English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 107 of 243
Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable.
An expression of annoyance, impatience or surprise, equivalent to what the devil!
Used to express surprise about someone's uncharacteristic or wacky, offbeat past actions.
Used to express disappointment about someone's uncharacteristic or abnormal past actions.
A brand of automobile that performs well in racing competitions will be popular with retail purchasers.
Owing to; because of; as a result of (used typically to introduce several causes of something)
If one does not know about a problem or a misdeed, one will not be able to render oneself unhappy by worrying about it.
Events that have already taken place cannot be changed and actions that have already been committed cannot be undone, so it is best not to dwell on them.
What is wrong with...? What is the problem with... (somebody)? Inquired regarding somebody who seems upset, worried, angry, etc.
Literally, what is good for a female goose is equally good for a male goose (gander); or, what is good for a woman should be equally good for a man.
Used to argue that something's name is arbitrary and does not give any information as to its qualities; the names of things do not affect what they really are.
If something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another (often of the opposite gender).
Used to express surprise or dissatisfaction with an action or statement of another person, especially to that person.
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 107. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "W" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.