English words: W

590 words under W; 201–300 on this page.

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• weeping verb form (-ing of weep); adjective (weeping); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Crying with tears.
• weepy adjective (weepy, weepier, weepiest); noun…
  Ready to cry, or crying easily, often because you are tired or sad.
• weevil noun (a weevil, weevils)
  A small beetle with a long snout, which often eats and damages crops, flour, rice, grain and nuts.
• wei interjection and word…
  «Wei» (喂) is what people say when they answer the phone in Chinese, like «hello?»; it sounds like «way».
• weigh verb (weigh, weighs, weighed, weighing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To weigh is to find how heavy something is, using scales.
• weighing verb (-ing form of weigh); noun (weighing, weighings)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The -ing form of «weigh»: measuring how heavy something is: «She is weighing the flour.».
• weight noun (weight, weights); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Weight is how heavy something is.
• weightless adjective
  Weightless means having no weight, or seeming to have no weight.
• weightlifter noun (a weightlifter, weightlifters)
  A weightlifter is a person who lifts heavy weights, especially a barbell, as a sport or to get stronger.
• weighty adjective (weightier, weightiest)Jewish tradition
  Weighty means heavy.
• weir noun (a weir, weirs)
  A low wall or dam built across a river to control the flow of water or raise its level; water pours over the top.
• weird adjective (weird, weirder, weirdest)
  Weird means very strange or unusual, in a way that is surprising or hard to explain.
• weirdly adverb (weirdly)
  Weirdly means in a strange or unusual way.
• weirdo noun (a weirdo, weirdos; slang)
  A person who seems very strange or odd.
• welcome interjection (Welcome!); verb…
  A friendly word said to greet someone who arrives (Welcome to our school!).
• weld verb (weld, welds, welded, welding); noun (a weld, welds)
  To weld means to join pieces of metal together by heating them until they melt and stick.
• welding noun (welding — uncountable); verb form…
  Joining two pieces of metal (or plastic) by heating them until they melt a little and flow together, then letting them cool into one piece.
• welfare noun (welfare, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Welfare is the health, happiness and safety of a person or animal.
• well adverb (well, better, best); adjective (well — healthy)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Well means in a good or right way: «she sings well».
• wellbeing noun (wellbeing; uncountable; also written well-being)
  The state of being healthy, happy and comfortable in body and mind.
• wellington noun…
  A wellington is a tall rubber or plastic boot that keeps your feet dry in rain and mud; they usually come in pairs.
• welsh adjective (Welsh); noun…
  Welsh means from or to do with Wales, a country in the United Kingdom.
• welshman noun (a Welshman, Welshmen)
  A man or boy from Wales, a country in the west of Great Britain, part of the United Kingdom.
• welter nounJewish tradition
  Disorder or a confused mess.
• welwitschia noun (a welwitschia, welwitschias)
  A very strange desert plant from Namibia and Angola in south-west Africa that has only two long, leathery leaves.
• wen noun (wens)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A wen is a soft lump that grows under the skin, often on the face or neck.
• wench noun (a wench, wenches)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A wench was a girl or young woman, especially a servant girl or a country girl.
• wend verb (wend, wends, wended, wending)
  To wend your way is to travel slowly, often following a winding path.
• wentest verb, old form used with thou (past)
  «wentest» means «you went», a form of «go»: To go is to move from one place to another: go to school.
• wert verb, past tense of be, with thou (second person singular)
  You were; a form of "be" used with "thou".
• west noun (the west); adjective (west, western); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  West is the direction where the sun goes down in the evening.
• westerly adjective (a westerly wind); noun (a westerly, westerlies)
  A westerly wind blows from the west.
• western adjective (western, more western); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Western means in, from or towards the west: western Canada, a western wind.
• westward adjective (westward); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Westward means going towards the west.
• westwards adverb (westwards — mainly UK); also westward…
  Westwards means towards the west, the direction where the sun sets.
• wet adjective (wet, wetter, wettest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Covered with or full of water or another liquid: "wet hair".
• wether noun (a wether, wethers)
  A wether is a male sheep (or goat) that has been castrated, so it cannot become a father; farmers keep wethers for wool or meat.
• wetland noun (a wetland, wetlands; often plural)
  A wetland is an area of land that is covered with shallow water or is wet and soggy for much of the year, such as a marsh, swamp or bog.
• wetness noun (wetness; uncountable)
  Wetness is the state of being wet, covered in or full of water or another liquid.
• wetter adjective (comparative of wet: wet, wetter, wettest)
  Wetter means more wet, with more water or liquid on it or in it.
• wetting verb form (-ing of wet: wet, wets, wet/wetted, wetting)…
  Wetting means making something wet with water or another liquid.
• whack verb (whack, whacks, whacked, whacking); noun…
  To hit something or someone hard, often with a stick or hand.
• whacked verb form…
  Whacked means hit hard with a loud noise.
• whacking adjective (whacking — informal UK, Australia); adverb…
  Hitting someone or something hard with a loud smack.
• whale noun (whale, whales)
  A whale is a very large animal that lives in the sea, looks like a fish, but is a mammal and breathes air.
• whaler noun (a whaler, whalers)
  A ship used for hunting whales.
• what pronoun, determiner; exclamationeveryday · Jewish tradition
  What is used to ask about a thing: «What is that?».
• whatever pronoun; determiner; adverb; interjection (informal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Whatever means anything or everything that: "Take whatever you need.".
• whatsoever adverb; pronoun and determiner (formal, emphatic)everyday · Jewish tradition
  At all; used after "no", "none" or "nothing" to make it stronger.
• wheat noun (wheat)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wheat is a tall grass plant grown on farms; its grain is ground into flour to make bread, pasta and cakes.
