8 Letter 13 Letter 15 Letter 4 Letter Boggle Words Starting With W

WAB (8) WAD (7) [noun] An amorphous, compact mass. | [noun] A substantial pile (normally of money). | [noun] A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon. | [noun] Plumbago, graphite. WAE (6) [noun] A Scottish word meaning "woe" or "sorrow." WAG (7) [noun] An oscillating movement. | [noun] A witty person. | [verb] To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief. WAN (6) [noun] The quality of being wan; wanness. | [adjective] Pale, sickly-looking. | [adjective] Dim, faint. | [noun] The digit or figure 1. | [verb] To conquer, defeat. WAP (8) [noun] A blow or beating; a whap. | [noun] A breast. | [noun] A bundle. WAR (6) [noun] Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces. | [noun] A particular conflict of this kind. | [noun] (by extension) Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict. WAS (6) [verb] Past tense of the verb "be," used to indicate a state or condition that existed in the past. | [noun] A liquid coating or finish applied to surfaces. WAT (6) [noun] A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia. | [noun] A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea. | [adverb] (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor. | [adverb] (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor. WAW (9) [noun] The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. | [noun] A variant spelling of "vav," a Hebrew letter. WAX (13) [noun] Beeswax. | [noun] Earwax. | [noun] Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters. | [verb] To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. | [noun] The process of growing. | [noun] An outburst of anger. WAY (9) [noun] (heading) To do with a place or places. | [noun] A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism. | [noun] A state or condition | [adverb] (with comparative or modified adjective) Much. | [noun] The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand. WEB (8) [proper noun] The World Wide Web. | [noun] The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb. | [noun] (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web. WED (7) [verb] To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony. | [verb] To take as one's spouse. | [verb] To take a spouse. WEE (6) [noun] A short time or short distance. | [adjective] Small, little. | [noun] Urine. | [pronoun] (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.) WEN (6) [noun] A cyst on the skin. | [noun] A runic letter later replaced by w | [noun] The time at which something happens. WET (6) [noun] Liquid or moisture. | [noun] Rainy weather. | [noun] Rainy season. (often capitalized) WHA (9) WHO (9) [noun] A person under discussion; a question of which person. | [pronoun] (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question) | [pronoun] (interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something. WHY (12) [noun] Reason | [adverb] For what cause, reason, or purpose (interrogative adverb). | [adverb] For which cause, reason, or purpose (relative adverb). | [noun] A young heifer. WIG (7) [noun] A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying. | [noun] (among fishermen) An old seal. | [verb] To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.). WIN (6) [verb] To conquer, defeat. | [verb] To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). | [verb] To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). | [noun] An individual victory. | [noun] Pleasure; joy; delight. | [verb] To dry by exposure to the wind. WIS (6) [adjective] Certain | [adjective] Sure | [adverb] Certainly, surely | [verb] To know. WIT (6) [noun] (now usually in the plural) Sanity. | [noun] (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses. | [noun] Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. | [verb] Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively). | [preposition] Against. WIZ (15) [noun] A person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular area. | [noun] A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon. | [noun] A whirring or hissing sound (as above). | [preposition] Against. WOE (6) [noun] Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness. | [noun] Calamity, trouble. | [noun] A curse; a malediction. WOG (7) [noun] Any dark-skinned person. It originally referred specifically to Indians, but later also applied to people of North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry. | [noun] A person of Southern European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Southeastern European ancestry. | [verb] (WWII slang) (Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants. | [noun] A tadpole. | [noun] A bug, an insect. | [noun] A person who is not a Scientologist. WOK (10) [noun] A large, oriental, round-bottomed cooking pan. | [verb] To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok. WON (6) [verb] To conquer, defeat. | [verb] To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). | [verb] To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). | [verb] To live, remain. | [noun] The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea. WOO (6) [verb] To endeavor to gain someone's support. | [verb] (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with | [verb] To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. | [interjection] Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo. | [noun] A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations. WOP (8) [noun] A person of Italian descent. WOS (6) WOT (6) [verb] To know. | [interjection] An expression of surprise or disbelief. | [interjection] What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires. | [adverb] (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor. WOW (9) [noun] Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc. | [verb] To amaze or awe. | [interjection] An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure. | [noun] (audio) A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders. WRY (9) [noun] Distortion. | [verb] To turn (away); to swerve or deviate. | [verb] To divert; to cause to turn away. | [verb] To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide. WUD (7) WYE (9) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter Y. | [noun] A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track. | [noun] A warrior or fighter. WYN (9) [noun] A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. | [noun] A kind of timber truck, or carriage.

WABS (9) WACK (13) [noun] An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo. | [adjective] Egregious. | [adjective] Bad (not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, lame, or strange. WADE (8) [noun] An act of wading. | [noun] A ford; a place to cross a river. | [verb] To walk through water or something that impedes progress. | [noun] The plant Isatis tinctoria. WADI (8) [noun] A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season. WADS (8) [noun] An amorphous, compact mass. | [noun] A substantial pile (normally of money). | [noun] A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon. WADY (11) [noun] A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season. WAES (7) WAFF (13) WAFT (10) [noun] A light breeze. | [noun] Something (such as an odor or scent like a perfume) that is carried through the air. | [noun] A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft. WAGE (8) [noun] (often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour. | [verb] To wager, bet. | [verb] To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. WAGS (8) [noun] An oscillating movement. | [noun] A witty person. | [verb] To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief. WAIF (10) [noun] A castaway; a homeless child. | [noun] (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized. | [noun] Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. WAIL (7) [noun] A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. | [noun] Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl. | [noun] A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster. | [verb] To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt. WAIN (7) [noun] A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen. | [verb] To carry. | [noun] (Derry) A collective word usually for children. WAIR (7) [verb] To spend time or remain in a place, especially while waiting. | [noun] A seaweed or kelp. WAIT (7) [noun] A delay. | [noun] An ambush. | [noun] One who watches; a watchman. WAKE (11) [noun] The act of waking, or state of being awake. | [noun] The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil. | [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. | [noun] A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects. | [noun] The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water. WALE (7) [noun] A ridge or low barrier. | [noun] A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course). | [noun] The texture of a piece of fabric. | [noun] Something selected as being the best, preference; choice. WALK (11) [verb] To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run. | [verb] To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty. | [verb] Of an object, to go missing or be stolen. | [noun] A trip made by walking. WALL (7) [noun] A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. | [noun] A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc. | [noun] Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure. | [verb] To boil. | [noun] A spring of water. | [noun] A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale. | [interjection] Used to acknowledge a statement or situation. WALY (10) WAME (9) WAND (8) [noun] A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. | [noun] (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand. | [noun] A magic wand. WANE (7) [noun] A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc. | [noun] The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth. | [noun] The end of a period. | [noun] A child. | [noun] A house or dwelling. WANS (7) [noun] The digit or figure 1. | [noun] The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | [noun] A one-dollar bill. WANT (7) [noun] A desire, wish, longing. | [noun] (often followed by of) Lack, absence. | [noun] Poverty. WANY (10) [adjective] (Of timber) lacking bark or having an irregular edge from a living tree. WAPS (9) [noun] Plural of wap, a light blow or strike. | [verb] Third person singular of wap, meaning to hit or strike lightly. WARD (8) [noun] A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman. | [noun] Protection, defence. | [noun] A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision. | [verb] To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. WARE (7) [noun] The state of being aware; heed. | [adjective] Aware. | [noun] (usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. | [verb] To be ware or mindful of something. | [noun] Seaweed. | [verb] To wear, or veer. WARK (11) WARM (9) [adjective] Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot. | [adjective] Caring and friendly, of relations to another person. | [adjective] Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. | [noun] The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating. WARN (7) [verb] To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: | [verb] To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. | [verb] (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away. WARP (9) [noun] The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: | [noun] A distortion: | [noun] The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft. | [verb] To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: WARS (7) [noun] Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces. | [noun] A particular conflict of this kind. | [noun] (by extension) Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict. WART (7) [noun] A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). | [noun] Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads. | [noun] Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation. WARY (10) [adjective] Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent | [adjective] Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard | [adjective] Thrifty, provident WASH (10) [noun] The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid. | [noun] A liquid used for washing. | [noun] A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties. WASP (9) [noun] Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet. | [noun] Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila). | [noun] A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish. | [noun] A member of the dominant American upper-class culture: a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. WAST (7) [noun] The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. | [noun] A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. | [noun] The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). WATS (7) [noun] A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia. WATT (7) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W WAUK (11) [verb] To walk or move about; to wake or call out. WAUL (7) [verb] To wail, to cry plaintively. WAUR (7) [adjective] Worse (Scottish dialect form of "worse"). WAVE (10) [verb] To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely. | [verb] To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure. | [verb] (metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate. | [noun] A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation. | [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. WAVY (13) [adjective] Rising or swelling in waves. | [adjective] Full of waves. | [adjective] Moving to and fro; undulating. | [noun] The snow goose (Chen caerulescens) WAWL (10) [verb] To cry or wail loudly. | [noun] A loud cry or wail. WAWS (10) [noun] Plural of waw, the name of the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. WAXY (17) [adjective] Resembling wax in texture or appearance. | [adjective] Angry. WAYS (10) [noun] (heading) To do with a place or places. | [noun] A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism. | [noun] A state or condition WEAK (11) [adjective] Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability. | [adjective] Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain. | [adjective] Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable. WEAL (7) [noun] Wealth, riches. | [noun] Welfare, prosperity. | [noun] (by extension) Boon, benefit. | [noun] A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt. WEAN (7) [verb] To accustom a child or young animal to food other than its mother's milk. | [verb] To gradually reduce someone's dependence on something. WEAR (7) [noun] (in combination) clothing | [noun] Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time | [noun] Fashion | [verb] To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion. | [noun] An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. WEBS (9) [noun] The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb. | [noun] (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web. | [noun] (sometimes capitalized) Specifically, the World Wide Web. WEDS (8) [verb] To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony. | [verb] To take as one's spouse. | [verb] To take a spouse. WEED (8) [noun] Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing. | [noun] Short for duckweed. | [noun] Underbrush; low shrubs. | [verb] To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area. | [noun] A garment or piece of clothing. | [noun] A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted. | [verb] To urinate. WEEK (11) [noun] Any period of seven consecutive days. | [noun] A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. | [noun] A period of five days beginning with Monday. WEEL (7) [noun] A whirlpool. | [noun] A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely. | [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). WEEN (7) [noun] Doubt; conjecture. | [verb] To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. | [verb] To expect, hope or wish. | [verb] To weep or cry. WEEP (9) [noun] A session of crying. | [verb] To cry; shed tears. | [verb] To lament; to complain. | [noun] A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). WEER (7) [adjective] Small, little. WEES (7) [verb] To urinate. WEET (7) [verb] To know (archaic past tense of "wit," meaning to know). | [noun] A knowing look or glance (archaic). WEFT (10) [noun] The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. | [noun] The yarn used for the weft; the fill. | [noun] (hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair. | [noun] Something cast away; a waif. WEIR (7) [noun] An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. | [noun] A fence placed across a river to catch fish. WEKA (11) [noun] The woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand. WELD (8) [noun] A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye. | [noun] The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | [noun] The joint made by welding. | [verb] To wield. WELL (7) [adjective] In good health. | [adjective] Good, content. | [adjective] Prudent; good; well-advised. | [noun] A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids. | [verb] To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. WELT (7) [verb] To roll; revolve | [noun] A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow; a wheal or weal. | [noun] (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling. | [verb] To decay. WEND (8) [noun] A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. | [verb] To turn; change. | [verb] To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. WENS (7) [noun] A cyst on the skin. | [noun] A runic letter later replaced by w WENT (7) [verb] To move: | [verb] (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required). | [verb] To start; to begin (an action or process). WEPT (9) [verb] To cry; shed tears. | [verb] To lament; to complain. | [verb] (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions. WERE (7) [noun] A man, a husband | [noun] A fine for slaying a man; weregild. | [noun] The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf. WERT (7) [verb] Second person singular past tense of "be" in archaic or poetic English, used with the pronoun "thou." WEST (7) [noun] One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W. | [verb] To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. | [adjective] Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward. WETS (7) [noun] Liquid or moisture. | [noun] Rainy weather. | [noun] Rainy season. (often capitalized) WHAM (12) [noun] A forceful blow | [noun] The sound of such a blow; a thud | [verb] To strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact WHAP (12) [noun] A blow; a hit; a variation of whop. | [noun] The curlew. | [verb] To strike hard and suddenly. WHAT (10) [adverb] (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor. | [noun] Something; thing; stuff. | [noun] The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what. WHEE (10) [interjection] An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion. WHEN (10) [noun] The time at which something happens. | [adverb] (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time. | [adverb] At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances. WHET (10) [noun] The act of whetting something. | [noun] That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer. | [verb] To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone. WHEW (13) [verb] To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover. | [interjection] An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief. | [interjection] An expression of amazement or surprise. | [verb] To bustle about. WHEY (13) [noun] The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese. WHID (11) WHIG (11) [noun] Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. | [noun] Buttermilk | [verb] Urge forward; drive briskly. WHIM (12) [noun] A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea | [noun] A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes | [verb] To be seized with a whim; to be capricious. | [noun] A bird, the Eurasian wigeon. WHIN (10) [noun] Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.). | [noun] The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria). | [noun] Whinstone. WHIP (12) [noun] A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals. | [noun] A blow administered with a whip. | [noun] A whipper-in. WHIR (10) [noun] A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. | [noun] A bustle of noise and excitement. | [verb] To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. WHIT (10) [noun] The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota. | [preposition] Against. | [preposition] In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. WHIZ (19) [noun] A whirring or hissing sound (as above). | [noun] Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. | [noun] (especially with the verb "take") An act of urination. | [preposition] Against. WHOA (10) [verb] To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa". | [interjection] Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. | [interjection] An expression of surprise. WHOM (12) [pronoun] (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people. | [pronoun] (relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people. | [pronoun] (fused relative, archaic outside set patterns) The person(s) whom; whomever. WHOP (12) [noun] A blow or strike. | [verb] To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. | [verb] To administer corporal punishment WHYS (13) [noun] Reason WICH (12) WICK (13) [noun] A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions. | [noun] Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain. | [noun] A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones. | [noun] A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority. | [noun] Liveliness; life. | [noun] A corner of the mouth or eye. WIDE (8) [noun] A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score | [adjective] Having a large physical extent from side to side. | [adjective] Large in scope. WIFE (10) [noun] A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse. | [noun] The female of a pair of mated animals. | [verb] (said of men) to marry WIGS (8) [noun] A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying. | [noun] (among fishermen) An old seal. WILD (8) [noun] The undomesticated state of a wild animal | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) a wilderness | [verb] To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang. | [noun] A wood or forest WILE (7) [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. | [verb] To loiter. WILL (7) [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). | [verb] (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). | [verb] (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). | [noun] One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. | [verb] To wish, desire. WILT (7) [noun] The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. | [noun] Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. | [verb] To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). | [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). WILY (10) [adjective] Sly, cunning, full of tricks WIMP (11) [noun] Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer. (a graphical interface paradigm) | [noun] Acronym of window-icon-mouse program. | [noun] A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem. WIND (8) [noun] Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. | [noun] Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. | [noun] The ability to breathe easily. | [noun] The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist. WINE (7) [noun] An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes. | [noun] An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine". | [noun] A serving of wine. | [noun] Wind. WING (8) [noun] An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish | [noun] Human arm. | [noun] Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air. WINK (11) [noun] An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking. | [noun] A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks. | [noun] A brief time; an instant. | [noun] A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks. | [noun] (Chiefly British) Periwinkle. WINO (7) [noun] A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard. | [noun] A wine enthusiast; an oenophile. | [noun] A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson. WINS (7) [verb] To conquer, defeat. | [verb] To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). | [verb] To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). WINY (10) [adjective] Resembling or containing wine; having the characteristics of wine. | [adjective] Whining or complaining in a weak or annoying manner. WIPE (9) [noun] The act of wiping something. | [noun] A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping. | [noun] A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape. | [noun] A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). | [noun] An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout. WIRE (7) [noun] Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. | [noun] A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. | [noun] A metal conductor that carries electricity. WIRY (10) [adjective] Thin, muscular and flexible. WISE (7) [verb] To become wise. | [verb] Usually with "up", to inform or learn. | [adjective] Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience. | [noun] Way, manner, method. | [verb] To instruct. WISH (10) [noun] A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen. | [noun] An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power. | [noun] The thing desired or longed for. WISP (9) [noun] A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. | [noun] A whisk, or small broom. | [noun] A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. WISS (7) WIST (7) [verb] Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively). | [verb] To know, be aware of. WITE (7) [noun] A creature or person; a human being (archaic). | [verb] To blame or censure (archaic). WITH (10) [adverb] Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | [preposition] Against. | [preposition] In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | [noun] A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. WITS (7) [noun] (now usually in the plural) Sanity. | [noun] (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses. | [noun] Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. WIVE (10) [verb] To marry (a woman). | [verb] To provide (someone) with a wife. WOAD (8) [noun] The plant Isatis tinctoria. | [noun] The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant. | [verb] To plant or cultivate woad. WOES (7) [noun] Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness. | [noun] Calamity, trouble. | [noun] A curse; a malediction. WOGS (8) [noun] A tadpole. | [noun] Any dark-skinned person. It originally referred specifically to Indians, but later also applied to people of North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry. | [noun] A person of Southern European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Southeastern European ancestry. WOKE (11) [adjective] Awake: conscious and not asleep. | [adjective] Alert and aware of what is going on, especially in social justice contexts. Well-informed. | [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. WOKS (11) [noun] A large, oriental, round-bottomed cooking pan. WOLD (8) [noun] An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor. | [noun] A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland. | [adjective] Old. WOLF (10) [noun] The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs. | [noun] A man who makes amorous advances to many women. | [noun] A wolf tone or wolf note. WOMB (11) [noun] In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. | [noun] The abdomen or stomach. | [noun] The stomach of a person or creature. WONK (11) [noun] An overly studious person, particularly student. | [noun] (by extension) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert. WONS (7) [verb] Past tense of "won," the achievement of victory in a contest or competition. | [noun] Plural of "won," the basic monetary unit of South Korea and North Korea. WONT (7) [noun] One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice. | [verb] To make (someone) used to; to accustom. | [verb] To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something). WOOD (8) [noun] The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel. | [noun] The wood of a particular species of tree. | [noun] A forested or wooded area. | [adjective] Mad, insane, crazed. | [noun] (sometimes offensive, of a person) A peckerwood. WOOF (10) [noun] The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft. | [noun] A fabric; the texture of a fabric. | [noun] The sound a dog makes when barking. | [noun] Initialism of well-off older folks. WOOL (7) [noun] The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants. | [noun] A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep. | [noun] Anything with a texture like that of wool. WOOS (7) [verb] To endeavor to gain someone's support. | [verb] (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with | [verb] To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. WOPS (9) [noun] A person of Italian descent. WORD (8) [noun] The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) | [noun] Something like such a unit of language: | [noun] The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. . | [verb] (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide. WORE (7) [verb] To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc. | [verb] To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner. | [verb] To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance. WORK (11) [noun] (heading) Employment. | [noun] (heading) Effort. | [noun] Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles. | [verb] To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. WORM (9) [noun] A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm. | [noun] More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. | [noun] A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent. WORN (7) [verb] To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc. | [verb] To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner. | [verb] To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance. WORT (7) [noun] A plant; herb; vegetable. | [noun] Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term. | [noun] Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer. WOST (7) [verb] Second person singular past tense of "wit," meaning to know (archaic). WOTS (7) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wot," meaning to know or be aware of. | [noun] Plural of "wot," archaic or dialect term for knowledge. WOVE (10) [verb] To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. | [verb] To spin a cocoon or a web. | [verb] To unite by close connection or intermixture. WOWS (10) [noun] Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc. | [verb] To amaze or awe. | [noun] (audio) A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders. WRAP (9) [verb] To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. | [verb] To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. | [verb] To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide. | [noun] A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm. | [noun] A sharp blow with something hard. WREN (7) [noun] Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; true wren. | [noun] Small bird of similar appearance to a true wren. WRIT (7) [noun] A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. | [noun] Authority, power to enforce compliance. | [noun] That which is written; writing. WUSS (7) [noun] A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person. WYCH (15) [noun] A type of elm tree, as in "wych elm," characterized by broad leaves and winged seeds. WYES (10) [noun] The name of the letter Y. | [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter Y. | [noun] A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track. WYLE (10) WYND (11) [noun] A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses. | [noun] A stack of hay. WYNN (10) [noun] A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. | [noun] A kind of timber truck, or carriage. WYNS (10) [noun] A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. | [noun] A kind of timber truck, or carriage. WYTE (10) [noun] A creature or person (archaic/dialectal term). | [verb] To blame or accuse (archaic spelling of "wite").

