wrytailnounA condition in cattle where the base of the tail is set at an angle to the backbone.
WrythenameA suburban area (district) of Carshalton in the Borough of Sutton, Greater London.
WrześnianameA town and county of Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
WSnounInitialism of watersports (sexual practice).
WschowanameA town in southwestern Poland.
WSDLnameInitialism of Web Services Description Language (formerly Web Services Definition Language), an XML-based language that provides a model for describing Web services.
WSEnounInitialism of white supremacist extremist
wsgphraseAbbreviation of what's good.
WSJnameInitialism of Wall Street Journal.
WSLnameInitialism of Windows Subsystem for Linux.
WSOnounAbbreviation of weapon(s) system(s) officer.
WSOPnounAny of the series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas since 2005.
WSPRnounInitialism of weak signal propagation reporter
WSUnameInitialism of Washington State University.
WSWnounInitialism of women who have sex with women.
WSWSnameInitialism of World Socialist Web Site.
wtprepAbbreviation of with.
WTAFintjInitialism of what the actual fuck.
WTCnameInitialism of World Trade Center (located in New York City).
wtd.adjAbbreviation of wanted.
WTFphraseInitialism of what the fuck.
WTF StarnameSynonym of Tabby's Star: A star in Cygnus constellation, Milky Way Galaxy.
WTFDYMphraseInitialism of what the fuck do you mean?.
WTFerynounBlatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.
WTFOphrasewhat the fuck, over!
WTFPLnameInitialism of Do What the Fuck You Want To Public License.
wtfpwnverbTo dominate or defeat thoroughly (as in a video game).
WTFromanticadjUnable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.
WTHintjInitialism of what the hell or what the heck.
wthrnounAbbreviation of weather.
WTOnameInitialism of World Trade Organization.
WTTBPnameInitialism of "Welcome to the Black Parade".
wtvpronAbbreviation of whatever.
WunameSuzhou, a city in southern Jiangsu province in China, whence:
Wu flunounClipping of Wuhan flu.
wu weinounA state of effortless inaction, in Taoism or Chinese statecraft.
Wu-ch'ianameAlternative form of Wuqia (“Ulugqat”).
Wu-changnameAlternative form of Wuchang.
Wu-chihnameAlternative form of Wuzhi.
Wu-chounameAlternative form of Wuzhou.
Wu-hannameAlternative spelling of Wuhan.
Wu-hsinameAlternative form of Wuxi.
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 236. 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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