English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 143 of 243

wicopynoun

Any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).

widprep

Pronunciation spelling of with.

Widal testnoun

The agglutination test for typhoid fever.

Widdecombename

A surname.

Widdername

A surname from German.

widdershinsadv

Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.

widdersinsadv

Alternative form of widdershins.

Widdicombename

A surname from Old English.

Widdisonname

A surname.

widdlenoun

Urine.

widdleradj

comparative form of widdle: more widdle

widdlyadj

Characterized by a lot of long fast guitar riffs

Widdowsonname

A surname.

Widdringtonname

A village in Widdrington Village parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2595).

Widdrington Villagename

A civil parish in Northumberland, England, which includes the village of Widdrington.

widdynoun

A rope or halter made of flexible twigs or withes or such

wideadj

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

wide area networknoun

A computer network that covers a large geographic area.

wide awakeadj

Awake and very alert; vigilant, watchful.

wide berthnoun

Adequate distance from sea vessels or other objects to ensure safety and maneuverability.

wide boynoun

A man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing.

wide of the markadj

Of a projectile: missing the target.

wide openadj

Completely open.

wide receivernoun

An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes.

wide shotnoun

A film or video recording made with the camera positioned to observe the most action in the performance.

wide shutadj

Deliberately closed (off). (figurative) Wilfully closed-minded; unwilling to see the truth.

wide stancenoun

homosexuality (as an attribute of a person)

wide-bodynoun

An airliner capable of seating six or more passengers in a single row of economy seating.

wide-eyedadj

Astonished or surprised.

wide-handedadj

Having hands that are wide.

wide-handednessnoun

The quality of being wide-handed.

wide-hippedadj

having large hips

wide-onnoun

A sexually aroused vagina; a state of female sexual arousal.

wide-rangingadj

Occurring over a wide range; appearing throughout a broad region, or extending over a diverse spectrum of possibilities.

wide-reachingadj

Having significant and widely applicable effects.

wide-scaleadj

Alternative form of widescale.

wide-spreadadj

Alternative spelling of widespread.

wideawakenoun

A bird, the sooty tern.

widebandnoun

A communications transmission rate between that of narrowband and broadband.

widebeamnoun

A canal boat built in the style of a British narrowboat but with a wider beam (2.16 metres (7 ft 1 in) or greater).

widebodiedadj

Of an airliner: that can seat more than six passengers in each row, in economy seating.

widebodynoun

An airliner capable of seating seven or more passengers in a single row of economy seating, with two aisles or more.

widefieldadj

In which a whole two-dimensional image is acquired simultaneously using a wide-area detector array.

widegapadj

Having a wide bandgap.

wideheartedadj

Kindly and welcoming to people of all sorts.

wideishadj

Alternative spelling of widish.

widelieradv

comparative form of widely: more widely

widelyadv

In a wide manner; across a wide area.

widemouthadj

Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a wide mouth.

widemouthedadj

Having a wide mouth.

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 143. 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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