English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 124 of 243
A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.
The state of being a whisper; the initial condition of a rumour (a mere whisper or insinuation)
A person who vocalizes quietly, in a whispering manner, or, ironically, one who is loud and outspoken.
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
To set (someone) free, allowing them to go their own way and do what they choose.
One who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer.
The disclosure to the public or to authorities, such as by an employee, of wrongdoing.
A trip by train in which one visits many locations along the way, especially if those locations are not major cities.
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 124. 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.