English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 100 of 243

wet one's pantsverb

To wet oneself, to urinate in one's clothes while wearing them.

wet one's whistleverb

To have a drink; to quench one's thirst.

wet oneselfverb

To lose control of one's bladder and involuntarily urinate into one's clothing.

wet pailnoun

Any diaper pail that contains water.

wet playnoun

Structured play activities for young schoolchildren during inclement weather.

wet rotnoun

A soft rot in which the decayed tissues are markedly watery.

wet sandverb

To sand using extremely fine-grained sandpaper, using a lubricant such as water or oil to prevent the sandpaper from clogging.

wet sandingnoun

The process of sanding with extremely fine-grained sandpaper, using a lubricant such as oil or water to prevent the sandpaper from clogging.

wet seasonnoun

Especially in tropical regions, the part of the year when most of the rain falls.

wet signaturenoun

A physical signature on a document, typically done in ink.

wet stackingnoun

The condition or practice of passing unburned fuel out of the exhaust system of a (diesel) vehicle, for example due to idling the engine for long intervals, which does not generate enough heat for a complete burn.

wet the baby's headverb

To celebrate the birth of a baby by drinking alcohol.

wet the bedverb

To urinate in one's bed (during sleep).

wet the shamrockverb

To go for an alcoholic drink, especially as part of a victory celebration or on Saint Patrick's Day.

wet throughadj

soaked, very wet (such that water gets through the clothes to reach the skin)

Wet Toast Eaglesname

The West Coast Eagles, an Australian rules football club based in Perth.

wet weednoun

Marijuana infused with phencyclidine (PCP) or formaldehyde.

wet willynoun

A prank whereby a saliva-moistened finger is inserted into an unsuspecting person's ear, often with a slight twisting motion.

wet wipenoun

A small moistened piece of paper or cloth for cleaning or personal hygiene, often folded and individually wrapped for convenience.

wet worknoun

A covert assassination performed by government operatives.

Wet'suwet'ennoun

A First Nations people of the northwestern Central Interior of British Columbia.

wet-blanketrynoun

The discouraging attitude of a wet blanket.

wet-bulbadj

Relating to wet-bulb temperature measurements.

wet-leasingnoun

The leasing of an airplane including crew, maintenance and insurance to another organisation, usually for a short period of time.

wet-unnoun

A diseased cow, unfit for human food, but nevertheless sold to make into sausages etc.

wet-weatheradj

Suitable for wet weather; waterproof.

wetanoun

Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.

Wetaskiwinname

A city in Alberta, Canada, located within the municipal district.

wetawdnoun

Pronunciation spelling of retard.

wetbacknoun

A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.

wetbirdnoun

The chaffinch.

wetbrainnoun

An idiot; a stupid person.

wetdownnoun

The application of water to objects and surfaces on a film set, for example when shooting a rainy scene during dry weather.

wetdreamnoun

Alternative form of wet dream.

wetfastadj

colorfast such that it will not lose its color after getting wet

wetfastnessnoun

The quality or degree of being wetfast.

wetheadnoun

A person who showers in work, and doesnt know what a hair dryer is.

wethernoun

A castrated goat.

Wetherbeename

A surname from Old Norse.

Wetherbyname

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).

Wetherill diagramnoun

A type of concordia diagram, used in the context of uranium–lead dating, whose axes are the ratios ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U and ²³⁷Pb/²³⁵Pb.

Wetheringtonname

A surname.

Wethersfieldname

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7131).

wetikonoun

Alternative form of wihtikow.

wetlandnoun

Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

wetlandernoun

A person who lives in a wetland region.

wetlandsnoun

plural of wetland (“An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh”)

Wetliname

A surname from German.

wetlinenoun

A line that has been doused with water in order to stop the advance of a fire.

wetlooknoun

The look of someone with their body wet, especially seen as attractive or a fetish.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter W contains 12,113 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 243 pages, and you are currently viewing page 100. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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