
- winnie noun /ˈwɪni/: Synonym of winnebago.
- Winnie the Pooh noun: A shoe.
- Winnie the Pooh-ish adjective: Alternative form of Winnie-the-Poohish.
- Winnie the Poohish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by English author A. A. Milne.
- Winnifred proper noun: A female given name from Welsh, variant of Winifred.
- Winnik proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- winnin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of winning.
- winning adjective, noun, verb /ˈwɪnɪŋ/: That constitutes a win.
- winning hand noun: A handful of cards held by a player that beats all others in a card game.
- winning hazard noun: When one's cue ball strikes some other ball and causes that other ball to sink into a pocket. If the sunken ball is the red ball then one scores three...
- winning is a great deodorant proverb: Synonym of success is a great deodorant.
- winning post noun: The post that marks the end of a racecourse, sometimes equipped with a camera for recording photo finishes
- winning streak noun: An uninterrupted sequence of wins.
- winning ways noun: a winning streak; a sequence of winning games.
- winninger adjective: More winning; more attractive or successful; (sports) having more wins.
- winningest adjective /ˈwɪnɪŋɪst/: superlative form of winning: most winning
- Winningham proper noun: A surname.
- winningly adverb: In a winning manner.
- winningness noun: The quality or state of being winning.
- winnings noun /ˈwɪnɪŋz/: The spoils of a win; something, usually money, that has been won, usually by gambling.
- Winnington proper noun: A suburb of Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6473)
- winninish noun: Alternative form of wananish.
- Winnipeg proper noun /ˈwɪn.əˌpɛɡ/: The capital city of Manitoba, Canada.
- Winnipeg couch noun: A simple couch, having no back or arms, that can be converted into a double bed.
- Winnipeg goldeye noun: Synonym of goldeye.
- Winnipegger noun /ˈwɪnəˌpɛɡəɹ/: A native or resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- Winnipegian adjective, noun: Synonym of Winnipegger; a denizen of Winnipeg.
- Winnipegish adjective: From, characteristic of, or resembling the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Winnipegonian adjective, noun /ˌwɪnɪpəˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/: Synonym of Winnipegger; a denizen of Winnipeg.
- Winnipegosis proper noun: Lake Winnipegosis, a lake in Manitoba, Canada.
- Winnipesaukee proper noun: A large lake in New Hampshire, United States.
- winnitude noun: Success or excellence, the characteristic of a winner.
- winnonish noun: Alternative form of wananish.
- winnow noun, verb /ˈwɪnoʊ/: To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
- winnow down verb: To reduce the number of candidates for something by judging their quality and rejecting some.
- winnow grain from chaff verb: Synonym of separate the wheat from the chaff.
- winnow sheet noun: A sheet set up under the winnowing basket or machine to catch any seed which falls.
- winnow the wheat from the chaff verb: Synonym of separate the wheat from the chaff.
- winnow up verb: To winnow (something).
- winnower noun: A person who winnows.
- winnowing noun, verb: The act of separating chaff from grain.
- winnowing basket noun: A basket used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff.
- winnowing fan noun: A specially shaped winnowing basket, in which grain is shaken in the process of winnowing, with the shape of the basket allowing the chaff to spill out more...
- winnowing fork noun: A pitchfork used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff.
- winnowing machine noun: A machine which winnows grain.
- winnowing mill noun: Synonym of fanning mill
- winnowing shovel noun: A shovel used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff.
- Winnsboro proper noun: A city, the parish seat of Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- winny noun /ˈwɪni/: Synonym of winnebago.
- wino noun /ˈwaɪnəʊ/: A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.
- Winograd proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- Winokur proper noun: A surname from Russian.
- Winona proper noun /wɪˈnoʊnə/: A female given name from Dakota, used mainly in the United States.
- Winooski proper noun: A city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.
- winrace noun: A winning horse's fastest time.
- winrar noun: Alternative form of winner
- winrate noun: The proportion of games played that are won by a given player.
- winrow noun: Alternative form of windrow.
- wins on Sunday, sells on Monday proverb: Alternative form of what wins on Sunday sells on Monday.
- Winscombe proper noun /ˈwɪns.kəm/: A village in Winscombe and Sandford parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4257).
- winsey noun: Alternative form of wincey.
- Winsford proper noun: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6566).
- Winship proper noun: A surname.
