English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 130 of 243

Whitecastlename

A community (civil parish) in Monmouthshire, Wales.

Whitechapelname

An urban area in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in east London, Greater London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood. (OS grid ref TQ3481)

Whitechurchname

A surname.

whitecoatnoun

A new-born baby harp or grey seal before its fur becomes grey, normally around 12 days old.

whitecollaradj

Alternative form of white-collar.

whitecornnoun

Any white variety of field corn.

Whitecourtname

A town in Alberta, Canada

whitecupnoun

The solanaceous plant Nierembergia rivularis.

whited sepulchrenoun

One who is outwardly attractive, but unclean or vile on the inside; a hypocrite.

whitedampnoun

A noxious mixture of gases formed by the combustion of coal, usually in an enclosed environment such as a mine.

whitefacenoun

Makeup that makes the face appear white.

whitefacedadj

Having a white face, as from fear.

whitefellanoun

A white man or Caucasian person, especially as opposed to an Aboriginal Australian.

whitefellernoun

A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.

whitefellownoun

Alternative form of whitefeller.

Whitefieldname

A surname.

Whitefieldianadj

Of or relating to George Whitefield (1714–1770), Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement.

Whitefieldismnoun

Whitefieldian religious principles.

Whitefielditenoun

One who holds Whitefieldian religious principles.

whitefinadj

Having a fin that is white in colour.

whitefishnoun

Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.

whiteflawnoun

Synonym of whitlow.

whiteflynoun

Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest

whitefolknoun

White people.

Whitefordname

A surname.

whitefrontnoun

The greater white-fronted goose.

whitefullanoun

Alternative form of whitefella.

whitegirlnoun

Alternative form of white girl.

whitegoodsnoun

Alternative form of white goods.

whitegraftnoun

Alternative form of white graft.

whitehairedadj

Alternative form of white-haired (“having white hair, especially from ageing”).

Whitehallname

A wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices.

Whitehawkname

A suburb of Brighton, England, United Kingdom.

whiteheadnoun

A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.

Whitehead linknoun

One of the most basic interlinkages of two loops; a link with one ring passing through the two lobes of a singly twisted loop.

whiteheadedadj

Alternative form of white-headed.

Whiteheadianadj

Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), English mathematician and philosopher.

whitehoodnoun

The condition of being (racially) white.

Whitehorsename

The capital city of Yukon, Canada.

Whitehousename

A surname.

Whitehousianadj

Prudish; morally censorious.

Whitehurstname

A surname from Old English.

Whiteinchname

A suburb in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS NS5367).

whiteishnessnoun

Alternative form of whitishness.

whiteistnoun

Alternative form of whitist.

whiteitenoun

A rare monoclinic hydrated phosphate mineral.

whiteknightverb

Alternative form of white knight.

whitelashnoun

A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.

Whitelawname

A surname from Old English.

Whiteleafname

A settlement next to Monks Risborough in Princes Risborough parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8104).

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 130. 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.

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