English Words: W

1,759 words · Page 32 of 36

Worksopname

A town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.

workspacenoun

An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.

workstationnoun

A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

worktopnoun

A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.

workupnoun

A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness.

workwearnoun

Clothes designed to be worn while working, especially in a physically demanding job.

workweeknoun

The range of days of the week that are normally worked.

worldnoun

The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.

worldbuildingnoun

The conception and description of a fictional world, often as the setting of a work of fiction, particularly in speculative fiction.

worldlinessnoun

The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.

worldlyadj

Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

worldsnoun

plural of world

worldviewnoun

A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.

worldwideadj

Spanning the world; global.

Worleyname

A surname.

wormnoun

A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.

wormedadj

Affected with woodworm.

wormholenoun

A hole burrowed by a worm.

wormingnoun

The act by which an animal is wormed.

Wormsname

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

wormwoodnoun

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.

wormyadj

Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.

wornadj

Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.

Worrallname

A village in Bradfield parish, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3092).

worriedadj

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

worriernoun

A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.

worriesnoun

plural of worry

worrisomeadj

Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.

worryverb

To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

worryingadj

Inducing worry.

worryinglyadv

In a worrying manner

worseadj

comparative form of bad: more bad

worsenverb

To make worse; to impair.

worshipnoun

The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.

worshipedverb

simple past and past participle of worship

worshipfuladj

Tending to worship; showing reverence.

worshippedverb

simple past and past participle of worship

worshippernoun

A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.

worshippingnoun

An act of worship.

Worsleyname

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400).

worstadj

superlative form of bad: most bad

worstednoun

Yarn made from long strands of wool.

wortnoun

Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine.

worthadj

Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

worthinessnoun

The state or quality of having value or merit.

Worthingname

A placename:

Worthingtonname

A place in England:

worthlessadj

Having no worth or use; without value.

worthlessnessnoun

The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.

worthwhileadj

Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

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.

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