English words: wampus cat to war cake

300 English words, part 6 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.

English words wampus cat to war cake

wampus cat noun: A folkloric cat-like creature, of varying description.
wampyr noun: vampire
Wamsley proper noun: A surname.
wamus noun /wɑːmʊs/: A warm knitted jacket from the southwestern United States.
wan adjective, noun, prefix /wɒn/: Pale, sickly-looking.
wan'cha contraction: Contraction of want + you.
wan't contraction: Wasn't.
wan-thriven adjective: Alternative form of wanthriven.
Wanaka proper noun /wɒnəkə/: A large lake in Otago, the fourth largest in New Zealand.
Wanamaker proper noun: A surname.
wananga noun: Alternative form of wananga.
wananish noun /ˌwɑ.nəˈniʃ/: A fish from any of several freshwater populations of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar.
Wanapum noun: A member of a tribe of Native Americans who formerly lived along the Columbia River, from above Priest Rapids down to the mouth of the Snake River, in what...
Wanaque proper noun: A river in New Jersey, United States, a tributary of the Pequannock.
Wanat proper noun: A surname from Polish.
wanax noun: A Mycenean or Minoan king.
wanbeliever noun: One who disbelieves; unbeliever.
Wanca noun: Alternative form of Huanca.
Wanchai proper noun: Alternative form of Wan Chai (“area in Hong Kong”).
wanchance noun: Ill luck; misfortune; calamity.
wanchancy adjective: Unlucky; unchancy.
Wancheng proper noun: A district of Nanyang, Henan, China.
Wancho noun: A member of a Tibeto-Burmese indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the Patkai hills of Longding district in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
wand noun, verb /wɒnd/: A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
wand mullein noun: Verbascum virgatum, an herb native to Western Europe and invasive in many other regions.
wand of peace noun /ˌwɒnd‿əv ˈpiːs/: A wand or staff with a silver tip which was given to an outlaw as a sign that they were restored to the king's or queen's peace; and also carried by a...
wand'ring adjective, verb /ˈwɑndɹɪŋ/: Contraction of wandering
wand work noun: Alternative form of wandwork.
Wanda proper noun /ˈwɑndə/: A female given name from Polish.
Wandell proper noun: A surname.
wander noun, verb /ˈwɒndə/: To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
wander off verb: To wander away from somewhere.
wanderable adjective: Of a place: suitable for a wander or stroll around.
wanderer noun /ˈwɑndəɹɚ/: someone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.
wanderess noun: A female wanderer.
wanderin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of wandering.
wandering adjective, noun, verb /ˈwɑndəɹɪŋ/: Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
wandering albatross noun: A large seabird, Diomedea exulans, with a very large wingspread.
Wandering Jew noun: Alternative letter-case form of wandering Jew (“plant”).
wandering nerve noun: Synonym of vagus nerve.
wandering officer noun: A law enforcement officer who is fired, forced to resign, or leaves a police department under the threat of termination for misconduct, and subsequently...
wandering pennant noun: A libellulid dragonfly, Macrodiplax cora, of Africa, tropical Asia, and Australia.
wandering percher noun: A libellulid dragonfly, Diplacodes bipunctata, of Australia and Pacific Ocean islands.
wandering sailor noun: Any of species Cymbalaria muralis of plants.
wandering set noun: In dynamical systems and ergodic theory, a formalization of a certain idea of movement and mixing.
wandering spider noun: Any spider of the family Ctenidae, some of which have a reputation of being extremely aggressive.
wandering spleen noun: A birth defect due to the absence of one of the ligaments that holds the spleen in place
wandering star noun: A star which seems to move in the sky; a planet.
wandering whistling duck noun: Dendrocygna arcuata, a species of whistling duck.
wandering womb noun: A "displaced uterus", formerly believed in Europe to afflict women.
wanderingly adverb: So as to wander; while wandering.
wanderingness noun: The quality of wandering; tendency to wander.
wanderjahr noun /ˈvɑn.də(ɹ)ˌjɑː/: A year-long period of travel, especially following one’s education and prior to seeking employment.
