English Words: W
1,759 words · Page 32 of 36
A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.
A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.
The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
The conception and description of a fictional world, often as the setting of a work of fiction, particularly in speculative fiction.
A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.
An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
A village in Bradfield parish, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3092).
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400).
Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine.
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 32. 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.