English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 30 of 243

Warayname

Waray-Waray

Waray-Warayname

A central Philippine Visayan language from the islands of Samar, Biliran, and northeast Leyte.

warbnoun

An unkempt and useless person; a loafer.

warbagnoun

A bag used by soldiers to carry equipment.

warbandnoun

A group of soldiers or other military personnel actively engaged in warfare.

warbirdnoun

A warplane.

warbladenoun

A large bladed weapon designed for use in battle, such as a sword or battle axe.

warbleverb

To modulate a tone's frequency.

warble flynoun

Any member of the genus Hypoderma of large flies, parasitic on cattle and deer.

warblelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a warble.

warblernoun

Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).

warblerlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a warbler.

warblestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of warble

warbletnoun

A chirplet based on cyclically varying frequency-modulated signals.

warblethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of warble

warblingnoun

A sound that warbles.

warblinglyadv

With a warbling sound.

warblognoun

A blog documenting an ongoing military conflict or presenting analysis or opinions related to it.

warbloggernoun

The writer of a warblog.

warbloggingnoun

The writing and publication of a warblog.

warblyadj

Having a warbling quality; tending to warble

Warboroughname

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5993).

warbotnoun

A robot used in physical warfare.

warbownoun

A bow (weapon that shoots arrows) used in combat.

Warboysname

A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).

Warburg effectnoun

The observation that most cancer cells release energy predominantly not through the 'usual' citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria as observed in normal cells, but through a less efficient process of 'anaerobic glycolysis' consisting of a high level of glucose uptake and glycolysis followed by lactic acid fermentation taking place in the cytosol, not the mitochondria, even in the presence of abundant oxygen.

Warburg's tincturenoun

A preparation of quinine and other ingredients, formerly used to treat malaria.

Warburtonname

A placename:

Warburtonianadj

Of or relating to William Warburton (1698–1779), English critic and churchman, and Bishop of Gloucester.

Warbyname

A surname from Old Norse.

warchalkverb

To draw chalk symbols in public places (such as the side of a building or a sidewalk) to show users of computers with Wi-Fi capability where a wireless network may be accessed.

warchalkernoun

One who warchalks.

warchestnoun

Alternative form of war chest.

Warcholname

A surname from Polish.

warclubnoun

A club used as a weapon of war by various indigenous peoples.

Warcopname

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7415).

warcorenoun

A style of fashion characterised by aspects of military apparel.

Warcrackname

The massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.

warcraftnoun

The art or skill of conducting a war.

Warcrafternoun

A player of the Warcraft franchise of video games.

wardnoun

A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.

ward offverb

To parry, or turn aside.

Ward's pillnoun

A pill made with poisonous ingredients to induce a violent reaction, claimed to cure any illness.

ward-roomnoun

Alternative form of wardroom.

Wardaname

A surname.

wardableadj

Liable to the tax called castle-guard.

Wardakname

A province of Afghanistan.

wardcornnoun

A payment of corn to be offered in commutation of military service.

wardennoun

A guard or watchman.

Warden Lawname

A hamlet, hill, and civil parish (without a council) in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3750).

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 30. 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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