English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 29 of 243

war effortnoun

A coordinated mobilisation of a country's resources, both industrial and human, in support of its military forces during a war.

war elephantnoun

Any elephant trained and guided by humans for combat.

war establishmentnoun

the number of military troops and equipment that a military unit is supposed to have in wartime

war footingnoun

A state of preparedness for waging war.

war friesnoun

A Dutch snack of fries with mayonnaise, peanut sauce, and diced raw onion.

war gamenoun

A simulation (by whatever means, physical or digital), for training and strategy purposes, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.

war goloknoun

A traditional Philippine sword, derived from the Southeast Asian/Australasian agricultural instrument, the golok. It is a straight double-edged bladed rectangular-topped slashing weapon without a thrusting point.

war hawknoun

A proponent of war or military intrusiveness.

war heronoun

Someone who commits an act of heroism in a combat setting.

war leadernoun

A person who leads a people or military force in a war; a war chief, a warlord.

war lordnoun

Alternative form of warlord.

war machinenoun

An individual weapon for war, especially a mechanical one such as a siege engine or tank.

war of aggressionnoun

A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.

war of attritionnoun

A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out.

War of Canudosname

A conflict between a civilian movement and the army of the newly-founded Republic of Brazil, that happened in 1896–1897 in the municipality of Canudos, in the state of Bahia, Brazil.

war of conquestnoun

A military conflict where one state, nation, or people conquers or attempts to conquer another; a conquering war.

war of nervesnoun

Warfare characterized by psychological manipulation, involving tactics intended to demoralize, frighten, and unnerve opponents in order to prompt surrender.

War of the Rosesname

Alternative form of Wars of the Roses.

War of the Sicilian Vespersname

A war between the Crowns of Aragon and Angevin which was triggered by the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282 and resulted in the division of the Kingdom of Sicily, with Aragon taking the island while Angevin retained the peninsular territories.

war of wordsnoun

A heated exchange of threatening or inflammatory statements.

War on Terrorname

Synonym of War on Terrorism.

war profiteernoun

A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.

war roomnoun

A single location which serves as the point of coordination for military activities.

war storynoun

Any narrative of an event, involving either military or civilian characters, in wartime.

war su gainoun

Almond-battered deep-fried chicken breast (white meat).

war to end all warsname

Epithet for World War I.

war to the knifenoun

Mortal combat; fighting to the death.

war tornadj

Subjected to the ravages of war.

war whoopnoun

In war, a yell to fight.

war worknoun

Work for an organization other than the military that supports a country's war activities.

war workernoun

Someone who does war work.

war zonenoun

A region where war is ongoing.

war-dialingverb

present participle and gerund of war-dial

war-driveverb

To search for a Wi-Fi wireless network while driving a motor vehicle.

war-hornnoun

A blowing horn blown (especially by Vikings and other Germanic peoples) to warn others of an impending battle, and call them to it, or to signal its commencement.

war-kingnoun

A king in times of war; a warrior king.

war-masknoun

A mask, visor, or the like, worn on the head into battle.

war-ravagedadj

Synonym of war-torn.

war-riddenadj

Dominated or plagued by war.

war-timenoun

Alternative spelling of wartime.

war-wearinessnoun

A state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war.

war-wearyadj

Weary or tired of war.

warabinoun

Bracken, used as a vegetable in Japanese cuisine.

warabimochinoun

A Japanese confection made from bracken starch covered or dipped in sweet toasted soybean flour.

waracabranoun

trumpeter (bird)

waraginoun

A distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda.

warakabranoun

Alternative form of waracabra.

waralnoun

Alternative form of worral, a monitor lizard

Warang Citiname

an alphabet designed for writing the Ho language

waratahnoun

Any of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to southeastern Australia.

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 29. 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.

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