English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 172 of 243

Winter Warname

A war between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940.

winter warmernoun

A traditional English strong ale that is brewed in the winter months. It is usually quite dark, but not as dark as a stout, and may be spiced.

winter wonderlandnoun

A beautiful scene of snow and ice.

Winter's barknoun

A tree (Drimys winteri) native to Chile and Argentina, grown as an ornamental plant for its reddish-brown bark, bright green, fragrant leaves and clusters of creamy white, jasmine-scented flowers.

Winter's lawname

A sound law operating on Balto-Slavic short vowels, according to which they lengthen before unaspirated voiced stops, and that syllable gains rising, acute accent.

winter-boundadj

Hampered, curtailed, or trapped by winter weather.

winter-killverb

To kill by the effects of wintery conditions

winter-over syndromenoun

A variety of behavioral and medical disturbances, including irritability, depression, insomnia and irritable bowel syndrome, polar T3 syndrome, and Antarctic stare.

winter-proudadj

Having too strong or luxuriant a growth for winter.

winteraceousadj

Belonging to the family Winteraceae, the Winter's bark family.

winterballnoun

Winter-season baseball

winterberrynoun

A species of holly native to the United States and Canada and producing red berries, Ilex verticillata.

winterbloomnoun

Witch hazel.

Winterborne Camename

A small settlement and civil parish (served by Winterborne Farringdon Parish Council) south of Dorchester, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY7088).

Winterborne Monktonname

A small village and civil parish (served by Winterborne Farringdon Parish Council) south of Dorchester, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6788).

Winterborne Sticklandname

A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8304).

Winterbottomname

A surname from Old English.

Winterbottom's signname

A swelling of lymph nodes along the back of the neck, characteristic of the early phase of African trypanosomiasis, and suggestive of cerebral infection.

Winterbournname

A surname.

Winterbournename

A place in England:

Winterburnname

A hamlet in Flasby with Winterburn parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England, situated on Winterburn Beck, a minor river (OS grid ref SD9358).

wintercreepernoun

Euonymus fortunei, a woody evergreen vine native to China, Korea, and Japan.

wintercressnoun

Any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.

winterdressnoun

Alternative form of winter-dress.

winterernoun

Any person or animal (but especially a bird) that visits or resides in a specified location during the winter

winterfatnoun

Any of the shrubs of genus Krascheninnikovia in the goosefoot family, especially Krascheninnikovia lanata.

Winterfestnoun

Any of various winter festivals.

winterfulnoun

A quantity that lasts or is produced during a winter.

wintergreennoun

Any evergreen plant.

winterhardinessnoun

The quality of being winterhardy.

winterhardyadj

hardy enough to survive cold weather

winterhousenoun

A house used in winter, especially as a vacation residence to overwinter in

winterimnoun

A period in a winter term in which students work on projects away from their normal school.

winteringnoun

The act of staying at a place throughout the winter.

winteriseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of winterize.

winterishadj

Characteristic of winter.

winterishlyadv

In a way that is characteristic of winter.

winterizationnoun

The act of preparing something for winter weather.

winterizeverb

To prepare (something) for winter weather.

winterizernoun

Any method or substance that prepares something for winter conditions.

winterkillnoun

The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population.

Winterkornname

A surname from German.

Winterlandname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

winterlessadj

Without a winter.

winterlessnessnoun

Absence of winter.

winterlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.

winterlingnoun

A yearling animal, typically one born in the winter.

winterlongadj

Extending throughout a winter.

winterlyadj

Of or relating to winter.

winternshipnoun

An internship during the winter break in the school year.

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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 172. 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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