English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 127 of 243
A set of pro-Hispanic ideas attempting to counterbalance the anti-Hispanic Black Legend (Spanish Leyenda Negra).
A deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial social exchange, or to choose one's battles.
A rare color mutation of the lion, specifically the Southern African lion, having white fur.
A phrase used to protest against "black lives matter" (rally call, political and social movement) mostly by white people, to protect their traditional white prerogatives and privileges.
Magic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.
The supposed responsibility of European people to govern and care for their colonial subjects.
a nebula that appears white in colouration through a high-powered telescope (nebulae often appear to have some hint of colour through a powerful telescope, but white when not using a powerful instrument); these nebulae were generally to be determined to be galaxies in the 20th century
A random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density; a signal with a power spectral density that has equal power in any band, at any centre frequency, having a given bandwidth.
A document based on research informing and educating a reader regarding a topic, which may also promote a product or a solution.
A peace agreement after a war, in which the parties do not impose onerous terms on one other.
A spice consisting of the light-colored seed of the black pepper fruit without the dark-colored pulp and skin. Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces.
The most common allotrope of phosphorus; a yellow-white waxy solid that is insoluble in water and spontaneously combusts on exposure to air to form clouds of phosphorus pentoxide; used as a military smokescreen and as an incendiary weapon.
A philosophical dilemma in which someone who faces death or disability at a certain probability is offered a perfect antidote if they pay a specified amount of money.
The collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.
A conspiracy theory based on white supremacist ideology that there is a plot to diminish the influence of white people through the immigration of visible minorities and demographics.
A series of wide-reaching reforms to end feudalism and modernize Iran that lasted from 1963 to 1979.
Of or relating to Russians with tsarist or anti-Soviet sympathies in the period directly following the Revolution in 1917.
A desert in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, United States, composed of white gypsum sand.
The worldview that regards white people as saviors and other groups as needing to be saved by them.
White people who make a formation around black people in order to protect them from racist violence.
A woman (of European descent) sold into prostitution, especially when transported to a country primarily inhabited by nonwhites.
Sexual slavery, particularly the forced prostitution of women of European ancestry.
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 127. 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.
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