English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 104 of 243

whalehidenoun

A kind of bituminous paper used to make plant pots.

whalehoodnoun

The state or condition of being a whale.

whaleishadj

Characteristic of a whale.

whalekindnoun

Whales as a collective.

whalelessadj

Without whales.

whalelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a whale.

whalelingnoun

A small or young whale.

whalelorenoun

The knowledge, study, or science of whales.

whalemannoun

A male whaler; (loosely) any whaler.

whalemeatnoun

The meat of a whale.

Whalenname

A surname from Irish.

whalernoun

One who hunts whales; any person employed in the whaling industry.

whalerynoun

A whale fishery.

whalesnoun

plural of whale

whaleshipnoun

A ship used for hunting whales.

whaleshitnoun

Whale excrement.

whalesmannoun

One who hunts whales; a whaler.

whalesongnoun

The sounds through which whales communicate.

whalespeaknoun

A language used by whales.

whalesuckernoun

A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.

whalewatchernoun

One who takes part in whalewatching.

whalewatchingnoun

The recreational observation of whales.

Whaleyname

A village in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5171).

whalingnoun

The practice of hunting whales.

whalishadj

Resembling or characteristic of a whale.

Whallname

A surname from Old English.

whallahintj

voila; ta-da, presto; lo and behold

Whalleyname

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7336).

whallyadj

Having a light-coloured iris of the eye.

Whalsayname

An island of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.

whamnoun

A forceful blow.

wham, bam, thank you ma'amphrase

Denoting swift, formulaic, and unromantic sexual intercourse.

Whamageddonname

An informal game played during the 24 days before Christmas, in which players try to avoid hearing the popular song "Last Christmas" by Wham!.

whame flynoun

The horsefly or gadfly.

whammernoun

A piton hammer

whammienoun

Alternative form of whammy.

whammointj

Used to emphasize the suddenness of an event.

whammynoun

a serious or devastating setback

whamolanoun

A bass musical instrument played in the United States; a descendant of the washtub bass.

Whampoaname

Synonym of Huangpu (Guangzhou)

whanaunoun

An extended family.

whangverb

To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.

whang leathernoun

A kind of tough leather.

Whangaehuname

A river in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand; in full, Whangaehu River.

whangainoun

A traditional Maori form of adoption practised within the extended family.

Whangareiname

A city in Northland, the northernmost in New Zealand.

whangdoodlenoun

A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.

whangeenoun

Any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos, hardy evergreen plants from Japan, China and the Himalayas with woody stems sometimes used to make canes and umbrella handles.

Whangpooname

Dated form of Huangpu.

whanknoun

A strike with the fist; a blow; a knock.

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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 104. 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.

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