- Winslade noun: A kind of soft English cheese from Hampshire, encased in a collar of spruce bark.
- Winslett proper noun: A surname.
- Winsley proper noun: A hamlet in Hartwith cum Winsley parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2361).
- Winslow proper noun /ˈwɪnzloʊ/: A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7728).
- Winsock proper noun: The Windows interface to TCP/IP.
- winsome adjective /ˈwɪn.səm/: Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.
- winsomely adverb: In a winsome manner.
- winsomeness noun: The quality of being winsome.
- Winson proper noun: A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0908).
- Winsor proper noun: A surname.
- winsorisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of winsorization.
- winsorise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of winsorize.
- winsorization noun: A transformation of statistics of a batch or sample by transforming extreme values.
- winsorize verb: To transform statistics of a batch or sample by transforming extreme values.
- Winstanley proper noun: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5503).
- winstanleyite noun: An isometric-diploidal mineral containing oxygen, tellurium, and titanium.
- Winstead proper noun /ˈwɪn.stɛd/: A surname.
- Winsted proper noun: A city in the town of Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
- Winster proper noun: A village in Crook parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4193).
- Winston proper noun /ˈwɪn.stən/: A male given name derived from the place name.
- Winstone proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9609).
- Winstonian adjective /wɪnˈstəʊ.ni.ən/: Synonym of Churchillian.
- winstub noun: A cafe, restaurant or bar in Alsace that specialises in wine.
- Wint proper noun: A surname.
- Wintel proper noun /ˈwɪn.tɛl/: The computing environment of the Microsoft Windows operating system running on an Intel CPU.
- winter noun, verb /ˈwɪntə/: Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the...
- winter aconite noun: A European plant (Eranthis hyemalis).
- winter bentgrass noun: Grass of species Agrostis hyemalis, found in the eastern US, Ontario, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and some Caribbean islands.
- winter blue adjective, noun: A blue colour reminiscent of the icy weather of winter.
- winter blues noun: Seasonal affective disorder during the winter season.
- winter book noun: A bookmaker's guide to the likely performance of racehorses in the upcoming season.
- winter boot noun: A boot fit for winter weather
- winter-bound adjective: Hampered, curtailed, or trapped by winter weather.
- winter break noun: A period of time off during the winter, especially over the Christmas period.
- winter carnival noun: A winter event held outdoors that consists of a variety of vendors and a variety of hands-on games and/or rides. It can be held in any climate, but is often...
- winter cherry noun: bladder cherry or Chinese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
- winter coat noun: A warm coat, often an overcoat, fit to be worn in winter
- winter count noun: A traditional record on hide produced by various Native American tribes.
- winter country noun: Land that is suitable for keeping and maintaining livestock during the winter season.
- winter daffodil noun: Sternbergia lutea, a bulbous flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.
- winter depression noun: Winter seasonal affective disorder.
- winter-dress noun: Clothing fit for winter conditions
- winter fallow noun: Land that is kept fallow during the winter.
- winter-feed noun, verb: To feed (livestock) during the winter.
- winter festival noun: A recreational or sales event held during the winter that has a winter theme or winter holiday theme.
- winter flounder noun: A species of flatfish, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- winter garden noun: A garden where winter-hardy plants are grown for decoration or to be harvested for food between winter and early spring.
- winter gourd noun: Synonym of winter melon.
- winter grape noun: Fox grape (Vitis vulpina).
- winter-hained adjective: Of pasture: having livestock removed from it so that it may recover from grazing.
- winter-hardy adjective: Alternative form of winterhardy
- winter heliotrope noun: A plant, Petasites pyrenaicus.
- winter holiday noun: A multiday time of rest from work or studies during the winter months.
- winter jasmine noun: A slender deciduous shrub native to China, of species Jasminum nudiflorum.
- winter kill noun, verb: To kill by the effects of wintery conditions
- winter-killed adjective: Of crops, having been killed by winter weather.
- winter melon noun: Benincasa hispida, a species of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) commonly cultivated in Asia.
- winter moon noun: A full moon in December.
- winter moth noun: A species of moth, Operophtera brumata
- Winter Olympian noun: Someone who competes in the Winter Olympics
- winter-over syndrome noun: A variety of behavioral and medical disturbances, including irritability, depression, insomnia and irritable bowel syndrome, polar T3 syndrome, and...
