English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 55 of 243

Watkinsname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Watkinsonname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

watkinsonitenoun

A monoclinic-domatic black mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, selenium, and sulfur.

Watkinsvillename

A city, the county seat of Oconee County, Georgia, United States.

Watlingname

A surname.

Watling Streetname

A historic route in England, first used by the ancient Britons, running from Dover and London in the southeast via St Albans to Wroxeter, and crossing the River Thames.

Watling Street thistlenoun

Synonym of field eryngo (Eryngium campestre)

Watlingtonname

A placename:

Watneyname

A surname.

Watonwan Countyname

One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: St. James.

Watremezname

A surname from French.

Watrobaname

A surname from Polish.

watryadj

Obsolete spelling of watery.

watsannoun

water and sanitation

Watsananame

A transliteration of a Thai female given name

Watsekaname

A city, the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

Watsonname

A northern English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.

Watson syndromenoun

An autosomal dominant condition characterized by Lisch nodules of the ocular iris, axillary/inguinal freckling, pulmonary valvular stenosis, relative macrocephaly, short stature, and neurofibromas.

Watson's hairstreaknoun

Thecla letha, a species of theclan hairstreak butterfly.

watsonianoun

Any of several species of flowering plants in genus Watsonia within the family Iridaceae, the bugle lily.

Watsonianadj

Resembling or characteristic of the character Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Watsonishadj

Resembling or characteristic of the character Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories.

watsunoun

A form of body massage performed on a subject lying in warm water.

wattnoun

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

watt-hournoun

A unit of electrical energy equal to the power of one watt in use for one hour; often used as a unit of electricity consumption. It is equal to 3600 joules.

watt-secondnoun

A derived unit of energy that represents the energy provided by one watt of power acting for a duration of one second.

watt-yearnoun

A unit of energy equal to that provided by one watt of power acting for one year (31·536 × 10⁶ joules).

watta sattanoun

A form of bride exchange in Pakistan and Afghanistan, involving the simultaneous marriage of a pair (brother and sister, uncle and niece, etc.) from each of two households.

wattagenoun

An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc.

Watteauname

A surname from French.

Watteau backnoun

The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.

Watteau bodicenoun

A kind of bodice with short ruffled sleeves.

Watteau pleatnoun

A kind of box pleat found at the back neckline of 18th-century sack-back gowns.

Watteauesqueadj

Reminiscent of the works of the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), who revitalized the waning baroque style and painted scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air.

watternoun

Something that uses the specified amount of watts.

Wattersname

A surname.

wattersitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chromium, mercury, and oxygen.

Wattersonname

A surname.

wattevillitenoun

An orthorhombic white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

watthournoun

Alternative spelling of watt-hour.

wattlenoun

A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.

Wattle Dayname

A celebration held on September 1st to commemorate the first day of spring.

wattlebirdnoun

Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

wattledadj

Having a wattle.

wattlelessadj

Without a wattle or wattles.

wattleseednoun

The edible seeds of various Australian plants, traditionally eaten by the Australian Aborigines.

wattlessadj

Without any electrical power; said of an alternating current or component of current when it differs in phase by 90 degrees from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.

wattlessnessnoun

The property of being wattless.

wattleworknoun

Constructions made from woven branches and twigs.

wattlingnoun

An interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle.

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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 55. 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.

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