English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 56 of 243

wattmannoun

A French tram driver.

wattmeternoun

An instrument for measuring electric power in watts.

Wattonname

A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Watton-at-Stonename

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3019).

Wattpaddernoun

A person using a Wattpad website to write and publish articles, poems, fiction or nonfiction stories

Wattsname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Wattsianadj

Of or relating to George Frederic Watts (1817–1904), English painter and sculptor associated with the symbolist movement.

watusinoun

A popular African-inspired dance of the 1960s, fueled by the success of the song The Wah-Watusi by The Orlons in 1962.

Watwoodname

A surname.

waunoun

Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).

Wauchopename

A town in New South Wales, Australia.

wauchtnoun

A large draught of any liquid.

Waucondaname

Alternative spelling of Wakanda

waughadj

Insipid; tasteless.

Waughesqueadj

Reminiscent of the writings or themes of Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), English writer and satirist.

Waughianadj

Of or pertaining to Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) or his writings, mostly characterized by satire and a preoccupation with the British aristocracy.

waukernoun

Alternative form of waulker.

Waukeshaname

A city, the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.

Waukesha Countyname

One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Waukesha.

waukmillnoun

Alternative form of waulkmill.

waulverb

To wail, to cry plaintively.

waulingnoun

A plaintive cry or howl, as of a cat.

waulkverb

to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

waulkernoun

Synonym of fuller.

waulkingnoun

The work by which cloth is waulked.

waulkmillnoun

A mill for waulking or fulling cloth.

Waunarlwyddname

A village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6095).

Waunekaname

A surname from Navajo.

Waunfawrname

A village and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5259).

Waupaca Countyname

One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Waupaca.

Waurikaname

A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States.

Wausauname

A city, the county seat of Marathon County, in north-central Wisconsin, United States.

Wauseonname

A city, the county seat of Fulton County, Ohio, United States.

Waushara Countyname

One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Wautoma.

Wauwatosanadj

Of or relating to the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

WAVnoun

Initialism of wheelchair accessible vehicle.

wavableadj

Able to be waved.

waveverb

To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

wave awayverb

To reject or dismiss with a hand gesture.

wave basenoun

The lowest depth at which waves have an effect on the sediment of the sea bed.

wave equationnoun

A second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields.

wave goodbyeverb

To say goodbye by means of a handwave.

wave inverb

To try, in public, to attract people into a business establishment.

wave modelname

A model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin.

wave of the handnoun

A simple gesture, as used for greeting, command, dismissal, or summoning something as if by magic.

wave offverb

To give a wave of one's hand, or of a flag or wand, so as to signal (someone) to desist or leave.

wave pickingnoun

A warehouse management system that assigns groups of orders into short intervals called "waves", which are then commenced and coordinated throughout the day, one after another.

wave processingnoun

Synonym of wave picking.

wave the white flagverb

To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering.

wave theoryname

Synonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).

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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 56. 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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