English words: WTSHTF to wyrmling
300 English words, part 55 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.
English words WTSHTF to wyrmling
- WTSHTF adverb: Initialism of when the shit hits the fan.
- WTT phrase: Initialism of want/willing to trade.
- wtv interjection, noun, pronoun: Initialism of week to view (“a style of diary or appointment calendar that shows a week at a time”).
- wtvr adverb, interjection, pronoun: Abbreviation of whatever.
- wu noun: A Chinese shaman.
- wu gok noun: Alternative form of wu kok.
- wu kok noun: A dim sum snack consisting of deep-fried puffs or croquettes with a crispy exterior and a soft filling of taro and meat.
- Wu-Tanger noun /ˈwuːtæŋ(ɹ)/: A member of, fan of, or someone closely affiliated with, the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
- wu-ts'ai noun: A Chinese kind of multicolored enamel glaze.
- wu wei noun /ˈwuː ˌweɪ/: A state of effortless inaction, in Taoism or Chinese statecraft.
- wub noun, verb /wʌb/: Love.
- WUBA noun: Originally referred to the everyday academic attire of midshipmen.
- wubangziside noun: A xanthone found in plants of the Polygala genus.
- wubstep noun /ˈwʌbstɛp/: A subgenre of dubstep created by MDK, descended from 2-step garage.
- Wuchang proper noun: A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.
- wuchereriasis noun: infection by the nematode Wuchereria bancrofti
- wuchereriosis noun: Alternative form of wuchereriasis.
- wuckas noun: Only used in no wuckas.
- wuckaz noun: Only used in no wuckaz.
- wuckers noun: Only used in no wuckers.
- wuckies noun: Only used in no wuckies.
- wuckin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of wucking; only used in no wuckin' furries.
- wucking adjective: Only used in no wucking furries.
- wud adjective, phrase: Mad; crazy.
- Wudang proper noun: A district of Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
- wuddup interjection [wədˈʌp]: Alternative form of what's up (as a greeting)
- wuddya contraction: Alternative form of whaddaya.
- wudhu noun: Alternative form of wudu.
- wudn't contraction /wʊdnt/: Pronunciation spelling of wouldn't, contraction of would not.
- wudu noun /ˈwuːduː/: A ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer.
- wudup interjection: what's up? (as a greeting)
- Wuertz proper noun: A surname.
- Wuest proper noun: A surname from German.
- wuestite noun: Alternative spelling of wüstite.
- wuff noun, verb: Alternative form of woof (“dog's bark”).
- wuffle noun, verb: A gentle sniff or snort.
- wuffler noun: A hay-tedding machine.
- wuffless adjective: Pronunciation spelling of worthless.
- wuffo adverb, noun: Alternative form of whuffo.
- WuFlu noun: Alternative form of Wu flu.
- wug noun /wʌɡ/: An imaginary creature resembling a bird, used in the Wug Test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children.
- wug word noun: Synonym of pseudoword.
- wuh interjection: Pronunciation spelling of what: Alternative form of wha.
- wuh luh wuh noun [wəˈləwə]: Synonym of WLW.
- Wuhan proper noun /ˈwuːˈhɑːn/: A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China.
- Wuhan pneumonia noun: A form of pneumonia due to infection by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which is genetically similar to SARS and MERS.
- Wuhan shake noun: The act of greeting by touching the insoles of the feet together, to avoid spreading coronavirus by a handshake.
- Wuhanese adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to Wuhan, China.
- Wuhanian adjective, noun: Pertaining to Wuhan, Hubei, China.
- wuhanic adjective, noun: Pertaining to Wuhan, Hubei, China.
- wuhanic acid noun: A fatty acid found in the seed oil of Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
- Wuhanite noun: A person from Wuhan, China.
- wuhk noun: Pronunciation spelling of work
- Wuhu proper noun /ˈwuːhuː/: A prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui, China.
- WUI noun: Initialism of wildland-urban interface.
- Wuism noun: The shamanic religious tradition of China.
- wuji noun: The primordial, infinite state of emptiness that existed before the emergence of duality.
- Wujiapingian noun: Alternative form of Wuchiapingian.
