English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 205 of 243

Woodruff Countyname

One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Augusta.

Woodruff keynoun

A semicircular key that fits partly into a circular segment keyseat, with the remainder fitting into a longitudinal slot keyway in the mating part.

woodruffitenoun

A tetragonal mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.

woodrushnoun

Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Luzula, that have grass-like leaves.

woodsnoun

plural of wood

woods coltnoun

A child born out of wedlock.

Woods Countyname

One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Alva.

woods oysternoun

Synonym of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

woodsawyernoun

A sawyer; one who saws timber.

woodsballnoun

A form of paintball played in a natural outdoor area, contrasted with speedball.

woodscapenoun

A wooded landscape.

Woodsfieldname

A village, the county seat of Monroe County, Ohio, United States.

woodsfulnoun

As much as can be found in a woods; forestful.

woodshavingnoun

A shaving from wood.

woodshednoun

An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.

woodshifternoun

A chess player who is not good at the game.

woodshipnoun

A wooden ship.

woodshocknoun

The marten, or its pelt.

woodshopnoun

A woodworking workshop.

woodshrikenoun

Any bird of the genus Tephrodornis.

woodsianoun

Any of the genus Woodsia of ferns.

woodsidenoun

The side of a wood; the land that borders a wood.

woodsilvernoun

A form of rent paid to exempt oneself from the work of carrying wood.

woodsilyadv

In a woodsy manner.

woodsinessnoun

The state of being woodsy

woodskinnoun

Bark used for making canoes.

woodsmannoun

A man who lives and works in woodland; a forester or woodman.

woodsmanshipnoun

The skills of a woodsman.

woodsmokenoun

Smoke from burning wood.

woodsmokedadj

Cooked or flavoured with woodsmoke.

Woodson Countyname

One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Yates Center.

woodsorrelnoun

Certain species of genus Oxalis or of family Oxalidaceae.

Woodstockname

Ellipsis of Woodstock Festival, an American rock music festival originally held in 1969 in New York state near Woodstock; (by extension) a large, influential gathering.

Woodstockianadj

Relating to, or suggestive of, the hugely popular Woodstock music festival associated with 1960s counterculture.

woodstonenoun

A striped variety of hornfels, resembling wood in appearance.

woodstorenoun

A building for the storage of wood.

woodstovenoun

A stove designed to burn wood.

woodswallownoun

Any of the genus Artamus, soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds.

woodswomannoun

The female equivalent of a woodsman.

woodsyadj

Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wooded area.

Woodthorpename

A place in England:

woodticknoun

Alternative form of wood tick.

woodturnernoun

A person skilled at woodturning.

woodturningnoun

The craft of turning wood on a lathe to make useful or decorative objects.

Woodvillename

A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area and the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.

woodwallnoun

The yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.

woodwardnoun

A warden of a wood.

Woodward Countyname

One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Woodward.

Woodward-Hoffmann rulesnoun

A set of three rules that invoke the conservation of orbital symmetry to predict the stereochemistry of pericyclic reactions.

woodwardianoun

Any of the genus Woodwardia of chain ferns.

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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 205. 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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