English words: worriting to WPT

300 English words, part 52 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words worriting to WPT

worriting noun, verb: A worrying.
worry noun, verb /ˈwʌ.ɹi/: To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
worry along verb: To use great effort to progress; to persevere despite difficulties.
worry back verb: In a patience or solitaire game, to return a card from a foundation to the tableau.
worry beads noun: A set of beads on a circle of string which are manipulated through the fingers one at a time, intended to relieve stress or pass time.
worry down verb: To swallow (something) with a strong effort.
worry-free adjective: Free from worries.
worry line noun: A permanent wrinkle on the forehead.
worry someone sick verb: To cause someone to worry to a great degree.
worry stone noun: A small, smooth polished stone or crystal designed to be held in the palm and rubbed with the thumb to alleviate stress or anxiety.
worry wart noun: Alternative spelling of worrywart.
worryful adjective: Full of or suffering worry or anxiety.
worryguts noun: worrywart, someone who worries excessively.
worryin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of worrying.
worrying adjective, noun, verb /ˈwʌɹi.ɪŋ/: Inducing worry.
worryingly adverb: In a worrying manner
worryless adjective: Without worries; carefree.
worrylessness noun: Freedom from worries.
worrylines noun: wrinkles supposed to be caused by worrying
worryment noun: Alternative spelling of worriment.
worrywart noun /ˈwʌɹ.ɪˌwɔːt/: A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
wors noun: boerewors
worse adjective, adverb, noun, verb /wɜːs/: comparative form of badly (adverb): more badly
worse and worse phrase: Increasingly bad. (This entry is a translation hub.)
worse comes to worse adverb: Alternative form of worst comes to worst.
worse comes to worst adverb: Alternative form of worst comes to worst.
worse for liquor adjective: Drunk, either at one particular time or often over a long period.
worse for wear adjective: In poor physical condition due to long or heavy use.
worse luck interjection: Expressing commiseration for misfortune.
worse off adjective: Alternative spelling of worse off.
worse things happen at sea proverb: Things are not as bad as they seem.
worsely adverb: Synonym of worse.
worsement noun: deterioration of a property due to nearby changes.
worsen verb /ˈwɜːsn̩/: To make worse; to impair.
worsener noun: One who or that which worsens (things), makes things worse.
worseness noun: The state or condition of being worse; inferiority.
worsening noun, verb: A worse situation; an aggravation or deterioration
worser adjective, adverb: worse.
worserer adjective: Synonym of worse.
worserest adjective: Synonym of worse.
worsesome adjective: Characterised or marked by deterioration, decline, or worsening; inferior, contemptible; (by extension) troublesome or annoying.
Worsfold proper noun: A surname.
Worsham proper noun: A hamlet in Asthal parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2910).
worship noun, verb /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/: The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
worship song noun: A musical composition designed to honor, praise, and focus on God.
worship the ground someone walks on verb /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹaʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɔːks ɒn/: To admire or adore someone to excess.
worship the porcelain god verb /ˈwɜːʃɪp ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒd/: To vomit into a toilet bowl.
worship the porcelain goddess verb /ˈwɜːʃɪp ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒdɛs/: Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).
worshipability noun: Capability of being worshiped; worthiness of veneration.
worshipable adjective: Capable of being worshipped.
worshiper noun: Alternative form of worshipper. Cf. kidnaper and kidnapper.
worshipful adjective, noun /ˈwɜːʃɪpfl̩/: Tending to worship; showing reverence.
worshipfully adverb: In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
worshipfulness noun: The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
worshiping noun, verb: US standard spelling of worshipping.
worshipingly adverb: Alternative form of worshippingly.
worshipless adjective: Devoid of religious worship.
worshippability noun: Alternative spelling of worshipability.
worshippable adjective: Alternative spelling of worshipable.
worshipper noun /ˈwɜːʃɪpə/: A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
worshipping noun, verb: An act of worship.
worshippingly adverb: So as to worship.
worshippy adjective: Displaying great deference or fawning; worshipful
worshipworthy adjective: Worthy of worship; worthy or fit to be worshipped.
worsification noun: The process by which something becomes worse.
worsify verb: To make (something) worse.