WACKE (14) [noun] A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. WACKO (14) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. | [adjective] Amusingly eccentric or irrational. | [interjection] Hurrah! WACKS (14) [noun] An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo. WACKY (17) [adjective] Zany; eccentric | [noun] A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. WADDY (13) [noun] A cowboy. | [noun] A war club used by Aboriginal Australians; a nulla nulla. | [noun] A piece of wood; a stick or peg; also, a walking stick. WADED (10) [verb] To walk through water or something that impedes progress. | [verb] To progress with difficulty | [verb] To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading WADER (9) [noun] One who wades. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc. | [noun] A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments. WADES (9) [noun] An act of wading. | [noun] A ford; a place to cross a river. | [verb] To walk through water or something that impedes progress. WADIS (9) [noun] A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season. WAFER (11) [noun] A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie. | [noun] (christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. | [noun] A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. WAFFS (14) [verb] Third person singular of "waff," meaning to wave or flutter. | [noun] A waving or fluttering motion. WAFTS (11) [verb] To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. | [verb] To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. | [verb] To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. WAGED (10) [verb] To wager, bet. | [verb] To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. | [verb] To employ for wages; to hire. WAGER (9) [noun] Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. | [noun] That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet. | [noun] A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event. | [noun] Agent noun of wage; one who wages. WAGES (9) [noun] (often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour. | [verb] To wager, bet. | [verb] To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. WAGON (9) [noun] A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. | [noun] A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front. | [noun] An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck. WAHOO (11) [noun] Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish. | [noun] The winged elm, Ulmus alata. | [noun] Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush. WAIFS (11) [noun] A castaway; a homeless child. | [noun] (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized. | [noun] Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. WAILS (8) [noun] A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. | [noun] Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl. | [noun] A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster. WAINS (8) [noun] A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen. | [noun] (Derry) A collective word usually for children. WAIRS (8) WAIST (8) [noun] The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. | [noun] A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. | [noun] The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). WAITS (8) [noun] A delay. | [noun] An ambush. | [noun] One who watches; a watchman. WAIVE (11) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). | [verb] To move from side to side; to sway. | [noun] A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman. WAKED (13) [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. | [verb] (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. | [verb] To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. WAKEN (12) [verb] To wake or rouse from sleep. | [verb] To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. WAKER (12) [noun] One who wakes or awakens. | [noun] A funeral vigil or watch kept over a dead body. WAKES (12) [noun] The act of waking, or state of being awake. | [noun] The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil. | [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. WALED (9) [verb] Past tense of wale, meaning to mark with wales (ridges or stripes). | [adjective] Having wales or ridges, as in corduroy fabric. WALER (8) [noun] A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse. | [noun] (structural engineering) A plank of wood, block of concrete, etc., used for support or to maintain required separation between components in order to help maintain the form of a construction under stress. WALES (8) [noun] A ridge or low barrier. | [noun] A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course). | [noun] The texture of a piece of fabric. WALKS (12) [verb] To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run. | [verb] To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty. | [verb] Of an object, to go missing or be stolen. WALLA (8) [noun] A valley, especially in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. | [interjection] Used to indicate a sound effect of rapid movement or impact in comic books and casual speech. WALLS (8) [noun] A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. | [noun] A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc. | [noun] Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure. WALLY (11) [verb] To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something. | [verb] To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work. | [verb] To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon. WALTZ (17) [noun] A ballroom dance in 3/4 time. | [noun] A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time). | [noun] A simple task. WAMES (10) WAMUS (10) [noun] A cardigan or jacket, typically knitted and worn by men in rural areas. WANDS (9) [noun] A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. | [noun] (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand. | [noun] A magic wand. WANED (9) [verb] To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline. | [verb] Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength. | [verb] Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible. WANES (8) [noun] A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc. | [noun] The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth. | [noun] The end of a period. WANEY (11) [adjective] Having wanes; lacking a straight edge, especially of a board or plank that still has bark or an irregular edge from the log. WANLY (11) [adverb] In a wan manner; palely or with a sickly appearance. WANTS (8) [noun] A desire, wish, longing. | [noun] (often followed by of) Lack, absence. | [noun] Poverty. WARDS (9) [noun] A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman. | [noun] Protection, defence. | [noun] A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision. WARED (9) [verb] To be ware or mindful of something. | [verb] To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary. | [verb] To wear, or veer. WARES (8) [noun] (usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. | [noun] (in the plural) See wares. | [noun] Pottery or metal goods. WARKS (12) [noun] Pain; ache. | [noun] A building. WARMS (10) [noun] The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating. | [verb] To make or keep warm. | [verb] To become warm, to heat up. WARNS (8) [verb] To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: | [verb] To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. | [verb] (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away. WARPS (10) [verb] To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: | [verb] (ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred. | [verb] To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving. WARTS (8) [noun] A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). | [noun] Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads. | [noun] Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation. WARTY (11) [adjective] Having warts or resembling a wart; covered with small, hard growths. WASHY (14) [noun] A wash, an act of washing. | [adjective] Watery; damp; soft. | [adjective] Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble. WASPS (10) [noun] A member of the dominant American upper-class culture: a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. | [noun] A member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. | [noun] Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet. WASPY (13) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike. | [adjective] Infested with wasps. | [adjective] Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture. WASTE (8) [noun] Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish. | [noun] Excrement or urine. | [noun] A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert. | [adjective] Uncultivated, uninhabited. | [verb] To devastate, destroy WASTS (8) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "waste," meaning to use or expend something carelessly or to squander resources. | [noun] Plural of "wast," an archaic second person singular past tense form of "be" (as in "thou wast"). WATAP (10) [noun] Roots of conifer trees used by Native Americans for sewing birch bark and weaving baskets. | [noun] A thread or cord made from such roots. WATCH (13) [noun] A portable or wearable timepiece. | [noun] The act of guarding and observing someone or something. | [noun] A particular time period when guarding is kept. | [verb] To look at, see, or view for a period of time. WATER (8) [noun] A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam. | [noun] The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy. | [noun] Water in a body; an area of open water. | [verb] To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants). WATTS (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W WAUGH (12) WAUKS (12) [verb] To walk or roam about. | [verb] To wake or rouse. WAULS (8) [verb] To wail, to cry plaintively. WAVED (12) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). WAVER (11) [noun] An act of wavering, vacillating, etc. | [noun] Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc. | [noun] Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment). WAVES (11) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). WAVEY (14) WAWLS (11) WAXED (16) [verb] To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. | [verb] To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply. | [verb] To defeat utterly. WAXEN (15) [adjective] Grown. | [verb] To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. | [verb] To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply. | [adjective] Made of wax; covered with wax. WAXER (15) [noun] A person or device that applies wax to a surface. | [noun] A person who waxes hair or skin for removal. WAXES (15) [noun] Beeswax. | [noun] Earwax. | [noun] Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters. WEALD (9) [noun] An open rolling countryside or woodland area, especially in southeastern England. WEALS (8) [noun] A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt. WEANS (8) [verb] To accustom a child or young animal to food other than its mother's milk. | [verb] To accustom someone to do without something previously relied upon. WEARS (8) [verb] To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc. | [verb] To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner. | [verb] To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance. WEARY (11) [verb] To make or to become weary. | [adjective] Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued. | [adjective] Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick. WEAVE (11) [noun] A type or way of weaving. | [noun] Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair. | [verb] To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. | [verb] To move by turning and twisting. WEBBY (15) [adjective] Resembling or containing a web; having a web-like structure or appearance. WEBER (10) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb. WECHT (13) WEDEL (9) [verb] To wedel is to move a ski or skateboard from side to side in a series of quick turns without changing direction of travel. WEDGE (10) [noun] One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering. | [noun] A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape. | [noun] A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends. | [noun] (Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos. WEDGY (13) [adjective] Shaped like a wedge or having a wedge-like form. | [adjective] Tending to cause wedging or getting stuck in a narrow space. WEEDS (9) [noun] Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing. | [noun] Short for duckweed. | [noun] Underbrush; low shrubs. | [noun] Clothes. WEEDY (12) [adjective] Abounding with weeds. | [adjective] Of, relating to or resembling weeds. | [adjective] Consisting of weeds. WEEKS (12) [noun] Any period of seven consecutive days. | [noun] A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. | [noun] A period of five days beginning with Monday. WEENS (8) [verb] To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. | [verb] To expect, hope or wish. | [verb] To weep or cry. WEENY (11) [adjective] Minuscule. | [noun] A wiener, a hot dog. | [noun] A penis, from the resemblance to a wiener, sometimes thought of as small by influence from teeny weeny WEEPS (10) [verb] To cry; shed tears. | [verb] To lament; to complain. | [verb] (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions. WEEPY (13) [noun] A sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience. | [adjective] Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose. WEEST (8) [verb] To waste. | [adjective] Small, little. WEETS (8) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "weet," an archaic or dialectal word meaning to know or suppose. | [noun] Plural of "weet," a type of grass or grain. WEFTS (11) [noun] The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. | [noun] The yarn used for the weft; the fill. | [noun] (hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair. WEIGH (12) [verb] To determine the weight of an object. | [verb] Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale. | [verb] To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. WEIRD (9) [noun] Fate; destiny; luck. | [noun] A prediction. | [noun] A spell or charm. WEIRS (8) [noun] An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. | [noun] A fence placed across a river to catch fish. WEKAS (12) [noun] The woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand. WELCH (13) [noun] A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one. | [verb] To fail to repay a small debt. | [verb] To fail to fulfill an obligation. WELDS (9) [noun] The joint made by welding. | [verb] To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination. | [verb] To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately. WELLS (8) [noun] A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids. | [noun] A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring. | [noun] A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects. WELLY (11) [noun] Wellington boot. | [noun] Force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor. | [noun] Force or effort. | [adverb] Almost; nearly. WELSH (11) [verb] To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt. WELTS (8) [verb] To roll; revolve | [noun] A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow; a wheal or weal. | [noun] (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling. WENCH (13) [noun] (possibly offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one. | [noun] Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart. | [noun] A woman servant; a maidservant. WENDS (9) [verb] To turn; change. | [verb] To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. | [verb] To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. WENNY (11) WESTS (8) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "west," meaning to move toward the west or to travel westward. WETLY (11) [adverb] In a wet manner; with wetness or moisture. WHACK (17) [adjective] Egregious. | [adjective] Bad (not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, lame, or strange. | [adjective] Crazy, mad, insane. WHALE (11) [noun] Any of several species of large sea mammals of the infraorder Cetacea. | [noun] Something, or someone, that is very large. | [noun] Something, or someone, that is excellent. | [verb] To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly. WHAMO (13) WHAMS (13) [noun] A forceful blow | [noun] The sound of such a blow; a thud | [verb] To strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact WHANG (12) [noun] A blow; a whack. | [noun] A large piece or slice; a chunk. | [noun] A house-cleaning party. WHAPS (13) [noun] A blow; a hit; a variation of whop. | [noun] The curlew. WHARF (14) [noun] A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank. | [noun] The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. | [verb] To secure by a wharf. WHATS (11) WHAUP (13) [noun] Curlew WHEAL (11) [verb] To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt. | [verb] To give a surface a texture of wales or welts. | [verb] To choose, select. | [noun] A mine. WHEAT (11) [noun] Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. | [noun] A light brown colour, like that of wheat. | [adjective] Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat. WHEEL (11) [noun] A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. | [noun] The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture. | [noun] A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel. WHEEN (11) [noun] A little; a small number. | [noun] A quantity; a goodly number. WHEEP (13) WHELK (15) [noun] Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe. | [noun] Pimple | [noun] A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. WHELM (13) [noun] A surge of water. | [verb] To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge. | [verb] To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. WHELP (13) [noun] A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub. | [noun] An insolent youth; a mere child. | [noun] A kind of ship. | [verb] (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth. | [interjection] Well, typically used in exasperation. WHENS (11) [noun] The plural of "when," used to refer to times or occasions. | [noun] In conditional statements, multiple time-based conditions or circumstances. WHERE (11) [noun] The place in which something happens. | [adverb] Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: at what place; to what place; what place. | [adverb] In what situation. WHETS (11) [verb] To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone. | [verb] To stimulate or make more keen. | [verb] To preen. WHEWS (14) [interjection] An exclamation expressing relief, surprise, or exhaustion. | [verb] Third person singular present of "whew," to exclaim "whew." WHEYS (14) [noun] Plural of whey, the watery part of milk that separates from curds during cheese making. WHICH (16) [pronoun] (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied). | [pronoun] The/Any ones that; whichever. | [pronoun] (relative) Introduces a relative clause giving further information about something previously mentioned. WHIDS (12) WHIFF (17) [noun] A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air | [noun] An odour carried briefly through the air | [noun] A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe. | [verb] To fish with a handline. WHIGS (12) [noun] Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. | [noun] Buttermilk | [verb] Urge forward; drive briskly. WHILE (11) [noun] An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. | [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. WHIMS (13) [noun] A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea | [noun] A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes | [noun] A bird, the Eurasian wigeon. WHINE (11) [noun] A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound | [noun] A complaint or criticism | [verb] To utter a high-pitched cry. WHINS (11) [noun] Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.). | [noun] The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria). WHINY (14) [adjective] Whining; tending to whine or complain. WHIPS (13) [noun] A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals. | [noun] A blow administered with a whip. | [noun] A whipper-in. WHIPT (13) [verb] Past tense and past participle of whip, meaning to strike with a whip or to move quickly and suddenly. WHIRL (11) [noun] An act of whirling. | [noun] Something that whirls. | [noun] A confused tumult. WHIRR (11) [noun] A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. | [noun] A bustle of noise and excitement. | [verb] To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. WHIRS (11) [noun] A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. | [noun] A bustle of noise and excitement. WHISH (14) [verb] To move with a soft, rushing sound. | [noun] A soft, rushing sound. WHISK (15) [noun] A quick, light sweeping motion. | [noun] A kitchen utensil, made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle, used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function). | [noun] A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush. | [noun] The card game whist. WHIST (11) [noun] Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge. | [noun] A session of playing this card game. | [interjection] (Irish and British) Shush, silence, be quiet! WHITE (11) [noun] The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths. | [noun] A person of European descent with light-coloured skin. | [noun] Any butterfly of the family Pieridae. WHITS (11) [noun] The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota. WHITY (14) [noun] A white person, a person of European descent. | [noun] A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use. | [adjective] Close to white in colour. WHIZZ (29) [noun] A whirring or hissing sound (as above). | [noun] Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. | [noun] (especially with the verb "take") An act of urination. WHOLE (11) [noun] Something complete, without any parts missing. | [noun] An entirety. | [adjective] Entire, undivided. WHOMP (15) [verb] Hit extremely hard. WHOOF (14) WHOOP (13) [noun] A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. | [noun] A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. | [noun] A bump on a racetrack. | [verb] To beat, to strike. WHOPS (13) [noun] A blow or strike. | [verb] To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. | [verb] To administer corporal punishment WHORE (11) [noun] Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. | [noun] A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. | [noun] A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut. WHORL (11) [noun] A pattern of concentric circles. | [noun] A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. | [noun] A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell. WHORT (11) [noun] A bilberry or whortleberry, a small dark blue berry found in northern regions. | [noun] The plant that produces whortleberries. WHOSE (11) [pronoun] (interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom. | [pronoun] (relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom. WHOSO (11) [pronoun] Whosoever, whatever person WHUMP (15) [noun] A thumping sound. | [noun] A genre of fan fiction in which a character endures injury, torture, or other forms of physical and mental suffering. | [verb] To strike something with a whump. WICKS (14) [noun] A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions. | [noun] Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain. | [noun] A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones. WIDDY (13) WIDEN (9) [verb] To become wide or wider. | [verb] To make wide or wider. | [verb] To let out clothes to a larger size. WIDER (9) [adjective] Having a large physical extent from side to side. | [adjective] Large in scope. | [adjective] Operating at the side of the playing area. WIDES (9) [noun] A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score WIDOW (12) [noun] A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower. | [noun] A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried). | [noun] (in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc. WIDTH (12) [noun] The state of being wide. | [noun] The measurement of the extent of something from side to side. | [noun] A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric. WIELD (9) [verb] To command, rule over; to possess or own. | [verb] To control, to guide or manage. | [verb] To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool. WIFED (12) [verb] Past tense of "wife," meaning to marry a woman or to take a wife. WIFES (11) [noun] Plural of wife; married women. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of the verb "to wife," meaning to marry a woman or to take as a wife. WIFTY (14) [adjective] Scatterbrained, dizzy, or absent-minded. WIGAN (9) [noun] A stiff fabric made from cotton or linen, used as interfacing in garments. WIGGY (13) [adjective] Crazy. | [adjective] Uninhibited. | [adjective] Wiglike. WIGHT (12) [noun] A living creature, especially a human being. | [noun] A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor. | [noun] A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity. | [adjective] (except in dialects) Brave, valorous, strong. WILCO (10) [interjection] (radio communications) Used to indicate agreement and compliance. | [noun] A species of South American tree, Anadenanthera colubrina. WILDS (9) [noun] A wood or forest | [noun] An open country | [noun] The undomesticated state of a wild animal WILED (9) [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. | [verb] To loiter. WILES (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice WILLS (8) [noun] One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. | [noun] One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. | [noun] The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. WILLY (11) [adjective] Willing; favourable; ready; eager. | [adjective] Self-willed; willful. | [noun] Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere. | [noun] A willow basket. | [noun] (hypocoristic) the penis. | [noun] A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it. WILTS (8) [noun] The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. | [noun] Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. | [verb] To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). WIMPS (12) [noun] Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer. (a graphical interface paradigm) | [noun] Acronym of window-icon-mouse program. | [noun] A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem. WIMPY (15) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly. WINCE (10) [noun] A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away. | [noun] A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will. | [verb] To flinch as if in pain or distress. WINCH (13) [noun] A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable. | [noun] A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501). | [noun] A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth). | [verb] To wince; to shrink WINDS (9) [noun] Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. | [noun] Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. | [noun] The ability to breathe easily. | [verb] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. WINDY (12) [noun] Fart | [adjective] Accompanied by wind. | [adjective] Unsheltered and open to the wind. | [adjective] (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous. WINED (9) [verb] To entertain with wine. | [verb] To drink wine. WINES (8) [noun] An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes. | [noun] An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine". | [noun] A serving of wine. WINEY (11) [adjective] Resembling, containing, or having the characteristics of wine. | [adjective] Inclined to whine or complain in a high-pitched manner. WINGS (9) [noun] An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish | [noun] Human arm. | [noun] Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air. WINGY (12) WINKS (12) [noun] An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking. | [noun] A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks. | [noun] A brief time; an instant. WINOS (8) [noun] A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard. | [noun] A wine enthusiast; an oenophile. | [noun] A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson. WINZE (17) [noun] A steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels. WIPED (11) [verb] To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) | [verb] To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out. | [verb] To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out. WIPER (10) [noun] Someone who wipes. | [noun] Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping. | [noun] Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping. WIPES (10) [noun] The act of wiping something. | [noun] A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping. | [noun] A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape. WIRED (9) [verb] To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. | [verb] To string on a wire. | [verb] To equip with wires for use with electricity. WIRER (8) [noun] One who wires; a person who installs or works with electrical wires. | [noun] A device used for wiring. WIRES (8) [noun] Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. | [noun] A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. | [noun] A metal conductor that carries electricity. WIRRA (8) [interjection] Exclamation of dismay. WISED (9) [verb] To become wise. | [verb] Usually with "up", to inform or learn. | [verb] To instruct. WISER (8) [adjective] Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience. | [adjective] Disrespectful. | [adjective] Aware, informed. WISES (8) [noun] Way, manner, method. WISHA (11) WISPS (10) [noun] A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. | [noun] A whisk, or small broom. | [noun] A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. WISPY (13) [adjective] Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle. WISTS (8) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wist," meaning to know or suppose (archaic). | [noun] Plural of "wist," archaic past tense of "wit" meaning to know. WITAN (8) [noun] The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot. WITCH (13) [noun] A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft. | [noun] An ugly or unpleasant woman. | [noun] One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person. | [noun] A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper. WITED (9) WITES (8) WITHE (11) [noun] A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. | [noun] A band of twisted twigs. | [noun] An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows. WITHY (14) [noun] The osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow. | [noun] A long flexible twig of the osier; a withe. | [adjective] Flexible, like a withe. WITTY (11) [adjective] Wise, having good judgement. | [adjective] Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious. | [adjective] Clever; amusingly ingenious. WIVED (12) [verb] To marry (a woman). | [verb] To provide (someone) with a wife. WIVER (11) WIVES (11) [noun] A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse. | [noun] The female of a pair of mated animals. | [noun] An adult female human. WIZEN (17) [verb] To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness. | [adjective] Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. WIZES (17) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wize," an archaic or dialectal form meaning to guide, direct, or instruct. WOADS (9) [noun] Plural of woad, a blue dye plant (Isatis tinctoria) or the blue dye produced from it. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of woad, meaning to dye with woad. WOALD (9) WODGE (10) [noun] A bulk quantity, usually of small items, particularly money; a wad. WOFUL (11) [adjective] Full of woe; sad, sorrowful, or miserable. | [adjective] Causing sorrow or distress; deplorable or lamentable. WOKEN (12) [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. | [verb] (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. | [verb] To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. WOLDS (9) [noun] An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor. | [noun] A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland. WOLFS (11) [verb] To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. | [verb] To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. | [verb] To hunt for wolves. WOMAN (10) [noun] An adult female human. | [noun] (collective) All females collectively; womankind. | [noun] A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc. WOMBS (12) [noun] In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. | [noun] The abdomen or stomach. | [noun] The stomach of a person or creature. WOMBY (15) WOMEN (10) [noun] An adult female human. | [noun] (collective) All females collectively; womankind. | [noun] A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc. WONKS (12) [noun] An overly studious person, particularly student. | [noun] (by extension) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert. WONKY (15) [noun] A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths. | [adjective] Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre. | [adjective] Feeble, shaky or rickety. | [adjective] Technically worded, in the style of jargon. WONTS (8) [verb] To make (someone) used to; to accustom. | [verb] To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something). WOODS (9) [noun] The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel. | [noun] The wood of a particular species of tree. | [noun] A forested or wooded area. WOODY (12) [noun] An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture. | [noun] A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track. | [noun] An erection of the penis. WOOED (9) [verb] To endeavor to gain someone's support. | [verb] (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with | [verb] To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. WOOER (8) [noun] One who woos; a person who courts or seeks the affection of another. WOOFS (11) [verb] To make a woofing sound. WOOLS (8) [noun] The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants. | [noun] A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep. | [noun] Anything with a texture like that of wool. WOOLY (11) [noun] A sweater or similar garment made of wool. | [noun] A sheep not yet shorn. | [noun] A piece of woolwork. WOOPS (10) [interjection] An exclamation used to express surprise, apology, or acknowledgment of a mistake. WOOSH (11) [noun] A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. | [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WOOZY (20) [adjective] Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented | [adjective] Intoxicated by drink or drugs WORDS (9) [noun] The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) | [noun] Something like such a unit of language: | [noun] The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. . WORDY (12) [adjective] Using an excessive number of words. WORKS (12) [noun] (heading) Employment. | [noun] (heading) Effort. | [noun] Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles. WORLD (9) [noun] (with "the") Human collective existence; existence in general. | [noun] The Universe. | [noun] (with "the") The Earth. WORMS (10) [noun] A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm. | [noun] More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. | [noun] A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent. WORMY (13) [adjective] Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms. | [adjective] Infested with worms. WORRY (11) [noun] A strong feeling of anxiety. | [noun] An instance or cause of such a feeling. | [verb] To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. WORSE (8) [adjective] Unfavorable; negative; not good. | [adjective] Not suitable or fitting. | [adjective] Not appropriate, of manners etc. WORST (8) [adjective] Unfavorable; negative; not good. | [adjective] Not suitable or fitting. | [adjective] Not appropriate, of manners etc. WORTH (11) [noun] Value. | [noun] Merit, excellence. | [noun] Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions. | [verb] (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide. WORTS (8) [noun] A plant; herb; vegetable. | [noun] Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term. WOULD (9) [noun] Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality. WOUND (9) [noun] An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. | [noun] A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc. | [noun] An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken. | [verb] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. WOVEN (11) [verb] To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. | [verb] To spin a cocoon or a web. | [verb] To unite by close connection or intermixture. WOWED (12) [verb] To amaze or awe. WRACK (14) [noun] Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble. | [noun] (except in dialects) Ruin; destruction. | [noun] The remains; a wreck. | [verb] To place in or hang on a rack. WRANG (9) [verb] Past tense of wring, meaning to squeeze and twist, typically to extract liquid. | [verb] Past tense of wring, meaning to twist or turn something forcefully. WRAPS (10) [noun] A sharp blow with something hard. | [noun] Blame for something. | [noun] A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction. WRAPT (10) [verb] To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. | [verb] To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. | [verb] To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide. WRATH (11) [noun] Great anger. | [noun] Punishment. | [verb] To anger; to enrage. WREAK (12) [verb] To cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; . | [verb] To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite. | [verb] To inflict or take vengeance on. | [noun] Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. WRECK (14) [noun] Something or someone that has been ruined. | [noun] The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down. | [noun] An event in which something is damaged through collision. WRENS (8) [noun] Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; true wren. | [noun] Small bird of similar appearance to a true wren. WREST (8) [noun] The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion. | [noun] A key to tune a stringed instrument. | [noun] Active or motive power. | [noun] A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined. | [noun] A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself. WRICK (14) WRIED (9) WRIER (8) [adjective] Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). | [adjective] Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. | [adjective] Twisted, bent, crooked. WRIES (8) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wry," meaning to twist or contort. | [noun] Plural of "wry," though this usage is archaic or rare. WRING (9) [noun] A powerful squeezing or twisting action. | [noun] Pain or distress. | [verb] To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out. | [noun] A device for pressing or compressing, especially for cider. WRIST (8) [noun] The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. | [noun] A stud or pin which forms a journal. | [verb] To hit a wrist shot WRITE (8) [noun] The act or style of writing. | [noun] The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk. | [verb] To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. WRITS (8) [noun] A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. | [noun] Authority, power to enforce compliance. | [noun] That which is written; writing. WRONG (9) [noun] Something that is immoral or not good. | [noun] An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer). | [noun] The incorrect or unjust position or opinion. WROTE (8) [verb] To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. | [verb] To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.). | [verb] To send written information to. WROTH (11) [adjective] Full of anger; wrathful. WRUNG (9) [verb] To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out. | [verb] To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it. | [verb] To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force. WRYER (11) [adjective] Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). | [adjective] Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. | [adjective] Twisted, bent, crooked. WRYLY (14) [adverb] In a wry manner. WURST (8) [noun] A German- or Austrian-style sausage. WUSSY (11) [noun] A person regarded as weak, cowardly, or effeminate. WYLED (12) WYLES (11) WYNDS (12) [noun] A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses. | [noun] A stack of hay. WYNNS (11) [noun] A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. | [noun] A kind of timber truck, or carriage. WYTED (12) WYTES (11) [noun] Plural of wyte, an archaic or dialectal word meaning blame or fault. | [verb] Third person singular of wyte, meaning to blame or accuse.