wanderlust noun, verb /ˈwɒndəlʌst/: A strong impulse or longing to travel.
wanderluster noun: A person who experiences wanderlust, who yearns to travel.
wanderlustful adjective: Full of wanderlust; having a yearning to travel.
wanderlusting adjective, verb /ˈwɒndəˌlʌstɪŋ/: That wanderlusts (“feels a strong impulse or longing to travel; roams or travels widely”)
wanderlusty adjective: Full of wanderlust; eager to travel.
wanderoo noun: Any of various langur monkeys (of genus Semnopithecus), from Sri Lanka
wandersome adjective: Characterised or marked by wandering
wanderstar noun: A wandering star or other similar heavenly body; a comet; meteor; planet.
wanderword noun /ˈwɒndəˌwɔːd/: Synonym of Wanderwort (“a loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices”).
wanderwort noun /ˈwɒndəˌwɜːt/: A loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices.
wandery adjective: wandering (physically or mentally)
wanderyear noun: Synonym of wanderjahr.
wandflower noun: Any of various flowering plants of the genera Dierama, Galax, and Gaura.
Wandjina noun: A type of rain spirit in Aboriginal cultures, often depicted in rock art
wandle adjective /ˈwændəl/: supple; pliant; nimble
wandless adjective: Lacking a wand.
wandlike adjective: Resembling a wand.
wandlore noun: The study of magic wands and their creation.
wandmaker noun: A manufacturer of wands.
wandoo noun: Any of various eucalyptus trees with smooth white bark, especially Eucalyptus wandoo.
wandought adjective: Undoughty.
wandsman noun: A verger, especially one of the volunteer ushers at St Paul's Cathedral.
Wandsworth proper noun /ˈwɔnzwəθ/: A locality in the Armidale council area and the Inverell council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
wandwork noun: The use of a wand (or sometimes a similar instrument or tool, even an extended finger) in practicing magic, casting spells, or performing a mystical or...
wandy adjective /ˈwɒndi/: Long and flexible, like a wand; wandlike
wane noun, verb /weɪn/: A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
waned adjective, verb: Having wanes, i.e. rounded corners caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
Wanek proper noun: A surname.
waneless adjective: That does not wane.
WANET noun: Acronym of wireless ad hoc network.
waney adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of wany
wanfortune noun: Misfortune.
wang noun, verb /ˈwæŋ/: Alternative spelling of whang.
Wang tile noun: A square tile with a colour on each side. Possible sets of such tiles are studied to determine whether they can tile the plane (arranged with like colours...
wanga noun: A magic spell or charm.
wangan noun: A boat for conveying provisions, tools, and so forth.
Wanganui proper noun [ˈwɒŋanʉi]: A city and territorial authority in Manawatū-Whanganui region, on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
Wangara noun: A diaspora community of ethnic Soninke origin who served as specialized long-distance merchants throughout West Africa, particularly in trans-Saharan trade.
Wangaratta proper noun: A city in north-east Victoria, Australia.
wangateur noun: One who uses a wanga (magic spell or charm).
Wangbarel noun: Alternative form of Wangpulen.
Wangbaren noun: Alternative form of Wangpulen.
Wangbrel noun: Alternative form of Wangpulen.
Wangbren noun: Alternative form of Wangpulen.
Wangchuck proper noun /ˈwɑːŋ.tʃʌk/: A surname from Dzongkha, best known for being used by the ruling royal dynasty of Bhutan, established in 1907 by Ugyen Wangchuck.
wanger noun: A rest or cushion for the cheek; a pillow.
wanghee noun /ˈwe(ɪ)ŋˌhi/: Bamboo species of the genus Phyllostachys, especially Phyllostachys nigra.
wangiri noun: A type of phone call scam in which the caller dials a random number and immediately hangs up in the hopes that the recipient will call back.
wangla noun: A simple form of halva made with cane sugar instead of honey
wangle noun, verb /ˈwæŋ.ɡəl/: To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods.
wangler noun: a person who wangles
wangling noun, verb: The act of one who wangles.
wango noun: A boomerang.
