English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 224 of 243

worthlessnessnoun

The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.

worthlinessnoun

The state or condition of being worthly; valuableness; importance; stateliness; dignity; worthiness; excellence.

worthlyadj

Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).

worthshipnoun

Worth; value.

worthwhileadj

Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

worthwhilenessnoun

The condition or extent of being worthwhile.

worthyadj

Having worth, merit, or value.

worthynessenoun

Obsolete spelling of worthiness.

Wortleyname

An inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2732).

wortlikeadj

Like or resembling a wort

wortlorenoun

The traditional knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional use of plants, herbs, and worts.

wortmanninnoun

A furanosteroid metabolite of the fungus Penicillium funiculosum; it is an inhibitor of some kinases

wortsnoun

A soup or stew made with worts (“vegetables”) and other ingredients such as meat.

wortyadj

Characteristic or indicative of a wort; wortlike; vegetative.

wosverb

Eye dialect spelling of was.

wosbirdnoun

A term of reproach.

wosonoun

women's soccer

wosscontraction

Pronunciation spelling of what's.

wossitcontraction

Pronunciation spelling of what's it.

Wossyname

Nickname for Jonathan Ross.

wostverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of wit

wotverb

To know (in the sense of knowing a fact).

wotacismnoun

Rare form of rhotacism.

wotageinoun

A type of dancing and cheering gestures performed by wota, fans of Japanese idol singers.

Wotanname

Odin, especially in his continental Germanic form.

Wotanismname

A white supremacist racial religion promulgated by David Lane.

WOTCname

Initialism of Work Opportunity Tax Credit.

wotchacontraction

Alternative form of whatcha.

wotcherintj

A friendly greeting.

WotDnoun

Initialism of word of the day.

woteverb

Alternative form of wot.

Wotherspoonname

A surname.

wotjercontraction

Alternative form of wotcher (“what do you, etc.”).

Wotrubaname

A surname from Czech.

wotsitnoun

Alternative spelling of whatsit.

wottnoun

A hearty Ethiopian or Eritrean stew.

wottestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of wit, wot, wott, and wotte

wottethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of wot, wott, and wotte

Wottonname

A placename:

Wotton-under-Edgename

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7593).

Wottonianadj

Of or relating to Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), English author, diplomat, and politician.

WOTYnoun

Initialism of word of the year.

wou'dn'tverb

Obsolete form of wouldn’t.

wou-wounoun

A gibbon, the agile gibbon, or silvery gibbon.

woubitnoun

Alternative form of oobit.

woughnoun

A wall.

wouldverb

Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

would give a Jew's eyeverb

Would give a great deal; indicating that one desires something greatly.

would have liked toadv

nearly; almost

would it hurtphrase

Used to point out that the interlocutor is failing to do something relatively easy that they should be doing.

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 224. 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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