English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 115 of 243

Contraction of whenever.

At any time that.

whenever one turns aroundphrase

Alternative form of every time one turns around.

At an unspecified time, at convenience.

Existence at a particular point in time.

when; whensoever

whenever; at any time at all

whenever; at any time at all

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, and an RNZAF base.

A former British settler or expatriate who talks nostalgically about his or her former home in colonial Africa.

simple past and past participle of whip: whipped, whipt

Obsolete form of werewolf.

In, at or to what place.

where are the snows of yesteryearphrase

Used to emphasize that life passes quickly.

where are youphrase

where are you? (used over the phone or while texting, for example)

where awayphrase

Where are you going? What is your destination?

where gotphrase

Used to challenge the validity of an assertion.

where I come fromphrase

Used to indicate that a certain expression, custom, etc. is characteristic of the speaker's place of origin.

where it countsadv

in the most advantageous area or sphere

where it's atadj

cool, trendy

where someone is coming fromphrase

The reasonable, but possibly incorrect, motivations or premises to someone's argument.

where someone livesadv

In one’s most vulnerable or personal spot.

where the puck is headingphrase

Where things are headed; to a predicted future state of things.

where the sun don't shinephrase

Up or in the anus (usually figuratively).

where there is a willproverb

Ellipsis of where there is a will there is a way.

where there is a will there is a wayproverb

If someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found to make it happen.

where there's a will there's a wayproverb

Alternative form of where there is a will there is a way.

where there's no sense there's no feelingproverb

A living thing of little or no intelligence does not feel pain or other negative sensations.

where you atphrase

Where are you? Used as an inquiry of location, especially figuratively.

where you stand depends on where you sitproverb

One's position in an organization dictates one's stance on an issue.

where'dcontraction

Contraction of where + had.

Contraction of wherever.

where'mcontraction

where am

where'ncontraction

Where in.

where'recontraction

Contraction of where + are.

where'scontraction

Contraction of where + is.

where's the beefphrase

Where is the content? So what?

where'vecontraction

where have

About which; concerning which.

In, at or near what location.

Above which.

whereacrossconj

Across which.

After which time or event.

whereagainstadv

Against what; against which.

Along which.

Among which.

whereamongstconj

Alternative form of whereamong.

Concerning which; relating to which.

wherearoundconj

Around which.

Where (that).

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 115. 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.