English words: woolshears to work-brittle

English words woolshears to work-brittle

1. woolshears noun: Shears for clipping wool.
2. woolshed noun: A shed where sheep are shorn.
3. woolskin noun: A sheepskin with the wool still attached.
4. woolsorter noun: A worker, usually a farmworker, responsible for sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.
5. woolsorter's disease noun: Synonym of anthrax.
6. woolsorting noun: The work of a woolsorter, sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.
7. Woolsthorpe proper noun: A town in the Shire of Moyne, south western Victoria, Australia
8. Woolston proper noun: A suburban area and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6489).
9. woolstuff noun: Woolen cloth or fabric.
10. Woolton proper noun: A surname.
11. Woolton pie noun: A dish of diced vegetables topped with potato pastry, introduced in wartime Britain when meat was not readily available.
12. woolulose noun: A wool substitute made from natural vegetable fibres.
13. Woolverton proper noun: A village in Tellisford parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7953).
14. Woolwa noun: Alternative form of Ulúa.
15. woolward adverb: Wearing woolen clothing next to the skin, i.e. without a shirt.
16. woolwasher noun: A person employed to wash wool after it is obtained from the animal.
17. woolwear noun /ˌwʊlˈwɛə/: Clothing made out of wool.
18. Woolwich proper noun /ˈwʊlɪt͡ʃ/: A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
19. woolwinder noun: A person employed to bundle wool for packing.
20. woolwork noun: Needlework made from wool, imitating tapestry.
21. woolworker noun: A person who works with wool.
22. woolworking noun: The practice of working with wool.
23. woolworks noun: A factory for processing wool.
24. Woolworth's proper noun: A five-and-dime store in the United States.
25. wooly adjective, noun: Alternative form of woolly.
26. wooly bear noun: Alternative spelling of woolly bear.
27. wooly-headed adjective: Alternative spelling of woolly-headed.
28. wooly mammoth noun: Alternative spelling of woolly mammoth.
29. wooly pate noun: Alternative form of wooly pate.
30. wooly pated adjective: Alternative spelling of woolly-pated.
31. wooly worm noun: Alternative spelling of woolly worm.
32. woolyback noun: Alternative form of woolly back.
33. woolybutt noun: Alternative form of woollybutt.
34. woolypate noun: Alternative form of wooly pate.
35. woolypated adjective: Alternative form of wooly-pated.
36. woomera noun /wʊmra/: A traditional spearthrower, consisting of a stick with a hooked end, used by First Nations Australians.
37. woomerah noun: Alternative form of woomera.
38. woomph noun: Alternative form of whoomp.
39. woon noun: A Burmese governor or officer of administration.
40. woon-douk noun: A Burmese inferior minister.
41. woon-gyee noun: A Burmese great minister, a member of the high council of state or cabinet.
42. woon't verb: Pronunciation spelling of won't.
43. woonderful adjective: Pronunciation spelling of wonderful.
44. woonerf noun: A street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists.
45. Woonsocket proper noun /wʊnˈsɒkɪt/: A city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
46. wooonderful adjective: Elongated form of wonderful.
47. wooosh interjection: Elongated form of woosh.
48. woop interjection: The sound of an alarm or siren.
49. woop woop interjection: Used to express joy, particularly that felt during success or victory.
50. woopie noun: A well-off older person.
51. woopsie noun: Alternative form of whoopsy (in all senses)
52. woopty-do interjection: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
53. woopty doo interjection: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
54. woopy do interjection: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
55. woopy doo interjection: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
56. woorali noun: curare
57. woorari noun: Alternative form of curare.
58. woordie major noun: A native adjutant in regiments of Indian irregular cavalry.
59. woos noun, verb: A coward; a wuss.
60. woose noun: Alternative form of wuss.
61. woosh noun, verb: Alternative form of whoosh.
62. Woosley proper noun: A habitational surname.
63. Wooster proper noun /ˈwʊstəɹ/: A habitational surname from Old English.
64. Woosterian adjective: foppish and affected
65. Woosterism noun: foppish, affected speech or behaviour
66. Woosterite noun: A person from or resident of Wooster, Ohio.
67. woosy adjective, noun: oozy; wet
68. woot interjection: Alternative form of w00t.
