English Words: W

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wrennoun

Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).

A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.

simple past and past participle of wrench

plural of wrench

present participle and gerund of wrench

To pull or twist violently.

To take part in (a wrestling bout or match).

A person who wrestles.

A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.

An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.

wretchednessnoun

An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.

A town in Wrexham borough county borough, in northeastern Wales, United Kingdom.

To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.

The act of one who wriggles.

A builder or maker of something.

Wrightsvillename

A number of places in the United States:

A surname.

Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.

One who wrings.

present participle and gerund of wring

A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.

Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.

A pattern of wrinkles.

Having wrinkles.

The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

The cuff of a sleeve that wraps around the wrist.

A watch that is worn on a strap or band fastened around the wrist

writnoun

A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

plural of writer

third-person singular simple present indicative of write

Alternative spelling of write-up.

To twist, wring (something).

Bended in twisting struggle.

Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.

plural of writing

Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).

Obsolete form of writing.

Incorrect or untrue.

Violation of standards of behavior.

simple past and past participle of wrong

wrong or unjust

In a wrongful manner; unjustly.

In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.

The quality of being wrong; error or fault.

plural of wrong

simple past of write

Full of anger; wrathful.

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 34. 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.