English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 180 of 243
The juvenile form of a Phallus mushroom, such as Phallus impudicus or Phallus multicolor (syn. Dictyophora multicolor), which resembles an egg.
Any of various fruticose or hair-like lichens, especially in the genus Alectoria (e.g. Alectoria sarmentosa) or sometimes Usnea or Gowardia (e.g. Gowardia nigricans).
Hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe.
In folk magic, a charm or talisman made from knotted or plaited cord or hair, with various things like feathers braided or knotted into it.
A raised bump or wart on a person's body, formerly believed in some English-speaking cultures to indicate that the person was a witch and used the wart to provide blood to familiars.
A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.
The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
A supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy.
A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to rest.
The large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths and beetles, especially the species Endoxyla leucomochla, traditionally eaten by Aboriginals in the Australian desert.
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 180. 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.
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