English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 207 of 243

Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed.

wool-gatherverb

To daydream.

The workhouse.

A mediator between buyers and sellers of wool.

A person who buys and evaluates the quality of wool before selling it to a third party.

woolclassernoun

A person employed to sort wool into various grades of quality.

woolclassingnoun

The sorting of wool into various grades of quality.

A comb used for wool.

A person employed to comb wool in order to disentangle and straighten out the fibres.

woolcombingnoun

The work of a woolcomber, combing wool to disentangle it and straighten out the fibres.

To wind a chain or rope around in order to strengthen (especially a mast or yard).

A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.

The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, or rope-like material.

wooldridgeitenoun

An orthorhombic-pyramidal greenish blue mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

A person who buys up wool to sell it at a market.

Obsolete spelling of wool.

Having wool of a specified kind.

Made of wool.

Clothing made out of wool.

An animal raised for its wool, especially an angora rabbit.

A surname.

wooley backnoun

Alternative form of woollyback (“pejorative: an inhabitant of a rural area”).

A surname.

A surname from Old English.

Woolfardisworthyname

A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8208).

A skin of an animal with the wool attached.

In the style of Virginia Woolf.

Of or pertaining to Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English modernist writer.

Reminiscent of Virginia Woolf or her writing.

A surname from Old Norse.

A surname.

A characteristical surname.

To daydream.

woolgatherernoun

One who engages in woolgathering.

woolgatheringnoun

The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.

Scirpus cyperinus, a herbaceous emergent that is native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada.

One who raises sheep for the production of wool.

woolgrowingnoun

The raising of sheep for the production of wool.

A trade market in the wool districts.

A yokel or redneck.

A species of duck, the bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

A wool warehouse.

A marijuana cigarette or cigar laced with crack cocaine.

Woolworths, a well-known chain of shops selling confectionery, stationery, etc.

In a wooly manner; with a wooly appearance.

Alternative spelling of woolliness.

Resembling or characteristic of wool.

A village in Compton Dando parish and Publow parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6364).

Alternative spelling of woolen.

As through wool.

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 207. 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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