An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

Wormworldname

An ecosystem characteristic of the later Ediacaran, when animal life was dominated by surface-dwelling worms.

wormyadj

Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.

wornadj

Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.

worn'tcontraction

Alternative spelling of weren't.

worn-outadj

Damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful.

worneverb

Obsolete spelling of worn, past participle of wear.

wornnessnoun

The quality of being worn.

Worobeyname

A surname from East Slavic.

Woronin bodynoun

An organelle found near the septae that divide hyphal compartments in filamentous Ascomycota, formed by budding from conventional peroxisomes.

Wororanname

A family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal prefixing languages spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

worracontraction

Contraction of what + a.

worralnoun

a monitor lizard of Egypt, either a Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) or a desert monitor (Varanus griseus).

Worrallname

A village in Bradfield parish, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3092).

worrelnoun

Obsolete form of worral (“monitor lizard”).

worriableadj

Capable of becoming worried.

worricownoun

An imp or hobgoblin.

worriedadj

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

worried wellnoun

Users of medical or psychiatric services who are not suffering from any diagnosable disease.

worriedlyadv

In a worried manner.

worriednessnoun

worry, the state of being worried

worriernoun

A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.

worriesnoun

plural of worry

worriethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of worry

worrilyadv

Worriedly.

worrimentnoun

The act of worrying; anxiety.

worrisomeadj

Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.

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 221. 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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