English Words: W

12,113 words · Page 96 of 243

West Taiwanname

Western Taiwan.

West Trashleyname

West Ashley, viewed as trashy or full of litter.

West Vanname

West Vancouver (a city in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, north of Vancouver, west of North Vancouver, on the north shore of the Fraser River delta)

West Virginianame

A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Charleston.

West Virginianadj

Of, or pertaining to, West Virginia or its culture.

west windnoun

A wind blowing from the west.

west-north-westnoun

Alternative form of west-northwest.

west-northwestadj

Of, in or pertaining to the west-northwest; west-northwestern.

west-northwesterlyadj

Coming from the west-northwest.

west-northwesternadj

Of, in or pertaining to the west-northwest.

west-northwestwardadj

Situated toward or in the direction of the west-northwest.

west-northwestwardsadv

Towards or in the direction of the west-northwest.

west-southwestadj

Of, in or pertaining to the west-southwest; west-southwestern.

west-southwesterlyadj

Coming from the west-southwest.

west-southwesternadj

Of, in or pertaining to the west-southwest.

west-southwestwardadj

Situated toward or in the direction of the west-southwest.

west-southwestwardsadv

Towards or in the direction of the west-southwest.

westaboonoun

A non-Western person (especially a Japanese national) who is obsessed with Western culture and media.

westaboutadj

Westward, heading west.

Westacottname

A surname.

Westarcticaname

An unrecognized micronation in Antarctica, founded in 2001 by Travis McHenry, who styles himself as Grand Duke Travis, claiming a region of West Antarctica which has not been claimed by any nation state, comprising most of Marie Byrd Land.

Westarcticanadj

Of or pertaining to Westarctica.

westboundadv

Towards the west; in a westerly direction.

Westbournename

A river, the River Westbourne in London, England, which is now placed underground.

Westbrookname

A number of places in the United States:

Westbrooksname

A surname.

Westburyname

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).

Westcentricadj

Focused on the Western world or the people and culture of the Western world.

Westcentrismnoun

The practice of viewing the world from a Western perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of Western culture.

Westchestername

A village in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States.

Westchester Countyname

One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: White Plains.

Westchesteritenoun

A person from Westchester County, New York, United States.

Westcottname

A placename:

Westcottianadj

Of or pertaining to Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901), English churchman, theologian, and Bishop of Durham.

Westdeanname

A village in Cuckmere Valley parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5299).

Westenbergername

A surname from German.

westernoun

A strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west.

Westerbeekname

A surname from Dutch.

Westerbekename

A surname from Dutch.

Westergardname

A surname of Scandinavian origin.

Westergren methodname

A method, used to estimate the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), which measures the distance (in millimeters) which red blood cells in anticoagulated whole blood fall to the bottom of a standardized upright tube over a period of one hour.

Westerhamname

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4454).

Westerhillname

An area of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, east of the town centre (OS grid ref NS6270).

westeringadj

Moving westward, near the west.

Westerkwartiername

A municipality of Groningen, Netherlands.

Westerleighname

A village in Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6979).

westerlinessnoun

Westerly position.

westerlyadj

Facing the west; directed towards the west.

Westermarck effectnoun

A hypothetical psychological effect through which people who live in close domestic proximity during the first few years of their lives become desensitized to later sexual attraction. It is one explanation for the incest taboo.

Westermark signnoun

A sign in chest radiography that represents a focus of oligemia seen distal to a pulmonary embolism.

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 96. 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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