English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 4 of 243

Wadiyara Koliname

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Gujarat and Sindh of Pakistan and India and closely related to Parkari Koli and Kachi Koli.

wadjelanoun

A white person.

Wadjetname

The patron goddess and namesake of the Ancient Egyptian city of Per-Wadjet, known as Buto to the Greeks. Wadjet takes the form of a cobra and is associated with the Eye of Horus.

Wadleyname

A placename:

wadlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of wad (the mineral substance).

Wadlingtonname

A surname.

wadlopennoun

The recreational activity of walking or wading across mudflats at low tide.

wadmalnoun

Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

wadmolnoun

Alternative form of wadmal

wadn'tcontraction

Pronunciation spelling of wasn't, contraction of was not. Compare wa'n't.

wadointj

thank you

Wadowicename

A city in southern Poland, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills.

wadsetnoun

The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.

wadsetternoun

A person who holds tenure by wadset.

Wadsleyname

A surname.

wadsleyitenoun

An orthorhombic form of olivine produced under very high pressure

Wadsworthname

A placename:

waenoun

Alternative form of woe.

waeringopteridsnoun

plural of waeringopterid

wafintj

Represents the sound of a fox barking.

Wafangdianname

A county-level city of Dalian, Liaoning, China.

wafernoun

A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.

wafer-thinadj

Very thin, as thin as a wafer.

waferboardnoun

a dimensional construction board product, composed of wood flakes compressed together into a flat panel with binder

waferedverb

simple past and past participle of wafer

waferernoun

A maker of wafers.

waferishadj

Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.

waferlessadj

Without a wafer.

waferlikeadj

Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.

wafersnoun

plural of wafer

waferscaleadj

On the scale of an entire silicon wafer.

waferynoun

A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.

waffverb

To bark; to woof.

Waffen-SSname

The combat branch of the Schutzstaffel.

wafflenoun

A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.

waffle holenoun

An anus.

waffle housenoun

Alternative form of wafflehouse.

Waffle House Indexname

An informal metric used to determine the impact of a storm in terms of disaster recovery, based on whether local Waffle House restaurants are open and serving a full menu.

waffle ironnoun

A cooking appliance, with hinged, indented metal plates, used to make waffles.

waffle makernoun

Synonym of waffle iron.

waffle slabnoun

A concrete slab with concrete ribs going in two directions on its underside.

waffle stompverb

While showering, to step on feces to push it down the drain.

waffle stompernoun

A type of heavy hiking boot with ridged soles

waffledadj

Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.

wafflehousenoun

A restaurant specializing in waffles, breakfast, chicken, and soul food.

wafflemakernoun

Alternative form of waffle maker.

wafflenessnoun

Alternative form of waffliness.

wafflernoun

One who waffles, or changes sides or positions frequently.

wafflestompernoun

Alternative form of waffle stomper.

waffleyadj

Alternative spelling of waffly.

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 4. 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.