Wangoni noun: The Ngoni people.
Wangpulel noun: Alternative form of Wangpulen.
Wangpurel noun: Alternative form of Wangpulen.
Wangpuren noun: Alternative form of Wangpulen.
wangst noun /wæŋkst/: Self-indulgent anxiety.
wangsty adjective: Prone to wangst; anxious in a self-indulgent way.
wangtooth noun: A molar.
wangun noun: Alternative form of wangan.
Wangus noun /ˈwæŋ.ɡəs/: A breed of beef cattle, a cross-breed of wagyu and American Angus stock.
wanhope noun /ˈwɒnhəʊp/: Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair.
wanhorn noun: galangal
Wanhua proper noun: A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
waniand noun: The wane of the Moon.
wanigan noun: Alternative form of wangan.
waning adjective, noun, verb /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/: Becoming weaker or smaller.
waning gibbous adjective: More than half full in phase, but growing smaller.
waning moon noun: A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the...
waningly adverb: While waning or diminishing.
wanion noun /ˈweɪni.ən/: The wane of the moon.
wanka noun: Pronunciation spelling of wanker.
wankapin noun: Nelumbo lutea, the American lotus, the water chinkapin.
Wanke proper noun: A surname.
Wankel engine noun: A rotary internal combustion engine, without pistons, using instead a triangular rotor in an epitrochoid-shaped housing.
wankin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of wanking.
wankiness noun: The state or condition of being wanky.
wankle adjective /ˈwæŋkəl/: Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.
wankly adjective: Weak; feeble; sickly.
Wanklyn proper noun: A surname.
Wanless proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
Wanli proper noun: Wanli Emperor (14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty)
Wanlockhead proper noun: A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, close to the border with South Lanarkshire (OS grid ref NS8713).
wanly adverb: In a wan or pale manner.
Wann proper noun: A town in Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States
wanna contraction /ˈwɑ.nə/: Represents a contracted pronunciation of want to.
wanna bet phrase: Alternative form of want to bet.
wanna contraction noun: A style of contraction (such as want to into wanna, or going to into gonna) that may or may not be possible depending on the sense of to.
wannabeism noun: The state or condition of a wannabe.
wannakai noun: Synonym of finger cherry
Wannamaker proper noun: A surname.
Wannan proper noun: A surname.
wannarexia noun: A desire to have anorexia, in a nonanorexic individual.
Wanne proper noun: A district of the city of Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
wanned adjective: Made wan, or pale.
Wanneroo proper noun: A northern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
wanness noun: The state of being wan; pallor.
Wannier function noun: Any of a set of orthogonal functions used in solid-state physics; they are the localized molecular orbitals of crystalline systems.
wannigan noun: A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.
Wanning proper noun: A sub-prefectural city of Hainan, China.
wannion noun: Alternative form of wanion.
wannish adjective: Quite wan or pale.
wannit contraction: Represents a contracted pronunciation of want it.
Wanquan proper noun: A district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China, formerly a county.
wanrestful adjective: Restless; uneasy.
wanrufe noun: Disquietude; unrest.
Wansbeck proper noun: A river in Northumberland, England, which flows into the North Sea.
wanse verb: To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
wanspeed noun: Ill fortune.
wanst adverb: once
Wanstead proper noun /ˈwɒnstɛd/: A suburban area of the borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4088).
want noun, verb /wɒnt/: To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
want ad noun: An advertisement (in a newspaper, magazine, etc.) for something wanted; a classified advertisement.
want-away adjective, noun /ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/: Who wants to move to another club.
want'cha contraction: Contraction of want + you.
want for nothing verb: To have everything one needs.
want in verb: To want to enter something.
want list noun: A list of items missing from a collection; especially a list of postage stamps that a collector is seeking to acquire.
want must be one's master phrase: One’s desire will not be satisfied; one must continue to want.
want no part of verb: to not want to be involved in.
want one's bumps feeling verb: Alternative form of need one's bumps feeling.
want one's bumps felt verb: Alternative form of need one's bumps feeling.