Worsley proper noun /ˈwɜː(ɹ)zli/: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400).
worst adjective, adverb, noun, verb /wɜːst/: Most inferior; doing the least good.
worst-case adjective: In the least favorable of all possible circumstances.
worst case scenario adverb, noun: Alternative spelling of worst-case scenario.
worst comes to worst adverb: If a possible worst-case scenario actually occurs.
worst enemy noun: An especially disliked or hostile person.
worst-kept secret noun: A situation where little or no attempt has been made to keep a matter secret.
worst of both worlds noun: A solution or scenario which combines the disadvantages of two opposed prior solutions, often having been intended to combine their benefits instead.
worst timeline noun: Synonym of darkest timeline.
worsted adjective, noun, verb /ˈwʊs.tɪd/: Yarn made from long strands of wool.
Worster proper noun: A surname.
Worster-Drought noun: Ellipsis of Worster-Drought syndrome.
Worster-Drought syndrome noun: A form of congenital suprabulbar paresis associated with cerebral palsy.
worstest adjective: Worst.
worstestest adjective: Synonym of worst.
worstly adverb: worst
worstness noun: The quality or state of being the worst.
Worswick proper noun: A surname.
wort noun /wɜːt/: Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine.
wort cunning noun /ˈwɜːtˌkʌnɪŋ/: Alternative form of wortcunning.
wortcraft noun: (Knowledge of) the medical usage of worts, of herbal remedies (and related magic); herblore.
wortcunning noun /ˈwɜːtˌkʌnɪŋ/: Knowledge of the medicinal uses of plants and herbs.
worth adjective, noun, suffix, verb /ˈwɜːθ/: Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
Worth disease noun: Synonym of Worth syndrome
worth every penny adjective: Completely worth the money paid for it.
worth it adjective: Worth doing; worth the time, effort, etc.
worth one's salt adjective /ˈwɜːθ wʌnz ˈsɒlt/: Adept or competent, especially at one's occupation.
worth one's weight in gold adjective: Very valuable.
worth one's weight in salt adjective: worth one's salt.
worth one's while adjective: Beneficial and important enough on which to spend time, effort, or money.
Worth syndrome noun: A rare autosomal-dominant congenital disorder characterized by increased bone density and benign bony structures on the palate.
worth the whistle adjective: Worth the trouble of calling for.
worth while adjective: Dated spelling of worthwhile.
Wortham proper noun: A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0877).
worthen verb: To give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.
worthful adjective /ˈwɜːθ.fʊl/: Full of worth, merit or value.
worthfully adverb: In a worthful manner.
worthfulness noun: Quality of being worthful.
worthiest of blood noun: A male rather than a female, when legally favoured as a successor.
worthily adverb: In a worthy manner.
worthiness noun /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ðɪnəs/: The state or quality of having value or merit.
Worthingite noun: Someone from Worthing, England
Worthington proper noun: A civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD579102).
Worthington jet noun: Synonym of Rayleigh jet.
worthless adjective /ˈwɜːθ.ləs/: Having no worth or use; without value.
worthlessly adverb: In a worthless manner.
worthlessness noun: The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
Worthley proper noun: A surname.
worthliness noun: The state or condition of being worthly; valuableness; importance; stateliness; dignity; worthiness; excellence.
worthly adjective: Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).
worthship noun: Worth; value.
worthwhile adjective /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/: Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
worthwhileness noun /ˌwɜːθˈwaɪlnəs/: The condition or extent of being worthwhile.
worthy adjective, noun, suffix, verb /ˈwɜː.ði/: Having worth, merit, or value.
worthyman noun: A worthy (a distinguished person).
