English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 156 of 243

Williamsburgernoun

A native or inhabitant of Williamsburg.

Williamsburghname

Obsolete form of Williamsburg.

Williamsfieldname

A place in the United States:

Williamsianadj

Of or relating to Bernard Williams (1929–2003), English moral philosopher.

williamsitenoun

A translucent green variety of antigorite sometimes used as a gem.

Williamsonname

An Scottish and English surname originating as a patronymic.

williamsoniaceousadj

Of or relating to the Williamsoniaceae.

Williamsportname

A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.

Williamstonname

A city in Ingham County, Michigan, United States.

Williamstownname

A number of places in the United States:

willienoun

Alternative spelling of willy

Willie Petenoun

white phosphorus

willie wagtailnoun

An Australian bird, Rhipidura leucophrys.

willie-waughtnoun

A large swig of drink.

williedadj

Having a specified kind of penis.

williesnoun

plural of willy

williestadj

superlative form of willy: most willy

Willimanticname

A river in Connecticut, United States.

Willimentname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Willimottname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

willingadj

Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.

willing horsenoun

One who readily performs hard work or who voluntarily tolerates an adverse situation.

Willingdonname

A surname.

willingeradj

comparative form of willing: more willing

willingfuladj

willing; wilful

Willinghamname

A village and civil parish of South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL408707).

willingheartedadj

Having a willing attitude.

willinghoodnoun

Willingness.

willinglyadv

Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.

willingnessnoun

The state of being willing

willingnessenoun

Obsolete spelling of willingness.

Willingtonname

A number of places in England:

Willisname

An English surname originating as a patronymic from the name Will.

Willisianadj

Of or relating to Thomas Willis (1621–1675), English physician.

Willisonname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

williwawnoun

A strong gust of cold wind.

willlessadj

Alternative spelling of will-less.

willlessnessnoun

The state or condition of being willless.

willmakernoun

Alternative form of will-maker.

willmakingnoun

The creation of a legal will.

Willmentname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Willmettname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Willmore energynoun

A quantitative measure of how much a given surface deviates from a round sphere.

Willmotname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Willmottname

A surname transferred from the given name.

willn'tverb

Synonym of won't.

willnaecontraction

will not

Willockname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Willottname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Willoughbyname

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:

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 156. 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.