English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 233 of 243

writeprintnoun

A forensic linguistic method used to identify authors by analyzing distinctive writing styles, serving as a digital fingerprint.

writernoun

A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

writer's blocknoun

The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing.

writer's crampnoun

A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.

writercraftnoun

penmanship; skill in writing; the art of writing

writerdomnoun

The world or sphere of writers.

writeressnoun

A female writer; an authoress.

writerishadj

Characteristic of a writer; writerly.

writerlessadj

Without a writer.

writerlingnoun

A minor or petty writer.

writerlyadj

Characteristic of a writer; using well-chosen words or well-crafted sentences.

writersnoun

plural of writer

writers' roomnoun

The room in which the showrunner and the writers of a television series collaborate on the plot and develop the script.

writershipnoun

The position or office of a writer in the East India Company.

writesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of write

writestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of write

writethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of write

writethroughnoun

An operation in which data written to a cache is then immediately copied to permanent storage, ensuring that cache and storage are always in agreement.

writeupnoun

Alternative spelling of write-up.

writheverb

To twist, wring (something).

writhedlyadv

In a writhed manner; twistedly.

writhenverb

past participle of writhe

writhernoun

One who writhes.

writhingadj

Bended in twisting struggle.

writhinglyadv

With a writhing motion.

writhingsnoun

plural of writhing

writhleverb

to wrinkle, to shrink

writhledadj

wrinkled

writhyadj

Characterized by or prone to writhing.

writingnoun

Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.

writing boardnoun

A smooth vertical surface to be written upon using an erasable material, large enough for several persons to read simultaneously.

writing masternoun

A male teacher of penmanship.

writing on the wallnoun

An ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck.

writing systemnoun

A system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet.

writing-desknoun

Dated form of writing desk.

writing-papernoun

Dated form of writing paper.

writingernoun

One who studies handwriting; a graphologist.

writingsnoun

plural of writing

writlessadj

Without a writ.

writonoun

An error made when writing by hand.

writressnoun

A female writer; an authoress.

writtenadj

Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).

written all over itadj

Present as a pronounced quality or characteristic.

written in the starsadj

Destined to happen, fated to happen.

writtennessnoun

The quality of being written.

writtingnoun

Obsolete form of writing.

wrixleverb

To exchange.

wrizledadj

Alternative spelling of writhled.

wrizzledadj

Alternative spelling of writhled.

Wrobelname

A surname.

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 233. 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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