English words: W

590 words under W; 101–200 on this page.

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• washing noun (washing); verb, -ing form of wash…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Washing is cleaning something with water, often with soap.
• washpot nounJewish tradition
  A basin or pot for washing, such as feet or hands.
• washroom noun (a washroom, washrooms)
  A room with toilets and washbasins; a toilet or restroom.
• wasp noun (a wasp, wasps)
  A wasp is a flying insect with a thin waist and yellow and black stripes; it can sting.
• wast verb, past tense of be, with thou (second person singular)
  You were; a form of "be" used with "thou".
• wastage noun (wastage; uncountable)
  The amount of something that is wasted or lost.
• waste noun (waste, wastes); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Waste is rubbish: things that are thrown away because they are not wanted.
• wasted verb (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasted)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wasted means used badly or carelessly, or lost without being useful.
• wasteful adjective
  Wasteful means using more of something than is needed, or using it carelessly so that some is lost or thrown away.
• wasteland noun (a wasteland, wastelands; wasteland, uncountable)
  An area of land that is empty, ruined or not used, such as land with rubble, weeds and rubbish.
• waster nounJewish tradition
  A person who wastes or destroys, such as a destroyer or ruiner.
• wasting verb form of waste (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wasting means using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting time, water, food or money.
• watch verb (watch, watches, watched, watching); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To watch is to look at something for a while.
• watchdog noun (watchdogs)
  A watchdog is a dog kept to guard a house or farm and to bark at strangers.
• watcher noun (a watcher, watchers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A watcher is a person who watches something or someone, often carefully or for a long time.
• watchful adjective (watchful; more watchful, most watchful)
  Paying careful attention to what is happening, so you notice any danger or problem.
• watchfulness noun (no plural)
  Watchfulness is careful looking out, keeping alert so that nothing bad happens without your noticing.
• watchman noun (watchmen)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A watchman is a person paid to stay awake and guard a building or street at night.
• water noun (water, waters); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Water is the clear liquid in rivers, lakes, rain and the sea; people, animals and plants need it to live.
• watercolour noun…
  Watercolour is a kind of paint that you mix with water; it gives light, see-through colours.
• watercourse noun (a watercourse, watercourses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A watercourse is any channel that water flows along, like a river, stream, brook, ditch or canal.
• waterfall noun (a waterfall, waterfalls)
  A waterfall is a place where a river or stream flows over the edge of a cliff or steep rock and falls down.
• waterfowl noun (waterfowl — plural same; a waterfowl rarely)
  Waterfowl are birds that swim and live on or near water, especially ducks, geese and swans.
• watering verb form (present participle of water); noun (watering)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Giving water to plants or animals.
• waterline noun (the waterline, waterlines)
  The line along the side of a ship or boat where the water reaches.
• waterlogged adjective (waterlogged)
  Waterlogged ground is so full of water that it cannot soak up any more, so puddles stay on top.
• waterloo proper noun (Waterloo — a name of a place); noun…
  Waterloo is a town in Belgium where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 by British, Dutch, Belgian and Prussian armies.
• waterman nounJewish tradition
  A man who works on or with boats and water, or who carries and sells water.
• watermark noun (a watermark, watermarks); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A faint picture or pattern pressed into paper, which you can see when you hold it up to the light; banknotes have them to show they are…
• watermelon noun…
  A large round or oval fruit with a hard green skin and sweet, juicy red or pink flesh with black seeds.
• waterproof adjective; noun (a waterproof, waterproofs — UK); verb…
  Waterproof means not letting water in or through.
• watershed noun (a watershed, watersheds)
  A watershed is a line of high land, such as a ridge, that divides two areas whose rivers flow in different directions.
• waterside noun (the waterside); adjective (waterside)
  The waterside is the land along the edge of a river, lake or sea.
• waterspout noun (waterspouts)
  A waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea.
