English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 232 of 243

wristfulnoun

A quantity worn on or covering one wrist.

wristguardnoun

A band worn on the wrist by archers as a support and protection.

wristilyadv

In a wristy manner.

wristinessnoun

Quality of being wristy.

wristingverb

present participle and gerund of wrist

wristitisnoun

An affliction in the wrist.

wristlessadj

Without wrists; without requiring use of a wrist.

wristletnoun

An elastic band worn to keep a glove from slipping off the wrist.

wristlocknoun

A wrestling hold in which the opponent is immobilized by having their wrist tightly held.

Wristonname

A surname.

wristpadnoun

Alternative form of wrist pad.

wristphonenoun

A mobile phone that is built into a wristwatch.

wriststrapnoun

A strap worn around the wrist to circumvent straining the hand by translocating the borne load to the stronger parts of the arm when carrying or lifting an item.

wristwarmernoun

An accessory used to keep wrists and most of the hands warm while keeping the fingers free. They can be made of cotton or fleece, knitted or crochet.

wristwatchnoun

A watch that is worn on a strap or band fastened around the wrist

wristwatchedadj

Wearing a wristwatch.

wristwearnoun

Items, such as watches and bracelets, to be worn on the wrist.

wristworknoun

movement of the hand without movement of the arm

wristyadj

Characterised by marked or exaggerated movement of the wrist; involving deft wrist movements.

writnoun

A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

writ largeadj

On a large scale; magnified.

writ of attachmentnoun

Synonym of attachment.

writ of inquirynoun

A writ issued in certain actions at law, where the defendant has suffered judgment to pass against him by default, in order to ascertain and assess the plaintiff's damages, where they cannot readily be ascertained by mere calculation.

writ of rightnoun

A writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner.

writ smalladj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see writ, small, smaller, smallest.

writ-roomnoun

A room where writs, writings, or written records are housed or kept; a law library.

writabilitynoun

The state or condition of being writable.

writableadj

Capable of being written.

writationnoun

Writing, especially bad or pretentious writing.

writativeadj

Inclined to much writing.

writeverb

To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

write checks one can't cashverb

To make promises one cannot keep, or to make boasts that are not true.

write for the drawerverb

To write a work for posterity or for friends that one cannot publish except as samizdat.

write one's own ticketverb

To be empowered to choose whichever job, financial arrangement, or course of action one desires.

write oneself into a cornerverb

To reach a narrative point in which the story one is writing gets stuck, leaving no good or satisfactory alternative or resolution.

write outverb

To write at full length or in expanded form.

write the bookverb

To be an authoritative expert on some specified topic.

write-downnoun

Alternative form of writedown.

write-innoun

A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot.

write-offnoun

The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost.

write-onableadj

Capable of being written on.

write-upnoun

A written account of something, as a record.

write-what-whereadj

Being or relating to a security vulnerability allowing the attacker to write arbitrary data to an arbitrary location.

writebacknoun

An operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent storage.

writebehindnoun

The operation of initially writing data to a cache and later copying it to permanent storage.

writeblrname

The community of writers and creative writing-related blogs on Tumblr.

writedownnoun

An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.

writeenoun

One who is written to; the recipient of a letter, etc.

writemasknoun

A bitmask which controls which bits are written to a memory location during some operation.

writeoffnoun

Alternative form of write-off.

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 232. 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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