English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 48 of 243

water coolernoun

A dispenser of cooled drinking water.

water cooler effectnoun

The tendency of employees to gather informally around a water cooler in order to socialize and to share information.

water couchnoun

Paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas.

water cranenoun

A kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.

water croutonnoun

Synonym of ice cube.

water crownoun

The dipper (bird).

water curenoun

Treatment of pain and illness using water, particularly bathing.

water devilnoun

Any water-based cyclone, usually much smaller than a tornado in magnitude.

water diapernoun

Synonym of swim diaper.

water dognoun

A retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.

water downverb

To dilute with water; to add water to.

water drinkernoun

Someone who drinks water, especially in preference to alcoholic drinks; a teetotaler.

water enginenoun

An engine moved by water.

water fearnoun

A lack of affinity for water; hydrophobia.

water fitnessnoun

Alternative form of aquafitness.

water flownoun

Alternative form of waterflow.

water fountainnoun

A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.

water framenoun

A water-powered spinning machine, especially of the kind invented by British industrialist Richard Arkwright.

water frognoun

Alternative spelling of waterfrog.

water girlnoun

A woman or girl who regularly supplies a sports team or other group with drinking water.

water glassnoun

A drinking vessel intended or used for water.

water gruelnoun

A thin food made of water cooked with a small portion of oatmeal or similar substance, sometimes seasoned with other ingredients.

water gunnoun

A toy gun used to shoot water.

water gutnoun

A horse's caecum.

water hennoun

The moorhen.

water hikenoun

A type of hike that involves or requires crossing, wading, or swimming in bodies of water such as streams or shallow rivers, especially popular in Israel.

water holenoun

Alternative spelling of waterhole.

water hyssopnoun

Any of the genus Bacopa of aquatic plants, especially

water icenoun

Ice in everyday language, namely ice made of frozen water; water in a solid physical state, especially when distinguished from other frozen substances.

water is wetphrase

A statement of the obvious.

Water Islandname

An island of the United States Virgin Islands.

water jacketnoun

An enclosed space, or the walls used to create it, that surrounds an object to be heated or cooled by water flowing around it.

water jugnoun

A jug used to hold water.

water knotnoun

A type of bend knot used to join the ends of lines or flat material such as tubular webbing.

water levelnoun

The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.

water lilynoun

Any of various members of the Nymphaeaceae family that are tuberous plants, rooted in soil with leaves (lily pads) and flowers floating on the water surface.

water linenoun

The outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.

water mainnoun

The principal pipe, usually underground, for conveying water to residential and business properties.

Water Manname

The constellation and zodiacal sign Aquarius.

water millnoun

Alternative spelling of watermill.

water mitenoun

Any mite of the clade Hydracarina (syn. Hydrachnidia).

water moldnoun

Any of the class Oomycetes of chromists that includes many plant and fish pathogens.

water molenoun

A shrew mole.

water mousenoun

Any of several species of rodents of the genus Hydromys, native to New Guinea and Australia, with strong hind legs and partially webbed toes.

water nappynoun

Synonym of swim diaper.

water nymphnoun

A female spirit presiding over fountains, wells, streams, etc.

water oaknoun

Any of various hard oaks that grow near rivers or swamps, especially Quercus nigra, of the southern US.

water of lifenoun

Synonym of aqua vitae, a distilled spirit.

water off a duck's backnoun

Something potentially harmful or hurtful, such as criticism or insult, that nevertheless has no effect or impact on the target.

water organistnoun

Someone who plays a water organ.

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 48. 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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