- winter plum noun: Synonym of Chinese plum (“Prunus mume”)
- winter-proof adjective: Alternative form of winterproof.
- winter-proud adjective: Having too strong or luxuriant a growth for winter.
- winter purslane noun: A plant, Claytonia perfoliata
- winter quarters noun: A place where a wild animal goes to live or hibernate in the winter; hibernacle.
- winter radish noun: Synonym of daikon.
- winter rat noun: An old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and...
- winter road noun: A type of temporary road that is only accessible in continuous long-term subfreezing weather, typically only open during deep winter, across terrain that in...
- Winter's bark noun: A tree (Drimys winteri) native to Chile and Argentina, grown as an ornamental plant for its reddish-brown bark, bright green, fragrant leaves and clusters...
- winter salami noun: A traditional Hungarian salami made from Mangalica pork and spices.
- winter savory noun: A perennial herb, Satureja montana, used in cooking as a substitute for the annual summer savory.
- winter solstice noun: The point in Earth's orbital path at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted away from the Sun.
- winter sport noun: Any sport, originally only played during the winter, that is played on ice or snow.
- winter squash noun: Cucurbita maxima
- winter storm noun /ˈwɪntə(ɹ)stɔːm/: A meteorological event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a...
- winter sun noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see winter, sun.
- winter sunstead noun: Synonym of winter solstice.
- winter swimmer noun: One who participates in winter swimming.
- winter time noun: Standard time, particularly in regions that observe daylight saving time.
- winter tire noun: A tire with rubber that remains soft in most winter temperatures, to maintain grip on snow on ice, with good tread life on dry roads in cold conditions...
- winter triathlon noun: A three-stage race involving snowshoeing, ice skating, cross-country skiing
- winter tyre noun: UK standard form of winter tire.
- winter vomiting disease noun: The gastroenteritic illness caused by noroviruses.
- winter warmer noun: A traditional English strong ale that is brewed in the winter months. It is usually quite dark, but not as dark as a stout, and may be spiced.
- winter wheat noun: A type of wheat that is planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume...
- winter white Russian hamster noun: A Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus).
- winter wonderland noun: A beautiful scene of snow and ice.
- winter worm noun: A caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis), used in traditional Chinese medicine
- winter wren noun: A bird of the species Troglodytes hiemalis, of the coniferous forests of the cooler parts of North America, from British Columbia to the Atlantic coast.
- winteraceous adjective: Belonging to the family Winteraceae, the Winter's bark family.
- winterage noun: fodder for cattle in winter
- winterball noun: Winter-season baseball
- winterberry noun /ˈwɪn.tə(ɹ)ˌbɛɹ.i/: A species of holly native to the United States and Canada and producing red berries, Ilex verticillata.
- winterberry holly noun: American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
- winterbloom noun: Witch hazel.
- Winterborne proper noun: A minor river in Dorset, England, a tributary of the Dorset River Stour.
- Winterbotham proper noun: A surname.
- Winterbottom proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- winterbound adjective: Alternative form of winter-bound.
- winterbourne noun /ˈwɪntəbɔːn/: A stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather, particularly in an area rich in limestone.
- Winterburn proper noun: A hamlet in Flasby with Winterburn parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England, situated on Winterburn Beck, a minor river (OS grid ref SD9358).
- wintercreeper noun: Euonymus fortunei, a woody evergreen vine native to China, Korea, and Japan.
- wintercress noun: Any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.
- winterdress noun: Alternative form of winter-dress.
- winterer noun /ˈwɪntəɹə/: One that spends winter in a specified location; a winter visitor or resident; one that winters.
- winterfat noun: Any of the shrubs of genus Krascheninnikovia in the goosefoot family, especially Krascheninnikovia lanata.
- winterfeed noun, verb: Alternative spelling of winter-feed.
- Winterfest noun: Any of various winter festivals.
- winterful adjective, noun: A quantity that lasts or is produced during a winter.
- wintergarden noun: Alternative form of winter garden.
- wintergrass noun: The annual bluegrass Poa annua
- wintergreen noun /ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/: Any evergreen plant.
- winterhardiness noun: The quality of being winterhardy.
- winterhardy adjective: Of a plant, hardy enough to survive cold weather.
- Winterhaven proper noun: A census-designated place in Imperial County, California, United States.
Part 39 · Part 41 · English words: W
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.