English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 67 of 243
Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
Any ship involving members of the Weasley family from the Harry Potter series in an incestuous relationship.
An industrial suburb in the city of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7998).
The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
A prediction of future weather, often for a specific locality, in a newspaper or on the radio or television.
A mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
A description, especially one prepared by a governmental or other authority, of past, present or forecasted meteorological conditions for a particular geographical area.
A piece of equipment that collects and transmits meteorological information, and can make weather forecasts.
To reach the end of a very difficult situation without too much harm or damage.
A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.
Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn or damaged by exposure to the weather or the outdoors, especially to severe weather.
An instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather, such as an incomplete or secondary rainbow, or a parhelion or sun dog; a weather-gall or water-gall.
A person who foretells the weather, especially without modern meteorological aids or knowledge.
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 67. 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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