English Words: W

1,759 words · Page 31 of 36

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Worcestername

A city and local government district with borough status in and the county town of Worcestershire, England.

Worcestershirename

A midland county of England bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and West Midlands.

wordnoun

The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)

wordingnoun

A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

wordlessadj

Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.

wordlesslyadv

Without words.

wordplaynoun

A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.

WordPressname

A content management system used to create websites of all kinds, especially blogs.

wordsnoun

plural of word

wordsmithnoun

One who uses words skilfully.

Wordsworthname

A habitational surname from Old English.

wordyadj

Using an excessive number of words.

woreverb

simple past of wear

worknoun

Employment.

workabilitynoun

The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.

workableadj

Capable of functioning.

workadayadj

Suitable for everyday use.

workaholicnoun

A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.

workaroundnoun

A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations.

workbenchnoun

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.

workbooknoun

A book, used by a student, in which answers and workings may be entered besides questions and exercises.

workbooksnoun

plural of workbook

workdaynoun

Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).

workedverb

simple past and past participle of work

workernoun

One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

workersnoun

plural of worker

workfarenoun

A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid

workflownoun

The flowrate at which a flow of work takes place.

workforcenoun

All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.

workgroupnoun

A group of workers engaged in a series of collaborative tasks who usually work together.

workhorsenoun

A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.

workhousenoun

An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.

workingnoun

Operation; action.

workingsnoun

The internal mechanism of some device or system.

Workingtonname

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NX9928, NY0028).

workloadnoun

The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period.

workmannoun

A man who labours for wages.

workmanlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a workman.

workmanshipnoun

The skill of an artisan or craftsman.

workmennoun

plural of workman

workoutnoun

An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.

workpiecenoun

The raw material or partially finished piece that is shaped by performing various operations.

workplacenoun

The place where someone works.

workratenoun

The rate at which work is performed.

workroomnoun

A room, such as a workshop or studio, where work is done.

worksnoun

plural of work in its countable senses

worksheetnoun

A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded.

workshopnoun

A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.

worksitenoun

A site where work occurs; usually used in reference to construction work.

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 31. 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.