want out verb: To desire to leave, quit or escape a specific situation, relationship, commitment, or project.
want someone's nachos verb: To covet another; to envy one's accomplishments or qualities.
want to noun, phrase /ˈwʌn tu/: Intention, desire.
want to bet phrase: Are you sure? Do you really think so? (as a skeptical rebuttal to a claim).
want to know verb: To ask (used as a dialogue marker or introductory statement).
wanta contraction: Eye dialect spelling of want to.
wantable adjective: Capable of being wanted; that might conceivably be wanted.
wantableness noun: The state of being potentially wanted.
wantage noun: want; lack; deficiency
Wantagh proper noun: A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
wantaway adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of want-away.
wantcha contraction /ˈwʌnt͡ʃə/: Pronunciation spelling of want you.
wanted adjective, verb /ˈwɒn.tɪd/: Wished for; desired; sought.
wanted cargo noun: In naval control of shipping, a cargo which is not immediately required by the consignee country, but will be needed later.
wanted list noun: A list of offenders who have not been apprehended and who the police or other law enforcement agency are seeking.
wanted notice noun: Synonym of wanted poster.
wanted poster noun /ˈwɑntɪd ˈpoʊstɚ/: A poster that is distributed to the public, informing them of a person whom the authorities wish to apprehend.
wantedly adverb: In a wanted or deliberate manner; on purpose, willingly.
wantedness noun: The quality of being wanted or desired.
wanter noun, verb: One who wants, or who wants something
wantful adjective: Full of want or lack; lacking; poor.
wantfulness noun: Lack.
wanthriven adjective: Stunted; ill-grown; decayed; in a state of decline.
wantin' verb /ˈwɑntɪn/: Pronunciation spelling of wanting.
wanting adjective, noun, preposition, verb /ˈwɑntɪŋ/: That wants or desires.
wantingly adverb: With desire; yearningly.
wantingness noun: The quality of wanting or desiring something.
Wantirna proper noun: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Knox, Victoria, Australia
wantish adjective: Of or suggesting lack or want; meagre; lean; lacking.
wantless adjective: Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
wantlessness noun: Freedom from want.
wantlist noun: Alternative form of want list.
wantoe noun: An animal's bellyband.
wantok noun /ˈwɒntɒk/: A close comrade; a person with whom one has a strong social bond, usually based on a shared language.
wantokism noun /ˈwɑntɒkɪzəm/: The Melanesian cultural practice of relying on one's wantoks for any need, and of sharing the fruits of one's personal success with one's wantoks.
wanton adjective, noun, verb /ˈwɒntən/: Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
wanton kittens make sober cats proverb: People who are unruly and reckless in youth may nevertheless turn out to be responsible adults.
wantoner adjective, noun: A wanton person.
wantonhead noun: Wantonness.
wantonhood noun: Wantonness.
wantoning noun, verb: wanton behaviour
wantonise verb: Alternative form of wantonize.
wantonize verb /ˈwɒntənaɪz/: To be wanton; to indulge in lewdness, flirtation or lasciviousness.
wantonly adverb /ˈwɒntənli/: In a wanton manner.
wantonness noun /ˈwɒntənnəs/: The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
wantonry noun: The state of being wanton.
wantrepreneur noun /ˌwɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/: A person who aspires to be an entrepreneur, especially one who never realizes this ambition.
wantrust noun: Distrust.
wantsome adjective: Characterised or marked by lack; poor; needy.
wantum noun, verb: To want.
wantwit noun: A person wanting or lacking wit or sense; a fool.
wanty adjective, noun: A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
Wantz proper noun: A surname from German.
wanweird noun: Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
wanwood noun /ˌwɒnˈwʊd/: A pale or withered forest; a ghostly wood, implying decay or melancholy.
wany adjective, noun: Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; said especially of sawed boards or timber cut too near the outside of the log.
Wanyakyusa noun: The Nyakyusa people.
Wanyamwezi noun: Synonym of Nyamwezi (“a people of Tanzania”).
