English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 57 of 243
A form of hunting used by some pods of orcas to drive a prey animal (such as a seal) seeking refuge on a sheet of ice into the water, in which members of the pod swim together at high speed towards the sheet to create a powerful wave that breaks it up.
A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio.
The process in which the amplitude of a wave increases to such an extent that turbulence occurs
A momentum technique within competitive Super Smash Bros. done by performing an air dodge diagonally into the ground.
An audio synthesis effect where waveforms that exceed a maximum volume are folded back on themselves rather simply than being clipped.
The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable.
A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.
Having some properties or characteristics of a wave; used especially of physical particles.
A hydrated aluminium phosphate, Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH,F)₃·5H₂O, sometimes mined as a source of phosphorus.
A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
A thin layer of a birefringent material that is used to introduce a controlled phase shift between the two polarization components of a light wave, thereby altering its polarization
A hypersonic aircraft that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves generated by its own flight as a lifting surface.
Of or relating to the Waverley Novels, a long series of popular novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832).
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 57. 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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