English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 240 of 243

wutherverb

Alternative form of whither.

Wutsinname

Alternative form of Wujin (Changzhou)

wuttagoonaspidnoun

Any placoderm of the family Wuttagoonaspidae.

WUU2phrase

Abbreviation of what are you up to?.

wuvnoun

Alternative form of love.

wuvzverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of wuv

Wuweiname

A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.

Wuwuchimname

A Hopi society

Wuxiname

A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.

wuxianoun

A genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.

Wuxiangname

A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

wuxingnoun

the five fundamental elements or phases of processes in traditional East Asian cosmology, consisting of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth

wuxtryintj

Alternative form of extra (“the cry of a newspaper-seller”).

Wuxuename

A county-level city of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Wuyangname

A county of Luohe, Henan, China.

Wuyi sharp-nosed frognoun

A ranid frog of species Odorrana huanggangensis, of China.

Wuyuanname

A county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.

wuzverb

Eye dialect spelling of was.

Wuzhainame

A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.

Wuzhiname

A county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.

Wuzhishanname

A sub-prefectural city of Hainan, China.

Wuzhongname

A district of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Wuzhouname

A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.

wuzunoun

Alternative form of wudu (“the minor ablution in Islam”).

wuzzaintj

Expresses doting affection toward an animal or child.

wuzzeernoun

Archaic form of vizier.

wuzzyparticle

Only used in fuzzy-wuzzy.

WVname

Initialism of West Virginia: a state of the United States.

WVRAAMnoun

Initialism of within-visual-range air-to-air missile.

WWDCname

Initialism of Worldwide Developers Conference, held annually by Apple Inc.

WWEname

Initialism of World Wrestling Entertainment: a US media and entertainment company known for professional wrestling.

WWFname

Initialism of World Wide Fund for Nature, formerly World Wildlife Fund.

WWG1WGAphrase

Initialism of where we go one, we go all: a popular slogan of QAnon believers.

WWMCCSname

Initialism of Worldwide Military Command and Control System.

WWOOFname

Acronym of World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.

wwoofernoun

One who wwoofs ("to work on an organic farm in exchange for room, board, and education in organic farming").

WWTPnoun

Initialism of wastewater treatment plant.

WWWname

Initialism of World Wide Web.

WXnoun

Abbreviation of weather.

WXFname

Initialism of World Xiangqi Federation.

wynoun

The name of the letter Y.

Wyacondaname

A minor city in Clark County, Missouri, United States.

wyakinnoun

In Native American folklore, a personal guardian spirit in the form of an animal or bird.

Wyandotnoun

A member of a Native American people, formed from the Huron confederacy, that lived in and around Ohio.

Wyandot Countyname

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Upper Sandusky.

Wyandottnoun

Alternative spelling of Wyandot.

Wyandottename

Alternative spelling of Wyandot.

Wyandotte Countyname

One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Kansas City. (Kansas).

Wyattname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Wybornname

A surname from Old English.

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 240. 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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