English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 32 of 243

ware goosenoun

The brent goose.

Ware Openingnoun

An uncommon chess opening in which white begins by playing 1.a4, moving the a-pawn to the fourth rank.

warefuladj

wary; watchful; cautious

warefullyadv

In a wareful manner; cautiously.

warefulnessnoun

wariness; cautiousness

Waregganoun

The Lega people.

Warehamname

A placename:

Wareham Townname

A civil parish in Dorset, England, which includes the market town of Wareham.

warehounoun

Any of the three medusafishes: Seriolella brama (the common warehou), Seriolella caerulea (the white warehou), and Seriolella punctata (the silver warehou).

warehousableadj

Suitable for storage in a warehouse.

warehousenoun

A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.

warehouse pickingnoun

Synonym of order picking.

warehousefulnoun

As much as a warehouse can hold.

warehouselikeadj

Resembling a warehouse

warehousemannoun

A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse.

warehousernoun

One who operates a warehouse.

warehousewomannoun

A woman who manages, or works in, a warehouse.

warehousingnoun

The act of storing goods in a warehouse.

warehousyadj

Having many warehouses.

Warekpamname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

warelessadj

Unwary, incautious.

warelyadv

Watchfully; with caution.

waremakernoun

A manufacturer of wares.

waremakingnoun

The manufacture of wares.

warencenoun

Dyer's madder, an herb (Rubia tinctorum) or a reddish dye made from the herb.

Warepamname

Alternative form of Wareppam surname of Meitei origin.

Wareppamname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

wareroomnoun

A room used for storing or displaying goods or wares.

waresnoun

plural of ware

wareznoun

Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.

warfarenoun

The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.

warfare statenoun

the military-industrial complex, the political and economic powers that profit from military spending

warfarernoun

Someone engaged in warfare; a warrior.

warfarinnoun

A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation

warfaringnoun

warfare; conflict

warfarinisationnoun

The process of commencing a patient on warfarin treatment.

warfarinizeverb

Alternative spelling of warfarinise.

Warfieldname

A village and civil parish in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8772).

warfighternoun

A soldier (especially of the United States military).

warfightingnoun

The fighting of a war.

Warfordname

A surname.

Warframernoun

A player of Warframe, a free-to-play action role-playing third-person shooter multiplayer online game.

warfreaknoun

A belligerent person, usually one who picks arguments or fights

warfrontnoun

Synonym of battlefront (“region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat”).

warfuladj

Indicative of war; warlike.

warfullyadv

In a warful, or warlike, manner.

wargnoun

A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.

Warganame

A surname from Polish.

wargamernoun

A player of war games.

wargamingnoun

The playing of war games.

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 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.

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