69. Wooten proper noun: A surname.
70. Wooton proper noun: A surname.
71. Wootten proper noun: A surname.
72. Wootton proper noun: A village and civil parish in Bedford district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0045).
73. wootz noun /wuːts/: A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
74. woowoo adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of woo woo.
75. wooyen noun: The yuen (Hylobates pileatus)
76. wooze noun, verb: A liquid formed by leaching bark that is used for soaking hides during the tanning process.
77. woozed adjective, verb: Woozy.
78. woozily adverb /ˈwuːzɪli/: in a woozy manner
79. wooziness noun: The state of being woozy
80. woozy adjective /ˈwuːzi/: Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented.
81. wop noun, verb /wɒp/: A person of Italian descent.
82. wop wops noun: An out of the way place; the boondocks or backcountry.
83. WOPC noun: Initialism of white ordinary Portland cement.
84. Wope noun: A pope who is woke; (specifically) Francis or Leo XIV.
85. woperchild noun: A woman.
86. wopmayite noun: A transparent, trigonal mineral found in Manitoba, Canada.
87. wopperjawed adjective: askew
88. wops noun: plural of wop
89. wopspeak noun: The Italian language.
90. wor determiner, verb /wɔː/: Our.
91. wor kid noun: A (usually younger and usually male) sibling.
92. wor lass noun: My wife or girlfriend.
93. WORA adjective: Initialism of write once, run anywhere.
94. worble noun: Alternative form of wormil.
95. Worboys proper noun: A surname from Old Norse.
96. Worby proper noun /ˈwɜː(ɹ)bi/: A surname.
97. Worcester noun /ˈwʊstə/: Ellipsis of Worcester sauce.
98. Worcester sauce noun: Synonym of Worcestershire sauce.
99. worcesterberry noun /ˈwʊstə(ɹ)ˌbɛɹi/: Ribes divaricatum, a gooseberry plant of the Pacific coast of North America
100. Worcesterite noun: Someone from Worcester, Worcestershire, England.
101. Worcestershire noun /ˈwʊstəʃə/: Ellipsis of Worcestershire sauce.
102. Worcestershire sauce noun /ˈwʊstəʃə ˈsɔːs/: An English condiment made with vinegar, onions, garlic, etc.; a thin, piquant sauce used as a table sauce, to flavour casseroles etc. and as an ingredient...
103. word interjection, noun, verb /wɜːd/: The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast...
104. word art noun: Artistic forms, such as concrete poems and visual poems, that use words as visual elements rather than merely to convey verbal meaning.
105. word association noun: An activity in which the participant is presented with a word and asked to state the first word they can think of, often used as a game or, in...
106. word balloon noun: Synonym of speech bubble.
107. word-blind adjective: Describes a person who suffers from word blindness or alexia.
108. word blindness noun: Synonym of alexia.
109. word-bound adjective: Unable to find expression in words.
110. word box noun: A printed box containing a list of words to be used in filling the gaps in a passage of text, as part of a cloze exercise.
111. word break noun: Alternative form of word break.
112. word bubble noun: Synonym of speech bubble.
113. word chain noun: A word game in which players come up with words that begin with the letter or letters that the previous word ended with.
114. word class noun: A linguistic form class whose members are words.
115. word clock noun: A signal used to synchronize the timing of multiple pieces of digital audio equipment.
116. word cloud noun: A graphic shape composed of words, typically in a variety of sizes and fonts, with the size of each term often reflecting factors such as its frequency of...
117. word count noun: The number of words in a passage, a text, a speech, a corpus, etc.
118. word-deafness noun: Auditory aphasia, a condition in which the patient hears words but cannot understand them.
119. word divider noun: A glyph that separates words.
120. word family noun: A set of etymologically related words consisting of a single word with its inflections and derivations, such as walk, walked, walks, walking, walkings,...
121. word-final adjective: Alternative form of wordfinal.
122. word finder noun: Alternative form of wordfinder
123. word for word adjective, adverb: In exactly the same words (as were originally used); verbatim.
124. word form noun /ˈwɝdfɔɹm/: Alternative spelling of wordform
125. word formation noun: The formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition.