Wortley proper noun: An inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2732).
wortlike adjective: Like or resembling a wort
wortlore noun: The traditional knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional use of plants, herbs, and worts.
Wortman proper noun: A surname.
Wortmann proper noun: A surname.
wortmannin noun: A furanosteroid metabolite of the fungus Penicillium funiculosum; it is an inhibitor of some kinases
worts noun /wɜːts/: A soup or stew made with worts (“vegetables”) and other ingredients such as meat.
worty adjective /ˈwɜːti/: Characteristic or indicative of a wort; wortlike; vegetative.
wortyard noun /ˈwɜːt.tʃəd/: A garden where vegetables or herbs are grown.
wos noun, verb: Eye dialect spelling of was.
WOSB noun: Initialism of women-owned small business, a category of businesses in the law of government contracting in the United States.
wosbird noun: A term of reproach.
wosname noun: Alternative form of wossname.
woso noun: women's soccer
woss contraction: Pronunciation spelling of what's.
wossamatter contraction: Alternative spelling of whatsamatta.
wossat contraction: what's that?
wossisname noun: Alternative form of whatsitsname.
wossit contraction, noun: Alternative form of whatsit.
wossname noun: whatsitsname
wot adverb, interjection, pronoun, verb /wɔt/: To know (a fact).
wotagei noun: A type of dancing and cheering gestures performed by wota, fans of Japanese idol singers.
Wotan proper noun: Odin, especially in his continental Germanic form.
wotcha contraction, interjection: Alternative form of wotcher (“greeting”).
wotcher contraction, interjection /ˈwɒt͡ʃə/: A friendly greeting.
WOTD noun: Initialism of word of the day.
wote verb: Alternative form of wot.
Wotherspoon proper noun: A surname.
wotjer contraction: Alternative form of wotcher (“what do you, etc.”).
WOTL noun: Initialism of wide outside through lane.
wotsit noun: Alternative spelling of whatsit.
wott noun, verb: Alternative form of wot (“to know”)
wotte verb: Alternative form of wot (“to know”).
Wotton proper noun /ˈwɒtən/: A suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8418).
Wottonian adjective /wɒˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), English author, diplomat, and politician.
WOTY noun: Initialism of word of the year.
wou-wou noun: A gibbon, the agile gibbon, or silvery gibbon.
woubit noun: Alternative form of oobit.
wough interjection, noun: A wall.
would interjection, noun, verb /wəd/: Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
would-be adjective, noun /ˈwʊd biː/: Attempting or desiring something.
would-be bride noun: A bride that has the potential of getting married or that desires to be married, but is currently not in a position to do so.
would have liked to adverb: nearly; almost
would it hurt phrase: Used to point out that the interlocutor is failing to do something relatively easy that they should be doing.
would it kill someone phrase: Indicates the speaker is annoyed that someone is not doing something they should do.
would like verb: To want; to desire (used to form polite requests, suggestions, etc., followed by a noun [phrase] or infinitive)
would lose one's head if it wasn't attached verb: Said of a person who habitually mislays things.
would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on verb: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on verb: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on verb: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on verb: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
would lose one's head if it wasn't tied on verb: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
would lose one's head if it weren't attached verb: Alternative form of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
would'nt contraction: Alternative form of wouldn't
would of verb: Eye dialect spelling of would have or would've.
would the real someone please stand up phrase: Alternative form of will the real someone please stand up.
would've contraction /ˈwʊdəv/: Contraction of would + have, indicating a non-occurring action or state that was conditional on another non-occurring event in the past.
would you be so kind as to phrase: Would you please (do something); used to ask someone to do something politely.
would you believe phrase: Alternative form of would you believe it.
would you believe it phrase: Used to express astonishment or incredulity.
would you like to go out with me phrase: Used to suggest dating someone.
would you mind putting on your seat belt phrase: Politely asks someone in a vehicle to put on their seat belt.
woulda contraction /ˈwʊdə/: Contraction of would + have.