- wuk noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of work, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- wukipolyomavirus noun: Any poliomavirus of the genus Wukipolyomavirus
- wukkas noun: Only used in no wukkas.
- wukkaz noun: Only used in no wukkaz.
- wukongopterid noun: Any pterosaur of the family †Wukongopteridae.
- Wulamba noun: The Yolngu people.
- Wulfen's alyssum noun: The plant Alyssum wulfenianum.
- wulfenite noun: An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO₄, found in lead veins.
- Wulff proper noun: A surname.
- Wulff-Dötz reaction noun: The chemical reaction of an aromatic or vinylic alkoxy pentacarbonyl chromium carbene complex with an alkyne and carbon monoxide to give a...
- Wulff net noun: Synonym of stereonet.
- wulffite noun: An alkali copper sulfate mineral with chemical formula K₃NaCu₄O₂(SO₄)₄.
- Wulfilan adjective: Of or relating to the Gothic bishop Wulfila (ca. 311–383), especially as relating to the language used in the Gothic Bible he is thought to have translated.
- wülfingite noun: A colourless orthorhombic mineral containing zinc, hydrogen and oxygen.
- wulignan noun: An aryltetralin lignan with the molecular formula C₂₀H₂₂O₅.
- Wulin proper noun: Synonym of Hangzhou.
- Wuling proper noun: A district of Changde, Hunan, China.
- wull verb: Pronunciation spelling of will.
- wullah adverb: Alternative form of wallah.
- wulliwa noun: Alternative form of williwaw (“strong gust of wind”).
- Wulna noun: An Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory
- Wulo noun: Synonym of Azawakh.
- Wulong proper noun: A district of Chongqing, China, formerly a county.
- wulst noun: An enlarged part of the avian brain that is involved in vision; the hyperpallium.
- wulver noun: A wolf-like humanoid creature in Shetland folklore.
- wumao noun /ˈwuː.maʊ/: An Internet user who is paid by the authorities of the People's Republic of China to spread propaganda and disinformation on their behalf.
- wumman noun /wʉ.mən/: woman
- wumph noun: Alternative form of whump (“thumping sound”).
- wumpus noun /ˈwʌmpəs/: A fictional reclusive monster.
- wun number, verb: Eye dialect spelling of one.
- wun-dauk noun: Alternative form of woon-douk.
- wun-gyi noun: Alternative form of woon-gyee.
- wunderkammer noun /ˈvʊndəˌkamə/: Alternative letter-case form of Wunderkammer.
- wunderkind noun /ˈvʊn.də.kɪnd/: A child prodigy; a wonderchild.
- Wunderlich proper noun: A surname.
- wunderwaffe noun: A wonderweapon, an (often secret) especially powerful weapon.
- Wundt area illusion noun: Synonym of Jastrow illusion.
- Wundt illusion noun: An optical illusion in which a background of crooked lines makes a figure in the foreground appear distorted.
- Wundt-Jastrow illusion noun: Synonym of Jastrow illusion.
- Wundt's area illusion noun: Alternative form of Wundt area illusion.
- Wundtian adjective: Of or relating to Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), one of the founding figures of modern psychology.
- wung-out adjective: goosewinged.
- wunga noun: Alternative form of whoonga.
- wunkus noun /ˈwʊŋkʊs/: A silly or goofy animal, generally meant in an endearing way
- wunna pronoun: You (plural); y'all, you guys, you all.
- wunner noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of wonder.
- wunnerful adjective: Pronunciation spelling of wonderful.
- wunt contraction: Pronunciation spelling of won't.
- WUO phrase: Alternative form of WYO (“what you on”).
- Wuornos proper noun: A surname.
- wupatkiite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, cobalt, hydrogen, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.
- Wuppertal proper noun: An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany.
- wurali noun: curare
- wurari noun: curare
- wurbagool noun: An Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, syn. Pteropus giganteus), found throughout south Asia.
- wurd noun: Eye dialect spelling of word.
- wurdee major noun: Alternative form of woordie major.
- wurley noun /ˈwɜːliː/: An Australian indigenous shelter made from small branches with the leaves still attached.
- wurlie adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of wurly (“derisorily small”).
