English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 201 of 243

wonutnoun

A type of waffle made with a mixture of waffle and doughnut dough, deep-fried and decorated like a doughnut.

wooverb

To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.

woo girlnoun

A young woman who behaves in a loud, exhibitionistic manner in public.

woo hoointj

Alternative spelling of woohoo.

woo woonoun

A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.

woo'tcontraction

Contraction of wouldst + thou.

woo-mongernoun

A proponent of pseudoscientific ideas or practices.

woo-woonessnoun

Synonym of New Age.

wooableadj

Susceptible to wooing

woobienoun

Any object, typically a blanket, garment or stuffed animal, that is used simply for its comforting characteristics; a security blanket.

woobificationnoun

The act or process of turning a character into a woobie.

woobifyverb

To make into a woobie.

woodnoun

The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

wood alcoholnoun

The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.

wood and water joeynoun

A person who performs odd jobs; a rouseabout or handyperson.

wood anemonenoun

Either of two plant species of the family Ranunculaceae

wood bugnoun

Any insect or invertebrate that feeds on or otherwise attacks wood.

wood burnernoun

A heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.

wood carvingnoun

The art of carving wood to make decorative objects.

wood dovenoun

Any of the species of birds in the genus Turtur

wood earnoun

An edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, shaped like an ear and growing on wood.

Wood effectname

The dreamlike or lurid appearance of an image produced by the use of infrared photographic equipment.

Wood familyname

Empty seats at a theater, circus, etc., corresponding to tickets that the venue failed to sell.

wood frognoun

The frog species Lithobates sylvaticus, native to North American woodland.

wood knotnoun

The cross-section or remnants of where a branch grew from the trunk of the tree, appearing as a circular or irregular pattern in the lumber.

wood lemmingnoun

Any of species Myopus schisticolor of lemmings.

wood lotnoun

An area of land used for the growing of firewood and timber, often as the wooded portion of a farmstead in contrast with arable and pasture portions.

wood pigeonnoun

The common wood pigeon, an Old World species of pigeon, Columba palumbus.

wood sorrelnoun

A white-flowered, edible woodland plant, Oxalis acetosella.

wood spurgenoun

An erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and the Caucasus, of species Euphorbia amygdaloides.

wood tarnoun

Tar produced by destructive distillation of wood.

Wood Wide Webname

Mycorrhizal networks, that is networks of fungi that connect trees, collectively.

wood woolnoun

Fine shavings or fibers of wood, used as a stuffing, insulating or packing material, as a medical dressing, or combined with glue or cement to provide bulk to a building material.

Wood's glassnoun

An optical filter glass that allows ultraviolet and infrared light to pass through while blocking most visible light.

Wood's lampnoun

A black light.

Wood's metalnoun

A fusible alloy consisting of (in ascending order by amount in the composition) cadmium, tin, lead, and bismuth.

wood-burningadj

Alternative form of woodburning.

wood-elfnoun

An elf which inhabits woodland, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.

wood-firedadj

Alternative form of woodfired.

wood-hewernoun

One who earns a living by splitting wood.

wood-lockedadj

Surrounded by woodland.

wood-serenoun

The winter.

wood-thistlenoun

Synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)

wood-wrothadj

Mad with anger.

Woodacrename

A census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States.

Woodalename

A hamlet in Coverdale, in Yorkshire Dales, England.

Woodallname

A placename:

woodallitenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, carbon, chlorine, chromium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.

Woodardsname

plural of Woodard

woodballnoun

An Asian sport resembling croquet.

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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 201. 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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