woulda, coulda, shoulda noun, phrase: An expression of dismissiveness or disappointment concerning a statement, question, explanation, course of action, or occurrence involving hypothetical...
woulda, shoulda, coulda phrase: Alternative form of woulda, coulda, shoulda.
woulder noun, verb: Someone who would.
wouldest verb: Alternative spelling of wouldst.
woulding noun /ˈwʊdɪŋ/: An emotion of desire; an inclination; velleity.
wouldingness noun: willingness; desire
wouldja contraction /ˈwʊd͡ʒə/: Pronunciation spelling of would you.
wouldn't verb /ˈwʊdn̩t/: would not (negative auxiliary)
wouldn't be caught dead verb: Alternative form of wouldn't be seen dead.
wouldn't be seen dead verb: To find incredibly horrifying; embarrassing or otherwise entirely unsuitable for oneself.
wouldn't harm a fly verb: Synonym of wouldn't hurt a fly.
wouldn't say no verb: Would be willing or glad (to have).
wouldn't shout if a shark bit him verb: To be frugal or miserly.
wouldn't touch with yours verb: To not find (someone) sexually attractive; to be unwilling to have sex with someone.
wouldn't've contraction /ˈwʊd(ə)n(t)ə(v)/: Contraction of would + not + have.
wouldn't work in an iron lung verb: Is lazy.
wouldn't you know phrase: Alternative form of wouldn't you know it.
wouldn't you know it phrase: Expresses dismay or annoyance, especially at misfortune.
wouldn't you like to know? phrase: Used as an evasive response when someone asks a question whose answer the speaker does not want to reveal.
wouldn't you say phrase: Don't you agree?
wouldn'ta contraction: Contraction of would + not + have.
wouldna contraction /ˈwʊ(d)nə/: Contraction of would + not + have.
wouldnae contraction: Contraction of would + not.
wouldya contraction: Alternative form of wouldja.
Woulfe bottle noun: Alternative form of Woulfe's bottle.
Woulfe's bottle noun: An apparatus consisting of a bottle with a number of separate openings that can each be closed with a cork or left open.
wound noun, verb /ˈwuːnd/: An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
wound cambium noun: A layer of phellogen resulting from the tangential division of epidermal cells, or from cortical cells beneath the epidermis.
wound collecting noun: Synonym of injustice collecting.
wound collection noun: Synonym of injustice collection.
wound collector noun: Synonym of injustice collector.
wound cork noun: The non-conducting tissue that shuts off fungus-diseased portions of bast from the healthy parts.
wound gall noun: An elongated swollen or tuberous gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small reddish-brown weevil (Ampeloglypter sesostris) whose larvae...
wound gum noun: A substance abundantly secreted in the vessels by the surrounding starch cells, closing the wound cavities.
wound parasite noun: A parasitic fungus that enters the host by attacking the surface of a wound.
wound rotor noun: A type of rotor that consists of a laminated core which is cylindrical in shape and carries AC current across it. Slip rings are mounted on the shaft.
wound up adjective, verb: brought to a state of great tension
wound wood noun: Wood of abnormal growth, distinguished by its short cells and absence or scarcity of vessels.
woundability noun: the state or quality of being woundable
woundable adjective /ˈwuːndəbəl/: Capable of being wounded; vulnerable.
woundcare noun: The treatment and care of wounds.
wounded adjective, verb /ˈwuːndɪd/: Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.
woundedly adverb: In a wounded manner.
woundedness noun: The quality or state of being wounded
wounder noun: One who wounds.
woundfin noun: Plagopterus argentissimus, a slender, silvery minnow endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States.
woundily adverb: Excessively; greatly.
wounding noun, verb: The act of inflicting a wound.
woundingly adverb: In a way that wounds
woundless adjective: Lacking wounds.
woundlessness noun: Absence of a wound.
woundlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a wound.
woundsome adjective: Causing, resembling, or indicating a wound or injury; hurtful; painful.
woundwood noun: lignified, differentiated tissues produced on woody plants as a response to wounding
woundwort noun: Any of several plants of the genus Stachys
woundy adjective, adverb /ˈwaʊndɪ/: Very, extremely, excessively.
wourali noun: curare
wourari noun: curare
WOV noun: Initialism of window of vulnerability.
wove adjective, verb /wəʊv/: made on a mould of closely woven wire
woven adjective, noun, verb /ˈwəʊ.vən/: Fabricated by weaving.