126. word-formational adjective: Of or pertaining to word formation.
127. word game noun: A game which involves manipulating words.
128. word gets around phrase: News, especially rumors, are quick to spread.
129. word golf noun: Word ladder puzzles generally.
130. word has it phrase: People who gossip are saying that..., there is a rumor going around that...
131. word-hoard noun: Alternative spelling of wordhoard.
132. word-initial adjective: Alternative form of wordinitial.
133. word is phrase: Allegedly; it is said (that)...
134. word is bond interjection: indicates that the speaker purports that they have told the truth or is trustworthy.
135. word it verb: To bandy words; to dispute; to speak excessively or angrily.
136. word ladder noun: A kind of puzzle in which one word must be transformed into another specified word of the same length by changing one letter at a time, each step yielding a...
137. word line noun: Alternative form of wordline.
138. word list noun: Alternative form of wordlist.
139. word lover noun: Someone who is fond of or devoted to the knowledge, study, and history of words.
140. word mark noun: Alternative form of wordmark.
141. word-mincer noun: Someone who minces words.
142. word music noun: Writing intended to convey a sense of musical sound or harmony rather than mere meaning.
143. word name noun: A word which is used as a personal name.
144. word nerd noun: A person who is very fond of and knowledgeable about words, their uses, origins and histories, and who typically excels at anagrams, crosswords, and other...
145. word of faith noun: A teaching among Pentecostal and charismatic Christians that good health and long life are promised to those who follow God's will. By extension, those who...
146. word of finger noun: Interpersonal communication by digital media, especially using keyboard devices.
147. word of God noun: A message from God, or a manifestation of his will.
148. word of honor noun: A promise; a pledge of one's good faith, veracity, and reliability.
149. word of honour noun: UK standard spelling of word of honor.
150. word of mouth noun: The verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.
151. word on the street noun: The rumour or news going around.
152. word on the wire noun: The rumour or news going around on the internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.
153. word order noun: The ordering of the syntactic constituents of a language.
154. word painter noun: The writer or composer of a word painting.
155. word painting adjective, noun: A visually evocative poem or other piece of writing.
156. word-perfect adjective: Correct in every word.
157. word-picture noun: A verbal or written description of scenery or a setting for some action.
158. word play noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see word, play.
159. word problem noun: A mathematics question that states verbally what is usually expressed with symbols or diagrams.
160. word process verb: Alternative form of wordprocess.
161. word processing noun, verb /ˈwəːdˌprəʊsɛsŋ/: The creation, input, editing and formatting of documents and other text using software on a computer.
162. word processor noun /wɜːd ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/: A device similar to a simple computer, designed for word processing.
163. word salad noun /ˈwɜː(ɹ)d ˈsæləd/: A nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia, Wernicke's aphasia, and some other mental disorders.
164. word search noun: A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.
165. word separator noun /wɜːd ˈsɛp.əˌɹeɪ.tə/: Synonym of word divider.
166. word sketch noun: An automatically generated, corpus-derived summary of a word's grammatical and collocational behaviour.
167. word snake noun: A type of puzzle where words need to be located in a long chain of unspaced letters, usually in a wavy line.
168. word sound noun: A particular essence or quality evoked by a spoken word.
169. word space noun: A regular space between words, as contrasted with other kinds of spaces.
170. word-spelling alphabet noun: Synonym of spelling alphabet.
171. word square noun: A type of acrostic, consisting of a set of words written out in a square grid, such that the same words can be read both horizontally and vertically.
172. word-stock noun: Alternative spelling of wordstock.
173. word time noun: The amount of time required to transfer a machine word between different memory units.
174. word to conjure with noun: Any word that gives the impression of something important or exciting.
175. word to the wise adverb, noun: A brief piece of advice.
176. word up interjection, verb: I approve; I agree.
177. word vector noun: A vector of weights that represents a word in numerical form.
178. word vomit noun: The words that come out of one's mouth without any thought, often when one is drunk, embarrassed, angry, or given criticism in a social environment.
179. word-wheeling noun: A method of database searching that produces an instantly refreshed list of results as the user enters each character of the term.
