English Words: W
1,759 words · Page 24 of 36
Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
Fitted with windows, often of a particular kind or, in (heraldry), of a specified colour.
A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front of a vehicle in order to protect its occupants from the wind and weather.
A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.
A market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, famous for Windsor Castle. See Windsor, Berkshire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
A marine sport in which one stands on a floating board (typically 2 - 3 meters in length) to which a sail is attached. The board is steered by tilting the sail or banking the board. Some windsurfers use large waves to perform jumps and other stunts.
A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter W contains 1,759 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 36 pages, and you are currently viewing page 24. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "W" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.