English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 117 of 243
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.
To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
to increase or stimulate someone's desire, interest, or eagerness for something, often by providing a small preview or taste
A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
A hamlet in Craven Arms parish, Shropshire, England, east of the town (OS grid ref SO4482).
An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.
Of or relating to William Whewell (1794–1866), English scientist, philosopher, and Anglican priest.
The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
Which point of view is considered or whose interests are used as a basis.
The prevailing opinion or current view of most people, especially people with influence.
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 117. 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.