180. word wrap noun, verb: A word processing feature which automatically adjusts lines of text to fit within the page margins. Words exceeding the margins are set to begin a new line.
181. wordable adjective: Possible to express in words.
182. wordage noun: Words collectively, considered in a mass sense.
183. wordaholic noun: A lover of words.
184. wordbook noun /ˈwɝdˌbʊk/: A dictionary.
185. wordbound adjective: Alternative form of word-bound.
186. wordbreak noun: Alternative form of word break.
187. wordbuilding noun: The construction of words from simpler units.
188. wordcel noun: Someone (not necessarily an incel) with high writing skills and verbal intelligence, often portrayed as rivals to the shape rotators (who have stronger...
189. wordclock noun: Alternative form of word clock.
190. wordcloud noun: Alternative form of word cloud.
191. wordcount noun: Alternative form of word count.
192. wordcraft noun: Skill with words; clever use of words or speech, rhetoric.
193. Worden proper noun: A surname.
194. worder noun: Someone who words something a certain way; a turner of phrases.
195. wordfact noun: A supposed fact that is published by way of propaganda, so that readers assume it to be true.
196. wordfast adjective: True to one's word, keeping one's word.
197. wordfest noun: A literary event for writers.
198. wordfilter noun: Software that monitors text input to chatrooms etc., deleting or modifying offensive language.
199. wordfinal adjective: Occurring at the end of a word.
200. wordfinder noun: Someone who finds words.
201. wordfinding noun: The process of finding the correct word when speaking or writing.
202. wordflow noun /ˈwɜːɹdˌfləʊ/: A flow of words.
203. wordform noun /ˈwɝdfɔɹm/: Any of the forms of a word or lexeme.
204. wordful adjective, noun: Full of words; wordy; talkative; verbose
205. wordfulness noun: Wordiness; verbosity; verboseness.
206. wordgame noun: Alternative form of word game.
207. wordhoard noun /ˈwɜɹdˌhoɹd/: Vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person.
208. wordhood noun: The quality of being a word.
209. wordie noun /ˈwɝdi/: Someone interested in words; especially, one enthusiastic about the study of word use but not bent on being pedantic about usage prescription.
210. wordify verb: To convert into a word; to articulate into words.
211. wordily adverb: In a wordy manner; using too many words.
212. wordiness noun /ˈwɜː(ɹ)dɪnəs/: The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words.
213. wording noun, verb /ˈwɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/: A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.
214. wordinitial adjective: Occurring at the beginning of a word.
215. wordish adjective: Of or pertaining to words; verbal; wordy.
216. wordishly adverb: In a wordish manner.
217. wordishness noun: The state of being wordish.
218. wordle noun /ˈwɜː(ɹ)dəl/: One of several pivoted pieces forming the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing wire, lead pipe, etc.
219. wordlength noun: The length of a word.
220. Wordler noun: A player of the web-based word game Wordle.
221. wordless adjective: Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
222. wordlessly adverb: Without words.
223. wordlessness noun: The state of being wordless, speechlessness.
224. wordlet noun: A little word, or part of a word.
225. wordlike adjective: Resembling a word.
226. wordlikeness noun: The quality of being wordlike.
227. wordline noun: An array of rows of memory cells in random access memory, used with the bitline to generate the address of each cell.
228. wordlist noun: A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.
229. wordlore noun /ˈwɜɹdˌloɹ/: The science, study, or knowledge of words.
230. wordly adjective: Of, relating to, or resembling a word; verbal.
231. wordmaker noun: Someone who invents or coins new words.
232. wordmaking noun: The creation or coinage of words.
233. wordman noun: A male wordsmith.
234. wordmanship noun: The skillful or artistic use of words; wordsmithing.
235. wordmark noun: A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is often text with unique...
236. wordmaster noun: One who is highly skilled as a speaker and/or writer.
237. wordmeal adverb /ˈwɜːdmiːl/: One word at a time; word by word.
238. wordmongering noun: Synonym of wordmongery.
239. wordmongery noun: Clever writing or speaking, especially that which is superficially impressive but of very little substance.
240. wordnesia noun: A phenomenon where one cannot recall the spelling of a common word, despite knowing its pronunciation and having previously written it numerous times.
