English Words: W
12,113 words · Page 85 of 243
Having a substantial income, wealthy; (usually includes a notion of endowment, versus bootstrapping).
Having all necessary equipment; (often) having a commendable amount and quality of equipment.
Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.
A play belonging to a 19th-century neoclassical theatrical genre involving a tight plot and a climax close to the end. The story depends upon a key piece of information kept from some characters, and moves forward in a chain of actions that use minor reversals of fortune to create suspense.
Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.
Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts.
Carefully designed or arranged, with plenty of forethought, so that it functions satisfactorily.
Having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality.
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 85. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "W" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.