English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 30 of 243
A central Philippine Visayan language from the islands of Samar, Biliran, and northeast Leyte.
Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
A blog documenting an ongoing military conflict or presenting analysis or opinions related to it.
A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5993).
A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
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.
A preparation of quinine and other ingredients, formerly used to treat malaria.
Of or relating to William Warburton (1698–1779), English critic and churchman, and Bishop of Gloucester.
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.
A pill made with poisonous ingredients to induce a violent reaction, claimed to cure any illness.
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.
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.