English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 13 of 243

wakeableadj

Capable of being woken.

wakeathonnoun

An event during which a person attempts to stay awake for as long as possible.

wakeboardnoun

The board one stands on for wakeboarding.

wakeboardernoun

Someone who takes part in wakeboarding.

wakeboardingnoun

A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.

wakedverb

simple past and past participle of wake

WaKeeneyname

A city, the county seat of Trego County, Kansas, United States.

wakefieldnoun

The electron density wave structure which immediately follows an intense laser beam or relativistic charged particle beam as it passes through a plasma; the electric field or potential associated with such a structure.

wakefielditenoun

Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.

Wakefordname

A surname from Old English.

wakefuladj

Awake; not sleeping.

wakefullyadv

In a wakeful manner.

wakefulnessnoun

The state of being wakeful.

wakelessadj

Without (the possibility of) waking.

wakelessnessnoun

Absence of waking; a state of endless sleep.

wakeletnoun

A small wake (turbulence path or offshoot of a larger one)

wakeletsnoun

plural of wakelet

Wakeleyname

A hamlet in Westmill parish, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3426).

wakelocknoun

A lock that can be acquired by software for the purpose of preventing the mobile device from going into a locked standby state during a particular operation.

Wakelyname

A surname.

wakemannoun

A watchman

wakenverb

To wake or rouse from sleep.

wakenernoun

One who wakens.

wakenestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of waken

wakenethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of waken

wakeovernoun

A sleepover party in a public place, such as a church, at which little or no sleep actually takes place.

wakeradj

Watchful; vigilant; alert.

wakerobinnoun

Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals.

Wakes Colnename

A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8928).

wakeskatenoun

The board used in wakeskating.

wakeskaternoun

Someone who takes part in wakeskating.

wakeskatingnoun

A water sport that employs a board like that used for wakeboarding, manufactured from maple or fibreglass.

wakesomeadj

Marked by wakefulness or alertness; vigilant.

wakespannoun

The time interval during which a person is awake.

wakestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of wake

wakesurfverb

To take part in the sport of wakesurfing.

wakesurfernoun

One who takes part in wakesurfing.

wakesurfingnoun

A watersport in which a rider trails behind a boat, riding the boat's wake without being directly pulled by the boat.

wakethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of wake

waketimenoun

The time when one wakes.

wakeupnoun

An act or instance of waking up.

wakeynoun

The day on which one wakes up and travels home.

Wakhan Corridorname

An area in northeastern Afghanistan that forms a land link between Afghanistan and China.

Wakhinoun

A Pamiri ethnic group residing in the Pamir Mountains.

wakilnoun

In Arabian countries and in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, a lawyer or an administrator; one acting on behalf of another.

wakingadj

Occurring during wakefulness.

waking dreamnoun

A dream or dreamlike situation while one is awake or in the drowsy period before sleep.

waking lifenoun

The reality of the awakened state of consciousness, in contrast to the supposed reality of the dream state.

wakinglyadv

While one is awake.

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 13. 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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