• wheaten adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Wheaten means made from wheat, or having the pale golden colour of wheat.
• wheedle verb (wheedles, wheedled, wheedling)
  To wheedle is to coax someone, with soft words or flattery, into doing what you want.
• wheedling adjective; also the -ing form of wheedle
  Wheedling describes a soft, coaxing voice meant to get what you want.
• wheel noun (wheel, wheels); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A wheel is a round thing that turns on a rod so a car, bike or cart can move.
• wheelbarrow noun (a wheelbarrow, wheelbarrows)
  A wheelbarrow is a small cart with one wheel at the front, two handles and two legs at the back, used for carrying loads such as soil…
• wheelchair noun (a wheelchair, wheelchairs)
  A wheelchair is a chair with large wheels used by people who cannot walk or find walking hard.
• wheelwork nounJewish tradition
  The wheels of a machine taken together; the whole set of wheels.
• wheelwright noun (a wheelwright, wheelwrights)
  A person whose job is to make and repair wooden wheels, for carts, wagons and carriages.
• wheeze verb (wheeze, wheezes, wheezed, wheezing); noun…
  To wheeze is to breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in your chest, because breathing is hard.
• wheezy adjective (wheezy, wheezier, wheeziest)
  Wheezy means breathing with a whistling or rattling sound, because the airways in the chest are narrow, often due to asthma, a cold or an…
• whelp noun (whelps); verb (whelps, whelped, whelping)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub.
• when conjunction, adverb; pronouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  When asks at what time something happens: «When is lunch?».
• whence adverb (whence — old-fashioned, formal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  From where: «Whence did he come?» means «Where did he come from?».
• whereabouts noun (whereabouts; treated as singular or plural); adverb…
  The place where someone or something is.
• whereby adverb
  By what means or by which thing.
• wherefore adverb (wherefore — old-fashioned); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Why; for what reason.
• wherein adverb
  In what place, thing or way.
• whereof adverb
  Of what, or of which thing.
• whereon adverb
  On what, or on which thing.
• wheresoever adverb; conjunction (old-fashioned)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wheresoever means wherever, in any place (old-fashioned, formal).
• whereupon conjunction; adverb
  Immediately after which thing happened.
• wherever conjunction; adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  In any place or every place: sit wherever you like.
• wherewith adverb
  With what thing; with which.
• wherewithal noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The wherewithal is the money or means needed to do something.
• whet verb (whets, whetted, whetting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To whet is to sharpen a blade by rubbing it on a stone.
• whey noun (whey — uncountable)
  Whey is the watery liquid left over when milk is made into cheese or yoghurt; the solid lumps are called curds.
• which determiner, pronouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  Which asks someone to choose one from a group: «Which colour do you want?».
• whiff noun (a whiff, whiffs); verb…
  A short smell, often brief or faint: «a whiff of smoke».
• while conjunction (while; UK also whilst); noun (a while); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  While means at the same time as something else happens.
• whilst conjunction
  During the time that; at the same time as.
• whim noun (a whim, whims)
  A whim is a sudden wish or idea to do something, often without a good reason.
• whimper verb (whimper, whimpers, whimpered, whimpering); noun…
  To whimper means to make small, weak crying sounds because you are scared, hurt or sad.
• whimsical adjective
  Whimsical means odd, playful and full of fancy, not quite ordinary.
• whin noun (whin, whins)
  Another name for gorse: a prickly bush with bright yellow flowers that grows on heaths and hills, mostly in Britain and Ireland.
• whine verb (whine, whines, whined, whining); noun (a whine)
  To complain in an annoying, high, unhappy voice, often about small things.
• whip noun (a whip, whips); verb (whip, whips, whipped, whipping)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A whip is a long thin rope or strip of leather with a handle, used to hit animals or, in the past, people.
• whipping noun (a whipping, whippings); verb form…
  A whipping is a punishment of being hit with a whip; it is cruel and now banned in most places.
• whippy adjective (whippy, whippier, whippiest)
  Thin and bending easily, then springing back (a whippy stick, whippy branches).
• whir noun (whirs); verb (whirs, whirred, whirring)
  A whir is a soft, quick buzzing sound made by wheels or wings going round.
• whirl verb (whirl, whirls, whirled, whirling); noun (a whirl)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To whirl is to turn or spin round and round very fast.
• whirlpool noun (a whirlpool, whirlpools)
  A whirlpool is a place in a river or the sea where water spins round and round very fast, and can pull things down into it.
• whirlwind noun (a whirlwind, whirlwinds); adjective-like before a…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A whirlwind is a column of air that spins very fast, like a small tornado.
• whirr verb (whirr, whirrs, whirred, whirring); noun (a whirr); US…
  To make a soft, steady buzzing sound like something spinning fast, such as a fan, a camera or wings.
• whisk noun (a whisk, whisks); verb…
  A whisk is a kitchen tool made of curved wires, used to beat eggs or cream quickly.
• whisker noun (a whisker, whiskers)
  One of the long stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of a cat, a mouse, a seal and many other animals, used to feel things.
• whiskers noun (whiskers — plural; one whisker)
  Whiskers are the long, stiff hairs that grow near the mouth and nose of animals such as cats, dogs, mice and seals, used for feeling…
• whiskey noun (whiskey, whiskeys; also whisky, whiskies)
  A strong alcoholic drink made from grain such as barley, corn or rye, for adults only.
• whisky noun (whisky, whiskies)
  A strong alcoholic drink made from grain such as barley, made especially in Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the USA.
• whisper verb (whisper, whispers, whispered, whispering); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To whisper means to speak very quietly, using your breath and not your voice.
• whisperer nounJewish tradition
  A person who whispers, here a magician who mutters spells.

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