- Wurlitzer noun: A jukebox manufactured by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company.
- wurly adjective, noun /ˈwɜːliː/: Of an object: derisorily small, tiny; of a person: puny, stunted.
- wurrung noun: Synonym of nailtail wallaby.
- wurrup noun: Synonym of rufous hare-wallaby.
- wurst noun /wɝst/: A German- or Austrian-style sausage.
- Wurster proper noun: A surname.
- Wurster's blue noun: N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, an easily oxidized phenylenediamine whose radical cation is a characteristic blue-violet colour.
- Wurth proper noun: A surname.
- Württemberg proper noun /ˈwɜɹ.təmˌbɜɹɡ/: A cultural region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia.
- Württembergian adjective: Of, from or relating to the region of Württemberg in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Wurtz proper noun: A surname.
- Wurtz reaction noun: The formation of higher alkanes by reaction of alkyl halides with metallic sodium
- wurtzilite noun: A black, insoluble, carbonaceous material formed from the metamorphosis of shale oil.
- wurtzite adjective, noun: A dark brown zinc iron sulfide mineral ((Zn,Fe)S), a form of sphalerite.
- Wurundjeri noun: An indigenous Australian people who occupy the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley and its tributaries.
- Wurz proper noun: A surname.
- Würzburg proper noun: An independent city, the administrative seat of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany.
- wurzel noun: A rural, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.
- wus noun, verb: Alternative spelling of wuss.
- Wushi proper noun: Synonym of Uqturpan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- wushu noun /ˈwuːˈʃuː/: Any Chinese martial art.
- wuss noun, verb /wʊs/: A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person.
- wuss out verb: To fail to do something because of cowardice.
- wusser adjective: worse.
- wussette noun: A female wuss.
- wussification noun: The act or process of wussifying.
- wussified adjective, verb: Having been made into a wussy; having been made into a weakling or a coward.
- wussify verb: To make weak and ineffectual.
- wussily adverb: In a wussy manner.
- wussiness noun: The state or condition of being wussy; weakness, ineffectualness.
- wussy adjective, noun /ˈwʊsi/: Weak or timid.
- wust adjective: Pronunciation spelling of worst.
- wustite noun: A grey mineral form of iron(II) oxide with a greenish tint.
- Wusun noun: An ancient nomadic steppe people who lived in western Gansu in northwest China, near the Yuezhi people, and were defeated by the Xiongnu circa 176 BCE.
- wut interjection /wʌt/: What, both in its standard meaning as an interjection, but especially as a response to an outrageous or unexpected statement. This phrase became...
- Wutai proper noun: A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
- wuth preposition: Pronunciation spelling of worth.
- wuther noun, verb /ˈwʌðə/: Alternative form of whither.
- Wuthnow proper noun: A surname.
- wutless adjective: worthless; good-for-nothing
- wutong noun: The Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex).
- wuttagoonaspid noun: Any placoderm of the family Wuttagoonaspidae.
- WUU2 phrase: Abbreviation of what are you up to?.
- wuv noun, verb /wʌv/: Alternative form of love.
- Wuwei proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
- wuweizidilactone noun: A nortriterpenoid found in Schisandra chinensis.
- wuweizisu noun: Synonym of schisandrin.
- Wuxi proper noun /wuːˈʃiː/: A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- wuxia noun /wuːˈʃɑː/: A genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.
- wuxing noun: the five fundamental elements or phases of processes in traditional East Asian cosmology, consisting of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth
- wuxtra interjection: Alternative form of wuxtry.
- wuxtry interjection: Alternative form of extra (“the cry of a newspaper-seller”).
- Wuyi sharp-nosed frog noun: A ranid frog of species Odorrana huanggangensis, of China.
- wuz verb /wəz/: Eye dialect spelling of was.
- Wuzhou proper noun: A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
- wuzn't contraction: Eye dialect spelling of wasn't.
- wuzu noun /ˈwuːzuː/: Alternative form of wudu (“the minor ablution in Islam”).
- wuzza interjection: Expresses doting affection toward an animal or child.
- wuzzent adjective, contraction: wizened
- wuzzle verb: To jumble or confuse.