WABBLE (13) [verb] To move unsteadily from side to side; wobble. | [noun] An unsteady movement or motion. WABBLY (16) [adjective] Inclined to wobble; unstable or unsteady. WACKES (15) [noun] A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. WACKOS (15) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. WADDED (12) [verb] To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball. | [verb] To wager. | [verb] To insert or force a wad into. WADDER (11) WADDIE (11) [noun] A cowboy or ranch hand, especially in the southwestern United States. WADDLE (11) [noun] A squat, swaying gait. | [verb] To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. WADDLY (14) WADERS (10) [noun] One who wades. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc. | [noun] A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments. WADIES (10) [noun] A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season. WADING (11) [verb] To walk through water or something that impedes progress. | [verb] To progress with difficulty | [verb] To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading WADMAL (12) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric made from undyed wool, traditionally produced in Scandinavia and Iceland. WADMEL (12) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric, typically undyed, made from the wool of Shetland sheep. WADMOL (12) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric, typically undyed, historically made in Scandinavia and used for clothing and blankets. WADSET (10) [noun] A pledge or security given for a debt in Scottish law. | [verb] To pledge or mortgage property as security. WAEFUL (12) WAFERS (12) [noun] A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie. | [noun] (christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. | [noun] A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. WAFERY (15) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a wafer; thin and crisp. WAFFED (16) WAFFIE (15) WAFFLE (15) [noun] A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern. | [noun] A potato waffle, a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern. | [verb] To smash. | [noun] Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive. WAFTED (13) [verb] To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. | [verb] To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. | [verb] To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. WAFTER (12) [noun] One who wafts or carries something lightly through the air. | [noun] A fan or device used to waft air or scents. WAGERS (10) [noun] Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. | [noun] That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet. | [noun] A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event. WAGGED (12) [verb] To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief. | [verb] To play truant from school. | [verb] To be in action or motion; to move; progress. WAGGER (11) [noun] One who wags. | [noun] A person who makes jokes or jests; a joker. WAGGLE (11) [noun] A wobbling motion. | [noun] The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke. | [verb] To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble. WAGGLY (14) [adjective] Frequently waggling. WAGGON (11) [noun] A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. | [noun] A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front. | [noun] An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck. WAGING (11) [verb] To wager, bet. | [verb] To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. | [verb] To employ for wages; to hire. WAGONS (10) [noun] A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. | [noun] A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front. | [noun] An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck. WAHINE (12) [noun] A Polynesian or Maori woman. | [noun] A female surfer. WAHOOS (12) [noun] Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish. | [noun] The winged elm, Ulmus alata. | [noun] Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush. WAIFED (13) WAILED (10) [verb] To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish. | [verb] To weep, lament persistently or bitterly. | [verb] To make a noise like mourning or crying. WAILER (9) [noun] One who wails or cries out in grief or distress. | [noun] A professional mourner, especially in certain cultures. WAIRED (10) WAISTS (9) [noun] The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. | [noun] A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. | [noun] The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). WAITED (10) [verb] To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.) | [verb] To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness. | [verb] To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment. WAITER (9) [noun] A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar. | [noun] Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting. | [noun] A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange. WAIVED (13) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). WAIVER (12) [noun] The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. | [noun] A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless). | [noun] Something that releases a person from a requirement. WAIVES (12) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). WAKENS (13) [verb] To wake or rouse from sleep. | [verb] To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. WAKERS (13) [noun] People or things that wake or awaken someone or something. | [noun] Plural of waker, one who wakes. WAKIKI (17) WAKING (14) [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. | [verb] (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. | [verb] To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. WALERS (9) [noun] A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse. | [noun] (structural engineering) A plank of wood, block of concrete, etc., used for support or to maintain required separation between components in order to help maintain the form of a construction under stress. WALIES (9) WALING (10) [verb] Present participle of "wale," meaning to mark with wales (ridges or stripes) or to choose/select. | [noun] A ridge on a surface, such as on corduroy fabric or the planking of a ship's hull. WALKED (14) [verb] To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run. | [verb] To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty. | [verb] Of an object, to go missing or be stolen. WALKER (13) [noun] The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race. | [noun] A walking frame. | [noun] (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking. | [noun] A person who fulls cloth. WALKUP (15) [noun] An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator. | [noun] An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training. | [noun] A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment. WALLAH (12) [noun] A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah. | [noun] A guy or bloke. | [adverb] By God (Allah); may God be my witness used in making a solemn oath WALLAS (9) WALLED (10) [verb] To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls. | [verb] To boil. | [verb] To well, as water; spring. WALLET (9) [noun] A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc. | [noun] (by extension) A person's bank account or assets. | [noun] A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored. WALLIE (9) WALLOP (11) [noun] A heavy blow, punch. | [noun] A person's ability to throw such punches. | [noun] An emotional impact, psychological force. | [verb] To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server. WALLOW (12) [noun] An instance of wallowing. | [noun] A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground. | [noun] A kind of rolling walk. | [adjective] Tasteless, flat. WALNUT (9) [noun] A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans. | [noun] A nut of the walnut tree. | [noun] Wood of the walnut tree. WALRUS (9) [noun] A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus. WAMBLE (13) [verb] To feel nausea or queasiness. | [verb] To move unsteadily or wobble. WAMBLY (16) [adjective] Unsteady or wobbling in movement or appearance; shaky or trembling. WAMMUS (13) WAMPUM (15) [noun] Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples. | [noun] A string of such beads. | [noun] Money. WAMPUS (13) WANDER (10) [noun] The act or instance of wandering. | [noun] The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value. | [verb] To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. WANDLE (10) WANGAN (10) [noun] A supply chest or box, especially one used by loggers or workers to store tools and provisions. | [noun] A lockbox or container used to hold money or valuables. WANGLE (10) [noun] The act of wangling | [verb] To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods. | [verb] To falsify, as records. WANGUN (10) WANIER (9) [adjective] More wan; paler or more sickly in appearance. WANING (10) [verb] To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline. | [verb] Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength. | [verb] Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible. | [noun] The fact or act of becoming less or less intense. WANION (9) [noun] A curse or plague; used as an exclamation of annoyance or ill-will in archaic English. WANNED (10) [verb] Past tense of "wan," meaning to become or make pale or sickly in appearance. | [verb] Past tense of "wan," meaning to dwell or remain (archaic usage). WANNER (9) [adjective] Pale, sickly-looking. | [adjective] Dim, faint. | [adjective] Bland, uninterested. WANTED (10) [verb] To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand. | [verb] (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with. | [verb] To desire (to experience desire); to wish. WANTER (9) WANTON (9) [noun] A pampered or coddled person. | [noun] An overly playful person; a trifler. | [noun] A self-indulgent person, fond of excess. WAPITI (11) [noun] The American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis or Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size. WAPPED (14) [verb] Past tense of "wap," meaning to strike, hit, or wrap something. WARBLE (11) [noun] The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations. | [noun] In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered. | [verb] To modulate a tone's frequency. | [noun] A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma. WARDED (11) [verb] To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. | [verb] To defend, to protect. | [verb] To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. WARDEN (10) [noun] A guard or watchman. | [noun] A chief administrative officer of a prison. | [noun] An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden WARDER (10) [noun] A guard, especially in a prison. | [noun] A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands. WARIER (9) [adjective] Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent | [adjective] Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard | [adjective] Thrifty, provident WARILY (12) [adverb] In a wary manner: WARING (10) [verb] To be ware or mindful of something. | [verb] To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary. | [verb] To wear, or veer. WARKED (14) WARMED (12) [verb] To make or keep warm. | [verb] To become warm, to heat up. | [verb] To favour increasingly. WARMER (11) [adjective] Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot. | [adjective] Caring and friendly, of relations to another person. | [adjective] Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. WARMLY (14) [adverb] In a manner that maintains warm temperature. | [adverb] In a warm, friendly manner. WARMTH (14) [noun] A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm. | [noun] Friendliness, kindness or affection. | [noun] Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression. WARMUP (13) [noun] The act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity | [noun] Any act of preparation for a performance | [noun] A period of time allocated for performing warm-ups. WARNED (10) [verb] To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: | [verb] To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. | [verb] (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away. WARNER (9) [noun] One who warns; a person that gives notice of danger or caution. | [noun] A surname. WARPED (12) [verb] To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: | [verb] (ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred. | [verb] To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving. WARPER (11) [noun] One who warps; something that warps or causes warping. WARRED (10) [verb] To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe). | [verb] To carry on, as a contest; to wage. WARREN (9) [noun] The system of burrows where rabbits live. | [noun] An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits. | [noun] A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded. WARSAW (12) WARSLE (9) WARTED (10) [adjective] Having warts; covered with or affected by warts. WASABI (11) [noun] A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (formerly Wasabia japonica). | [noun] An imitation of this condiment made from horseradish with green dye. WASHED (13) [verb] To clean with water. | [verb] To move or erode by the force of water in motion. | [verb] To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water. WASHER (12) [noun] Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher. | [noun] A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman. | [noun] A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction or prevent leakage. WASHES (12) [noun] The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid. | [noun] A liquid used for washing. | [noun] A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties. WASHUP (14) [noun] The act by which something is washed. | [noun] Something or somebody that is washed up; a has-been. | [noun] A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game. WASTED (10) [verb] To devastate, destroy | [verb] To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly. | [verb] To kill; to murder. WASTER (9) [noun] Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly. | [noun] An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste. | [noun] A destroyer. | [noun] A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil. WASTES (9) [noun] Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish. | [noun] Excrement or urine. | [noun] A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert. WASTRY (12) WATAPE (11) WATAPS (11) [noun] Roots of conifer trees used by Native Americans for sewing and weaving. | [noun] Plural of watap, a thread or cord made from such roots. WATERS (9) [noun] A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam. | [noun] The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy. | [noun] Water in a body; an area of open water. WATERY (12) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of water. | [adjective] Wet, soggy or soaked with water. | [adjective] Diluted or having too much water. WATTER (9) WATTLE (9) [noun] A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. | [noun] A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. | [noun] A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards. WAUCHT (14) WAUGHT (13) [noun] A deep draught or drink, especially of liquor. | [verb] To drink deeply or heartily. WAUKED (14) [verb] Past tense of "wauk," meaning to walk or to full cloth by treading. WAULED (10) [verb] To wail, to cry plaintively. WAVERS (12) [noun] An act of wavering, vacillating, etc. | [noun] Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc. | [noun] Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment). WAVERY (15) [adjective] Tending to waver; uncertain or hesitant. WAVEYS (15) WAVIER (12) [adjective] Rising or swelling in waves. | [adjective] Full of waves. | [adjective] Moving to and fro; undulating. WAVIES (12) [noun] The plural of wavy, used informally to describe waves or wavy patterns, particularly in reference to hairstyles or water waves. | [noun] In some dialects, a term used to describe people with wavy hair. WAVILY (15) [adverb] In a wavy manner; with a series of waves or undulating motions. WAVING (13) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). WAWLED (13) WAXERS (16) [noun] People or things that apply wax to surfaces. | [noun] Plural of waxer, a device or substance used for waxing. WAXIER (16) [adjective] Resembling wax in texture or appearance. WAXILY (19) [adverb] In a waxy manner; resembling or containing wax. WAXING (17) [verb] To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. | [verb] To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply. | [verb] To defeat utterly. WAYLAY (15) [verb] To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. | [verb] To accost or intercept unexpectedly. WEAKEN (13) [verb] To make weaker or less strong. | [verb] To become weaker or less strong. WEAKER (13) [adjective] Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability. | [adjective] Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain. | [adjective] Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable. WEAKLY (16) [adjective] Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak. | [adverb] With little strength or force WEALDS (10) [noun] Plural of weald, meaning open rolling countryside or forest land, particularly in southeast England. WEALTH (12) [noun] Riches; valuable material possessions. | [noun] A great amount; an abundance or plenty. | [noun] Prosperity; well-being; happiness. WEANED (10) [verb] Past tense of wean; to accustom a child or young animal to food other than its mother's milk. | [verb] To gradually break someone of a habit or dependence. WEANER (9) [noun] An animal that has been recently weaned. | [noun] A device used to help wean a young animal by keeping it from suckling. WEAPON (11) [noun] An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords. | [noun] An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. | [noun] A tool of any kind. WEARER (9) [noun] One who wears. WEASEL (9) [noun] The least weasel, Mustela nivalis. | [noun] Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly. | [noun] The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family. WEASON (9) WEAVED (13) [verb] To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. | [verb] To spin a cocoon or a web. | [verb] To unite by close connection or intermixture. WEAVER (12) [noun] One who weaves. | [noun] A strand of material used in weaving. | [noun] A weaverbird. WEAVES (12) [noun] A type or way of weaving. | [noun] Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair. | [verb] To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. WEBBED (14) [verb] To construct or form a web. | [verb] To cover with a web or network. | [verb] To ensnare or entangle. WEBERS (11) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb. WEBFED (15) WECHTS (14) WEDDED (12) [verb] To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony. | [verb] To take as one's spouse. | [verb] To take a spouse. WEDDER (11) [noun] One who weds; a person who is getting married or has recently married. WEDELN (10) [noun] A skiing technique involving rapid side-to-side movements of the skis without changing direction. | [verb] To perform the wedeln skiing technique. WEDELS (10) [verb] To wedel; to move skis from side to side in a quick swinging motion while descending a slope. WEDGED (12) [verb] To support or secure using a wedge. | [verb] To force into a narrow gap. | [verb] To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles. WEDGES (11) [noun] One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering. | [noun] A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape. | [noun] A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends. WEDGIE (11) [noun] A wedge-heeled shoe. | [noun] A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks. | [noun] A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks. WEEDED (11) [verb] To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area. WEEDER (10) [noun] A person or tool that removes weeds. | [noun] A playing card of low value in certain card games. WEEKLY (16) [noun] A publication that is published once a week. | [adjective] Of or relating to a week. | [adjective] Happening once a week, or every week. WEENED (10) [verb] To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. | [verb] To expect, hope or wish. | [verb] To weep or cry. WEENIE (9) [noun] Someone weak and unimportant. | [noun] A geek or nerd, especially a computer user with a deficient social life. | [noun] (collectible card games) A small creature which has a low cost to put into play, often used in a swarm with other such creatures. WEENSY (12) [adjective] Extremely small; tiny. | [adjective] A variant spelling of "wee" or "teensy," meaning diminutive in size. WEEPER (11) [noun] A person who weeps. | [noun] A hired mourner. | [noun] A pleurant. WEEPIE (11) [noun] A sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience. WEETED (10) WEEVER (12) [noun] Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past. WEEVIL (12) [noun] Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea, many having a distinctive snout. | [noun] Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea. | [noun] Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum). WEEWEE (12) [noun] Urine or the act of urinating, often used as a childish or informal term. | [verb] To urinate. WEIGHS (13) [verb] To determine the weight of an object. | [verb] Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale. | [verb] To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. WEIGHT (13) [noun] (physical) Matter, material. | [noun] A large quantity; a sum. | [noun] The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism. WEINER (9) [noun] A sausage, typically a frankfurter. | [noun] A person from Vienna, Austria. WEIRDO (10) [noun] A strange, odd, eccentric person. | [noun] An insane, possibly dangerous person. WEIRDS (10) [noun] Fate; destiny; luck. | [noun] A prediction. | [noun] A spell or charm. WEIRDY (13) [adjective] Somewhat weird, quite weird. WELDED (11) [verb] To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination. | [verb] To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately. | [verb] To wield. WELDER (10) [noun] One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding. | [noun] One who welds, or wields. | [noun] An item of equipment for welding with: an electric welder. | [noun] A manager; an actual occupant; a land-tenant holding under the farmer or middleman. WELDOR (10) [noun] A person who welds metal parts together using heat and pressure. WELKIN (13) [noun] The sky, the region of clouds; the upper air; aether; the heavens. WELLED (10) [verb] To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. | [verb] To have something seep out of the surface. WELLIE (9) [noun] Wellington boot. | [noun] Force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor. | [noun] Force or effort. WELTED (10) [verb] To roll; revolve | [verb] To cause to have welts, to beat. | [verb] To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce. WELTER (9) [noun] A general confusion or muddle. | [noun] A tossing or rolling about. | [verb] To roll around; to wallow. | [adjective] (of horsemen) Heavyweight. | [verb] To wither; to wilt. WENDED (11) [verb] To turn; change. | [verb] To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. | [verb] To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. WESKIT (13) [noun] A sleeveless garment worn over a shirt, typically under a jacket; a vest or waistcoat. WESTER (9) [noun] One who comes from the west. | [noun] A wind or storm coming from the west. WETHER (12) [noun] A castrated buck goat. | [noun] A castrated ram. | [verb] To castrate a male sheep or goat. | [noun] The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. WETTED (10) [verb] To cover or impregnate with liquid. | [verb] To accidentally urinate in or on. | [verb] To make or become wet. WETTER (9) [adjective] Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water. | [adjective] Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water. | [adjective] Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce. WHACKO (18) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. | [adjective] Amusingly eccentric or irrational. WHACKS (18) [noun] The sound of a heavy strike. | [noun] The strike itself. | [noun] The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact. WHACKY (21) [adjective] Zany; eccentric WHALED (13) [verb] To hunt for whales. | [verb] To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly. WHALER (12) [noun] One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry. | [noun] A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales. | [noun] One who whales (flogs or beats). WHALES (12) [noun] Any of several species of large sea mammals of the infraorder Cetacea. | [noun] Something, or someone, that is very large. | [noun] Something, or someone, that is excellent. WHAMMO (16) [noun] An action-packed scene in a film, etc. | [interjection] Used to emphasis the suddenness of an event. WHAMMY (19) [noun] A serious or devastating setback | [noun] An evil spell; a curse or hex | [noun] The vibrato system of an electric guitar, or just its lever (whammy bar) WHANGS (13) [verb] (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air. | [verb] To throw with a rapid slamming motion. | [verb] To whack or beat. WHARFS (15) [noun] A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank. | [noun] The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. WHARVE (15) WHAUPS (14) [noun] Curlew WHEALS (12) [noun] A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc. | [noun] A mine. WHEATS (12) [noun] Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. | [noun] A light brown colour, like that of wheat. WHEELS (12) [noun] A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. | [noun] The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture. | [noun] A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel. WHEENS (12) [noun] Plural of wheen, a Scottish and Northern English dialect word meaning a small number or amount of something. WHEEPS (14) WHEEZE (21) [noun] A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. | [noun] An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. | [noun] (British, Irish) An ulterior scheme or plan WHEEZY (24) [adjective] That wheezes. WHELKS (16) [noun] Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe. | [noun] Pimple | [noun] A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. WHELKY (19) WHELMS (14) [verb] To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge. | [verb] To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. | [verb] To ruin or destroy. WHELPS (14) [noun] A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub. | [noun] An insolent youth; a mere child. | [noun] A kind of ship. WHENAS (12) [conjunction] At the time when; whereas; while. WHENCE (14) [adverb] From where; from which place or source. | [conjunction] Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated. WHERES (12) [noun] The places in which something is located or occurs. | [conjunction] In contrast to the fact that; while on the other hand. WHERRY (15) [noun] A light ship used to navigate inland waterways. | [noun] A flat-bottomed vessel once employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats. | [noun] A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted. WHERVE (15) WHEYEY (18) WHIDAH (16) [noun] Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds. WHIFFS (18) [noun] A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air | [noun] An odour carried briefly through the air | [noun] A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe. WHILED (13) [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. | [verb] To loiter. WHILES (12) [noun] An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. | [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. WHILOM (14) [adjective] Former, sometime. | [adverb] While. | [adverb] Once upon a time, formerly. WHILST (12) [conjunction] (rare or literary in North America) While, at the same time. WHIMSY (17) [noun] A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour. | [noun] An impulsive, illogical or capricious character. | [noun] A whim (capstan or vertical drum). WHINED (13) [verb] To utter a high-pitched cry. | [verb] To make a sound resembling such a cry. | [verb] To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine. WHINER (12) [noun] A person who complains or whines frequently. WHINES (12) [noun] A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound | [noun] A complaint or criticism WHINEY (15) [adjective] Whining; tending to whine or complain. WHINGE (13) [noun] A cry. | [noun] A peevish complaint. | [verb] To complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. WHINNY (15) [noun] A gentle neigh. | [verb] (of a horse) To make a gentle neigh. WHIPPY (19) [adjective] Whiplike; thin and pliant. | [adjective] Active, nimble WHIRLS (12) [verb] To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. | [verb] To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. | [verb] To make something or someone whirl. WHIRLY (15) [adjective] Characterized by a whirling or spinning motion; rotating rapidly. | [adjective] Dizzy or disoriented, as if spinning. WHIRRS (12) [noun] A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. | [noun] A bustle of noise and excitement. | [verb] To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. WHIRRY (15) WHISHT (15) [interjection] (Irish and British) Shush, silence, be quiet! | [interjection] A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc. WHISKS (16) [noun] A quick, light sweeping motion. | [noun] A kitchen utensil, made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle, used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function). | [noun] A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush. WHISKY (19) [noun] An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in oak barrels. | [noun] A drink of this liquor. | [noun] A light gig or carriage. WHISTS (12) [noun] Plural of whist, a trick-taking card game. | [verb] Third person singular of whist, meaning to move with a soft rustling sound or to whisk away quickly. WHITED (13) [verb] To make white; to whiten; to bleach. WHITEN (12) [verb] (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch. WHITER (12) [adjective] Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. | [adjective] (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin. | [adjective] Designated for use by Caucasians. WHITES (12) [noun] The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths. | [noun] A person of European descent with light-coloured skin. | [noun] Any butterfly of the family Pieridae. WHITEY (15) [noun] A white person, a person of European descent. | [noun] A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use. | [adjective] Close to white in colour. WHOLES (12) [noun] Something complete, without any parts missing. | [noun] An entirety. WHOLLY (15) [adverb] Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent. | [adverb] Exclusively and solely. WHOMPS (16) [verb] Hit extremely hard. WHOMSO (14) [pronoun] Whichever person, whomever WHOOFS (15) [noun] Plural of woof, the sound made by a dog. | [verb] Third person singular of woof, meaning to bark or to make a woofing sound. WHOOPS (14) [interjection] Oops. | [noun] A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. | [noun] A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. WHOOSH (15) [noun] A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. | [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WHORED (13) [verb] To prostitute oneself. | [verb] To engage the services of a prostitute. | [verb] To pimp; to pander. WHORES (12) [noun] Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. | [noun] A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. | [noun] A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut. WHORLS (12) [noun] A pattern of concentric circles. | [noun] A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. | [noun] A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell. WHORTS (12) [noun] Plural of whort, an archaic or dialectal term for a bilberry or blueberry. WHOSIS (12) WHUMPS (16) [noun] A thumping sound. | [noun] A genre of fan fiction in which a character endures injury, torture, or other forms of physical and mental suffering. | [verb] To strike something with a whump. WHYDAH (19) [noun] Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds. WICHES (14) [noun] Plural of witch, referring to women thought to have magical powers or those practicing witchcraft. WICKED (16) [noun] People who are wicked. | [adjective] Evil or mischievous by nature. | [adjective] Excellent; awesome; masterful. | [verb] To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action. | [adjective] Active; brisk. WICKER (15) [noun] A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture | [noun] Wickerwork. | [adjective] Made of wickerwork. WICKET (15) [noun] A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one. | [noun] A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating. | [noun] A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc. WICOPY (16) WIDDER (11) [noun] A castrated ram. | [noun] A mining term for a device used to drive piles or break rock. WIDDIE (11) WIDDLE (11) [noun] Urine. | [noun] An act of urination. | [verb] To urinate. WIDELY (13) [adverb] In a wide manner; across a wide area. | [adverb] Commonly; generally; to a great degree. WIDENS (10) [verb] To become wide or wider. | [verb] To make wide or wider. | [verb] To let out clothes to a larger size. WIDEST (10) [adjective] Having a large physical extent from side to side. | [adjective] Large in scope. | [adjective] Operating at the side of the playing area. WIDGET (11) [noun] A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product. | [noun] Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user. | [noun] A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened. | [noun] Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with. WIDISH (13) WIDOWS (13) [noun] A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower. | [noun] A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried). | [noun] (in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc. WIDTHS (13) [noun] The state of being wide. | [noun] The measurement of the extent of something from side to side. | [noun] A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric. WIELDS (10) [verb] To command, rule over; to possess or own. | [verb] To control, to guide or manage. | [verb] To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool. WIELDY (13) [adjective] (obsolete except Britain) Able to wield one's body well; active, dexterous. | [adjective] Capable of being easily wielded or managed; handy. WIENER (9) [noun] A sausage made from beef, chicken or pork. | [noun] A frankfurter, a hot dog. | [noun] A penis. WIENIE (9) [noun] A wiener. | [noun] The penis. WIFELY (15) [adjective] Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife. WIFING (13) WIGANS (10) WIGEON (10) [noun] Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks. | [noun] A fool. WIGGED (12) [verb] To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.). | [verb] To upbraid, reprimand. | [verb] To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions. WIGGLE (11) [noun] A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular. | [noun] An alternating state or characteristic. | [noun] (in the plural) See wiggles. WIGGLY (14) [adjective] Tending to wiggle; moving with twisting or oscillating motions. | [adjective] Not firm or stable; wobbly. WIGHTS (13) [noun] A living creature, especially a human being. | [noun] A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor. | [noun] A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity. WIGLET (10) [noun] A small hairpiece or artificial curl of hair worn to enhance a hairstyle. WIGWAG (14) [noun] An act of wigwagging. | [noun] Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states. | [noun] A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro. WIGWAM (15) [noun] A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States. | [noun] (possibly obsolete) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world. | [verb] To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam. WIKIUP (15) [noun] A Native American dwelling consisting of a frame of poles covered with bark, mats, or hides. WILDER (10) [verb] To bewilder, perplex | [adjective] Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated). | [adjective] From or relating to wild creatures. WILDLY (13) [adverb] In a wild, uncontrolled manner. WILFUL (12) [adjective] Intentional; deliberate. | [adjective] Stubborn and determined. WILIER (9) [adjective] Sly, cunning, full of tricks WILILY (12) [adverb] In a wily manner; with cunning or craftiness. WILING (10) [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. | [verb] To loiter. WILLED (10) [adjective] Having a document specifying inheritance. | [adjective] (chiefly in combination) Having a will (of a specified kind). | [adjective] Brought under the will of another person. | [verb] To wish, desire. WILLER (9) [noun] One who wills or desires something. | [noun] One who makes a will or testament. WILLET (9) [noun] Tringa semipalmata or Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, a large shorebird. WILLOW (12) [noun] Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere. | [noun] The wood of these trees. | [noun] A cricket bat. WILTED (10) [verb] To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). | [verb] To fatigue; to lose strength. | [verb] To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower). WIMBLE (13) [noun] A boring tool; an auger or gimlet. | [verb] To bore or drill with a wimble. WIMPLE (13) [noun] A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders. | [noun] A fold or pleat in cloth. | [noun] A ripple, as on the surface of water. | [verb] To cover with a wimple. WINCED (12) [verb] To flinch as if in pain or distress. | [verb] To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince. | [verb] To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient. WINCER (11) [noun] One who winces; a person who flinches or recoils from pain or discomfort. WINCES (11) [noun] A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away. | [noun] A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will. WINCEY (14) [noun] Linsey-woolsey WINDED (11) [verb] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. | [verb] To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc. | [verb] To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed. WINDER (10) [noun] A winding plant. | [noun] A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth | [noun] A spool around which something is wound | [noun] A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath. | [verb] To fan; to clean grain with a fan. | [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. WINDLE (10) WINDOW (13) [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. | [noun] Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. | [noun] Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. WINDUP (12) [noun] The act of ending or concluding something. | [noun] The last part of something; a conclusion. | [noun] A practical joke or tease. WINERY (12) [noun] A place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine. WINGED (11) [adjective] Having wings. | [adjective] Flying or soaring as if on wings. | [adjective] Swift. | [verb] To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm. | [verb] To complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. WINGER (10) [noun] One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships. | [noun] An offensive player who plays on either side of the center. WINIER (9) [adjective] More whiny; characterized by more complaining or whining. | [adjective] More wine-like in quality or taste. WINING (10) [verb] To entertain with wine. | [verb] To drink wine. | [noun] A session of drinking wine socially. WINISH (12) WINKED (14) [verb] To close one's eyes in sleep. | [verb] To close one's eyes. | [verb] Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye. WINKER (13) [noun] One that winks. | [noun] A horse's blinder or eye cup. | [noun] An eyelash. WINKLE (13) [noun] A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae. | [noun] Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculata and Busycon carica. | [noun] The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man. WINNED (10) WINNER (9) [noun] One who has won or often wins. | [noun] A point or goal that wins a competition. WINNOW (12) [noun] That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain. | [verb] To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff. | [verb] To separate, sift, analyze, or test by separating items having different values. WINOES (9) WINTER (9) [noun] Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region. | [noun] The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. | [noun] Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing. WINTLE (9) [verb] To roll or turn over; to writhe or twist. | [noun] A movement or twist of the body. WINTRY (12) [adjective] Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. | [adjective] Of precipitation, containing sleet or snow. | [adjective] Aged, white-haired. WINZES (18) [noun] A steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels. WIPERS (11) [noun] Someone who wipes. | [noun] Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping. | [noun] Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping. WIPING (12) [verb] To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) | [verb] To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out. | [verb] To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out. WIRERS (9) [noun] Plural of wirer; people or devices that install wires or electrical connections. WIRIER (9) [adjective] Thin, muscular and flexible. WIRILY (12) [adverb] In a wiry manner; with a thin, strong, or strained quality. WIRING (10) [verb] To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. | [verb] To string on a wire. | [verb] To equip with wires for use with electricity. WISDOM (12) [noun] An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise. | [noun] A piece of wise advice. | [noun] The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good. WISELY (12) [adverb] In a wise manner; using good judgement. WISENT (9) [noun] The European bison, Bison bonasus. WISEST (9) [adjective] Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience. | [adjective] Disrespectful. | [adjective] Aware, informed. WISHED (13) [verb] To desire; to want. | [verb] To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive). | [verb] (followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome). WISHER (12) [noun] One who wishes; a person who expresses a desire or hope for something. WISHES (12) [noun] A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen. | [noun] An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power. | [noun] The thing desired or longed for. WISING (10) [verb] To become wise. | [verb] Usually with "up", to inform or learn. | [verb] To instruct. WISPED (12) [verb] Past tense of wisp; to move in a light, thin, or delicate manner. | [verb] To form into wisps or thin strands. WISSED (10) [verb] To know; to understand. | [verb] To show, teach, inform, guide, direct. WISSES (9) [verb] To know; to understand. WISTED (10) WITCHY (17) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike. WITHAL (12) [adverb] All things considered; nevertheless; besides | [adverb] With this; with that. WITHED (13) WITHER (12) [verb] To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. | [verb] To cause to shrivel or dry up. | [verb] To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away. | [adverb] Against, in opposition to. | [verb] To go against, resist; oppose. WITHES (12) [noun] A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. | [noun] A band of twisted twigs. | [noun] An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows. WITHIN (12) [adjective] In the context of which the present document or ruling is made. | [adverb] In or into the interior; inside. | [preposition] In the inner part, spatially; physically inside. WITING (10) WITNEY (12) WITTED (10) [adjective] Having wit or mental sharpness, used in combinations such as "quick-witted" or "dim-witted" to describe a person's intelligence or cleverness. WITTOL (9) [noun] A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a cuckold. | [noun] A bird, the wheatear. WIVERN (12) [noun] A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail. WIVERS (12) WIVING (13) [verb] To marry (a woman). | [verb] To provide (someone) with a wife. WIZARD (19) [noun] Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices. | [noun] One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field. | [noun] A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user. WIZENS (18) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wizen," meaning to shrivel or become wrinkled, especially due to age or drying. | [verb] To cause to shrivel or wither. WIZZEN (27) WOADED (11) [adjective] Dyed or colored with woad, a blue dye plant. | [verb] Past tense of woad, meaning to dye with woad. WOALDS (10) [noun] Plural of wold; open rolling countryside or hilly areas without trees. WOBBLE (13) [noun] An unsteady motion. | [noun] A tremulous sound. | [noun] A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep WOBBLY (16) [noun] A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union. | [noun] A wobbler; a fit of rage. | [adjective] Unsteady and tending to wobble. WODGES (11) [noun] A bulk quantity, usually of small items, particularly money; a wad. WOEFUL (12) [adjective] Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. | [adjective] Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction. | [adjective] Lamentable, deplorable. WOLFED (13) [verb] To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. | [verb] To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. | [verb] To hunt for wolves. WOLFER (12) [noun] A person who hunts wolves, especially for bounty or to protect livestock. WOLVER (12) WOLVES (12) [noun] The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs. | [noun] A man who makes amorous advances to many women. | [noun] A wolf tone or wolf note. WOMANS (11) [noun] Plural of woman, referring to multiple adult female persons. | [noun] Possessive form indicating something belonging to a woman (archaic/non-standard usage). WOMBAT (13) [noun] Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia. WOMBED (14) [adjective] Having a womb; equipped with a uterus. | [verb] Past tense of "womb," meaning to enclose or contain as if in a womb. WOMERA (11) [noun] A wooden rod or stick used by Australian Aborigines to throw spears with greater force and distance. | [noun] A spear-throwing device consisting of a shaft with a hook or socket at one end. WONDER (10) [noun] Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. | [noun] Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable. | [noun] Someone very talented at something, a genius. WONNED (10) [verb] Past tense and past participle of "win" in some dialects or archaic usage, though "won" is the standard form. WONNER (9) WONTED (10) [adjective] Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed. WONTON (9) [noun] A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables. | [noun] Ovary. WOODED (11) [adjective] Covered with trees. | [adjective] (of wine) Aged in wooden casks. | [verb] To cover or plant with trees. WOODEN (10) [adjective] Made of wood. | [adjective] As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion. WOODIE (10) [noun] An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture. | [noun] A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track. | [noun] An erection of the penis. WOODSY (13) [adjective] Of, relating to, or suggestive of woods. | [adjective] Having many trees. WOOERS (9) [noun] Plural of wooer; people who court or seek the affection of someone, typically romantically. WOOFED (13) [verb] To make a woofing sound. WOOFER (12) [noun] An electronic speaker that produces low-frequency sound. | [noun] A dog. WOOING (10) [verb] To endeavor to gain someone's support. | [verb] (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with | [verb] To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. WOOLED (10) [verb] Past tense of "wool," meaning to pull the wool over someone's eyes; to deceive or trick. | [adjective] Covered with or made of wool. WOOLEN (9) [noun] An item of clothing made from wool | [adjective] Made of wool. | [adjective] Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths. WOOLER (9) [noun] One who produces wool or works with wool. | [noun] A sheep that yields wool. WOOLIE (9) [noun] A Australian Aboriginal person or, in Australian slang, a person of working-class background. | [noun] Wool or woolen material. WOOLLY (12) [noun] A sweater or similar garment made of wool. | [noun] A sheep not yet shorn. | [noun] A piece of woolwork. | [noun] A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself. WORDED (11) [verb] To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something). | [verb] To flatter with words, to cajole. | [verb] To ply or overpower with words. WORKED (14) [verb] To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. | [verb] To effect by gradual degrees. | [verb] To embroider with thread. WORKER (13) [noun] A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor. | [noun] A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp. | [noun] A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program. WORKUP (15) [noun] A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness. | [noun] All the additional procedures and reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product. | [noun] A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation. WORLDS (10) [noun] (with "the") Human collective existence; existence in general. | [noun] The Universe. | [noun] (with "the") The Earth. WORMED (12) [verb] To make (one's way) with a crawling motion. | [verb] To move with one's body dragging the ground. | [verb] To work one's way by artful or devious means. WORMER (11) [noun] Dewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal. | [noun] Vermicide, any substance used to kill worms. WORMIL (11) WORRIT (9) [noun] Worry; anxiety. | [noun] One who worries excessively or unnecessarily. | [verb] To worry; to be anxious. WORSEN (9) [verb] To make worse; to impair. | [verb] To become worse; to get worse. | [verb] To get the better of; to worst. WORSER (9) WORSES (9) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "worse," meaning to make or become worse; to worsen. WORSET (9) WORSTS (9) [noun] Something or someone that is the worst | [verb] To make worse. | [verb] To grow worse; to deteriorate. WORTHS (12) [noun] Plural of worth; the value or merit of something. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of the verb "to worth," meaning to be worthy of or deserving. WORTHY (15) [noun] A distinguished or eminent person | [adjective] Having worth, merit or value | [adjective] Honourable or admirable | [verb] To render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore. WOTTED (10) [verb] Past tense and past participle of "wot," meaning to know or to be aware of. WOUNDS (10) [noun] An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. | [noun] A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc. | [noun] An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken. WOVENS (12) [verb] Past tense of weave, interlaced threads or strands to create fabric. | [noun] Plural of woven, fabrics made by weaving. WOWING (13) [verb] To amaze or awe. WOWSER (12) [noun] A lout or similar disruptive person. | [noun] One with strong moral views against excessive consumption of alcohol, gambling, pornography, etc., who seeks to promulgate those views. | [interjection] An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure. WRACKS (15) [verb] To place in or hang on a rack. | [verb] To torture (someone) on the rack. | [verb] To cause (someone) to suffer pain. WRAITH (12) [noun] A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death. WRANGS (10) WRASSE (9) [noun] Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored. WRATHS (12) [noun] Great anger. | [noun] Punishment. WRATHY (15) [adjective] Feeling wrath; very angry, furious. WREAKS (13) [verb] To cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; . | [verb] To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite. | [verb] To inflict or take vengeance on. WREATH (12) [noun] Something twisted, intertwined, or curled. | [noun] An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor. | [noun] An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms. WRECKS (15) [noun] Something or someone that has been ruined. | [noun] The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down. | [noun] An event in which something is damaged through collision. WRENCH (14) [noun] A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. | [noun] An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. | [noun] A trick or artifice. | [verb] To violently move in a turn or writhe. WRESTS (9) [verb] To pull or twist violently. | [verb] To obtain by pulling or violent force. | [verb] To seize. WRETCH (14) [noun] An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person. | [noun] An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person. | [noun] An exile. WRICKS (15) WRIEST (9) [adjective] Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). | [adjective] Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. | [adjective] Twisted, bent, crooked. WRIGHT (13) [noun] A builder or maker of something. WRINGS (10) [noun] A powerful squeezing or twisting action. | [noun] Pain or distress. | [verb] To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out. WRISTS (9) [noun] The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. | [noun] A stud or pin which forms a journal. WRISTY (12) [adjective] Characterised by marked or exaggerated movement of the wrist; involving deft wrist movements. WRITER (9) [noun] A person who writes, or produces literary work. | [noun] Anything that writes or produces output. | [noun] The seller of an option. WRITES (9) [noun] The act or style of writing. | [noun] The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk. | [verb] To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. WRITHE (12) [noun] A contortion. | [noun] (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot | [verb] To twist, to wring (something). WRONGS (10) [noun] Something that is immoral or not good. | [noun] An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer). | [noun] The incorrect or unjust position or opinion. WRYEST (12) [adjective] Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). | [adjective] Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. | [adjective] Twisted, bent, crooked. WRYING (13) [verb] Present participle of "wry," meaning to twist or turn; to express something in a dryly humorous or mocking manner. WURSTS (9) [noun] A German- or Austrian-style sausage. WURZEL (18) WUSSES (9) [noun] A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person. WUTHER (12) WYCHES (17) WYLING (13) WYTING (13) WYVERN (15) [noun] A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

WABBLED (15) [verb] Past tense of wabble, meaning to move unsteadily from side to side; wobble or waver. WABBLER (14) WABBLES (14) [verb] To move unsteadily from side to side; wobble or vacillate. | [noun] An unsteady or wobbling motion. WACKIER (16) [adjective] Zany; eccentric WACKILY (19) [adverb] In a wacky or silly manner; in an eccentric or crazy way. WADABLE (13) [adjective] Capable of being waded through; shallow enough to walk through. WADDERS (12) WADDIED (13) [verb] Past tense of "waddy," meaning to drive cattle or work as a cowboy, or to hit with a club or waddy stick. WADDIES (12) [noun] A cowboy. | [noun] A war club used by Aboriginal Australians; a nulla nulla. | [noun] A piece of wood; a stick or peg; also, a walking stick. WADDING (13) [noun] Wads collectively | [noun] Soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material | [verb] To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball. WADDLED (13) [verb] To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. WADDLER (12) [noun] One that waddles; an animal or person that walks with short steps and a swaying motion. WADDLES (12) [noun] A squat, swaying gait. | [verb] To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. WADMAAL (13) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric, typically twilled, traditionally made in Scandinavia and used for clothing and blankets. WADMALS (13) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric made from undyed wool, traditionally used for clothing in Scandinavian countries. WADMELS (13) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric, typically undyed, made from long fibers and traditionally produced in Scotland and Scandinavia. WADMOLL (13) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric, typically undyed, made from the wool of long-haired sheep. WADMOLS (13) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric, typically undyed, made from the wool of long-haired sheep and traditionally produced in Scotland and Scandinavia. WADSETS (11) [noun] A Scottish legal term for a mortgage or pledge of land as security for a loan. | [verb] Third-person singular present tense of "wadset," meaning to pledge or mortgage land in Scotland. WAENESS (10) WAESUCK (16) WAFERED (14) [verb] To seal or fasten with a wafer. WAFFIES (16) WAFFING (17) WAFFLED (17) [verb] To smash. | [verb] (of birds) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle. | [verb] To speak or write vaguely and evasively. WAFFLER (16) [noun] One who waffles; a person who speaks or writes at length without being clear or decisive. | [noun] A cooking utensil or appliance used to make waffles. WAFFLES (16) [noun] A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern. | [noun] A potato waffle, a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern. WAFTAGE (14) [noun] The act or instance of wafting; something that is wafted, such as a scent or breeze carried through the air. WAFTERS (13) [noun] Things or people that waft; objects that wave or flutter through the air. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "waft," meaning to carry gently through the air. WAFTING (14) [verb] To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. | [verb] To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. | [verb] To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. WAFTURE (13) [noun] The act of waving or fanning; a waving motion. | [noun] Something that is wafted or carried through the air. WAGERED (12) [verb] To bet something; to put it up as collateral | [verb] To suppose; to dare say. WAGERER (11) [noun] A person who makes a wager or bet. WAGGERS (12) [noun] People or things that wag, such as dogs that move their tails back and forth. | [noun] Plural of wagger, one who wags or something that wags. WAGGERY (15) [noun] Droll behaviour characteristic of a wag | [noun] A droll remark or jest WAGGING (13) [verb] To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief. | [verb] To play truant from school. | [verb] To be in action or motion; to move; progress. WAGGISH (15) [adjective] Witty, jocular, like a wag | [adjective] Mischievous, tricky WAGGLED (13) [verb] To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble. | [verb] To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. WAGGLES (12) [noun] A wobbling motion. | [noun] The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke. WAGGONS (12) [noun] A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. | [noun] A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front. | [noun] An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck. WAGONED (12) [verb] Past tense of wagon, meaning to transport by wagon or to move slowly and heavily. WAGONER (11) [noun] Someone who drives a wagon. WAGSOME (13) WAGTAIL (11) [noun] Any of various small passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, of the Old World, notable for their long tails. WAHINES (13) [noun] A Polynesian or Maori woman. | [noun] A female surfer. WAIFING (14) WAILERS (10) [noun] People who wail or cry out loudly in grief or lamentation. | [noun] Members of a reggae band, particularly referring to Bob Marley and the Wailers. WAILFUL (13) [adjective] Sorrowful; mournful. WAILING (11) [verb] To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish. | [verb] To weep, lament persistently or bitterly. | [verb] To make a noise like mourning or crying. WAIRING (11) WAISTED (11) [adjective] Having a waist of a specified kind, as in "narrow-waisted" or "high-waisted." | [verb] Past tense of waste (archaic or dialectal usage). WAISTER (10) [noun] A person who waists or shapes something at the waist. | [noun] A garment or part of a garment fitted at the waist. WAITERS (10) [noun] A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar. | [noun] Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting. | [noun] A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange. WAITING (11) [verb] To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.) | [verb] To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness. | [verb] To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment. WAIVERS (13) [noun] The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. | [noun] A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless). | [noun] Something that releases a person from a requirement. WAIVING (14) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). WAKANDA (15) WAKEFUL (17) [adjective] Awake; not sleeping. | [adjective] Sleepless. | [adjective] Vigilant and alert; watchful. WAKENED (15) [verb] To wake or rouse from sleep. | [verb] To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. WAKENER (14) [noun] One who wakes or awakens someone or something. | [noun] A device or alarm that wakes someone. WAKIKIS (18) WALKERS (14) [noun] A person who fulls cloth. | [noun] A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal. | [noun] A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.). WALKING (15) [verb] To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run. | [verb] To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty. | [verb] Of an object, to go missing or be stolen. | [noun] Present participle of walk. WALKOUT (14) [noun] A sudden stoppage of work. | [noun] A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest. WALKUPS (16) [noun] An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator. | [noun] An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training. | [noun] A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment. WALKWAY (20) [noun] A clearly defined path for pedestrians. WALLABY (15) [noun] Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos WALLAHS (13) [noun] A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah. | [noun] A guy or bloke. WALLETS (10) [noun] A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc. | [noun] (by extension) A person's bank account or assets. | [noun] A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored. WALLEYE (13) [noun] (plural "walleyes") One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes. | [noun] (plural "walleyes") An unusually pale eye. | [noun] (plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes. WALLIES (10) [noun] A fool | [noun] (London and Essex) a large pickled gherkin or cucumber WALLING (11) [verb] To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls. | [verb] To boil. | [verb] To well, as water; spring. WALLOPS (12) [noun] A heavy blow, punch. | [noun] A person's ability to throw such punches. | [noun] An emotional impact, psychological force. WALLOWS (13) [noun] An instance of wallowing. | [noun] A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground. | [noun] A kind of rolling walk. WALNUTS (10) [noun] A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans. | [noun] A nut of the walnut tree. | [noun] Wood of the walnut tree. WALTZED (20) [verb] To dance the waltz (with). | [verb] (usually with in, into, around, etc.) To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited. | [verb] To accomplish a task with little effort. WALTZER (19) [noun] One who dances the waltz. | [noun] A fairground ride consisting of a number of cars that spin individually while rotating around a central point like a carousel. WALTZES (19) [noun] A ballroom dance in 3/4 time. | [noun] A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time). | [noun] A simple task. WAMBLED (15) [verb] Past tense of wamble, meaning to feel nausea or to move unsteadily. | [verb] To wriggle or writhe. WAMBLES (14) [verb] To feel nausea or queasiness; to move unsteadily or wobble. WAMEFOU (15) WAMEFUL (15) WAMPISH (17) WAMPUMS (16) [noun] Plural of wampum, beads made from shells used as money or ornamentation by Native Americans. | [noun] Money or wealth in general. WAMUSES (12) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wamuse," meaning to amuse or entertain. WANDERS (11) [noun] The act or instance of wandering. | [noun] The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value. | [verb] To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. WANGANS (11) [noun] A supply chest or storage box used by loggers and campers. | [noun] Miscellaneous items or personal belongings. WANGLED (12) [verb] To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods. | [verb] To falsify, as records. | [verb] To achieve through contrivance or cajolery. WANGLER (11) [noun] One who wangles; a person who obtains something through scheming or maneuvering. | [noun] In fishing, a type of artificial lure or hook arrangement. WANGLES (11) [noun] The act of wangling | [verb] To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods. | [verb] To falsify, as records. WANGUNS (11) WANIEST (10) [adjective] Most pale, sickly, or feeble in appearance. WANIGAN (11) [noun] A supply chest or storage box used by loggers and campers, typically containing provisions and equipment. | [noun] A bunkhouse or temporary shelter used by workers in logging camps. WANIONS (10) [noun] A curse or expression of anger, archaic term used to wish misfortune upon someone. WANNESS (10) [noun] The quality or state of being wan; paleness or sickly appearance. WANNEST (10) [adjective] Pale, sickly-looking. | [adjective] Dim, faint. | [adjective] Bland, uninterested. WANNING (11) [verb] Present participle of "wan," meaning to become pale or to lose color. | [verb] To warn or give notice (archaic usage). WANTAGE (11) [noun] The amount of something lacking or missing from a full measure or container; a deficiency or shortage. WANTERS (10) [noun] Plural of wanter; people who want or desire something. WANTING (11) [verb] To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand. | [verb] (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with. | [verb] To desire (to experience desire); to wish. | [noun] The state of wanting something; desire. WANTONS (10) [noun] A pampered or coddled person. | [noun] An overly playful person; a trifler. | [noun] A self-indulgent person, fond of excess. WAPITIS (12) [noun] The American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis or Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size. WAPPING (15) [verb] Present participle of "wap," meaning to hit or strike. | [noun] A district in London, England. WARBLED (13) [verb] To modulate a tone's frequency. | [verb] To sing like a bird, especially with trills. | [verb] To cause to quaver or vibrate. WARBLER (12) [noun] Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers). | [noun] One who warbles. | [noun] A hissy fit. WARBLES (12) [noun] The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations. | [noun] In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered. | [noun] A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma. WARDENS (11) [noun] A guard or watchman. | [noun] A chief administrative officer of a prison. | [noun] An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden WARDERS (11) [noun] A guard, especially in a prison. | [noun] A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands. WARDING (12) [verb] To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. | [verb] To defend, to protect. | [verb] To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. WARFARE (13) [noun] The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy. | [noun] Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare. | [verb] To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. WARHEAD (14) [noun] The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage. | [noun] The glans penis. WARIEST (10) [adjective] Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent | [adjective] Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard | [adjective] Thrifty, provident WARISON (10) WARKING (15) WARLESS (10) WARLIKE (14) [adjective] Hostile and belligerent. | [adjective] Martial, bellicose or militaristic. WARLOCK (16) [noun] A male magic-user; a male witch. WARLORD (11) [noun] A high military officer in a warlike nation. | [noun] A local ruler or bandit leader usually where the government is weak. WARMERS (12) [noun] Something that warms, such as a heater or a soup. | [noun] A piece of clothing for warmth, such as a bodywarmer or leg warmer. | [noun] An introductory activity, for example in a lesson, to stimulate interest in a topic. WARMEST (12) [adjective] Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot. | [adjective] Caring and friendly, of relations to another person. | [adjective] Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. WARMING (13) [verb] To make or keep warm. | [verb] To become warm, to heat up. | [verb] To favour increasingly. | [noun] A small rise in temperature. WARMISH (15) [adjective] Moderately warm; somewhat warm in temperature. WARMTHS (15) [noun] Plural of warmth; the quality or state of being warm in temperature or feeling. | [noun] Instances or expressions of affection, kindness, or friendliness. WARMUPS (14) [noun] The act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity | [noun] Any act of preparation for a performance | [noun] A period of time allocated for performing warm-ups. WARNERS (10) [noun] People who warn or give notice of danger or caution. | [noun] Plural of warner, one who warns. WARNING (11) [verb] To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: | [verb] To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. | [verb] (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away. WARPAGE (13) [noun] The act of warping. | [noun] A charge per ton made on shipping. WARPATH (15) [noun] The route taken by a party of Native Americans going on a warlike expedition. | [noun] A course of action that leads to battle or hostility. WARPERS (12) [noun] Plural of warper; things or people that warp. | [noun] In weaving, devices or workers that prepare warp threads for looms. WARPING (13) [verb] To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: | [verb] (ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred. | [verb] To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving. WARRANT (10) [noun] Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior. | [noun] Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof. | [noun] An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money. WARRENS (10) [noun] The system of burrows where rabbits live. | [noun] An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits. | [noun] A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded. WARRING (11) [verb] To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe). | [verb] To carry on, as a contest; to wage. | [noun] The act of engaging in war or conflict. WARRIOR (10) [noun] A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant. | [noun] A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics. WARSAWS (13) [noun] Plural of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland, or plural possessive forms referring to things belonging to Warsaw. WARSHIP (15) [noun] Any ship built or armed for naval combat. WARSLED (11) WARSLER (10) WARSLES (10) WARSTLE (10) WARTHOG (14) [noun] A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa. | [noun] A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane WARTIER (10) [adjective] Comparative form of warty; having more warts or wart-like protrusions. WARTIME (12) [noun] A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place. WARWORK (17) WARWORN (13) [adjective] Worn or damaged by war; showing the effects of warfare or battle. WASABIS (12) [noun] Plural of wasabi, a Japanese condiment made from the root of a plant, known for its pungent, spicy flavor. WASHDAY (17) [noun] A day when laundry is washed. | [noun] A non-uniform day; a mufti day. WASHERS (13) [noun] Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher. | [noun] A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman. | [noun] A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction or prevent leakage. WASHIER (13) [adjective] Watery; damp; soft. | [adjective] Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble. | [adjective] Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour. WASHING (14) [verb] To clean with water. | [verb] To move or erode by the force of water in motion. | [verb] To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water. WASHOUT (13) [noun] An appliance designed to wash something out. | [noun] The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid. | [noun] A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins. WASHRAG (14) [noun] A square piece of cloth for washing the face and body. WASHTUB (15) [noun] A tub used for washing clothes. WASHUPS (15) [noun] The act by which something is washed. | [noun] Something or somebody that is washed up; a