English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 45 of 243
The root of the spruce, and sometimes also of the pine, split lengthwise into strips and used in the construction of baskets and canoes.
A kimarite in which the attacker, while driving his opponent forward, grabs his leg and pulls it, forcing him over.
A monoclinic-domatic yellow green mineral containing barium, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, titanium, and vanadium.
The charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace.
The regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.
The surface of a watch that contains the dial and hands, or a digital display, or (sometimes) both.
In Antiquity, one of four divisions of the night (each equivalent to three hours).
To remain wary of being attacked from behind by surprise; to remain watchful to prevent a predictable attack from being a surprise.
To be careful about what one says, in particular the avoidance of foul language.
To be careful about what one says, especially with regard to disrespectful or profane language.
To be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution. Often used in the imperative.
A social gathering for the purpose of watching a specific event or programme on television.
To allow a vicious fight or altercation to result from something or observe such a fight or altercation.
To be careful about how much one spends; to try to save money wherever possible.
To watch the chaos, pain or death that results from the actions of others or oneself with an attitude of detachment or indifference.
To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself.
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 45. 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.