Wanyoro noun: Synonym of Nyoro (“a Bantu ethnic group”).
wanzam noun: An itinerant barber in parts of Africa, especially one that performs circumcisions.
wanze verb: Alternative form of wanse.
Wanzer proper noun: A surname.
Wanzhou proper noun: A district of Chongqing, China.
Wao proper noun: A municipality of Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
Waorani noun: A member of a native people of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
waow interjection: Alternative form of wow
wap noun, verb /wæp/: Initialism of wireless access point.
Wapakoneta proper noun: A city, the county seat of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.
wapanese adjective, noun /wæpəˈniːz/: Synonym of weeaboo: a person from elsewhere, particularly an unsocial white male, considered overly infatuated with Japanese culture.
wapato noun /ˈwɑpətoʊ/: Broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), or its edible bulbous root.
wapatoo noun: Alternative form of wapato.
Wapello proper noun: A city, the county seat of Louisa County, Iowa, United States.
wapenschaw noun: Alternative form of wapinschaw.
wapenshaw noun: Alternative form of wapinschaw.
wapenshawing noun: Alternative form of wapinschawing.
wapentakal adjective: Of or pertaining to a wapentake
wapentake noun /ˈwɒp.ən.teɪk/: An administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England.
Wapichan noun: Alternative form of Wapishana.
wapinschaw noun /ˈwɑpɪnʃɔː/: An exhibition of weapons, according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; formerly made at certain seasons in each district.
wapinschawing noun: The holding of a wapinschaw.
wapinshaw noun: Alternative form of wapinschaw.
wapinshawing noun: Alternative form of wapinschawing.
Wapishana noun: An indigenous people inhabiting the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
Wapisiana noun: Alternative form of Wapishana.
wapit noun: Water pipit.
wapiti noun /ˈwɑpɪti/: The American elk (Cervus canadensis).
Wapitxana noun: Alternative form of Wapishana.
Wapixana noun: Alternative form of Wapishana.
Waples proper noun: A surname.
WaPo proper noun /ˈwɑpoʊ/: Syllabic abbreviation of Washington Post, a newspaper from the United States.
Wapogoro noun: An ethnic group of Tanzania.
Wapokomo noun: A Bantu group in Kenya.
wapp noun: A fairleader.
wappato noun: Alternative form of wapato.
wappatoo noun: Alternative form of wapato.
wappened adjective: Deflowered; not a virgin.
wappenschaw noun: Alternative form of wapinschaw.
wappenshaw noun: Alternative form of wapinschaw.
wappenshawing noun: Alternative form of wapinschawing.
wapper noun, verb: To exhaust; to tire out.
wapper jaw noun: A projecting underjaw.
wapper-jawed adjective: Having a projecting underjaw.
wapperjawed adjective: Alternative form of wapper-jawed
wapping cove noun: A man who frequently hires prostitutes.
wapping dell noun: A prostitute.
wapping ken noun: A brothel.
wapping moll noun: A prostitute.
wapping mort noun: A prostitute.
Wappinger noun: A member of a Munsee-speaking Eastern Algonquian Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut.
Wappo noun: A member of a particular indigenous people of northern California.
waps noun, verb: African-American Vernacular and UK form of wasp.
Wapsi proper noun: Synonym of Wapsipinicon.
waqf noun, verb /wɑkf/: An endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
waqfed adjective, verb: Granted as a waqf, or endowment.
waqif noun: The person who creates a waqf.
war noun, prefix, verb /wɔː/: Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active...
war artist noun: A person who, usually as an occupation, depicts scenes from conflicts.
war baby noun: An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.
war bond noun: A type of savings bond used by nations to help fund war efforts.
war bonnet noun: A ceremonial headdress, decorated with a trailing extension of eagle feathers, worn by some Native American peoples.
war bride noun: A woman who marries a man who is on active military duty in wartime; especially, a woman who marries a foreign soldier serving in her country and then...
war by proxy noun: Alternative form of proxy war.
war cabinet noun: A government committee formed in wartime to coordinate the war effort.
war cake noun: A kind of cake made from the limited ingredients available in wartime (typically including little or no milk, butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar).

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.