has-been. | [noun] A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game. WASPIER (12) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike. | [adjective] Infested with wasps. WASPILY (15) [adverb] In a wasp-like manner; with characteristics resembling a wasp, such as being thin-waisted or sharp-tongued. WASPISH (15) [adjective] Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp. | [adjective] Spiteful or irascible. WASSAIL (10) [noun] A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion. | [noun] The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc. | [noun] Revelry. WASTAGE (11) [noun] The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process. | [noun] The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation. | [noun] Anything lost by wear or waste. WASTERS (10) [noun] Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly. | [noun] An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste. | [noun] A destroyer. WASTERY (13) WASTING (11) [verb] To devastate, destroy | [verb] To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly. | [verb] To kill; to murder. WASTREL (10) [noun] One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly. | [noun] A neglected child. | [noun] Refuse; rubbish. WASTRIE (10) WATAPES (12) WATCHED (16) [verb] To look at, see, or view for a period of time. | [verb] To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention. | [verb] To mind, attend, or guard. WATCHER (15) [noun] Someone who watches or observes. | [noun] Someone who keeps vigil. | [noun] A guard. WATCHES (15) [noun] A portable or wearable timepiece. | [noun] The act of guarding and observing someone or something. | [noun] A particular time period when guarding is kept. WATERED (11) [verb] To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants). | [verb] To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate. | [verb] To provide (animals) with water for drinking. | [adjective] Supplied with water. WATERER (10) [noun] A person or device that waters plants or animals. | [noun] A horse or animal that is watered. WATTAGE (11) [noun] An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc. | [noun] The power requirement of some electric appliance. WATTAPE (12) WATTEST (10) [adjective] Superlative form of "watt," meaning having the most watts or highest wattage. WATTLED (11) [verb] To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles. | [verb] To bind with wattles or twigs. | [adjective] Having a wattle WATTLES (10) [noun] A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. | [noun] A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. | [noun] A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards. WAUCHTS (15) WAUGHTS (14) [noun] A quantity of hay or grain, typically the amount that can be carried in one load or armful. | [noun] Plural of waught, an archaic or dialectal term for a draft or pull of something to drink. WAUKING (15) [verb] Present participle of "wauk," meaning to walk or to full cloth by treading on it in water. WAULING (11) [verb] To wail, to cry plaintively. | [noun] A plaintive cry or howl, as of a cat. WAVELET (13) [noun] A small wave; a ripple. | [noun] A fast-decaying oscillation. WAVEOFF (19) [noun] A gesture or signal used to dismiss or send away someone or something, commonly used by aircraft carriers to signal pilots to abort a landing attempt. WAVERED (14) [verb] To sway back and forth; to totter or reel. | [verb] To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light. | [verb] To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch. WAVERER (13) [noun] One who wavers; a person who is indecisive or unstable in opinion or allegiance. WAVIEST (13) [adjective] Rising or swelling in waves. | [adjective] Full of waves. | [adjective] Moving to and fro; undulating. WAWLING (14) WAXBILL (19) [noun] Any bird of the genus Estrilda. WAXIEST (17) [adjective] Resembling wax in texture or appearance. WAXINGS (18) [noun] The action of the verb to wax. | [noun] A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax. | [noun] A recording intended for a phonograph. WAXLIKE (21) [adjective] Resembling wax in appearance, texture, or consistency; having a smooth, glossy, or malleable quality similar to wax. WAXWEED (21) [noun] A plant of the genus Cuphea, having small flowers and waxy seeds, commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions. WAXWING (21) [noun] Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings. WAXWORK (24) [noun] A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person. WAXWORM (22) [noun] The larva of the wax moth, used as fish bait and in scientific research. WAYBILL (15) [noun] A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo. | [verb] To provide (cargo) with a waybill document. WAYLAID (14) [verb] To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. | [verb] To accost or intercept unexpectedly. WAYLAYS (16) [verb] To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. | [verb] To accost or intercept unexpectedly. WAYLESS (13) WAYSIDE (14) [noun] The side of a road or path. | [noun] A rest area. | [adjective] Situated near the side of a road or path. WAYWARD (17) [adjective] Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray | [adjective] Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable | [adjective] Not on target WAYWORN (16) [adjective] Weary from travelling. WEAKENS (14) [verb] To make weaker or less strong. | [verb] To become weaker or less strong. WEAKEST (14) [adjective] Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability. | [adjective] Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain. | [adjective] Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable. WEAKISH (17) [adjective] Somewhat weak; having a slight degree of weakness. WEALTHS (13) [noun] Plural of wealth; abundant possessions and resources, or well-being and prosperity. | [verb] Third person singular present of the archaic verb "to wealth," meaning to make wealthy or prosperous. WEALTHY (16) [noun] A rich person. | [noun] (with "the") Rich people. | [adjective] Possessing financial wealth; rich. WEANERS (10) [noun] An animal that has been recently weaned. | [noun] A device used to help wean a young animal by keeping it from suckling. WEANING (11) [noun] The (passive) process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment. WEAPONS (12) [noun] An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords. | [noun] An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. | [noun] A tool of any kind. WEARERS (10) [noun] One who wears. WEARIED (11) [verb] To make or to become weary. WEARIER (10) [adjective] Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued. | [adjective] Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick. | [adjective] Expressive of fatigue. WEARIES (10) [verb] To make or to become weary. WEARILY (13) [adverb] In a weary manner WEARING (11) [verb] To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc. | [verb] To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner. | [verb] To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance. WEARISH (13) WEASAND (11) [noun] The oesophagus; the windpipe; the trachea. | [noun] The throat in general. WEASELS (10) [noun] The least weasel, Mustela nivalis. | [noun] Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly. | [noun] The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family. WEASELY (13) WEASONS (10) WEATHER (13) [noun] The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. | [noun] Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects. | [noun] The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side. WEAVERS (13) [noun] One who weaves. | [noun] A strand of material used in weaving. | [noun] A weaverbird. WEAVING (14) [verb] To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. | [verb] To spin a cocoon or a web. | [verb] To unite by close connection or intermixture. WEAZAND (20) [noun] The windpipe or trachea of an animal. | [noun] The throat or gullet. WEBBIER (14) [adjective] More resembling or full of webs; more sticky or adhesive like a web. WEBBING (15) [verb] To construct or form a web. | [verb] To cover with a web or network. | [verb] To ensnare or entangle. WEBFEET (15) WEBFOOT (15) [noun] A foot with webbed toes, as found in aquatic birds and mammals. | [noun] A person from the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon or Washington. WEBLESS (12) WEBLIKE (16) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a web; formed like a web with interlaced threads or filaments. WEBSTER (12) WEBWORK (19) [noun] A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner. WEBWORM (17) [noun] Any of various caterpillars, of diverse moth families, that spin a web; the moth species of such a caterpillar. WEDDERS (12) [noun] Plural of wedder, one who weds or performs a wedding ceremony. | [noun] Plural of wedder, a type of agricultural tool or implement used for joining or fastening. WEDDING (13) [verb] To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony. | [verb] To take as one's spouse. | [verb] To take a spouse. | [verb] To participate in a wedding. WEDELED (12) [verb] Past tense of "wedel," to move a ski back and forth in a swaying motion while descending a slope. WEDELNS (11) WEDGIER (12) [adjective] More wedgy; having a greater tendency to form a wedge shape or to ride up into a crevice. WEDGIES (12) [noun] A wedge-heeled shoe. | [noun] A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks. | [noun] A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks. WEDGING (13) [verb] To support or secure using a wedge. | [verb] To force into a narrow gap. | [verb] To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles. WEDLOCK (17) [noun] The state of being married. | [noun] A wife; a married woman. WEEDERS (11) [noun] People or tools that remove weeds from soil or gardens. | [noun] In card games, cards or players that are considered weak or undesirable. WEEDIER (11) [adjective] Abounding with weeds. | [adjective] Of, relating to or resembling weeds. | [adjective] Consisting of weeds. WEEDILY (14) [adverb] In a weedy manner; full of weeds or resembling weeds. | [adverb] In a weak or feeble way; feebly. WEEDING (12) [verb] To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area. | [noun] The removal of weeds; the process by which something is weeded. WEEKDAY (18) [noun] A day of the week except those which form the weekend; that is: | [noun] Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday). WEEKEND (15) [noun] The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. | [verb] To spend the weekend. | [adjective] Of, relating to or for the weekend. WEENIER (10) [adjective] Minuscule. WEENIES (10) [noun] Someone weak and unimportant. | [noun] A geek or nerd, especially a computer user with a deficient social life. | [noun] (collectible card games) A small creature which has a low cost to put into play, often used in a swarm with other such creatures. WEENING (11) [verb] To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. | [verb] To expect, hope or wish. | [verb] To weep or cry. WEEPERS (12) [noun] A person who weeps. | [noun] A hired mourner. | [noun] A pleurant. WEEPIER (12) [adjective] Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose. WEEPIES (12) [noun] A sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience. WEEPING (13) [verb] To cry; shed tears. | [verb] To lament; to complain. | [verb] (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions. WEETING (11) WEEVERS (13) [noun] Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past. WEEVILS (13) [noun] Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea, many having a distinctive snout. | [noun] Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea. | [noun] Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum). WEEVILY (16) [adjective] Infested with or containing weevils; resembling or characteristic of a weevil. WEEWEED (14) WEEWEES (13) [noun] Plural of wee; small amounts or portions. | [verb] Third person singular of wee; to urinate. WEIGELA (11) [noun] Any plant of the genus Weigela. WEIGHED (15) [verb] To determine the weight of an object. | [verb] Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale. | [verb] To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. WEIGHER (14) [noun] A person or device that weighs something. WEIGHTS (14) [noun] (physical) Matter, material. | [noun] A large quantity; a sum. | [noun] The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism. WEIGHTY (17) [adjective] Heavy. | [adjective] Important; serious; not trivial or petty. | [adjective] Rigorous; severe; afflictive. WEINERS (10) [noun] Plural of wiener, a type of sausage, typically a frankfurter. | [noun] Slang term for people considered weak or contemptible. WEIRDER (11) [adjective] Having an unusually strange character or behaviour. | [adjective] Deviating from the normal; bizarre. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the Fates. WEIRDIE (11) [noun] Someone or something weird. WEIRDLY (14) [adverb] In a weird manner WEIRDOS (11) [noun] A strange, odd, eccentric person. | [noun] An insane, possibly dangerous person. WELCHED (16) [verb] To fail to repay a small debt. | [verb] To fail to fulfill an obligation. WELCHER (15) [noun] A person who fails to honor a bet or financial obligation. | [noun] A person from Wales (archaic/offensive term). WELCHES (15) [noun] A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one. | [verb] To fail to repay a small debt. | [verb] To fail to fulfill an obligation. WELCOME (14) [noun] The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception. | [noun] The utterance of such a greeting. | [noun] Kind reception of a guest or newcomer. WELDERS (11) [noun] One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding. | [noun] One who welds, or wields. | [noun] An item of equipment for welding with: an electric welder. WELDING (12) [verb] To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination. | [verb] To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately. | [verb] To wield. WELDORS (11) [noun] Plural of weldor, a person who welds metal parts together. WELFARE (13) [noun] Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect. | [noun] Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (abbreviated form of welfare assistance). | [noun] Such payment. WELKINS (14) [noun] The sky, the region of clouds; the upper air; aether; the heavens. WELLIES (10) [noun] Wellington boots WELLING (11) [verb] To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. | [verb] To have something seep out of the surface. | [noun] The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water. WELSHED (14) [verb] To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt. WELSHER (13) [noun] A person who fails to honor a bet or financial obligation. | [noun] A person from Wales. WELSHES (13) [verb] To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt. WELTERS (10) [noun] A general confusion or muddle. | [noun] A tossing or rolling about. WELTING (11) [noun] The act of making reinforcing welts. WENCHED (16) [verb] To frequent prostitutes; to whore; also, to womanize. WENCHER (15) [noun] One who wenches; a man who consorts with prostitutes or loose women. WENCHES (15) [noun] (possibly offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one. | [noun] Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart. | [noun] A woman servant; a maidservant. WENDIGO (12) [noun] A hybrid fish derived from a male brook trout and a female lake trout | [noun] A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder. WENDING (12) [verb] To turn; change. | [verb] To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. | [verb] To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. WENNIER (10) [adjective] More whiny or inclined to whine; comparative form of whiny. WENNISH (13) WERGELD (12) [noun] In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law, compensation paid by a wrongdoer to the victim's family, especially for injury or death. WERGELT (11) WERGILD (12) [noun] In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law, a monetary compensation paid to the family of a slain person as an alternative to blood revenge. WERWOLF (16) [noun] A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon. WESKITS (14) WESSAND (11) WESTERN (10) [noun] A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850-1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture. | [adjective] Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west. | [adjective] (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly. WESTERS (10) [verb] Third person singular present of "wester," meaning to move toward the west or to shift westward. WESTING (11) [verb] To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. | [noun] A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart. | [noun] A distance travelled westward. WETBACK (18) [noun] A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border. | [noun] A person of the mestizo race; a mojado. WETHERS (13) [noun] A castrated buck goat. | [noun] A castrated ram. WETLAND (11) [noun] (usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas. WETNESS (10) [noun] The condition of being wet. | [noun] Moisture. | [noun] Rainy or damp weather. WETTERS (10) [noun] Plural of wetter; things or people that wet. | [noun] In printing, substances used to dampen paper or printing plates. WETTEST (10) [verb] To cover or impregnate with liquid. | [verb] To accidentally urinate in or on. | [verb] To make or become wet. WETTING (11) [verb] To cover or impregnate with liquid. | [verb] To accidentally urinate in or on. | [verb] To make or become wet. WETTISH (13) [adjective] Somewhat wet or damp; slightly wet. WHACKED (20) [verb] To hit, slap or strike. | [verb] To kill, bump off. | [verb] To share or parcel out; often with up. WHACKER (19) [noun] One who, or something which, whacks. | [noun] Anything large; a whopper. WHACKOS (19) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. WHALERS (13) [noun] One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry. | [noun] A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales. | [noun] One who whales (flogs or beats). WHALING (14) [verb] To hunt for whales. | [verb] To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly. | [noun] The practice of hunting whales. WHAMMED (18) [verb] To strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact WHANGED (15) [verb] (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air. | [verb] To throw with a rapid slamming motion. | [verb] To whack or beat. WHANGEE (14) [noun] A walking stick or cane made from the stem of an Asian bamboo plant. WHAPPED (18) [verb] To strike hard and suddenly. | [verb] To throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly. WHAPPER (17) [noun] One that whaps; something that strikes or hits with force. | [noun] A large or impressive thing, especially used informally to describe something notably big or effective. WHARFED (17) [verb] Past tense of wharf, meaning to moor or secure a boat at a wharf, or to provide with a wharf. WHARVES (16) [noun] A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank. | [noun] The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. WHATNOT (13) [noun] A small unspecified object; bric-a-brac (in plural) | [noun] Other related objects or ideas. | [noun] A freestanding set of shelves on which ornaments are displayed; an etagere. WHATSIS (13) [noun] A thing whose name one cannot or does not wish to recall; a gadget or object of unspecified nature. WHATSIT (13) [noun] A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall, or that one is embarrassed to say) WHEATEN (13) [noun] A pale yellow or beige colour, like that of wheat. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat. | [adjective] Of a pale yellow-beige colour, like that of wheat. WHEEDLE (14) [noun] A coaxing person. | [verb] To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery. | [verb] To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery. WHEELED (14) [verb] To roll along on wheels. | [verb] To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair. | [verb] To ride a bicycle or tricycle. WHEELER (13) [noun] A wheelwright, a wheelmaker. | [noun] Someone who operates a wheel. | [noun] A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage). WHEELIE (13) [noun] An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels. | [noun] A wheelchair user. | [verb] To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels. WHEEPED (16) WHEEPLE (15) WHEEZED (23) [verb] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. WHEEZER (22) [noun] A person or animal that wheezes, especially one with respiratory difficulty. | [noun] In informal usage, something that wheezes or makes a wheezing sound. WHEEZES (22) [noun] A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. | [noun] An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. | [noun] (British, Irish) An ulterior scheme or plan WHELMED (16) [verb] To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge. | [verb] To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. | [verb] To ruin or destroy. WHELPED (16) [verb] (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth. WHEREAS (13) [noun] A clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas. | [adverb] Where (that). | [conjunction] In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although. WHEREAT (13) [conjunction] At which, or toward which | [conjunction] Because of which; whereupon WHEREBY (18) [adverb] (interrogative) By what, in which direction; how. | [adverb] By which. | [adverb] Where, wherein, in which. WHEREIN (13) [adverb] How, or in what way. | [conjunction] Where, or in which location. | [conjunction] During which. WHEREOF (16) [adverb] Of what. | [adverb] Of which. | [conjunction] Of what. WHEREON (13) [adverb] On which, on what. WHERETO (13) [adverb] (interrogative) To what; to which place, whither? | [adverb] (interrogative) To what end; wherefore? | [adverb] (relative) To which. WHERVES (16) WHETHER (16) [pronoun] Which of two. | [conjunction] Introducing a direct interrogative question (often with correlative or) which indicates doubt between alternatives. | [conjunction] Used to introduce an indirect interrogative question that consists of multiple alternative possibilities (usually with correlative or). WHETTED (14) [verb] To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone. | [verb] To stimulate or make more keen. | [verb] To preen. WHETTER (13) [noun] One who whets, or sharpens tools or blades. | [noun] Something that whets or stimulates appetite or interest. WHEYISH (19) WHICKER (19) [noun] The soft neigh made by a horse. | [verb] Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny. WHIDAHS (17) [noun] Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds. WHIDDED (16) WHIFFED (20) [verb] To waft. | [verb] To sniff. | [verb] To strike out. WHIFFER (19) [noun] A person who whiffs, especially in baseball, a batter who swings and misses at a pitch. | [noun] A foul or unpleasant smell. WHIFFET (19) WHIFFLE (19) [noun] A short blow or gust. | [noun] Something small or insignificant; a trifle. | [noun] A fife or small flute. WHILING (14) [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. | [verb] To loiter. WHIMPER (17) [noun] A low intermittent sob. | [verb] To cry or sob softly and intermittently. | [verb] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain. WHIMSEY (18) [noun] A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour. | [noun] An impulsive, illogical or capricious character. | [noun] A whim (capstan or vertical drum). WHINERS (13) [noun] People who complain frequently or persistently in an annoying manner. | [noun] Plural of whiner, one who whines. WHINGED (15) [verb] To move with great force or speed. | [verb] To complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. | [verb] To whine. WHINGES (14) [noun] A cry. | [noun] A peevish complaint. | [verb] To complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. WHINIER (13) [adjective] Whining; tending to whine or complain. WHINING (14) [noun] A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound | [noun] A complaint or criticism | [verb] To utter a high-pitched cry. WHIPPED (18) [verb] To hit with a whip. | [verb] (by extension) To hit with any flexible object. | [verb] To defeat, as in a contest or game. WHIPPER (17) [noun] One who whips. | [noun] A type of dog breed known for speed and agility. | [noun] In politics, a party member responsible for enforcing discipline and attendance. WHIPPET (17) [noun] A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing. | [noun] A cartridge of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug. WHIPRAY (18) WHIPSAW (18) [noun] A rip saw often operated by two people | [verb] To operate a whipsaw. | [verb] To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises. WHIRLED (14) [verb] To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. | [verb] To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. | [verb] To make something or someone whirl. WHIRLER (13) [noun] One that whirls; something that spins or rotates rapidly. | [noun] A whirling dervish or a person who whirls. WHIRRED (14) [verb] To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. | [verb] To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound. | [verb] To cause (something) to make such a sound. WHISHED (17) [verb] Past tense of "wish" with an archaic or dialectal formation, or past tense of "whish" meaning to move with a swishing sound. WHISHES (16) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "whish," meaning to move with a soft whistling or swishing sound. | [verb] Makes a whishing sound. WHISHTS (16) WHISKED (18) [verb] To move something with quick light sweeping motions. | [verb] In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream. | [verb] To move something rapidly and with no warning. WHISKER (17) [noun] That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both. | [noun] A hair of the beard. | [noun] One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. WHISKEY (20) [noun] A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley). | [noun] A drink of whiskey. | [noun] A light gig or carriage; a tim-whiskey. WHISPER (15) [noun] The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A rumor. | [noun] A faint trace or hint (of something). WHISTED (14) WHISTLE (13) [noun] A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. | [noun] An act of whistling. | [noun] A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling. WHITELY (16) WHITENS (13) [verb] (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch. WHITEST (13) [adjective] Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. | [adjective] (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin. | [adjective] Designated for use by Caucasians. WHITEYS (16) [noun] A white person, a person of European descent. | [noun] A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use. WHITHER (16) [verb] To wuther. | [adverb] To what place. WHITIER (13) [adjective] More whity or more white in appearance; more pale or whitish. WHITIES (13) [noun] A white person, a person of European descent. | [noun] A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use. WHITING (14) [verb] To make white; to whiten; to bleach. | [noun] A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc. | [noun] A fish, Merlangius merlangus, similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US). WHITISH (16) [adjective] Somewhat white or having a pale or grayish-white color. WHITLOW (16) [noun] An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail. WHITTER (13) [verb] One who whits or cuts; to whittle or shape by cutting. | [noun] A person who whittles or carves wood. WHITTLE (13) [noun] A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife. | [verb] To cut or shape wood with a knife. | [verb] To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt). | [noun] A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. WHIZZED (32) [verb] To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air. | [verb] To rush or move swiftly with such a sound. | [verb] To throw or spin rapidly. WHIZZER (31) [noun] Someone or something that whizzes; a person or thing that moves with a whistling or hissing sound. | [noun] In pinball, a ramp or shot that produces a high-pitched sound when hit. WHIZZES (31) [noun] A whirring or hissing sound (as above). | [noun] Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. | [noun] (especially with the verb "take") An act of urination. WHOEVER (16) [pronoun] (interrogative) Who ever: an emphatic form of who. | [pronoun] (fused relative) Any person or persons that. | [pronoun] (fused relative) The person that (no matter who). WHOLISM (15) [noun] A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. | [noun] A practice based on such a theory or belief. WHOMPED (18) [verb] Hit extremely hard. WHOOFED (17) WHOOPED (16) [verb] To make a whoop. | [verb] To shout, to yell. | [verb] To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. | [adjective] (Southern) Flawless. WHOOPEE (15) [verb] To behave exuberantly; to make whoopee. | [interjection] A spontaneous expression of delight or joy. WHOOPER (15) [noun] A person or animal that whoops. | [noun] The whooping crane, Grus americana. | [noun] The whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus. WHOOPLA (15) [noun] Extravagant or elaborate publicity or fuss made about something. | [noun] A noisy disturbance or commotion. WHOOSIS (13) WHOPPED (18) [verb] To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. | [verb] To administer corporal punishment WHOPPER (17) [noun] Something remarkably large. | [noun] An outrageous or blatant lie. WHORING (14) [verb] To prostitute oneself. | [verb] To engage the services of a prostitute. | [verb] To pimp; to pander. WHORISH (16) [adjective] Resembling or befitting a whore. WHORLED (14) [adjective] Formed from whorls; having whorls WHORTLE (13) [noun] A bilberry or whortleberry, a small dark blue berry. | [noun] The plant bearing whortleberries, a low-growing shrub. WHUMPED (18) [verb] To strike something with a whump. WHYDAHS (20) [noun] Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds. WICKAPE (18) WICKERS (16) [noun] Plural of wicker, flexible twigs or branches woven together to make baskets or furniture. | [verb] Third person singular of the verb "to wicker," meaning to weave with wicker or construct from wicker. WICKETS (16) [noun] A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one. | [noun] A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating. | [noun] A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc. WICKING (17) [verb] To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action. | [verb] (of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through. | [verb] To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction. WICKIUP (18) [noun] A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States. WICKYUP (21) [noun] A temporary dwelling made of branches and bark, used by Native Americans in the Southwest. | [noun] Any crude or temporary shelter. WIDDERS (12) WIDDIES (12) WIDDLED (13) [verb] To urinate. | [verb] To play guitar (especially the electric guitar) quickly. WIDDLES (12) [verb] To urinate. | [verb] To play guitar (especially the electric guitar) quickly. WIDENED (12) [verb] To become wide or wider. | [verb] To make wide or wider. | [verb] To let out clothes to a larger size. WIDENER (11) WIDEOUT (11) [noun] A wide receiver. WIDGEON (12) [noun] Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks. | [noun] A fool. WIDGETS (12) [noun] A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product. | [noun] Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user. | [noun] A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened. WIDOWED (15) [verb] To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of. | [verb] To strip of anything valued. | [verb] To endow with a widow's right. WIDOWER (14) [noun] A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); masculine of widow. WIELDED (12) [verb] To command, rule over; to possess or own. | [verb] To control, to guide or manage. | [verb] To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool. WIELDER (11) [noun] One who wields or holds and uses a tool, weapon, or power. WIENERS (10) [noun] A sausage made from beef, chicken or pork. | [noun] A frankfurter, a hot dog. | [noun] A penis. WIENIES (10) [noun] A wiener. | [noun] The penis. WIFEDOM (16) [noun] The state, condition, or role of being a wife. WIFTIER (13) WIGEONS (11) [noun] Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks. | [noun] A fool. WIGGERY (15) [noun] Trickery or deception. | [noun] A collection of wigs, or the practice of wearing wigs. WIGGIER (12) [adjective] Crazy. | [adjective] Uninhibited. | [adjective] Wiglike. WIGGING (13) [verb] To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.). | [verb] To upbraid, reprimand. | [verb] To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions. WIGGLED (13) [verb] To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle. WIGGLER (12) [noun] Anything that wiggles. | [noun] The larva of a mosquito. | [noun] An earthworm. WIGGLES (12) [noun] A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular. | [noun] An alternating state or characteristic. | [noun] (in the plural) See wiggles. WIGLESS (11) [adjective] Without a wig; not wearing a wig. WIGLETS (11) [noun] Small hairpieces or artificial hair pieces used to cover bald spots or add fullness to hair. WIGLIKE (15) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a wig. WIGWAGS (15) [noun] An act of wigwagging. | [noun] Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states. | [noun] A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro. WIGWAMS (16) [noun] A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States. | [noun] (possibly obsolete) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world. WIKIUPS (16) [noun] Plural of wickiup, a Native American dwelling made of branches and bark or hides, typically dome-shaped. WILDCAT (13) [noun] A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically | [noun] A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one. | [noun] An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback. WILDERS (11) [verb] To bewilder, perplex WILDEST (11) [adjective] Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated). | [adjective] From or relating to wild creatures. | [adjective] Unrestrained or uninhibited. WILDING (12) [noun] A wild apple or apple-tree. | [noun] Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc. | [verb] To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang. WILDISH (14) WILIEST (10) [adjective] Sly, cunning, full of tricks WILLERS (10) WILLETS (10) [noun] Tringa semipalmata or Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, a large shorebird. WILLFUL (13) [adjective] Intentional; deliberate. | [adjective] Stubborn and determined. WILLIED (11) WILLIES (10) [noun] (with "the") A feeling of nervousness or fear. | [noun] Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere. | [noun] The wood of these trees. WILLING (11) [verb] To wish, desire. | [verb] To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. | [verb] To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention). WILLOWS (13) [noun] Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere. | [noun] The wood of these trees. | [noun] A cricket bat. WILLOWY (16) [adjective] Resembling a willow. | [adjective] (of a person) Tall, slender and graceful. | [adjective] (of a place) Having willow trees. WILTING (11) [verb] To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). | [verb] To fatigue; to lose strength. | [verb] To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower). WIMBLED (15) WIMBLES (14) [noun] Plural of wimble, an auger or boring tool used for drilling holes. | [verb] Third person singular present of wimble, meaning to bore or drill with an auger. WIMPIER (14) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly. WIMPISH (17) [adjective] Characteristic of a wimp. WIMPLED (15) [adjective] Wearing or covered with a wimple (a head covering worn by medieval women and some nuns). | [verb] Past tense of wimple; to cover with a wimple or to ripple or fold. WIMPLES (14) [noun] A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders. | [noun] A fold or pleat in cloth. | [noun] A ripple, as on the surface of water. WINCERS (12) WINCEYS (15) [noun] Linsey-woolsey WINCHED (16) [verb] To use a winch | [verb] To wince; to shrink | [verb] To kick with impatience or uneasiness. WINCHER (15) WINCHES (15) [noun] A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable. | [noun] A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501). | [noun] A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth). WINCING (13) [verb] To flinch as if in pain or distress. | [verb] To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince. | [verb] To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient. WINDAGE (12) [noun] Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds. | [noun] The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot. | [noun] Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm or bow. WINDBAG (14) [noun] Bellows for an organ. | [noun] (mildly) Someone who talks excessively WINDERS (11) [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. | [noun] Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. | [noun] Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. WINDIER (11) [adjective] Accompanied by wind. | [adjective] Unsheltered and open to the wind. | [adjective] Empty and lacking substance. WINDIGO (12) [noun] A hybrid fish derived from a male brook trout and a female lake trout | [noun] A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder. WINDILY (14) [adverb] In a windy manner; with much wind or air movement. | [adverb] In a verbose or long-winded way; with excessive wordiness. WINDING (12) [verb] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. | [verb] To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc. | [verb] To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed. | [verb] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. WINDLED (12) WINDLES (11) WINDOWS (14) [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. | [noun] Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. | [noun] Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. WINDROW (14) [noun] A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. | [noun] A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. | [noun] A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. WINDUPS (13) [noun] The act of ending or concluding something. | [noun] The last part of something; a conclusion. | [noun] A practical joke or tease. WINDWAY (17) WINESOP (12) WINGBOW (16) WINGERS (11) [noun] One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships. | [noun] An offensive player who plays on either side of the center. WINGIER (11) [adjective] More wingy; having more wing-like characteristics or qualities, or more inclined to use wings. WINGING (12) [verb] To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm. | [verb] To fly. | [verb] (of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to. WINGLET (11) [noun] A little wing. | [noun] A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices. | [noun] The bastard wing or alula of a bird. WINGMAN (13) [noun] A pilot partner of another, a pilot who flies in the same wing or squadron. | [noun] (by extension) a friend who accompanies one to offer (or receive) support, especially in flirting with love interests WINGMEN (13) [noun] A pilot partner of another, a pilot who flies in the same wing or squadron. | [noun] (by extension) a friend who accompanies one to offer (or receive) support, especially in flirting with love interests WINGTIP (13) [noun] The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc. | [noun] A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe WINIEST (10) [adjective] Superlative form of winy; resembling or containing wine, or having the characteristics of wine. | [adjective] Superlative form of whiny; most inclined to whine or complain. WINKERS (14) [noun] Things that wink, such as eyes or lights that blink on and off. | [noun] Plural of winker, a horse's blinder or the eyelashes. WINKING (15) [verb] To close one's eyes in sleep. | [verb] To close one's eyes. | [verb] Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye. WINKLED (15) [verb] To extract. WINKLES (14) [noun] A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae. | [noun] Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculata and Busycon carica. | [noun] The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man. WINLESS (10) [adjective] Having failed to win any games or contests in a series or season. WINNERS (10) [noun] One who has won or often wins. | [noun] A point or goal that wins a competition. WINNING (11) [verb] To conquer, defeat. | [verb] To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). | [verb] To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). WINNOCK (16) WINNOWS (13) [noun] That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain. | [verb] To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff. | [verb] To separate, sift, analyze, or test by separating items having different values. WINSOME (12) [adjective] Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner. WINTERS (10) [noun] Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region. | [noun] The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. | [noun] Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing. WINTERY (13) [adjective] Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. | [adjective] Of precipitation, containing sleet or snow. | [adjective] Aged, white-haired. WINTLED (11) WINTLES (10) [verb] To twist or wind something, especially rope or thread, in a spiral or coiled manner. | [noun] A twisted or coiled rope or thread. WIPEOUT (12) [noun] The act of colliding or crashing. | [noun] Total destruction or elimination. WIRABLE (12) [adjective] Capable of being wired; suitable for installation of electrical wiring. WIREMAN (12) [noun] Someone who works with wire; primarily someone who connects electric wiring. | [noun] A person who sets up electronic surveillance. WIREMEN (12) [noun] Someone who works with wire; primarily someone who connects electric wiring. | [noun] A person who sets up electronic surveillance. WIRETAP (12) [noun] A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third party to conduct covert surveillance of conversations. | [verb] To install or to use such a connection. WIREWAY (16) [noun] A metal or plastic tube or channel used to enclose and protect electrical wires or cables. WIRIEST (10) [adjective] Thin, muscular and flexible. WIRINGS (11) [noun] The system or arrangement of wires in a device, structure, or electrical installation. | [noun] Plural of wiring, referring to multiple systems of electrical wires. WISDOMS (13) [noun] An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise. | [noun] A piece of wise advice. | [noun] The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good. WISEASS (10) [noun] One who makes wisecracks, particularly in a sassy or cocky fashion. WISENTS (10) [noun] The European bison, Bison bonasus. WISHERS (13) [noun] People who wish for something or express a wish. | [noun] Plural of wisher, one who wishes. WISHFUL (16) [adjective] Wished-for; desired, wanted. | [adjective] Expressing a wish or longing for something. | [adjective] Aspiring, or seeking advancement. WISHING (14) [verb] To desire; to want. | [verb] To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive). | [verb] (followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome). WISPIER (12) [adjective] Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle. WISPILY (15) [adverb] In a wispy manner; in a thin, light, or delicate way. WISPING (13) [verb] Present participle of wisp; to move in a light, delicate manner or to form into wisps. | [verb] To move quickly and lightly, like a wisp of smoke or air. WISPISH (15) WISSING (11) [verb] To know; to understand. WISTFUL (13) [adjective] Full of longing or yearning. | [adjective] Sad and thoughtful. WISTING (11) WITCHED (16) [verb] To practise witchcraft. | [verb] To bewitch. | [verb] To dowse for water. WITCHES (15) [noun] A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft. | [noun] An ugly or unpleasant woman. | [noun] One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person. WITHERS (13) [verb] To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. | [verb] To cause to shrivel or dry up. | [verb] To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away. WITHIER (13) [adjective] More withy; more flexible or pliant like a withe (a flexible twig or branch). | [adjective] More resembling or characteristic of withies. WITHIES (13) [noun] The osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow. | [noun] A long flexible twig of the osier; a withe. WITHING (14) [verb] Present participle of "withe," meaning to bind or fasten with flexible twigs or branches. | [noun] The act of binding with withes. WITHINS (13) WITHOUT (13) [adverb] Outside, externally. This is still used in the names of some civil parishes in England, e.g. St Cuthbert Without. | [adverb] Lacking something. | [adverb] In prostitution: without a condom being worn. WITLESS (10) [adjective] Lacking wit or understanding | [adjective] Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment. WITLING (11) [noun] A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty. | [noun] A person with very little wit. WITLOOF (13) [noun] Belgian endive, common chicory (Cichorium intybus) WITNESS (10) [noun] Attestation of a fact or event; testimony. | [noun] One who sees or has personal knowledge of something. | [noun] Someone called to give evidence in a court. WITNEYS (13) WITTIER (10) [adjective] Wise, having good judgement. | [adjective] Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious. | [adjective] Clever; amusingly ingenious. WITTILY (13) [adverb] In a witty manner; using wit WITTING (11) [noun] Knowledge, awareness. | [adjective] Aware, knowledgable WITTOLS (10) [noun] A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a cuckold. | [noun] A bird, the wheatear. WIVERNS (13) [noun] A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail. WIZARDS (20) [noun] Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices. | [noun] One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field. | [noun] A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user. WIZENED (20) [verb] To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness. | [adjective] Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. WIZZENS (28) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wizzen," meaning to shrivel or wither. WOADWAX (21) [noun] A yellow dye plant (Reseda luteola) also known as weld, used historically to produce yellow dye. | [noun] The dye extracted from this plant. WOBBLED (15) [verb] To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro. | [verb] To tremble or quaver. | [verb] To vacillate in one's opinions. WOBBLER (14) [noun] One who or that which wobbles. | [noun] A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface. | [noun] A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled. WOBBLES (14) [noun] An unsteady motion. | [noun] A tremulous sound. | [noun] A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep WOENESS (10) WOESOME (12) WOFULLY (16) [adverb] In a woeful manner; sorrowfully or miserably. | [adverb] To a woeful degree; deplorably or lamentably. WOLFERS (13) [noun] Persons who hunt wolves, especially historically in North America for bounties or to protect livestock. WOLFING (14) [verb] To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. | [verb] To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. | [verb] To hunt for wolves. WOLFISH (16) [adjective] Pertaining to wolves. | [adjective] Having the characteristics or habits of a wolf. | [adjective] Fierce; savage; menacing. WOLFRAM (15) [noun] Wolframite | [noun] Tungsten WOLVERS (13) WOMANED (13) WOMANLY (15) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a woman; feminine, female. | [adverb] In the manner of a woman. WOMBATS (14) [noun] Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia. WOMBIER (14) WOMERAS (12) [noun] A wooden rod or stick used by Aboriginal Australians to throw spears or darts with greater force and accuracy. | [noun] Plural of womera, a spear-throwing device. WOMMERA (14) [noun] A stick or rod used by Aboriginal Australians to throw spears, acting as an extension of the arm to increase throwing distance and force. WONDERS (11) [noun] Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. | [noun] Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable. | [noun] Someone very talented at something, a genius. WONKIER (14) [adjective] Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre. | [adjective] Feeble, shaky or rickety. | [adjective] (especially Usenet) Suffering from intermittent bugs. WONNERS (10) [noun] Plural of winner; those who win or are victorious in a competition or contest. WONNING (11) [verb] Present participle of "won," meaning to be in the process of winning or to have recently won. | [verb] (archaic/dialectal) To dwell or remain in a place. WONTING (11) [verb] To make (someone) used to; to accustom. | [verb] To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something). WONTONS (10) [noun] A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables. | [noun] Ovary. WOODBIN (13) WOODBOX (20) [noun] A box or container used for storing wood, typically for firewood or kindling. WOODCUT (13) [noun] An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form. | [noun] A method of printmaking from such a block. | [noun] A print produced with this method. WOODHEN (14) [noun] A large flightless bird native to Australia, also known as a bustard or plains turkey. WOODIER (11) [adjective] Covered in woods; wooded. | [adjective] Belonging to the woods; sylvan. | [adjective] Made of wood, or having wood-like properties. WOODIES (11) [noun] An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture. | [noun] A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track. | [noun] An erection of the penis. WOODING (12) [verb] The present participle of "wood," meaning to supply with wood or to cover with trees/woodland. WOODLOT (11) [noun] A small area of land covered with trees, typically owned privately and managed for timber or other forest products. WOODMAN (13) [noun] Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman. | [noun] Someone who cuts down trees or cuts and sells wood, lumberjack, woodcutter. | [noun] Someone who lives in the wood and manages it; a woodsman; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a strong familiarity with that environment. WOODMEN (13) [noun] Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman. | [noun] Someone who cuts down trees or cuts and sells wood, lumberjack, woodcutter. | [noun] Someone who lives in the wood and manages it; a woodsman; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a strong familiarity with that environment. WOODSIA (11) [noun] Any of the fern genus Woodsia. WOODWAX (21) WOOFERS (13) [noun] An electronic speaker that produces low-frequency sound. | [noun] A dog. WOOFING (14) [verb] To make a woofing sound. | [noun] Act of woofing; barking. | [noun] Travelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there. WOOLENS (10) [noun] Woolen clothes collectively WOOLERS (10) WOOLHAT (13) WOOLIER (10) [adjective] Made of wool. | [adjective] Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool. | [adjective] (of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic. WOOLIES (10) [noun] A type of chaps. | [noun] A sweater or similar garment made of wool. | [noun] A sheep not yet shorn. WOOLLED (11) [verb] Past tense of wool, meaning to pull wool over someone's eyes; to deceive or trick. | [adjective] Covered with or made of wool. WOOLLEN (10) [noun] An item of clothing made from wool | [adjective] Made of wool. | [adjective] Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths. WOOLMAN (12) [noun] A man who deals in wool. WOOLMEN (12) [noun] A man who deals in wool. WOOMERA (12) [noun] An Australian spearthrower consisting of a stick with a hooked end. WOOPSED (13) WOOPSES (12) [noun] Plural of woops, an exclamation used to express surprise, apology, or acknowledgment of a mistake. | [verb] Third person singular of woops, meaning to make a wooping sound or cry out. WOORALI (10) [noun] A poisonous substance extracted from plants and used by South American indigenous peoples to coat blow darts and arrows. WOORARI (10) [noun] A poisonous substance derived from plants, used by South American indigenous peoples to coat arrows and darts for hunting. WOOSHED (14) [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WOOSHES (13) [noun] A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. WOOZIER (19) [adjective] Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented | [adjective] Intoxicated by drink or drugs WOOZILY (22) [adverb] In a woozy manner; in a way that is dizzy, unsteady, or lightheaded. WORDAGE (12) [noun] The number of words in a piece of writing or speech. | [noun] Words collectively, or the style of expression used in writing. WORDIER (11) [adjective] Using an excessive number of words. WORDILY (14) [adverb] In a wordy manner; using more words than necessary; verbosely. WORDING (12) [verb] To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something). | [verb] To flatter with words, to cajole. | [verb] To ply or overpower with words. WORKBAG (17) [noun] A bag containing tools or material used for work, especially needlework. WORKBOX (23) [noun] A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task. | [noun] A set of skills and approaches. WORKDAY (18) [adjective] Suitable for everyday use. | [adjective] Mundane or commonplace. | [noun] Any of the days of a week on which work is done. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends). WORKERS (14) [noun] A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor. | [noun] A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp. | [noun] A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program. WORKING (15) [noun] (usually in the plural) Operation; action. | [noun] Method of operation. | [noun] The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem. | [verb] To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. WORKMAN (16) [noun] A man who labours for wages. | [noun] An artisan or craftsman. WORKMEN (16) [noun] A man who labours for wages. | [noun] An artisan or craftsman. WORKOUT (14) [noun] An exercise session; a period of physical exercise. | [noun] A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal. | [noun] (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain. WORKUPS (16) [noun] A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness. | [noun] All the additional procedures and reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product. | [noun] A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation. WORLDLY (14) [adjective] Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual. | [adjective] Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters. | [adjective] Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world. WORMERS (12) [noun] Dewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal. | [noun] Vermicide, any substance used to kill worms. WORMIER (12) [adjective] Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms. | [adjective] Infested with worms. WORMILS (12) WORMING (13) [verb] To make (one's way) with a crawling motion. | [verb] To move with one's body dragging the ground. | [verb] To work one's way by artful or devious means. WORMISH (15) WORRIED (11) [adjective] Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy. | [verb] To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. | [verb] Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress. WORRIER (10) [noun] A person who tends to worry or feel anxious about things. WORRIES (10) [noun] A strong feeling of anxiety. | [noun] An instance or cause of such a feeling. | [verb] To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. WORRITS (10) [noun] Worry; anxiety. | [noun] One who worries excessively or unnecessarily. WORSENS (10) [verb] To make worse; to impair. | [verb] To become worse; to get worse. | [verb] To get the better of; to worst. WORSETS (10) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "worst," meaning to defeat or get the better of someone or something. WORSHIP (15) [noun] The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction. | [noun] The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. | [noun] The religious ceremonies that express this devotion. WORSTED (11) [noun] Yarn made from long strands of wool. | [noun] The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn. | [verb] To make worse. WORTHED (14) WOTTING (11) [verb] Present participle of "wot," meaning to know or be aware of something. WOULDST (11) [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). | [verb] (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). | [verb] (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). WOUNDED (12) [verb] To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin. | [verb] To hurt (a person's feelings). | [adjective] Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife. WOWSERS (13) [interjection] An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure. | [interjection] An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration. | [interjection] Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something. WRACKED (17) [verb] To place in or hang on a rack. | [verb] To torture (someone) on the rack. | [verb] To cause (someone) to suffer pain. WRAITHS (13) [noun] A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death. WRANGLE (11) [noun] An act of wrangling. | [noun] An angry dispute. | [verb] To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily. WRAPPED (15) [verb] To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. | [verb] To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. | [verb] To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide. WRAPPER (14) [noun] Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping. | [noun] An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown. | [noun] One who, or that which, wraps. WRASSES (10) [noun] Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored. WRASSLE (10) [verb] To wrestle or struggle with someone or something. WRASTLE (10) [verb] To wrestle or struggle; a dialectal or informal variant of "wrestle." WRATHED (14) [verb] Past tense of wrath, meaning to anger or make wrathful; to treat with wrath. WREAKED (15) [verb] To cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; . | [verb] To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite. | [verb] To inflict or take vengeance on. WREAKER (14) WREATHE (13) [verb] To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath. | [verb] To form a wreathlike shape around something. | [verb] To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath. WREATHS (13) [noun] Something twisted, intertwined, or curled. | [noun] An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor. | [noun] An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms. WREATHY (16) [adjective] Resembling or having the form of a wreath; decorated with or consisting of wreaths. WRECKED (17) [verb] To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless. | [verb] To ruin or dilapidate. | [verb] To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts. WRECKER (16) [noun] A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. (Australia) | [noun] One who breaks up situations, events. | [noun] A tow truck. WRESTED (11) [verb] To pull or twist violently. | [verb] To obtain by pulling or violent force. | [verb] To seize. WRESTER (10) WRESTLE (10) [noun] A wrestling bout. | [noun] A struggle. | [verb] To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest WRICKED (17) WRIGGLE (12) [noun] A wriggling movement. | [verb] To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm. | [verb] To cause to or make something wriggle. WRIGGLY (15) [adjective] Twisting or moving with short, quick movements; squirming. | [adjective] Difficult to hold or keep still due to constant movement. WRIGHTS (14) [noun] A builder or maker of something. WRINGED (12) [verb] Past tense of wring; twisted or squeezed forcefully. | [verb] Obtained by squeezing or twisting. WRINGER (11) [noun] One who wrings. | [noun] A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle. | [noun] Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal. WRINKLE (14) [noun] A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface. | [noun] A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue. | [noun] A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out. | [noun] A winkle WRINKLY (17) [noun] An old person. | [adjective] Having wrinkles. WRITERS (10) [noun] A person who writes, or produces literary work. | [noun] Anything that writes or produces output. | [noun] The seller of an option. WRITHED (14) [verb] To twist, to wring (something). | [verb] To contort (a part of the body). | [verb] To twist or contort the body; to be distorted. WRITHEN (13) [verb] To twist, to wring (something). | [verb] To contort (a part of the body). | [verb] To twist or contort the body; to be distorted. WRITHER (13) [noun] One who writhes; a person or creature that twists and turns in pain or discomfort. WRITHES (13) [noun] A contortion. | [noun] (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot | [verb] To twist, to wring (something). WRITING (11) [noun] Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning. | [noun] Something written, such as a document, article or book. | [noun] The process of representing a language with symbols or letters. | [verb] To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. WRITTEN (10) [verb] To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. | [verb] To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.). | [verb] To send written information to. WRONGED (12) [verb] To treat unjustly; to injure or harm. | [verb] To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice. | [verb] To slander; to impute evil to unjustly. WRONGER (11) [adjective] More wrong; in greater error or incorrectness than another. WRONGLY (14) [adverb] In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly. | [adverb] Incorrectly; by error. WROUGHT (14) [verb] To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. | [verb] To effect by gradual degrees. | [verb] To embroider with thread. WRYNECK (19) [noun] Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging. | [noun] A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles; torticollis. WRYNESS (13) [noun] The quality or state of being wry; dry humor or irony, often with a twist or grimace. | [noun] A facial expression characterized by a twisted or contorted mouth. WURZELS (19) [noun] Plural of wurzel, a type of beet plant (mangel-wurzel) grown as cattle feed. WUSSIER (10) [adjective] More prone to being weak, cowardly, or ineffectual; comparative form of wussy. WUSSIES (10) [noun] Plural of wussy; people regarded as weak, cowardly, or effeminate. WUTHERS (13) WYVERNS (16) [noun] A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

WABBLERS (15) WABBLIER (15) [adjective] More inclined to wobble or move unsteadily from side to side. WABBLING (16) [verb] Present participle of wabble, meaning to move unsteadily from side to side; wobble. WACKIEST (17) [adjective] Zany; eccentric WADDINGS (14) [noun] Wads collectively | [noun] Soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material WADDLERS (13) [noun] Plural of waddler; animals or people that walk with short, unsteady steps from side to side, such as ducks or penguins. WADDLING (14) [verb] To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. | [noun] The act of one who waddles. WADDYING (17) WADEABLE (14) [adjective] Able to be waded through; shallow enough or passable for wading. WADMAALS (14) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric made in Shetland and the Faroe Islands, traditionally used for clothing and blankets. WADMOLLS (14) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric made from undyed wool, formerly used for clothing and blankets. WAESUCKS (17) WAFERING (15) [verb] To seal or fasten with a wafer. WAFFLERS (17) [noun] People who waffle, or speak/write at length without making a clear point. | [noun] Devices or pans used for making waffles. WAFFLING (18) [verb] To smash. | [verb] (of birds) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle. | [verb] To speak or write vaguely and evasively. WAFTAGES (15) [noun] Plural of waftage; the act of wafting or the distance something is wafted through the air. WAFTURES (14) [verb] Third person singular of "wafture," meaning to wave or float gently through the air. | [noun] A waving or floating motion through the air. WAGELESS (12) [adjective] Without wages; not receiving payment for work. WAGERERS (12) [noun] Plural of wagerer; people who make bets or wagers. WAGERING (13) [verb] To bet something; to put it up as collateral | [verb] To suppose; to dare say. | [noun] An amount wagered. WAGGLING (14) [verb] To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble. | [verb] To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. | [noun] The act of something being waggled. WAGGONED (14) [verb] Past tense of wagon, meaning to transport by wagon or to move in a wagoning manner. WAGGONER (13) [noun] Someone who drives a wagon. WAGONAGE (13) [noun] The charge or cost for transporting goods by wagon. | [noun] The conveyance of goods by wagon. WAGONERS (12) [noun] Someone who drives a wagon. WAGONING (13) [verb] Present participle of wagon, meaning to transport by wagon or to move slowly and heavily like a wagon. WAGTAILS (12) [noun] Any of various small passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, of the Old World, notable for their long tails. WAHCONDA (17) WAIFLIKE (18) [adjective] Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc. WAILSOME (13) WAINSCOT (13) [noun] An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. | [noun] Any of various noctuid moths. | [verb] To decorate a wall with a wainscot. WAISTERS (11) [noun] Plural of waister, a sailor who works amidships on a ship rather than in the bow or stern. WAISTING (12) [verb] The present participle of "waist," meaning to shape or construct (a garment) at the waist, or to reduce in width at the waist. WAITINGS (12) [noun] Plural of waiting; periods of time spent in anticipation or delay. | [noun] The act or instance of staying in a place in expectation of something. WAITRESS (11) [noun] A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar. | [verb] To work as a waitress. WAKANDAS (16) WAKELESS (15) [adjective] Without a wake; not leaving a wake or trail, particularly describing a ship or vessel that moves through water without creating visible disturbance. | [adjective] Characterized by continuous wakefulness or lack of sleep. WAKENERS (15) [noun] Plural of wakener; those who wake or awaken someone or something. | [noun] Things that serve to awaken or rouse. WAKENING (16) [verb] To wake or rouse from sleep. | [verb] To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. | [noun] The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. WAKERIFE (18) WALKABLE (17) [adjective] Able to be walked. | [adjective] Short enough or close enough to be accessible by walking. WALKAWAY (21) [noun] An easy or decisive victory. | [noun] A person who abandons a situation or relationship. WALKINGS (16) [noun] Plural of walking; instances or acts of going on foot. | [noun] Paths or routes suitable for walking. WALKOUTS (15) [noun] A sudden stoppage of work. | [noun] A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest. WALKOVER (18) [noun] An easy victory; a walkaway. | [noun] A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game. | [noun] A horse race with only one entrant. WALKWAYS (21) [noun] A clearly defined path for pedestrians. WALKYRIE (18) WALLAROO (11) [noun] Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. | [noun] The common wallaroo, Macropus robustus; the most common and widespread species of the three. WALLEYED (15) [adjective] Having eyes that turn outward; affected by walleye (a condition where the eye is turned outward). | [adjective] Having a glazed or vacant expression in the eyes. WALLEYES (14) [noun] (plural "walleyes") One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes. | [noun] (plural "walleyes") An unusually pale eye. | [noun] (plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes. WALLOPED (14) [verb] To rush hastily. | [verb] To flounder, wallow. | [verb] To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. WALLOPER (13) [noun] One who wallops. | [noun] A cudgel, a shillelagh. | [noun] Penis; (by extension) an idiot, a stupid person. WALLOWED (15) [verb] To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud. | [verb] To move lazily or heavily in any medium. | [verb] To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically. WALLOWER (14) WALRUSES (11) [noun] A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus. WALTZERS (20) [noun] One who dances the waltz. | [noun] A fairground ride consisting of a number of cars that spin individually while rotating around a central point like a carousel. WALTZING (21) [verb] To dance the waltz (with). | [verb] (usually with in, into, around, etc.) To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited. | [verb] To accomplish a task with little effort. WAMBLIER (15) [adjective] More inclined to feel nausea or queasiness; more likely to move unsteadily or feel dizzy. WAMBLING (16) [verb] Present participle of wamble; to feel nausea or queasiness, or to move unsteadily or with a wobbling motion. WAMEFOUS (16) WAMEFULS (16) WAMMUSES (15) [noun] Plural of wampus, a variant spelling of wampus beast; also used in some contexts to refer to sleeveless garments or vests. | [noun] Plural of wammus, a sleeveless tunic or garment worn historically. WAMPUSES (15) [noun] Plural of wampus, a mythical creature from Appalachian folklore, typically described as a large, panther-like beast. WANDERED (13) [verb] To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. | [verb] To stray; stray from one's course; err. | [verb] To commit adultery. WANDERER (12) [noun] One who wanders, who travels aimlessly. | [noun] Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus. | [noun] The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans. WANDEROO (12) [noun] Any of various langur monkeys (of genus Semnopithecus), from Sri Lanka | [noun] The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) WANGLERS (12) [noun] People who obtain something through scheming or manipulation. | [noun] People who angle or fish. WANGLING (13) [verb] To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods. | [verb] To falsify, as records. | [verb] To achieve through contrivance or cajolery. WANIGANS (12) [noun] A supply chest or storage box used by loggers and workers in lumber camps. | [noun] A boxy boat or scow used for transporting supplies. WANNIGAN (12) [noun] A supply chest or storage box, especially one used by loggers or campers. | [noun] A miscellaneous collection of items or supplies. WANTAGES (12) [noun] Plural of wantage, referring to a deficiency in the amount of liquid in a container, or the amount by which something falls short of being full. WANTONED (12) [verb] To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. | [verb] To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away). | [verb] To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious. WANTONER (11) WANTONLY (14) [adverb] In a wanton manner. WARBLERS (13) [noun] Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers). | [noun] One who warbles. | [noun] A hissy fit. WARBLING (14) [verb] To modulate a tone's frequency. | [verb] To sing like a bird, especially with trills. | [verb] To cause to quaver or vibrate. WARCRAFT (16) WARDENRY (15) [noun] The office, position, or jurisdiction of a warden. WARDRESS (12) [noun] A female warder. WARDROBE (14) [noun] A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom. | [noun] A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes. | [noun] The building housing such a department. WARDROOM (14) [noun] The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain. | [noun] The commissioned officers of a ship, excluding the captain. WARDSHIP (17) [noun] The state of being under the care and protection of a guardian. | [noun] A person, especially a minor, placed under the protection of a guardian. WAREROOM (13) [noun] A room or building used for storing goods or merchandise. | [noun] A showroom where goods are displayed for sale. WARFARES (14) [noun] Plural of warfare; instances or types of armed conflict or military operations. WARFARIN (14) [noun] A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation: WARHEADS (15) [noun] The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage. | [noun] The glans penis. WARHORSE (14) [noun] Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armored knight. | [noun] A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed. | [noun] An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service. WARINESS (11) [noun] Vigilance or the condition of being alert | [noun] Precautionary forethought to avoid harm or risk WARISONS (11) WARLOCKS (17) [noun] A male magic-user; a male witch. WARLORDS (12) [noun] A high military officer in a warlike nation. | [noun] A local ruler or bandit leader usually where the government is weak. WARMAKER (17) WARMNESS (13) [noun] The quality or state of being warm in temperature or manner; friendliness or affection. | [noun] A warm feeling or sensation. WARMOUTH (16) [noun] A freshwater fish of the sunfish family, typically found in eastern North America, characterized by a large mouth and mottled coloring. WARNINGS (12) [noun] The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone. | [noun] Something spoken or written