- wuzzup interjection: Alternative spelling of wassup.
- wuzzy particle: Only used in fuzzy-wuzzy.
- WVO noun: Initialism of waste vegetable oil.
- WVR adjective: Initialism of within visual range.
- WVRAAM noun: Initialism of within-visual-range air-to-air missile.
- WVTR noun: Initialism of water vapor transmission rate.
- WVU proper noun: West Virginia University.
- ww noun: Initialism of world war.
- WWA noun: Initialism of watch, warning and advisory.
- WWAN noun: Initialism of wireless wide area network.
- WWG1WGA phrase: Initialism of where we go one, we go all: a popular slogan of QAnon believers.
- WWJD phrase: Initialism of what would Jesus do?.
- wwoof noun, verb /ˈwʊf/: Alternative form of wwoof.
- wwoofer noun: One who wwoofs ("to work on an organic farm in exchange for room, board, and education in organic farming").
- wwoofing noun: Alternative form of woofing (“volunteering on an organic farm”).
- WWS noun: Initialism of Walker-Warburg syndrome.
- WWTP noun: Initialism of wastewater treatment plant.
- WWU noun: Initialism of weighted work unit.
- WWW page noun: A web page.
- wwwww phrase: Abbreviation of which was what we wanted.
- WX noun: Abbreviation of weather.
- wy noun /waɪ/: The name of the letter Y.
- wya phrase: Initialism of where you at (“where are you at?”).
- wyakin noun: In Native American folklore, a personal guardian spirit in the form of an animal or bird.
- Wyalong proper noun: A locality in the Bland council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
- Wyandot noun /ˈwaɪ.ənˌdɒt/: A member of a Native American people, formed from the Huron confederacy, that lived in and around Ohio.
- Wyandott noun /ˈwaɪ.ənˌdɒt/: Alternative spelling of Wyandot.
- wyandotte noun /ˈwaɪənˌdɒt/: A member of the Wyandotte people.
- Wyant proper noun: A surname.
- wyartite noun: A uranium-bearing mineral that is greenish-black, black, or black-violet in color and is a member of the uranium carbonate group of minerals.
- Wyatt proper noun /ˈwaɪ.ət/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
- wybutosine noun: A modified nucleoside of phenylalanine transfer RNA
- wych noun /wɪt͡ʃ/: A brine spring or well.
- wych elm noun: An elm (Ulmus glabra) found in northern and western Europe.
- Wyche proper noun: A surname.
- wycheproofite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and zirconium.
- Wycherley proper noun: A surname.
- Wycherley comb noun: A tortoiseshell comb.
- wychert noun /ˈwɪtʃət/: A natural blend of white chalk and clay, traditionally mixed with straw and used to build walls.
- Wychwood proper noun: A national nature reserve in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, originally a royal forest.
- WYCIWYG phrase: What you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched...
- Wyckoff proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
- Wyclef proper noun: A male given name from Haitian Creole.
- Wycliffe proper noun /ˈwɪklɪf/: A village in Wycliffe with Thorpe parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1114).
- Wycliffian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the mediaeval English theologian John Wycliffe (mid-1320s–1384), his ideas, or his English translation of the Bible (Wyclif’s Bible).
- Wycliffism noun: The religious beliefs of the Wycliffites.
- Wycliffist noun: Synonym of Wycliffite.
- Wycliffite adjective, noun /ˈwɪklɪfaɪt/: Of or pertaining to the mediaeval English theologian John Wycliffe (mid-1320s–1384), his ideas, or his English translation of the Bible (Wyclif’s Bible).
- Wyclifite noun: Alternative form of Wycliffite.
- Wycoff proper noun: A surname.
- Wycombe proper noun /ˈwɪkəm/: A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, abolished on 31 March 2020 on the creation of Buckinghamshire unitary authority.
- wyd phrase: Alternative letter-case form of WYD.
- wydah noun: Alternative form of whydah.
- wyde noun: Two-byte unsigned data, mainly used for a Unicode character.
- Wyden proper noun /ˈwaɪdən/: A surname.
- wye noun, verb /ˈwaɪ/: The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
- wye aye interjection: A positive yes, of course.
