English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 49 of 243
A water drinking session that is carried out to prevent individuals from dehydration.
A water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.
Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs.
An individual, often from the Native American community, who works to defend water resources from pollution and harm, rooted in the spiritual and cultural belief that water is sacred and essential for all life.
a small wetland bird (Rallus aquaticus) of the family Rallidae that breeds in marshes and reedbeds across Europe and Asia.
Any of various aquatic or semi-aquatic rodents from Florida and southern Georgia, especially Neofiber alleni; the muskrat.
A rocket that uses water as a propellant, which is forced out of the rocket by compressed gas (typically compressed air)
a long trough placed between the rails in a railway track, which enabled a steam locomotive to replenish its water supply without stopping by lowering a scoop. They were removed at the end of steam train operation.
Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.
One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.
A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
Consisting of three or more hawser-laid ropes twisted together in the opposite direction from that in which the hawser-laid ropes are twisted; cable-laid.
a model of a vessel formed of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a solid model
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 49. 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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