English words starting with W

w-shaped

1. adjective: shaped in the form of the letter W

wa

1. noun: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

wabash

1. noun: a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana

wabash river

1. noun: a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana

wabbit

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wabbits

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wac

1. noun: a member of the Women's Army Corps
2. noun: an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army

wack

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wacker

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wackest

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wackier

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wackiest

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wackily

1. adverb: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily"

wackiness

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wacko

1. noun: a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad

wackos

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wacks

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wacky

1. adjective: ludicrous, foolish; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
2. adjective: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

waco

1. noun: a city in east central Texas

wad

1. noun: a small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter"
2. noun: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

wadded

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wadding

1. noun: any material used especially to protect something

waddle

1. noun: walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle"
2. verb: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"

waddled

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waddler

1. noun: someone who walks with a waddling gait; "fat waddlers who walk like pigeons"

waddles

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waddling

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wade

1. noun: English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
2. verb: walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"

waded

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wader

1. noun: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

waders

1. noun: waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers

wades

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wadge

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wadges

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wadi

1. noun: gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season

wading

1. noun: walking with your feet in shallow water

wading bird

1. noun: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

wading pool

1. noun: a shallow pool for children

wadis

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wads

1. noun: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"

wafer

1. noun: a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
2. noun: a small thin crisp cake or cookie

wafer-like

1. adjective: resembling a thin crisp wafer

wafer-thin

1. adjective: very thin; "wafer-thin sheets of metal"
2. adverb: very thin; "it was cut wafer-thin"

wafers

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waffle

1. noun: pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
2. verb: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

waffle iron

1. noun: a kitchen appliance for baking waffles; the appliance usually consists of two indented metal pans hinged together so that they create a pattern on the waffle

waffled

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waffler

1. noun: someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner

wafflers

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waffles

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waffling

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waft

1. noun: a long flag; often tapering
2. verb: be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted into the room"

wafted

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wafting

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wafts

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wafture

1. noun: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

wag

1. noun: a witty amusing person who makes jokes
2. noun: causing to move repeatedly from side to side

wage

1. noun: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
2. verb: carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"

wage claim

1. noun: the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives

wage concession

1. noun: an agreement to raise wages

wage earner

1. noun: someone who earn wages in return for their labor

wage floor

1. noun: floor below which wages are not allowed to fall

wage freeze

1. noun: a freeze of wages at a given level

wage hike

1. noun: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

wage increase

1. noun: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

wage scale

1. noun: a schedule of wages paid for different jobs

wage schedule

1. noun: a schedule of wages paid for different jobs

wage setter

1. noun: any economic condition or variable that serves to set wage rates

wage-earning

1. adjective: working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor"
2. adjective: of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw

waged

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wager

1. noun: the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet"
2. noun: the money risked on a gamble

wagered

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wagerer

1. noun: someone who bets

wagerers

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wagering

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wagers

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wages

1. noun: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"

wagga wagga

1. noun: a town on the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales; agricultural trading center

wagged

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waggeries

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waggery

1. noun: waggish behavior
2. noun: a quaint and amusing jest

wagging

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waggish

1. adjective: witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper

waggishly

1. adverb: in a waggish manner

waggishness

1. noun: waggish behavior

waggle

1. noun: causing to move repeatedly from side to side
2. verb: move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail"

waggled

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waggles

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waggling

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waggon

1. noun: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
2. noun: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat

waggoner

1. noun: the driver of a wagon

waggonwright

1. noun: a wagon maker

waging

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wagner

1. noun: Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)
2. noun: German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)

wagnerian

1. noun: a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner
2. adjective: of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music

wagon

1. noun: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
2. noun: van used by police to transport prisoners

wagon tire

1. noun: a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel

wagon train

1. noun: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"

wagon wheel

1. noun: a wheel of a wagon

wagon-lit

1. noun: a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

wagoner

1. noun: the driver of a wagon

wagoners

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wagons

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wagonwright

1. noun: a wagon maker

wagram

1. noun: a town in northeastern Austria
2. noun: a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians

wags

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wagtail

1. noun: Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks

wagtails

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wahabi

1. noun: a member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam; "Osama bin Laden is said to be a Wahhabi Muslim"

wahabism

1. noun: a conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia; "Osama bin Laden and his followers practice Wahhabism"

wahhabi

1. noun: a member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam; "Osama bin Laden is said to be a Wahhabi Muslim"

wahhabism

1. noun: a conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia; "Osama bin Laden and his followers practice Wahhabism"

wahoo

1. noun: upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
2. noun: deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

wahunsonacock

1. noun: Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)

wahvey

1. noun: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

waif

1. noun: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

waifs

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waikiki

1. noun: a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the southeast of Honolulu

wail

1. noun: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
2. verb: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"

wailed

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