- wye cable noun: Alternative form of Y cable.
- wye level noun: Alternative form of Y level.
- wye switch noun: A railroad switch, having a Y shape, in which one line splits into two lines that diverge at equal angles.
- wyerone noun: An acetylenic, heterocyclic fatty acid ester methyl (E)-3-[5-[(Z)-hept-4-en-2-ynoyl]furan-2-yl]prop-2-enoate present in some beans
- Wyeth proper noun: A surname.
- wyf phrase: Initialism of where('re) you from (where are you from?).
- Wygant proper noun: A surname.
- wyght noun: An archaic, or pseudo-archaic, spelling of wight, in the sense of a creature or living being. In popular culture, the word has pagan or occult connotations.
- wyib prepositional phrase: Initialism of with yarn in back.
- wyif prepositional phrase: Abbreviation of with yarn in front.
- Wyke proper noun: A hamlet in Much Wenlock parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ646021).
- Wykeham proper noun: A locality in Weston parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2626).
- Wykehamical adjective: Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
- Wykehamist adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
- Wykes proper noun: A surname.
- Wykoff proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
- wyla noun: The yellow-tailed black cockatoo or funereal cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus funereus, a bird native to Australia.
- Wylam proper noun: A village and civil parish on the River Tyne in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1164).
- Wyland proper noun: A surname.
- Wylde proper noun: A surname.
- Wyler proper noun: A surname.
- Wyles proper noun: An English surname, a variant of Wiles
- Wylfa proper noun: The site of a nuclear power station on the north coast of Anglesey, Wales, now decommissioned but proposed as the site of a new nuclear plant (OS grid ref...
- Wylie proper noun /ˈwaɪli/: A surname.
- wylie-coat noun: A flannel undervest or petticoat.
- wyliecoat noun: A heavy vest that is worn to provide warmth.
- Wyllie proper noun: A surname.
- wyllieite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
- wylo verb: Go away; begone.
- Wyly proper noun: A surname.
- wym phrase: Abbreviation of what (do) you mean?.
- Wyman proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- Wymer proper noun: A surname.
- wymin noun: Alternative spelling of wimmin.
- WYMM phrase: Initialism of will you marry me.
- wymmin noun: Alternative spelling of wimmin.
- wymmyn noun: Eye dialect spelling of women.
- Wymondham proper noun /ˈwɪndəm/: A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1101).
- Wymore proper noun: A surname.
- wymote noun: The marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).
- wymyn noun: Feminist spelling of women (Compare womyn.)
- wyn noun: Alternative spelling of wynn.
- wynd noun /waɪnd/: A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
- Wynder proper noun: A surname.
- Wyndham proper noun /ˈwɪndəm/: A small village in Ogmore Valley community, Bridgend borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9391).
- wyngz noun /wɪŋz/: A chicken food product resembling chicken wings.
- Wynkoop proper noun: A surname.
- wynn noun /wɪn/: A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu,...
- Wynne proper noun: A male given name from Welsh.
- Wynnewood proper noun: A city in Garvin County, Oklahoma, named after Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, or settlers Wynne and Wood.
- Wynona proper noun: A female given name, variant of Winona.
- Wynyard proper noun: A surname.
- wynyardiid noun: Any extinct marsupial in the family Wynyardiidae.
- WYO phrase: Initialism of what you on (“what are your plans? what are you up to?”).
- Wyoming proper noun /waɪˈəʊmɪŋ/: A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
- Wyomingian adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, the state of Wyoming.
- wyomingite adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, the state of Wyoming.
- Wyomissing proper noun /waɪəˈmɪsɪŋ/: A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
- Wyong proper noun: A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
- wype noun: The wipe, or lapwing.
- wyrd noun /wɪəd/: Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
- wyrd folk noun: A form of psychedelic folk music associated with the 1960s counterculture of mysticism and drugs.
- Wyrick proper noun: A surname.
- wyrilda noun /wɪˈɹɪldə/: Acacia confluens, found in Australia.
- wyrm noun /wɜːm/: A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.
- wyrmling noun /ˈwɜːm.lɪŋ/: A small wyrm or dragon.
Part 54 · Part 56 · 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.