English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 85 of 243

well-earnedadj

deserved

well-educatedadj

Highly educated.

well-endowedadj

Having a substantial income, wealthy; (usually includes a notion of endowment, versus bootstrapping).

well-equippedadj

Having all necessary equipment; (often) having a commendable amount and quality of equipment.

well-establishedadj

Having been established for a long period of time.

well-favouredadj

Good-looking or pleasing to the eye; handsome.

well-filledadj

Sufficiently full, without being full to overflowing.

well-formedadj

Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.

well-formed formulanoun

A statement that is expressed in a valid, syntactically correct manner.

well-formednessnoun

The property of being well-formed.

well-foundadj

Well maintained and fully stocked and equipped.

well-foundedadj

Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.

well-foundednessnoun

The state or quality of being well-founded.

well-gownedadj

Wearing a fine gown.

well-groomedadj

neat and well-dressed

well-handedadj

Skillful at manual tasks.

well-handledadj

Suitably or properly dealt with.

well-heeledadj

Affluent, prosperous, or even (highest degree) rich.

well-hornedadj

Having large or fine horns or antlers.

well-housenoun

Alternative form of wellhouse.

well-hungadj

Having a large penis.

well-informedadj

Furnished with sufficient, correct knowledge.

well-intendedadj

Well-intentioned.

well-intentionedadj

Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results.

well-keptadj

neat, tidy, kept in good condition.

well-knownadj

Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.

well-laidadj

Firmly and properly laid.

well-likingadj

In good condition.

well-litadj

Adequately illuminated by light.

well-made playnoun

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.

well-manneredadj

Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.

well-matchedadj

Of comparable strength or power.

well-meaningadj

With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.

well-meaninglyadv

In a well-meaning manner; with good intentions

well-meaningnessnoun

The state, quality, or condition of being well-meaning.

well-meantadj

Having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences.

well-meritedadj

Fully merited, richly deserved, well-earned.

well-nighadv

Almost, nearly.

well-offnessnoun

The quality of being well off.

well-oiledadj

Well-run; smoothrunning; efficiently run.

well-oiled machinenoun

Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts.

well-ordernoun

A total order of some set such that every nonempty subset contains a least element.

well-paddedadj

Fat, corpulent, pudgy.

well-paidadj

Adequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.

well-placedadj

Cleverly or judiciously positioned.

well-plannedadj

Carefully designed or arranged, with plenty of forethought, so that it functions satisfactorily.

well-pleasedadj

Highly gratified or satisfied.

well-posednessnoun

The condition of being well-posed

well-positionedadj

In an advantageous position.

well-practisedadj

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.

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