• watertight adjective
  Watertight means so closely made that no water can get in or out.
• waterway noun (a waterway, waterways)
  A waterway is a river, canal or other stretch of water that boats can travel along.
• waterworks noun…
  A building or system that cleans water and sends it through pipes to people's homes.
• watery adjective…
  Containing too much water; thin and weak: watery soup.
• watt noun (a watt, watts); name (Watt)
  The unit used to measure power: how fast energy is used or produced.
• wave noun (wave, waves); verb (wave, waves, waved, waving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A moving ridge of water on the sea or a lake.
• waver verb (waver, wavers, wavered, wavering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To be unsure and keep changing your mind; to hesitate: she wavered between the red and the blue.
• waving verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Moving your hand from side to side to say hello or goodbye, or to get attention.
• wavy adjective (wavy, wavier, waviest)
  Having curves like waves; not straight: wavy hair, a wavy line.
• waw noun (waw, also vav or vau — a letter); fragmenteveryday · Jewish tradition
  Waw (also spelled vav or vau) is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in Hebrew it can sound like "v" or stand for an "o" or "u" sound.
• wax noun (wax); verb (wax, waxes, waxed, waxing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wax is a soft material that melts when warm, used to make candles and crayons.
• waxed verb, past tense of wax
  To grow or become more of something, such as "waxed great" meaning "grew great".
• waxen verb form (old English)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An old past form of "wax," meaning grown or become: "waxen poor" means become poor.
• waxwork noun (a waxwork, waxworks)
  A life-size model of a person made of wax, usually of a famous person.
• waxy adjective (waxy, waxier, waxiest)
  Waxy means made of wax, covered in wax, or looking or feeling like wax: smooth, shiny and a little slippery.
• way noun (way, ways); adverb (way — very, far: «way too big»)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A way is a road, path or direction to a place: «the way to school».
• wayfarer noun (a wayfarer, wayfarers)
  A wayfarer is a traveller who goes on foot, walking from place to place.
• wayfaring adjective (wayfaring); noun (wayfaring — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Travelling, especially on foot from place to place: a wayfaring man.
• wayside noun (waysides); adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  The wayside is the edge of a road or path.
• wayward adjective (more wayward, most wayward)Jewish tradition
  Wayward means difficult to control, stubborn, or doing as one likes rather than as one should.
• we pronoun (we, us, our, ours, ourselves)everyday · Jewish tradition
  We or us means the speaker and other people together.
• weak adjective (weak, weaker, weakest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Weak means not strong; not having much power or energy in your body.
• weaken verb (weaken, weakens, weakened, weakening)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To weaken means to become weaker, or to make someone or something weaker, less strong or less powerful.
• weakling noun (weaklings)
  A weakling is a person or animal with little strength, who is easily beaten or looked down on.
• weakly adverb (weakly)
  Weakly means without strength or energy: «he smiled weakly».
• weakness noun (weakness — uncountable; a weakness, weaknesses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Weakness is the state of not being strong in body: «weakness in her legs».
• weal noun (weals)
  A weal is a raised red or purple mark on the skin, left by a blow from a whip or stick.
• wealth noun (wealth — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wealth is a large amount of money, property and things worth a lot; being rich.
• wealthy adjective (wealthy, wealthier, wealthiest); noun…
  Having a lot of money and property; rich.
• wean verb (wean, weans, weaned, weaning); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To wean a baby or young animal is to slowly stop feeding it only on its mother's milk and start giving it other food.
• weaning noun (weaning, uncountable); verb, -ing form of wean…
  Slowly getting a baby or a young animal used to eating food instead of drinking only its mother's milk (or formula).
• weapon noun (weapon, weapons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A weapon is something used to hurt or attack, or to defend in a fight, such as a sword, gun, knife or bomb.
• wear verb (wear, wears, wore, worn, wearing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To wear means to have clothes, shoes, glasses or jewellery on your body.
