English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 131 of 243
A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.
Explicitly and specifically approved by appearing on a whitelist, and therefore having greater access or preference.
A tactic to resist hostile takeover, in which the target company sells discounted stock to a friendly third party.
To make (a Native American) act culturally white, or act in a way desired by white authorities.
Honest and moral. To describe somebody who never does anything wrong. Morally beyond reproach.
A metamorphic rock formed in high-pressure environments, composed principally of talc and kyanite.
To explain (something) condescendingly to one who is not white, especially regarding race relations or minority behavior, presuming the listener's inferior understanding because of their race.
A type of film that portrays white people in a stereotypical manner, intended to appeal to lurid or lowbrow tastes.
Aplocheilus panchax, a species of common freshwater fish found in a large variety of habitats due to its high adaptability.
Any of various New World warblers in the family Parulidae, related to the redstarts but having extensive white and no red in their tails.
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 131. 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.