that is intended to warn. WARPAGES (14) [noun] The act of warping. | [noun] A charge per ton made on shipping. WARPATHS (16) [noun] Paths or routes taken by a war party or military force, typically referring to historical Native American military expeditions. | [noun] Plural of warpath, meaning a state of anger or readiness for conflict. WARPLANE (13) [noun] An aircraft designed for combat. WARPOWER (16) WARPWISE (16) WARRAGAL (12) [noun] A wild dingo. | [noun] A wild horse WARRANTS (11) [noun] Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior. | [noun] Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof. | [noun] An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money. WARRANTY (14) [noun] A guarantee that a certain outcome or obligation will be fulfilled; security. | [noun] An obsolete legal agreement that was a real covenant and ran with the land, whereby the grantor and his heirs of a piece of real estate held in freehold were required to officially guarantee their claim and plead one’s case for the title. If evicted by someone with a superior claim (paramount title) they were also required to hand over other real estate of equal value in recompense. It has now been replaced by personal covenants and the covenant of warranty. | [noun] A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate. WARRENER (11) [noun] One who farms or hunts rabbits professionally; the keeper of a warren. WARRIGAL (12) [noun] A wild dingo. | [noun] A wild horse WARRIORS (11) [noun] A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant. | [noun] A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics. WARSHIPS (16) [noun] Any ship built or armed for naval combat. WARSLERS (11) WARSLING (12) WARSTLED (12) WARSTLER (11) WARSTLES (11) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "warstle," a Scottish/Northern English dialect word meaning to struggle or wrestle with difficulty. WARTHOGS (15) [noun] A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa. | [noun] A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane WARTIEST (11) [adjective] Superlative form of warty; having the most warts or wart-like projections. WARTIMES (13) [noun] Plural of wartime; periods during which a war is being fought. WARTLESS (11) WARTLIKE (15) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a wart; covered with or containing wart-like growths. WARWORKS (18) WASHABLE (16) [noun] Something that can be washed without being damaged. | [adjective] Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable. WASHBOWL (19) [noun] A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands. | [noun] A basin for washing the face and hands; a washbasin or wash-hand basin () WASHDAYS (18) [noun] A day when laundry is washed. | [noun] A non-uniform day; a mufti day. WASHIEST (14) [adjective] Watery; damp; soft. | [adjective] Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble. | [adjective] Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour. WASHINGS (15) [noun] Plural of washing; the act of cleaning with water or liquid. | [noun] Clothes or items being washed or that have been washed. | [noun] The liquid that results from washing something, or waste water from cleaning. WASHOUTS (14) [noun] An appliance designed to wash something out. | [noun] The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid. | [noun] A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins. WASHRAGS (15) [noun] A square piece of cloth for washing the face and body. WASHROOM (16) [noun] A room intended to wash the face and hands. | [noun] A room with a toilet, particularly a public toilet. WASHTUBS (16) [noun] A tub used for washing clothes. WASPIEST (13) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike. | [adjective] Infested with wasps. WASPLIKE (17) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a wasp, particularly in being slender, quick, or having a narrow waist. WASSAILS (11) [noun] A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion. | [noun] The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc. | [noun] Revelry. WASTABLE (13) WASTAGES (12) [noun] Plural of wastage; the action or process of wasting something, or the amount of something wasted. | [noun] Loss or reduction in quantity, quality, or value due to waste or decay. WASTEFUL (14) [adjective] Inclined to waste or squander money or resources. | [adjective] Uninhabited, desolate. WASTELOT (11) WASTERIE (11) WASTEWAY (17) WASTRELS (11) [noun] One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly. | [noun] A neglected child. | [noun] Refuse; rubbish. WASTRIES (11) WATCHCRY (21) WATCHDOG (18) [noun] A guard dog | [noun] An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically. | [verb] To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn. WATCHERS (16) [noun] Someone who watches or observes. | [noun] Someone who keeps vigil. | [noun] A guard. WATCHEYE (19) WATCHFUL (19) [adjective] Observant, vigilant and aware WATCHING (17) [verb] To look at, see, or view for a period of time. | [verb] To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention. | [verb] To mind, attend, or guard. WATCHMAN (18) [noun] One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night. WATCHMEN (18) [noun] One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night. WATCHOUT (16) WATERAGE (12) [noun] A charge or fee for the use of water, or the amount of water used. WATERBED (14) [noun] A bed with a tough plastic mattress filled with water. WATERDOG (13) [noun] A mudpuppy. | [noun] The mature larva of an ambystomid salamander, particularly that of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). | [noun] An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). WATERERS (11) [noun] People or things that water plants or animals. | [noun] Plural of waterer, a device used to supply water. WATERIER (11) [adjective] More watery; containing more water or having the consistency of water. | [adjective] More tearful or inclined to cry. WATERILY (14) [adverb] In a watery manner; containing, resembling, or diluted with water. | [adverb] In a weak or feeble manner; tearfully or emotionally. WATERING (12) [verb] To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants). | [verb] To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate. | [verb] To provide (animals) with water for drinking. WATERISH (14) [adjective] Resembling or containing water; thin or weak in consistency or flavor. | [adjective] Dull or insipid in quality or character. WATERLOG (12) [verb] To saturate with water. WATERLOO (11) [noun] A decisive defeat or downfall, as in the phrase "to meet one's Waterloo." | [noun] A town in Belgium, site of Napoleon's final defeat in 1815. WATERMAN (13) [noun] A seaman, a sailor. | [noun] A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman. | [noun] Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier. WATERMEN (13) [noun] A seaman, a sailor. | [noun] A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman. | [noun] Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier. WATERWAY (17) [noun] A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable. | [noun] A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water. WATTAGES (12) [noun] An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc. | [noun] The power requirement of some electric appliance. WATTAPES (13) WATTHOUR (14) [noun] A unit of energy equal to the work done by one watt of power operating for one hour, commonly used to measure electrical energy consumption. WATTLESS (11) [adjective] Relating to or denoting an electric current or power that produces no net energy transfer, such as reactive power in alternating current circuits. WATTLING (12) [noun] An interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle. | [noun] The act of making such a mesh. WAUCHTED (17) WAUGHTED (16) WAVEBAND (17) [noun] A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio. WAVEFORM (19) [noun] The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable. | [noun] The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a characteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time. WAVELESS (14) [adjective] Without waves; having a smooth, calm surface without undulations or ripples. WAVELETS (14) [noun] A small wave; a ripple. | [noun] A fast-decaying oscillation. WAVELIKE (18) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a wave; undulating or oscillating in a wave-like manner. WAVEOFFS (20) [noun] Plural of waveoff, a gesture made by aircraft carrier personnel to signal a pilot to abort a landing attempt. | [verb] Third person singular of waveoff, to signal an aircraft to abort its landing. WAVERERS (14) [noun] People who waver; those who hesitate or show indecision. | [noun] Plural of waverer, one who fluctuates in opinion or allegiance. WAVERING (15) [verb] To sway back and forth; to totter or reel. | [verb] To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light. | [verb] To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch. WAVINESS (14) [noun] The quality or state of having waves or a wavelike appearance or motion. | [noun] A slight undulation or irregularity in a surface. WAXBERRY (23) [noun] The bayberry. | [noun] The snowberry. | [noun] The yangmei. WAXBILLS (20) [noun] Any bird of the genus Estrilda. WAXINESS (18) [noun] The quality or state of being waxy in texture or appearance. WAXPLANT (20) [noun] A tropical plant (Hoya carnosa) with waxy leaves and clusters of small fragrant flowers, commonly grown as a houseplant. WAXWEEDS (22) [noun] Plural of waxweed, a plant of the genus Cuphea characterized by waxy flowers or seed pods. WAXWINGS (22) [noun] Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings. WAXWORKS (25) [noun] A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person. | [noun] An exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum. WAXWORMS (23) [noun] Larva of the wax moth, used as fishing bait and for feeding birds and reptiles in captivity. WAYBILLS (16) [noun] A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo. WAYFARER (17) [noun] A traveller, especially one on foot. | [noun] A type of glasses, with pointed ends and rounded bottoms. WAYGOING (16) [noun] A payment or allowance given to a tenant upon leaving a property, or compensation for improvements made to rented land. WAYLAYER (17) [noun] One who waylays; a person who ambushes or attacks someone on a road or path. WAYSIDES (15) [noun] The side of a road or path. | [noun] A rest area. WEAKENED (16) [verb] To make weaker or less strong. | [verb] To become weaker or less strong. | [adjective] Reduced, made less strong. WEAKENER (15) [noun] One that weakens; something or someone that makes something less strong or effective. WEAKFISH (21) [noun] Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters. WEAKLIER (15) [adjective] Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak. WEAKLING (16) [noun] A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution | [noun] A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength. | [adjective] Weak, either physically, morally or mentally WEAKNESS (15) [noun] The condition of being weak. | [noun] An inadequate quality; fault | [noun] A special fondness or desire. WEAKSIDE (16) WEANLING (12) [noun] Any young mammal that has been recently weaned. | [noun] Specifically, a human child that has been recently weaned. | [noun] Specifically, a young horse that has been weaned from its mother, but is less than one year old (usually 5-12 months old). WEAPONED (14) [adjective] Armed or equipped with weapons. | [verb] Past tense of weapon, meaning to furnish or equip with weapons. WEAPONRY (16) [noun] Weapons, collectively WEARABLE (13) [noun] Something that can be worn; an item of clothing. | [noun] Ellipsis of wearable computer | [adjective] Able to be worn. WEARIEST (11) [adjective] Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued. | [adjective] Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick. | [adjective] Expressive of fatigue. WEARIFUL (14) WEARYING (15) [verb] To make or to become weary. WEASANDS (12) [noun] The oesophagus; the windpipe; the trachea. | [noun] The throat in general. WEASELED (12) [verb] To achieve by clever or devious means. | [verb] To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means. | [verb] To engage in clever or devious behavior. WEASELLY (14) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a weasel; sneaky, evasive, or deceitful in manner or behavior. | [adjective] Weak or insubstantial in appearance or quality. WEATHERS (14) [noun] The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. | [noun] Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects. | [noun] The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side. WEAZANDS (21) [noun] Plural of weazand; the windpipe or trachea of an animal, especially when prepared as food. WEBBIEST (15) [adjective] Most resembling or containing webs; having the most webbing or web-like characteristics. WEBBINGS (16) [noun] Plural of webbing; narrow strips of strong fabric used for straps, belts, or reinforcement. | [noun] A network of threads or fibers, such as those produced by spiders or insects. WEBSTERS (13) [noun] Plural of webster, a person who weaves cloth or engages in weaving as a profession. WEBWORKS (20) [noun] A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner. WEBWORMS (18) [noun] Any of various caterpillars, of diverse moth families, that spin a web; the moth species of such a caterpillar. WEDDINGS (14) [noun] Marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage. | [noun] Joining of two or more parts. | [verb] To participate in a wedding. WEDELING (13) WEDGIEST (13) [adjective] Superlative form of wedgy; most wedge-shaped or having the most wedge-like characteristics. WEDLOCKS (18) [noun] The plural of wedlock, referring to the state of being married or matrimony. | [noun] Plural of wedlock, referring to married couples or marriage bonds. WEEDIEST (12) [adjective] Abounding with weeds. | [adjective] Of, relating to or resembling weeds. | [adjective] Consisting of weeds. WEEDLESS (12) [adjective] Free from weeds or not containing weeds. | [adjective] (of a fishing line or hook) designed to avoid catching on underwater vegetation or obstacles. WEEDLIKE (16) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a weed; growing or spreading rapidly and undesirably like a weed. WEEKDAYS (19) [noun] A day of the week except those which form the weekend; that is: | [noun] Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday). | [adverb] On weekdays. WEEKENDS (16) [noun] The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. | [verb] To spend the weekend. | [adverb] At weekends. WEEKLIES (15) [noun] A publication that is published once a week. WEEKLONG (16) [adjective] Lasting for (approximately) one week. WEENIEST (11) [adjective] Minuscule. WEENSIER (11) WEEPIEST (13) [adjective] Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose. WEEPINGS (14) [noun] The plural of weeping; instances or periods of crying. | [noun] Liquid that oozes or seeps from a surface, as from a wound or tree. WEEVILED (15) [verb] Infested with weevils or damaged by weevils. WEEVILLY (17) WEFTWISE (17) WEIGELAS (12) [noun] Any plant of the genus Weigela. WEIGELIA (12) [noun] A flowering shrub of the honeysuckle family, native to East Asia, with tubular flowers typically in shades of pink or red. WEIGHERS (15) [noun] Plural of weigher; people or devices that weigh something. WEIGHING (16) [verb] To determine the weight of an object. | [verb] Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale. | [verb] To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. WEIGHMAN (17) [noun] A person employed to weigh goods or materials, especially in a warehouse, factory, or commercial establishment. WEIGHMEN (17) [noun] Plural of weighman; officials who weigh goods or materials, particularly in commercial or industrial settings. WEIGHTED (16) [verb] To add weight to something; to make something heavier. | [verb] To load, burden or oppress someone. | [verb] To assign weights to individual statistics. WEIGHTER (15) [noun] One who weighs or measures weight. | [noun] A device or scale used for weighing. WEIRDEST (12) [adjective] Having an unusually strange character or behaviour. | [adjective] Deviating from the normal; bizarre. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the Fates. WEIRDIES (12) [noun] Someone or something weird. WEIRDOES (12) [noun] Plural of weirdo; people who behave in strange or eccentric ways. WELCHERS (16) [noun] People who fail to honor their bets or obligations; those who renege on commitments. WELCHING (17) [verb] To fail to repay a small debt. | [verb] To fail to fulfill an obligation. WELCOMED (16) [verb] To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!". | [verb] To accept something willingly or gladly. | [adjective] Having received a warm welcome. WELCOMER (15) [noun] One who welcomes; a person that greets or receives someone in a friendly manner. WELCOMES (15) [noun] The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception. | [noun] The utterance of such a greeting. | [noun] Kind reception of a guest or newcomer. WELDABLE (14) [adjective] Capable of being welded; suitable for joining together by welding. WELDLESS (12) WELDMENT (14) [noun] An assembly of parts joined together by welding. WELFARES (14) [noun] Plural of welfare; the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group. | [noun] Plural of welfare; government assistance programs providing economic support to individuals or families in need. WELLADAY (15) [interjection] An archaic exclamation expressing sorrow, regret, or lamentation. WELLAWAY (17) [interjection] An exclamation of sorrow, lamentation, or distress; alas. WELLBORN (13) [adjective] Born of a noble or aristocratic family; of good or high birth. WELLCURB (15) WELLDOER (12) WELLHEAD (15) [noun] The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well. | [noun] The source of something; a fountainhead. | [noun] The surface structure of an oil well etc. WELLHOLE (14) WELLNESS (11) [noun] The quality or state of being in good health. | [noun] The process of learning about and engaging in behaviors that are likely to result in optimal health. WELLSITE (11) [noun] The location and surrounding area of an oil or gas well, including all facilities and equipment used in drilling and production operations. WELSHERS (14) [noun] People who fail to honor their bets or financial obligations. | [noun] People from Wales. WELSHING (15) [verb] To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt. WELTERED (12) [verb] To roll around; to wallow. | [verb] To revel, luxuriate. | [verb] (of waves, billows) To rise and fall, to tumble over, to roll. WELTINGS (12) WENCHERS (16) [noun] Plural of wencher, one who consorts with wenches or engages in wenching. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of the verb "to wencher," meaning to associate with women of loose morals. WENCHING (17) [verb] To frequent prostitutes; to whore; also, to womanize. WENDIGOS (13) [noun] A hybrid fish derived from a male brook trout and a female lake trout | [noun] A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder. WENNIEST (11) WEREGILD (13) [noun] Compensation paid in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law for injury or death, typically paid to the victim or their family. WEREWOLF (17) [noun] A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon. WERGELDS (13) [noun] The plural of wergeld, a sum of money paid as compensation for injury or death in Anglo-Saxon and other Germanic legal systems. WERGELTS (12) [noun] Plural of wergelt, a sum of money paid as compensation for injury or death in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law. WERGILDS (13) [noun] Plural of wergild, a sum of money paid as compensation for injury or death in early Germanic and Anglo-Saxon law. | [noun] In historical contexts, the monetary value placed on a person's life or body part under feudal compensation systems. WESSANDS (12) WESTERED (12) [verb] Past tense of "wester," meaning to move toward the west or (of the sun or moon) to descend toward the western horizon. WESTERLY (14) [noun] A westerly wind or storm. | [adjective] Situated in the west. | [adjective] (of wind) Coming from the west. WESTERNS (11) [noun] A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850-1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture. WESTINGS (12) [noun] A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart. | [noun] A distance travelled westward. WESTMOST (13) WESTWARD (15) [noun] The western region or countries; the west. | [adjective] Lying toward the west. | [adjective] Moving or oriented toward the west. WETBACKS (19) [noun] A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border. | [noun] A person of the mestizo race; a mojado. WETLANDS (12) [noun] (usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas. WETPROOF (16) WETTABLE (13) [adjective] Capable of being wetted or having a surface that allows liquid to spread across it rather than bead up. | [adjective] (of a surface) Having a low contact angle with water, allowing water to wet it easily. WETTINGS (12) [noun] Plural of wetting; instances of making something wet or becoming wet. | [noun] In textiles and manufacturing, processes of immersing materials in liquid to prepare them for further processing. WHACKERS (20) [noun] One who, or something which, whacks. | [noun] Anything large; a whopper. WHACKIER (20) [adjective] Zany; eccentric WHACKING (21) [verb] To hit, slap or strike. | [verb] To kill, bump off. | [verb] To share or parcel out; often with up. WHALEMAN (16) WHALEMEN (16) [noun] Plural of whaleman; men who work on whaling ships or are engaged in the whaling industry. WHALINGS (15) [noun] Plural of whaling, the practice of hunting whales for commercial purposes. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "whale," meaning to hunt whales or to beat or thrash. WHAMMIES (18) [noun] A serious or devastating setback | [noun] An evil spell; a curse or hex | [noun] The vibrato system of an electric guitar, or just its lever (whammy bar) WHAMMING (19) [verb] To strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact WHANGEES (15) [noun] Plural of whangee, a walking stick or cane made from the stem of an Asian grass (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis). | [noun] The Asian grass plant itself from which such canes are made. WHANGING (16) [verb] (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air. | [verb] To throw with a rapid slamming motion. | [verb] To whack or beat. WHAPPERS (18) [noun] Plural of whapper; things that are remarkably large or impressive. | [noun] Plural of whapper; lies or exaggerations. WHAPPING (19) [verb] To strike hard and suddenly. | [verb] To throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly. WHARFAGE (18) [noun] A dock, quay, or pier. | [noun] Wharfs collectively. | [noun] A fee charged for using a wharf. WHARFING (18) [verb] The present participle of "wharf," meaning to moor a ship at a wharf or to provide with a wharf. WHATEVER (17) [adjective] Unexceptional or unimportant; blah. | [adjective] At all, absolutely, whatsoever. | [pronoun] No matter what; for any WHATNESS (14) [noun] The essential nature or quality of something; the state or condition of being what something is. WHATNOTS (14) [noun] A small unspecified object; bric-a-brac (in plural) | [noun] Other related objects or ideas. | [noun] A freestanding set of shelves on which ornaments are displayed; an etagere. WHATSITS (14) [noun] A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall, or that one is embarrassed to say) WHEATEAR (14) [noun] Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects, | [noun] An ear of wheat. | [noun] A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat. WHEATENS (14) [noun] Plural of wheaten, referring to dogs of the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier breed, or things made of or resembling wheat. WHEEDLED (16) [verb] To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery. | [verb] To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery. WHEEDLER (15) [noun] A person who obtains something through wheedling or coaxing. | [noun] One who wheedles; a person who persuades by flattery or entreaty. WHEEDLES (15) [verb] To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery. | [verb] To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery. WHEELERS (14) [noun] A wheelwright, a wheelmaker. | [noun] Someone who operates a wheel. | [noun] A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage). WHEELIES (14) [noun] An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels. | [noun] A wheelchair user. WHEELING (15) [verb] To roll along on wheels. | [verb] To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair. | [verb] To ride a bicycle or tricycle. WHEELMAN (16) [noun] A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise. | [noun] The steersman on a ship. | [noun] A cyclist. WHEELMEN (16) [noun] A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise. | [noun] The steersman on a ship. | [noun] A cyclist. WHEEPING (17) WHEEPLED (17) WHEEPLES (16) WHEEZERS (23) [noun] Plural of wheezer; people or things that wheeze, or something that causes wheezing. | [noun] In card games, a card or play that is barely sufficient to win. WHEEZIER (23) [adjective] That wheezes. WHEEZILY (26) [adverb] In a wheezy manner; with a wheezing sound or breathing pattern. WHEEZING (24) [verb] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. | [noun] The quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze WHELKIER (18) WHELMING (17) [verb] To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge. | [verb] To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. | [verb] To ruin or destroy. WHELPING (17) [verb] (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth. WHENEVER (17) [adverb] (interrogative) When ever: emphatic form of when. | [adverb] At any time. | [conjunction] At any time that. WHEREVER (17) [adverb] An emphatic form of where. | [conjunction] In or to whatever place; anywhere. | [conjunction] In all places; everywhere. WHERRIED (15) [verb] Past tense of "wherry," meaning to transport by wherry (a light rowing boat or barge) or to row in a wherry. WHERRIES (14) [noun] A light ship used to navigate inland waterways. | [noun] A flat-bottomed vessel once employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats. | [noun] A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted. WHETTERS (14) [noun] Plural of whetter; those who whet or sharpen tools or blades. | [noun] Things that stimulate or excite appetite or interest. WHETTING (15) [verb] To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone. | [verb] To stimulate or make more keen. | [verb] To preen. WHEYFACE (22) [noun] A pale-faced person; someone with a wan or sickly complexion. WHEYLIKE (21) WHICKERS (20) [noun] The soft neigh made by a horse. | [verb] Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny. WHIDDING (17) WHIFFERS (20) [noun] People who swing at and miss a pitch in baseball. | [noun] People who fail to accomplish something or fall short of expectations. WHIFFETS (20) WHIFFING (21) [verb] To waft. | [verb] To sniff. | [verb] To strike out. WHIFFLED (21) [verb] To blow a short gust. | [verb] To waffle, talk aimlessly. | [verb] To waste time. WHIFFLER (20) [noun] A person who whiffles or changes direction frequently. | [noun] A small firework that hisses and moves erratically. WHIFFLES (20) [noun] A short blow or gust. | [noun] Something small or insignificant; a trifle. | [noun] A fife or small flute. WHIMBREL (18) [noun] A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill. WHIMPERS (18) [noun] A low intermittent sob. | [verb] To cry or sob softly and intermittently. | [verb] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain. WHIMSEYS (19) [noun] A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour. | [noun] An impulsive, illogical or capricious character. | [noun] A whim (capstan or vertical drum). WHIMSIED (17) WHIMSIES (16) [noun] A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour. | [noun] An impulsive, illogical or capricious character. | [noun] A whim (capstan or vertical drum). WHINCHAT (19) [noun] A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects. WHINGING (16) [verb] To move with great force or speed. | [verb] To complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. | [verb] To whine. WHINIEST (14) [adjective] Whining; tending to whine or complain. WHINNIED (15) [verb] (of a horse) To make a gentle neigh. WHINNIER (14) [adjective] More whiny or inclined to whine. | [verb] Third person singular present of "whinny" (to make the characteristic cry of a horse). WHINNIES (14) [noun] A gentle neigh. | [verb] (of a horse) To make a gentle neigh. WHIPCORD (19) [noun] A hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes. | [noun] A type of catgut. | [noun] A strong worsted fabric, with a diagonal rib. WHIPLASH (19) [noun] The lash of a whip | [noun] An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip | [verb] To jerk back and forth; to buffet WHIPLIKE (20) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a whip; long, thin, and flexible. WHIPPERS (18) [noun] Plural of whipper; one who whips or something that whips. | [noun] In cricket, bowlers who whip the ball with a particular technique. WHIPPETS (18) [noun] A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing. | [noun] A cartridge of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug. WHIPPIER (18) [adjective] Whiplike; thin and pliant. | [adjective] Active, nimble WHIPPING (19) [verb] To hit with a whip. | [verb] (by extension) To hit with any flexible object. | [verb] To defeat, as in a contest or game. WHIPRAYS (19) WHIPSAWN (19) [verb] To operate a whipsaw. | [verb] To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises. | [verb] To defeat someone in two different ways at once. WHIPSAWS (19) [noun] A rip saw often operated by two people WHIPTAIL (16) [noun] Any of many New World lizards, of the genus Cnemidophorus, that have long, slender tails. | [noun] A fish, the blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae. | [noun] A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency. WHIPWORM (21) [noun] Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals | [noun] Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris. WHIRLERS (14) [noun] Plural of whirler; things or people that whirl or spin rapidly. | [noun] In some contexts, a type of firework that spins. WHIRLIER (14) [adjective] More whirly; characterized by more spinning or rotating motion. WHIRLIES (14) [noun] A sensation of dizziness or vertigo. | [noun] Plural of whirly, referring to spinning or rotating objects or movements. WHIRLING (15) [verb] To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. | [verb] To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. | [verb] To make something or someone whirl. WHIRRIED (15) WHIRRIES (14) [verb] Third person singular of "whirry," meaning to make a whirring sound or to move with a whirring noise. WHIRRING (15) [verb] To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. | [verb] To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound. | [verb] To cause (something) to make such a sound. WHISHING (18) WHISHTED (18) WHISKERS (18) [noun] That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both. | [noun] A hair of the beard. | [noun] One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. WHISKERY (21) [adjective] Resembling or containing whiskers; having whiskers or hair-like projections. | [adjective] Narrow or marginal, as in a whiskery victory (barely won). WHISKEYS (21) [noun] A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley). | [noun] A drink of whiskey. | [noun] A light gig or carriage; a tim-whiskey. WHISKIES (18) [noun] A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley). | [noun] A drink of whiskey. | [noun] A light gig or carriage; a tim-whiskey. WHISKING (19) [verb] To move something with quick light sweeping motions. | [verb] In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream. | [verb] To move something rapidly and with no warning. WHISPERS (16) [noun] The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A rumor. | [noun] A faint trace or hint (of something). WHISPERY (19) [adjective] Characterized by or resembling a whisper; soft and hushed in sound. WHISTING (15) WHISTLED (15) [verb] To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips. | [verb] To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc. | [verb] To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound. WHISTLER (14) [noun] Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument. | [noun] Any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachycephala, of Australasia and the western Pacific. | [noun] Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species). WHISTLES (14) [noun] A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. | [noun] An act of whistling. | [noun] A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling. WHITECAP (18) [noun] Any of several birds having a white patch on the head. | [noun] A wave having a white crest; a breaker. | [noun] A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. WHITEFLY (20) [noun] Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest WHITENED (15) [verb] (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch. WHITENER (14) [noun] A substance or agent used to make something white or whiter, such as a bleaching product or whitening agent for teeth or laundry. WHITEOUT (14) [noun] A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard. | [noun] Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear. | [noun] Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out). WHITIEST (14) [adjective] Superlative form of "whity," meaning most white or whitish in color or appearance. WHITINGS (15) [noun] Plural of whiting, a common edible fish found in Atlantic waters. | [noun] White or light-colored markings on an animal, especially a horse. WHITLOWS (17) [noun] An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail. WHITRACK (20) WHITTERS (14) [verb] Third person singular of "whitter," one who whittles or cuts wood with a knife. | [noun] Plural of "whitter," people who whittle. WHITTLED (15) [verb] To cut or shape wood with a knife. | [verb] To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt). | [verb] To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate. WHITTLER (14) [noun] A person who carves or shapes wood by cutting away small pieces with a knife. | [noun] A type of duck (also called a merganser). WHITTLES (14) [verb] To cut or shape wood with a knife. | [verb] To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt). | [verb] To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate. WHITTRET (14) [noun] A polecat or ferret, especially the European polecat. WHIZBANG (26) [noun] A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding | [noun] A small artillery shell | [noun] (by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness. WHIZZERS (32) [noun] People or things that move very fast with a whistling or whizzing sound. | [noun] In cricket, fast bowlers who deliver the ball at high speed. WHIZZING (33) [verb] To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air. | [verb] To rush or move swiftly with such a sound. | [verb] To throw or spin rapidly. WHODUNIT (15) [noun] A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator. WHOLISMS (16) [noun] Plural of wholism, the philosophical view that wholes are greater than the sum of their parts. | [noun] Approaches to health or other domains that consider the whole system rather than individual parts. WHOMEVER (19) [pronoun] Whatever person or persons (as object of verb or preposition). WHOMPING (19) [verb] Hit extremely hard. WHOOFING (18) WHOOPEES (16) [verb] To behave exuberantly; to make whoopee. WHOOPERS (16) [noun] A person or animal that whoops. | [noun] The whooping crane, Grus americana. | [noun] The whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus. WHOOPING (17) [verb] To make a whoop. | [verb] To shout, to yell. | [verb] To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. WHOOPLAS (16) WHOOSHED (18) [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WHOOSHES (17) [noun] A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. | [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WHOPPERS (18) [noun] Something remarkably large. | [noun] An outrageous or blatant lie. WHOPPING (19) [verb] To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. | [verb] To administer corporal punishment | [noun] A beating. WHOREDOM (17) [noun] The state of being a whore, prostitution; sexual indulgence, fornication. WHORESON (14) [noun] Often used as a term of abuse: an illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents. | [noun] The son of a prostitute. | [adjective] Mean; base; worthless WHORTLES (14) [noun] Plural of whortle, a bilberry or similar small dark berry, particularly the European bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). WHOSEVER (17) [pronoun] (possessive) That of whomever; that