• wearied verb (weary, wearies, wearied, wearying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To weary is to make someone tired, or to become tired.
• wearily adverb
  Wearily means in a tired way, with little energy.
• weariness noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Weariness is the feeling of being very tired and worn out.
• wearisome adjective (wearisome; more wearisome, most wearisome)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Making you feel tired, bored or fed up, especially because it goes on too long.
• weary adjective (weary, wearier, weariest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Weary means very tired, especially after a lot of work or a long journey.
• weasel noun (a weasel, weasels); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A weasel is a small, thin, fast wild animal with brown fur and a long body that hunts mice and voles.
• weather noun (weather — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  What the air outside is like at a time and place: sunny, rainy, windy, cold, hot, snowy.
• weathercock noun (weathercocks)
  A weathercock is a metal cock or bird on a roof, which turns to show the direction of the wind.
• weatherman noun (a weatherman, weathermen)
  A weatherman is a man who tells people what the weather will be, especially on TV or radio.
• weave verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To weave is to make cloth, a basket or a mat by crossing threads, strips or twigs over and under each other.
• weaver noun (a weaver, weavers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A weaver is a person whose job or hobby is weaving: making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom.
• weaving noun (weaving; uncountable; a weaving — a woven piece)…
  Weaving is making cloth by crossing threads over and under each other on a loom.
• web noun (a web, webs; the Web)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A web is a net of thin, sticky threads that a spider makes to catch insects.
• webbed adjective (webbed)
  Webbed feet or toes have skin joining the toes together, like ducks, frogs and otters, which helps them swim.
• webbing noun (webbing — uncountable)
  Webbing is strong, flat woven material in narrow strips, used for straps, belts, seat belts and bags.
• website noun (a website, websites)
  A website is a group of pages on the internet that belong to one person, company or organisation, which you visit using a web address.
• wedded verb (past form of wed: wed, weds, wedded, wedding)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wedded means married.
• wedding noun (a wedding, weddings)
  A wedding is a ceremony and celebration where two people get married.
• wedge noun (a wedge, wedges); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A piece of wood, metal or other material that is thick at one end and thin at the other, used to hold something in place or split something.
• wedged adjective; past form of the verb «wedge»…
  Wedged means stuck tightly in a narrow space.
• wedlock noun (wedlock — no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wedlock is the state of being married.
• wednesday noun (Wednesday, Wednesdays)
  Wednesday is the day of the week after Tuesday and before Thursday.
• wee adjective (wee — Scottish, Irish, informal: small); noun…
  In Scotland, Ireland and Northern England, "wee" means small or little: "a wee bit".
• weed noun (a weed, weeds); verb (weed, weeds, weeded, weeding)
  A weed is a wild plant growing where it is not wanted.
• weedkiller noun (weedkiller, uncountable; a weedkiller, weedkillers)
  Weedkiller is a chemical that kills weeds, the unwanted wild plants growing in gardens, paths and fields.
• weeds noun, plural (weeds; singular: weed); verb form of «weed»…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Weeds are wild plants that grow where people do not want them, such as in gardens, lawns or fields, and take light, water and space from…
• weedy adjective (weedy, weedier, weediest)
  Weedy means full of weeds: a weedy garden.
• week noun (week, weeks; casual: wk, wks)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A week is seven days, from Monday to Sunday or Sunday to Saturday.
• weekday noun (a weekday, weekdays); adjective (a weekday morning)
  Any day of the week except Saturday and Sunday: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
• weekend noun (a weekend, weekends)
  The weekend is Saturday and Sunday, the days at the end of the week when most children do not go to school and many adults do not work.
• weekly adjective (weekly); adverb (weekly); noun…
  Weekly means happening or done once every week.
• weep verb (weep, weeps, wept, weeping); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To cry, letting tears fall, usually because you are sad.
• weeper noun (a weeper, weepers)
  A weeper is a person who weeps, who cries easily or often.

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