Wovoka proper noun: A Paiute religious leader, also known as Jack Wilson (c.1856 - 1932), who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement.
wow interjection, noun, verb /waʊ/: An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
wow factor noun: The feature of a situation, product etc. that generates amazement and excitement.
wow word noun: A more interesting or vivid synonym for an everyday word.
wow-wow noun /ˈwaʊwaʊ/: A gibbon, especially the silvery gibbon or the agile gibbon.
wow-wow sauce noun: A sauce made with parsley, butter, vinegar, etc. to be served with beef.
wowed verb: simple past and past participle of wow
wowee interjection: wow; expressing astonishment, surprise or excitement
WOWer noun: A player of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
wowf adjective, interjection /ˈwaʊf/: crazy; deranged.
wowie interjection: Synonym of wow.
wowie kazowie interjection: Alternative form of wowie zowie.
wowie zowie interjection: wow; expressing astonishment
wowless adjective: Free of wows.
wowsa adjective: Alternative spelling of wowza
wowser interjection, noun /ˈwaʊzə(ɹ)/: One with strong moral views against alcohol, gambling, pornography, etc., who seeks to promulgate those views; a censorious, self-righteous, puritanical...
wowserdom noun: The realm or sphere of wowsers (moral crusaders).
wowserian adjective: Of or relating to wowsers (moral crusaders).
wowserish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of wowsers (moral crusaders).
wowserism noun: moral crusading against alcohol, gambling, pornography, etc.
wowsers interjection, noun: Synonym of wow.
wowsery adjective: Synonym of wowserish.
wowsie interjection: Wow!
wowsies interjection: Wow!
wowza adjective, interjection: Wondrous, surprisingly impressive.
wowzah interjection: Synonym of wow.
wowzer interjection, noun /ˈwaʊzə(ɹ)/: Something of great interest or beauty.
wowzers interjection, noun /ˈwaʊ̯.zɚz/: Alternative spelling of wowsers.
Woy proper noun: Woy Woy
Woyawai noun: Alternative form of Waiwai.
Woyawais noun: Synonym of Waiwai.
woyewoda noun: Alternative form of voivode.
woyewode noun: voivode
woylie noun: A species of bettong, Bettongia penicillata.
woyote noun: A coywolf.
woywode noun: Alternative form of voivode.
woz verb /wəz/: Eye dialect spelling of was.
woz ere verb: Was here. Frequently placed after the author's name in graffiti.
Wozniak proper noun: A surname from Polish.
wozzles noun: A blowjob.
wp interjection, noun: Alternative form of WP.
WPAN noun: Initialism of wireless personal area network.
WPB noun: Initialism of wastepaper basket.
WPC noun: Initialism of woman police constable, a former police rank.
WPDI phrase: Initialism of watch people die inside.
wpfl. adjective: Abbreviation of worshipful.
WPG noun: Initialism of weather, patrol, gunship/gunboat, a designation shiptype for the U.S. Coast Guard ocean-going cutters, which also function as meteorological...
WPGMA noun: Initialism of Weighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean.
WPI noun: Initialism of wrap per inch.
wpm noun: Alternative letter-case form of wpm.
wpn. noun: Abbreviation of weapon.
WPP noun: Initialism of wavefront parallel processing.
WPR noun: Initialism of written partial review (“type of test given at West Point military academy”).
wps noun: Initialism of white people shit.
WPT adjective, noun: A World Poker Tour event.

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.