English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 153 of 243

wildlieradv

comparative form of wildly: more wildly

wildliestadv

superlative form of wildly: most wildly

wildlifenoun

undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.

wildlife carernoun

A person who takes care of and rehabilitates injured wildlife.

wildlife corridornoun

A strip of vegetation that differs from its surrounding environment and which connects otherwise separate habitat areas.

wildlingnoun

A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant.

wildlyadv

In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

wildmatnoun

A pattern matching library for matching strings with certain wildcards, used in NNTP. Also refers to its own format.

wildmeatnoun

Meat from a wild animal.

wildnessnoun

The state or quality of being wild.

wildpostingnoun

Posting advertisements on public property without permission.

wildsnoun

plural of wild

wildscapenoun

A wild landscape.

wildsomeadj

Characterised or marked by wildness

wildstylenoun

A form of graffiti with text so stylized as to be difficult to read, often with interlocking, three-dimensional type.

wildwoodnoun

Woodland that has developed naturally, especially where a suitable climate has developed with it.

wilenoun

A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice

Wile E. Coyoteverb

To fail disastrously.

wilefuladj

artful, wily, deceitful.

wilelessadj

Without wiles or cunning.

wilelyadj

Obsolete form of wily.

Wilemanname

A surname originating as an occupation.

Wilemonname

A surname.

Wilenname

A surname.

Wilenskiname

A surname from Polish.

Wilenskyname

A surname from Polish.

Wilername

A surname from German.

Wilesname

A surname transferred from the nickname. A patronymic form of Wile.

Wileyname

A surname.

Wilfname

A male given name, diminutive of Wilfred.

wilfenoun

A kind of willow.

Wilfley tablenoun

An inclined percussion table for dressing ore, usually with longitudinal grooves in its surface, agitated by side blows at right angles to the flow of the pulp.

Wilfordname

A placename:

Wilfredname

A male given name from Old English, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.

wilfuladj

Intentional; deliberate.

wilful homicidenoun

murder; defined similarly as in English law

wilfullyadv

Willingly, of one's own free will.

wilfulnessnoun

The state or condition of being wilful; stubbornness.

wilfulnessenoun

Obsolete form of wilfulness.

wilgienoun

A red ochre traditionally used as a pigment by the Aboriginal Nyunga people.

Wilhamname

A surname from German.

Wilhelmname

A male given name from German, equivalent to English William.

Wilhelm screamnoun

A stock sound effect of a man's scream, used in numerous films.

Wilhelmianadj

Relating to Wilhelm II, German Emperor or to Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Wilhelminaname

A female given name from German, masculine equivalent Wilhelm.

Wilhelmineadj

Of or pertaining to the period of German history 1871-1918, or to the German Emperors of that period.

Wilhelminismnoun

The grandiose image presented by Wilhelm II during the Wilhelmine period of German history.

wilhelmkleinitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic blackish green mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and zinc.

wilhelmramsayitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal bluish gray mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, sodium, sulfur, and thallium.

Wilhelmsenname

A surname.

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 153. 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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