241. wordness noun: The quality of being a word or words.
242. wordnet noun: A semantically structured lexical database.
243. wordnik noun /ˈwɜːd.nɪk/: A person who is highly interested in using and knowing the meanings of neologisms.
244. wordoid noun: A fabricated word coined to identify a new concept.
245. wordoku noun: Synonym of letterdoku
246. wordology noun: The study of words.
247. wordplay noun: A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.
248. wordplayer noun: One who engages in wordplay.
249. wordplayfully adverb: In a manner involving or constituting wordplay; playing with words.
250. wordpool noun: A random collection of words, used as inspiration for writing.
251. WordPress noun: A WordPress website.
252. WordPresser noun: A user of the WordPress content management system.
253. wordprocess verb: To write or reformat using a wordprocessor.
254. wordprocessed adjective, verb: Prepared using a word processor.
255. wordprocessing noun, verb: Alternative spelling of word processing.
256. wordprocessor noun: Alternative form of word processor.
257. words noun, verb /wɜːdz/: Angry debate or conversation; argument.
258. words-as-words distinction noun: Synonym of use-mention distinction.
259. words cut deep proverb: Insults and offensive speech hurt more than physical injuries, and are not easily forgotten.
260. words fail someone phrase /ˈwɜːdz feɪl ˈsʌmwʌn/: Someone is incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock, or surprise.
261. words of one syllable noun: Simple, clear, straightforward language; blunt language.
262. wordscape noun: A landscape constructed from words or language; a word collage.
263. wordsearch noun: Alternative form of word search.
264. wordshape noun: The form or structure of a word.
265. wordshaping noun: The art or practice of shaping, forming, or creating words.
266. wordship noun: The state, condition, or status of a word.
267. wordsize noun: The size of a word, normally 32 or 64 bits (binary digits).
268. wordsman noun: A man who is a wordsmith.
269. wordsmanship noun: The art or skill of a wordsman; adroit use of language.
270. wordsmith noun, verb /ˈwɜːdsmɪθ/: One who uses words skilfully.
271. wordsmithery noun: Synonym of wordsmithing.
272. wordsome adjective: Characterised or marked by words
273. wordster noun /ˈwɜːdstə/: One who is skilled at using words; a wordsmith.
274. wordstock noun /ˈwɜɹdˌstɑk/: The vocabulary (set of words) of a language.
275. wordstring noun: A string of words.
276. Wordsworth proper noun: A habitational surname from Old English.
277. Wordsworthian adjective, noun: A scholar of the works of William Wordsworth (1770–1850), English Romantic poet.
278. Wordsworthianism noun: Appreciation or imitation of the works of William Wordsworth (1770–1850), English Romantic poet.
279. wordwise adjective, adverb: Of or characteristic of a word or words; verbal.
280. wordwrap noun, verb: Alternative form of word wrap.
281. wordy adjective /ˈwɝdi/: Using an excessive number of words.
282. wore phrase, verb /wɔː/: Initialism of write once, run everywhere.
283. woreda noun: An administrative division of Ethiopia, managed by a local government.
284. worenine noun: The quaternary ammonium cation...
285. Worgan proper noun: A surname from Welsh.
286. work noun, suffix, verb /wɜː(ɹ)k/: Labour, occupation, job.
287. work-a-day adjective: Alternative form of workaday.
288. work-alike noun: Alternative form of workalike
289. work around noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, around.
290. work at verb: To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task; to endeavor or struggle on an issue or project.
291. work-athon noun: Alternative form of workathon.
292. work away verb: Synonym of fire away.
293. work back verb: to work overtime; to make up time off by working overtime; to work beyond a specific shift.
294. work backward verb: To derive a process, rationale, etc. from its conclusions or results.
295. work blue verb: To perform bawdy, profane or pornographic material.
296. work boot noun: Alternative form of workboot.
297. work both ends against the middle verb: Alternative form of play both sides against the middle.
298. work both sides against the middle verb: Alternative form of play both sides against the middle.
299. work bowl noun: The container of a food processor into which ingredients are placed.
300. work-brittle adjective: Industrious; diligent.

Part 48 · Part 50 · 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.