English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 208 of 243

woollenyadj

Resembling wool.

woollessadj

Without wool.

woollessnessnoun

Absence of wool.

Woolleyname

A place in England:

woollikeadj

Resembling wool or some aspect of it.

woollilyadv

Alternative spelling of woolily.

woollinessnoun

The state of being woolly.

Woolloomoolooname

An inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

woollyadj

Made of wool.

woolly adelgidnoun

Any of various insects of either species Adelges piceae or Adelges tsugae.

woolly backnoun

A non-Liverpudlian person who travels to Liverpool, especially to work at the docks.

woolly bearnoun

A hairy caterpillar.

woolly fringe mossnoun

moss of species Racomitrium lanuginosum (family Grimmiaceae).

woolly hippopotamusnoun

A hypothesized extinct relative to the hippopotamus that supposedly lived in northern or western Europe during the Ice Age.

woolly mammothnoun

A very hairy mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, widespread in colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere during the Pleistocene period.

woolly mouse opossumnoun

Any opossum in the subgenus Marmosa (Micoureus).

woolly rhinonoun

Alternative form of woolly rhinoceros.

woolly woofternoun

A male homosexual; poofter.

woolly-headedadj

Synonym of nappy: having tightly curled and frizzy hair.

woolly-headednessnoun

The quality of being woolly-headed: illogicalness, irrationality.

woolly-mindedadj

Alternative form of woolly-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.

woolly-patedadj

Synonym of woolly-headed.

woollyishadj

Somewhat woolly.

woollynecknoun

Any of the genus Ciconia of storks.

woollystarnoun

Any of the flowering plants of genus Eriastrum.

woolmannoun

A man who deals in wool.

woolmongernoun

A retailer of wool.

Woolnername

A surname from Old English.

Woolnoughname

A surname from Old English.

woolpacknoun

A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds.

woolpackernoun

A person employed to pack wool.

Woolpitname

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9762).

woolsacknoun

A bag or bale of wool.

woolsedgenoun

Any of several species of Scirpus related to Scirpus cyperinus with perianth bristles giving a wooly appearance.

woolseynoun

A material made of cotton and wool.

Woolseyismnoun

In video game texts, a translation or substituted phrase characteristic of Ted Woolsey, American game translator and producer.

woolshearernoun

A person employed to shear animals to obtain wool.

woolshearingnoun

The shearing of animals to obtain wool.

woolshearsnoun

Shears for clipping wool.

woolshednoun

A shed where sheep are shorn.

woolskinnoun

A sheepskin with the wool still attached.

woolsorternoun

A worker, usually a farmworker, responsible for sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.

woolsortingnoun

The work of a woolsorter, sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.

Woolstencroftname

A surname from Old English.

Woolstenhulmename

A surname.

woolstuffnoun

Woolen cloth or fabric.

Woolton pienoun

A dish of diced vegetables topped with potato pastry, introduced in wartime Britain when meat was not readily available.

woolulosenoun

A wool substitute made from natural vegetable fibres.

Woolumname

A surname.

Woolvertonname

A village in Tellisford parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7953).

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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 208. 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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