English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 215 of 243
One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
A sterile bee whose specialty is to support the hive, especially by collecting pollen.
Various trends in left-wing political discourse, especially anarchism and Marxism, that emphasize the political importance and centrality of the working class.
Laborers are encouraged to unionize or otherwise engage in collective action on a global scale in order to use the strength of their numbers to obtain better working conditions.
The art or business of working; workmanship, especially pertaining to handcrafts, handiwork, needlework, etc.
All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
A group of workers engaged in a series of collaborative tasks who usually work together.
An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
The amount of capital a business or other entity has available for running its daily operations, calculated as current assets minus current liabilities.
The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.
The environment in which one works, as influenced by factors such as cleanliness, lighting, equipment, paid overtime, uniforms, access to amenities, etc.
Any of those days of a week on which work is done, officially Monday to Friday in many countries (even though many people work on weekends).
A definition that is chosen for an occasion and may not fully conform with established or authoritative definitions.
A technical drawing or plan to scale which serves as a guide for the construction or manufacture of something such as a building or machine.
A farm whose agricultural land and buildings are in active use for crop production and/or the raising of livestock.
The practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.
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 215. 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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