which belongs or is related to whatever person or persons; whoever's. WHOSISES (14) WHUMPING (19) [verb] To strike something with a whump. WICKAPES (19) WICKEDER (18) [adjective] Evil or mischievous by nature. | [adjective] Excellent; awesome; masterful. WICKEDLY (21) [adverb] In a wicked manner. | [adverb] Very WICKINGS (18) [noun] Plural of wicking; absorbent material or fabric used to draw moisture away from the skin or surface. WICKIUPS (19) [noun] A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States. WICKYUPS (22) [noun] Plural of wickyup; a temporary dwelling or shelter, typically a cone-shaped hut made of branches and brush used by Native Americans in the southwestern United States. WICOPIES (15) WIDDLING (14) [verb] To urinate. | [verb] To play guitar (especially the electric guitar) quickly. WIDEBAND (15) [adjective] Describing a communications transmission rate between that of narrowband and broadband WIDENERS (12) [noun] Things or people that make something wider. | [noun] In horseback riding, devices placed on a saddle to make it wider. WIDENESS (12) [noun] The quality or state of being wide; the extent from side to side. WIDENING (13) [verb] To become wide or wider. | [verb] To make wide or wider. | [verb] To let out clothes to a larger size. WIDEOUTS (12) [noun] A wide receiver. WIDGEONS (13) [noun] Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks. | [noun] A fool. WIDOWERS (15) [noun] A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); masculine of widow. WIDOWING (16) [verb] To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of. | [verb] To strip of anything valued. | [verb] To endow with a widow's right. WIDTHWAY (21) WIELDERS (12) [noun] People who hold and use a weapon or tool. | [noun] People who exercise power or influence. WIELDIER (12) [adjective] (obsolete except Britain) Able to wield one's body well; active, dexterous. | [adjective] Capable of being easily wielded or managed; handy. WIELDING (13) [verb] To command, rule over; to possess or own. | [verb] To control, to guide or manage. | [verb] To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool. WIFEDOMS (17) [noun] The plural of wifedom, referring to the state, condition, or domain of being a wife. WIFEHOOD (18) [noun] The state, condition, or period of being a wife. WIFELESS (14) [adjective] Without a wife; not married to a woman. WIFELIER (14) WIFELIKE (18) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a wife; befitting or suitable for a wife. WIFTIEST (14) [adjective] Superlative form of wifty; most scatterbrained, silly, or eccentric in behavior. WIGGIEST (13) [adjective] Crazy. | [adjective] Uninhibited. | [adjective] Wiglike. WIGGINGS (14) [noun] The action of the verb to wig. | [noun] A telling-off or reprimand. | [noun] The practice of male stuntmen performing for actresses. WIGGLERS (13) [noun] Anything that wiggles. | [noun] The larva of a mosquito. | [noun] An earthworm. WIGGLIER (13) [adjective] More inclined to wiggle or move with short, quick movements back and forth. WIGGLING (14) [verb] To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle. | [noun] The motion of something that wiggles. WIGMAKER (18) [noun] A person who makes or sells wigs. WILDCATS (14) [noun] A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically | [noun] A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one. | [noun] An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback. WILDERED (13) [verb] To bewilder, perplex WILDFIRE (15) [noun] A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area. | [noun] Greek fire, Byzantine fire. | [noun] A spreading disease of the skin, particularly erysipelas. WILDFOWL (18) [noun] Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans. | [noun] Waterfowl. | [verb] To hunt wildfowl. WILDINGS (13) [noun] A wild apple or apple-tree. | [noun] Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc. WILDLAND (13) [noun] An uncultivated or uninhabited area of land in its natural state. | [adjective] Relating to or denoting land that is wild and undeveloped. WILDLIFE (15) [noun] Animals, plants, and fungi, not normally domesticated, often to the exclusion of plants, fungi, fish, insects and other invertebrates, and microscopic plants and animals; hence: | [noun] Members of a college fraternity WILDLING (13) [noun] A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant | [noun] A wild animal WILDNESS (12) [noun] The quality of being wild or untamed WILDWOOD (16) [noun] Woodland that has developed naturally, especially where a suitable climate has developed with it. WILFULLY (17) [adverb] Willingly, of one's own free will. | [adverb] Deliberately, on purpose; maliciously. WILINESS (11) [noun] The quality of being wily; cunning, craftiness, or the use of deception or stratagem. WILLABLE (13) [adjective] Capable of being willed or bequeathed; able to be determined by an act of will. WILLIWAU (14) WILLIWAW (17) [noun] A strong gust of cold wind WILLOWED (15) [adjective] Characterized by or resembling a willow tree, particularly in being slender, graceful, or drooping. | [verb] Past tense of willow, meaning to move in a graceful, swaying manner like a willow tree. WILLOWER (14) WILLYARD (15) [adjective] Obstinate, stubborn, or willful; headstrong or contrary in behavior. WILLYART (14) WILLYING (15) WILLYWAW (20) [noun] A sudden violent gust of wind that blows down from mountains toward the sea, especially in the Strait of Magellan. | [noun] Any sudden squall or violent wind. WIMBLING (16) WIMPIEST (15) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly. WIMPLING (16) [verb] To wear or arrange a wimple (a type of head covering). | [verb] To move with a winding or rippling motion. WINCHERS (16) [noun] People who operate winches, devices used for hauling or lifting. | [noun] Plural of wincher, one who winches. WINCHING (17) [verb] To use a winch | [verb] To wince; to shrink | [verb] To kick with impatience or uneasiness. WINDABLE (14) [adjective] Capable of being wound or coiled up. WINDAGES (13) [noun] The lateral deflection of a projectile due to air resistance. | [noun] The adjustment made to a firearm's sights to compensate for wind effects. WINDBAGS (15) [noun] Bellows for an organ. | [noun] (mildly) Someone who talks excessively WINDBURN (14) [noun] An irritation of the skin caused by exposure to the wind WINDFALL (15) [noun] Something that has been blown down by the wind. | [noun] A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind. | [noun] A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift. WINDFLAW (18) WINDGALL (13) [noun] A puffy, typically fluid filled sac located just above the fetlock joint on a horse. Generally appearing on old or poorly kept horses. WINDIEST (12) [adjective] Accompanied by wind. | [adjective] Unsheltered and open to the wind. | [adjective] Empty and lacking substance. WINDIGOS (13) [noun] A hybrid fish derived from a male brook trout and a female lake trout | [noun] A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder. WINDINGS (13) [noun] Something wound around something else. | [noun] The manner in which something is wound. | [noun] One complete turn of something wound. WINDLASS (12) [noun] Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights | [noun] A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course. | [noun] An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. WINDLESS (12) [adjective] Lacking wind; calm and still, with no breeze or air movement. WINDLING (13) [noun] A child or young person. | [verb] Present participle of "windle," meaning to dwindle or shrink. WINDMILL (14) [noun] A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. | [noun] The structure containing such machinery. | [noun] A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind. WINDOWED (16) [verb] To furnish with windows. | [verb] To place at or in a window. | [adjective] Fitted with windows (often of a particular kind). WINDPIPE (16) [noun] The trachea. | [noun] Any duct for air or other gas. | [noun] A section of road or bridleway which has a reputation for having strong crosswinds or localized wind swirls. WINDROWS (15) [noun] A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. | [noun] A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. | [noun] A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. WINDSOCK (18) [noun] A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields. WINDSURF (15) [verb] To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail WINDWARD (16) [noun] The direction from which the wind blows. | [noun] The side receiving the wind's force. | [adjective] Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. WINDWAYS (18) WINELESS (11) [adjective] Without wine; lacking wine. | [adjective] Not affected by or showing the influence of wine. WINERIES (11) [noun] A place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine. WINESHOP (16) [noun] A retail establishment where wine is sold. WINESKIN (15) [noun] A bag, traditionally made from the skin of a goat, used for holding and dispensing wine. WINESOPS (13) [noun] Pieces of bread soaked in wine or other liquid. | [noun] A weak or effeminate person. WINGBACK (20) [noun] A player who doubles as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking. | [noun] A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback. | [noun] A wingback chair. WINGBOWS (17) WINGDING (14) [noun] A fit or spasm. | [noun] A party. WINGEDLY (16) WINGIEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of wingy; having the most wing-like qualities or characteristics. WINGLESS (12) [adjective] Having no wings or lacking wings. | [adjective] Unable to fly or move quickly. WINGLETS (12) [noun] A little wing. | [noun] A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices. | [noun] The bastard wing or alula of a bird. WINGLIKE (16) [adjective] Resembling or shaped like a wing; having the form or appearance of a wing. WINGOVER (15) [noun] An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short dive, levelling out to fly in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began. WINGSPAN (14) [noun] (usually in singular) The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.). WINGTIPS (14) [noun] The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc. | [noun] A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe WINKLING (16) [verb] To extract. WINNABLE (13) [adjective] Able to be won or achieved WINNINGS (12) [noun] The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling. | [noun] A new opening. WINNOCKS (17) WINNOWED (15) [verb] To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff. | [verb] To separate, sift, analyze, or test by separating items having different values. | [verb] To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings. WINNOWER (14) [noun] A person or device that winnows grain by blowing air to remove chaff. | [noun] Something that separates or sifts out inferior elements from superior ones. WINSOMER (13) WINTERED (12) [verb] To spend the winter (in a particular place). | [verb] To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold. WINTERER (11) [noun] One who winters in a particular place. | [noun] An animal that survives or is kept alive during winter. WINTERLY (14) WINTLING (12) WINTRIER (11) [adjective] Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. | [adjective] Of precipitation, containing sleet or snow. | [adjective] Aged, white-haired. WINTRILY (14) [adverb] In a wintry manner; with characteristics of winter such as cold, bleakness, or hostility. WIPEOUTS (13) [noun] The act of colliding or crashing. | [noun] Total destruction or elimination. WIREDRAW (15) [verb] To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate. | [verb] To stretch (words, a meaning etc.) to suit one's own purpose. WIREDREW (15) [verb] To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate. | [verb] To stretch (words, a meaning etc.) to suit one's own purpose. WIREHAIR (14) [noun] A dog or cat breed with a stiff, wiry coat of hair. WIRELESS (11) [noun] The medium of radio communication. | [noun] Wireless connectivity to a computer network. | [noun] A radio set. 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WISEACRE (13) [noun] One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart. | [noun] A learned or wise man. WISELIER (11) [adjective] More wise; showing greater wisdom or good judgment than another. WISENESS (11) [noun] The quality or state of being wise; wisdom. WISHBONE (16) [noun] A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries. | [noun] A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew. | [noun] Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone. WISHLESS (14) WISPIEST (13) [adjective] Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle. WISPLIKE (17) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a wisp; thin, light, and insubstantial. WISTARIA (11) [noun] Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States. WISTERIA (11) [noun] Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States. WITCHERY (19) [noun] Witchcraft. | [noun] An act of witchcraft. | [noun] Allure, charm, magic. WITCHIER (16) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike. WITCHING (17) [verb] To practise witchcraft. | [verb] To bewitch. | [verb] To dowse for water. | [noun] An act of witchcraft. WITHDRAW (18) [verb] To pull (something) back, aside, or away. | [verb] To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around. | [verb] To take back (a comment, etc); retract. WITHDREW (18) [verb] To pull (something) back, aside, or away. | [verb] To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around. | [verb] To take back (a comment, etc); retract. WITHERED (15) [verb] To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. | [verb] To cause to shrivel or dry up. | [verb] To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away. WITHERER (14) [noun] One who withers; something that causes withering. | [noun] A disease or condition that causes plants or plant parts to droop and shrivel. WITHHELD (18) [adjective] That one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another. | [verb] To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner. | [verb] To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it. WITHHOLD (18) [verb] To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner. | [verb] To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it. | [verb] To stay back. WITHIEST (14) [adjective] Superlative form of withy, meaning most resembling or made of withe (flexible twigs or branches), or most flexible and pliant. WITHOUTS (14) [noun] The outer or external parts; areas beyond or outside something. | [preposition] Outside of; beyond. WITLINGS (12) [noun] A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty. | [noun] A person with very little wit. WITLOOFS (14) [noun] Plural of witloof, a variety of chicory with blanched leaves used in salads, also known as Belgian endive. WITTIEST (11) [adjective] Wise, having good judgement. | [adjective] Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious. | [adjective] Clever; amusingly ingenious. WITTINGS (12) WIZARDLY (24) [adjective] Resembling, characteristic of, or befitting a wizard; magical or mysterious in nature. WIZARDRY (24) [noun] The art of a wizard; sorcery. | [noun] Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic. | [noun] Great ability in some specified field. WIZENING (21) [verb] Present participle of wizen, meaning to shrivel or become shriveled; to dry up or wither. WOBBLERS (15) [noun] One who or that which wobbles. | [noun] A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface. | [noun] A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled. WOBBLIER (15) [adjective] Unsteady and tending to wobble. WOBBLIES (15) [noun] A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union. | [noun] A wobbler; a fit of rage. WOBBLING (16) [verb] To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro. | [verb] To tremble or quaver. | [verb] To vacillate in one's opinions. WOBEGONE (14) [adjective] Sorrowful, sad, or in a state of woe; looking woebegone or dejected. WOEFULLY (17) [adverb] In a woeful manner. WOLFFISH (20) [noun] Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae. WOLFLIKE (18) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a wolf in appearance, behavior, or nature. WOLFRAMS (16) [noun] Plural of wolfram, an alternative name for the chemical element tungsten. WOMANING (14) WOMANISE (13) [verb] (said of a man) To flirt with and/or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously. | [verb] (usually figurative) To turn into a woman; to feminize. WOMANISH (16) [adjective] Characteristic of a woman; feminine; effeminate. | [adjective] Carried out by or pertaining to a woman. WOMANIZE (22) [verb] (said of a man) To flirt with and/or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously. | [verb] (usually figurative) To turn into a woman; to feminize. WOMBIEST (15) WOMMERAS (15) [noun] Plural of wommera, an Aboriginal Australian throwing stick used to propel spears or darts with greater force and distance. WONDERED (13) [verb] To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at. | [verb] To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind. | [adjective] Wonderful, extraordinary. WONDERER (12) [noun] One who wonders; a person who thinks about something with curiosity or bewilderment. | [noun] One who wanders or travels about. WONDROUS (12) [adjective] Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous. | [adverb] In a wonderful degree; remarkably; wondrously. WONKIEST (15) [adjective] Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre. | [adjective] Feeble, shaky or rickety. | [adjective] (especially Usenet) Suffering from intermittent bugs. WONTEDLY (15) [adverb] In a manner that is accustomed or customary; habitually or usually. WOODBIND (15) [noun] A climbing plant, specifically the bindweed or woodbine, characterized by twining stems and often fragrant flowers. WOODBINE (14) [noun] Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper WOODBINS (14) WOODCHAT (17) [noun] Lanius senator, a medium-sized migratory passerine bird of the shrike family. WOODCOCK (20) [noun] Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. | [noun] A simpleton. WOODCUTS (14) [noun] An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form. | [noun] A method of printmaking from such a block. | [noun] A print produced with this method. WOODENER (12) WOODENLY (15) [adverb] (of speech) Dully and without emotion. | [adverb] (of movement) Clumsily or without animation. WOODHENS (15) [noun] Plural of woodhen, a rail-like bird found in Australian forests. | [noun] A type of ground-dwelling bird related to the rail family. WOODIEST (12) [adjective] Covered in woods; wooded. | [adjective] Belonging to the woods; sylvan. | [adjective] Made of wood, or having wood-like properties. WOODLAND (13) [noun] Land covered with woody vegetation. | [adjective] Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland. | [adjective] Having the character of a woodland. WOODLARK (16) [noun] A lark, Lullula arborea, the only member of the genus Lullula, found in western Eurasia and northern Africa. WOODLESS (12) WOODLORE (12) WOODLOTS (12) [noun] Small areas of land covered with trees, typically owned privately and used for timber or firewood production. WOODNOTE (12) [noun] A natural musical sound, like birdsong in a forest. WOODPILE (14) [noun] A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel. | [noun] (games) An arrangement of dominoes. WOODRUFF (18) [noun] Galium odoratum, an aromatic herb. WOODSHED (16) [noun] An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood. | [noun] A place where punishments or reprimands are administered. | [verb] To practice or rehearse using a musical instrument. WOODSIAS (12) [noun] Any of the fern genus Woodsia. WOODSIER (12) [adjective] Of, relating to, or suggestive of woods. | [adjective] Having many trees. WOODSMAN (14) [noun] A man who lives and works in woodland; a forester or woodman. | [noun] Designating a group of sports related to forestry culture, including axe throwing, wood splitting, wood chopping, axe cutting, chainsaw cutting, pulpwood tossing, log rolling and decking, pole climbing, and fire building. WOODSMEN (14) [noun] A man who lives and works in woodland; a forester or woodman. | [noun] Designating a group of sports related to forestry culture, including axe throwing, wood splitting, wood chopping, axe cutting, chainsaw cutting, pulpwood tossing, log rolling and decking, pole climbing, and fire building. WOODWIND (16) [noun] Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon. WOODWORK (19) [noun] Something made from wood. | [noun] Wood product. | [noun] Working with wood. WOODWORM (17) [noun] Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood. | [noun] A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater. WOOINGLY (15) [adverb] In a manner that is alluring, attractive, or tempting; in a way that seeks to entice or charm. WOOLFELL (14) [noun] A sheepskin with the wool still on it. WOOLHATS (14) WOOLIEST (11) [adjective] Made of wool. | [adjective] Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool. | [adjective] (of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic. WOOLLENS (11) [noun] Fabrics or clothing made from wool WOOLLIER (11) [adjective] Made of wool. | [adjective] Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool. | [adjective] (of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic. WOOLLIES (11) [noun] A sweater or similar garment made of wool. | [noun] A sheep not yet shorn. | [noun] A piece of woolwork. WOOLLIKE (15) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of wool; made of or containing wool-like fibers. WOOLLILY (14) [adverb] In a woolly manner; in a way that is woolly, fuzzy, or unclear in thinking or expression. WOOLPACK (19) [noun] A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds. | [noun] A cirrocumulus cloud. | [noun] A charge resembling a pillow or cushion. WOOLSACK (17) [noun] A wool bale or cushion, the traditional seat of the Lord Speaker in the British House of Lords. WOOLSHED (15) [noun] A shed where sheep are shorn. WOOLSKIN (15) [noun] A sheepskin with the wool still attached to it. WOOLWORK (18) WOOMERAS (13) [noun] An Australian spearthrower consisting of a stick with a hooked end. WOOPSING (14) WOORALIS (11) [noun] A South American Indian blow pipe used to shoot poisoned darts, typically made from a long hollowed wood tube. | [noun] A dart or projectile fired from a blowgun. WOORARIS (11) WOOSHING (15) [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WOOZIEST (20) [adjective] Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented | [adjective] Intoxicated by drink or drugs WORDAGES (13) [noun] The number of words in a piece of writing or speech. | [noun] Plural of wordage, referring to multiple instances or types of word counts. WORDBOOK (18) [noun] A dictionary or other reference book that lists words; a lexicon, vocabulary. | [noun] The libretto of an opera. WORDIEST (12) [adjective] Using an excessive number of words. WORDINGS (13) [noun] A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context. WORDLESS (12) [adjective] Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid. | [adjective] Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate. WORDPLAY (17) [noun] A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively. | [noun] A witty verbal exchange; such exchanges collectively. WORKABLE (17) [adjective] Capable of functioning. | [adjective] Able to be worked or fashioned WORKADAY (19) [adjective] Suitable for everyday use. | [adjective] Mundane or commonplace. WORKBAGS (18) [noun] A bag containing tools or material used for work, especially needlework. WORKBOAT (17) [noun] A boat used for purposes other than recreation, passenger transport, or combat. WORKBOOK (21) [noun] A book, used by a student, in which answers and workings may be entered besides questions and exercises. | [noun] A book, used by a business, containing a record of work to be done, or work completed. | [noun] A collection of spreadsheets stored in the same file. WORKDAYS (19) [noun] Any of the days of a week on which work is done. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends). | [noun] That part of a day in which work is done. WORKFARE (18) [noun] A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid WORKFOLK (22) WORKINGS (16) [noun] (usually in the plural) Operation; action. | [noun] Method of operation. | [noun] The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem. WORKLESS (15) [adjective] Devoid of work. | [adjective] Having no work to do; unemployed. | [adjective] Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact. WORKLOAD (16) [noun] The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period | [noun] The amount of work that a machine can handle or produce WORKMATE (17) [noun] Somebody with whom one works; a coworker. WORKOUTS (15) [noun] An exercise session; a period of physical exercise. | [noun] A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal. | [noun] (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain. WORKROOM (17) [noun] A room, such as a workshop or studio, where work is done. WORKSHOP (20) [noun] A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work. | [noun] A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving. | [noun] An academic conference. WORKWEEK (22) [noun] The range of days of the week that are normally worked WORMHOLE (16) [noun] A hole burrowed by a worm | [noun] A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel. | [noun] A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality. WORMIEST (13) [adjective] Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms. | [adjective] Infested with worms. WORMLIKE (17) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a worm in shape, movement, or appearance. WORMROOT (13) WORMSEED (14) [noun] An aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil | [noun] Santonica or Levant wormseed, Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina, an Asian plant related to wormwood. WORMWOOD (17) [noun] An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. | [noun] Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation. WORNNESS (11) [noun] The state or quality of being worn; the condition of having been used or deteriorated through wear. WORRIERS (11) [noun] Plural of worrier; people who tend to worry or feel anxious about things. | [noun] Third-person singular present tense of the verb worry; one who worries. WORRITED (12) [verb] To worry; to be anxious. | [verb] To worry (someone); to cause to be anxious. WORRYING (15) [verb] To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. | [verb] Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress. | [verb] To harass; to irritate or distress. | [noun] The act of worrying or harassing somebody. WORSENED (12) [verb] To make worse; to impair. | [verb] To become worse; to get worse. | [verb] To get the better of; to worst. WORSHIPS (16) [noun] The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction. | [noun] The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. | [noun] The religious ceremonies that express this devotion. WORSTEDS (12) [noun] Yarn made from long strands of wool. | [noun] The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn. WORSTING (12) [verb] To make worse. | [verb] To grow worse; to deteriorate. | [verb] To outdo or defeat, especially in battle. WORTHFUL (17) WORTHIER (14) [adjective] Having worth, merit or value | [adjective] Honourable or admirable | [adjective] Deserving, or having sufficient worth WORTHIES (14) [noun] A distinguished or eminent person WORTHILY (17) [adverb] In a manner worthy of respect, honor, or esteem; befittingly or appropriately. WORTHING (15) WOULDEST (12) [verb] Second person singular past tense of "will," used in archaic or biblical English to express what someone would do. WOUNDING (13) [verb] To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin. | [verb] To hurt (a person's feelings). | [noun] The act of inflicting a wound. WRACKFUL (20) WRACKING (18) [verb] To place in or hang on a rack. | [verb] To torture (someone) on the rack. | [verb] To cause (someone) to suffer pain. WRANGLED (13) [verb] To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily. | [verb] To herd (horses or other livestock); to supervise, manage (people). | [verb] To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. WRANGLER (12) [noun] Someone who wrangles or corrals. | [noun] A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses. | [noun] A cowboy who takes care of tourists. WRANGLES (12) [noun] An act of wrangling. | [noun] An angry dispute. | [verb] To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily. WRAPPERS (15) [noun] Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping. | [noun] An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown. | [noun] One who, or that which, wraps. WRAPPING (16) [noun] The material in which something is wrapped. | [verb] To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. | [verb] To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. WRASSLED (12) [verb] Past tense of wrastle, an informal or dialectal variant of wrestle, meaning to engage in a struggle or physical contest. WRASSLES (11) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wrastle," an informal or dialectal variant of "wrestle," meaning to engage in wrestling or to struggle with someone or something. WRASTLED (12) [verb] Past tense of wrastle, an informal or dialectal variant of wrestle, meaning to engage in a struggle or fight with another person or thing. WRASTLES (11) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "wrastle," an informal or dialectal variant of "wrestle," meaning to engage in wrestling or to struggle with something. WRATHFUL (17) [adjective] Possessed of great wrath; very angry. WRATHIER (14) [adjective] Comparative form of wrathy; more angry or full of wrath. WRATHILY (17) [adverb] In a wrathful or angry manner; with intense rage or fury. WRATHING (15) [verb] Present participle of "wrath," meaning to express or manifest anger and rage. WREAKERS (15) [noun] Plural of wreaker; those who wreak or cause destruction, damage, or havoc. | [noun] Ships or persons engaged in wrecking (salvaging wrecked vessels). WREAKING (16) [verb] To cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; . | [verb] To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite. | [verb] To inflict or take vengeance on. WREATHED (15) [verb] To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something. | [verb] To wrap around something in a circle. | [verb] To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath. WREATHEN (14) [adjective] Twisted or formed into a wreath; having a spiral or coiled form. WREATHES (14) [verb] To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath. | [verb] To form a wreathlike shape around something. | [verb] To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath. WRECKAGE (18) [noun] Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed. WRECKERS (17) [noun] A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. (Australia) | [noun] One who breaks up situations, events. | [noun] A tow truck. WRECKFUL (20) WRECKING (18) [verb] To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless. | [verb] To ruin or dilapidate. | [verb] To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts. WRENCHED (17) [verb] To violently move in a turn or writhe. | [verb] To pull or twist violently. | [verb] To turn aside or deflect. WRENCHES (16) [noun] A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. | [noun] An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. | [noun] A trick or artifice. WRESTERS (11) [noun] Plural of wrester; those who wrest or twist something forcibly. | [noun] Plural of wrester; those who engage in wrestling. WRESTING (12) [verb] To pull or twist violently. | [verb] To obtain by pulling or violent force. | [verb] To seize. WRESTLED (12) [verb] To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest | [verb] To struggle or strive | [verb] To take part in a wrestling match with someone WRESTLER (11) [noun] A person who wrestles. WRESTLES (11) [noun] A wrestling bout. | [noun] A struggle. WRETCHED (17) [adjective] Very miserable; feeling deep affliction or distress. | [adjective] Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable. | [adjective] Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked. WRETCHES (16) [noun] An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person. | [noun] An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person. | [noun] An exile. WRICKING (18) WRIGGLED (14) [verb] To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm. | [verb] To cause to or make something wriggle. | [verb] To use crooked or devious means. WRIGGLER (13) [noun] Anything that wriggles. | [noun] The larva of a mosquito. | [noun] A cunning or tricky person; a dodger. WRIGGLES (13) [noun] A wriggling movement. | [verb] To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm. | [verb] To cause to or make something wriggle. WRINGERS (12) [noun] One who wrings. | [noun] A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle. | [noun] Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal. WRINGING (13) [verb] To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out. | [verb] To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it. | [verb] To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force. WRINKLED (16) [verb] To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles. | [verb] To pucker or become uneven or irregular. | [verb] (of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age. WRINKLES (15) [noun] A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface. | [noun] A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue. | [noun] A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out. WRISTIER (11) [adjective] More wristy; having qualities characteristic of the wrist or involving more wrist movement. WRISTLET (11) [noun] An elastic band worn to keep a glove from slipping off the wrist. | [noun] A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist; especially, a closely knitted one to keep it warm; a muffetee. | [noun] A small handbag with a short strap for attaching it to the wearer's wrist. WRITABLE (13) [adjective] Capable of being written on or suitable for writing; able to have something written upon it. WRITERLY (14) [adjective] Characteristic of a writer; using well-chosen words or well-crafted sentences. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a writer WRITHERS (14) [verb] Third person singular present of writhe; twists or writhes in pain or discomfort. | [noun] Plural of writher; things or people that writhe. WRITHING (15) [verb] To twist, to wring (something). | [verb] To contort (a part of the body). | [verb] To twist or contort the body; to be distorted. WRITINGS (12) [noun] Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning. | [noun] Something written, such as a document, article or book. | [noun] The process of representing a language with symbols or letters. WRONGERS (12) [noun] Plural of wronger; people who commit wrongs or injustices. | [noun] Those who wrong or treat unjustly. WRONGEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of wrong; most incorrect, inaccurate, or inappropriate. WRONGFUL (15) [adjective] Wrong or unjust | [adjective] Unlawful or illegal WRONGING (13) [verb] To treat unjustly; to injure or harm. | [verb] To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice. | [verb] To slander; to impute evil to unjustly. WROTHFUL (17) [adjective] Full of wrath; extremely angry or wrathful. WRYNECKS (20) [noun] Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging. | [noun] A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles; torticollis. WUSSIEST (11) [adjective] Superlative form of wussy; most weak, cowardly, or ineffectual. WUTHERED (15) [verb] Past tense of "wuther," meaning to blow strongly or move turbulently (dialectal/archaic term, notably used in "Wuthering Heights" to describe wind and weather).

WABBLIEST (16) [adjective] Most inclined to wobble or move unsteadily from side to side. WACKINESS (18) [noun] The quality or state of being wacky; silly or eccentric behavior or humor. WADSETTED (14) [verb] Past tense of wadset, a Scottish legal term meaning to pledge or mortgage property as security for a loan. WAENESSES (12) [noun] Plural of waeness, a Scottish/Northern English dialect word meaning paleness or sallowness of complexion. WAFFLINGS (19) [noun] Plural of waffling; instances of speaking or writing at length without making a clear point or decision. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of waffle; to speak evasively or indecisively about something. WAGGERIES (14) [noun] Droll behaviour characteristic of a wag | [noun] A droll remark or jest WAGGISHLY (20) [adverb] In a playfully mischievous or humorous manner; with a joking or teasing attitude. WAGGONERS (14) [noun] Someone who drives a wagon. WAGGONING (15) WAGONAGES (14) [noun] The plural of wagonage, referring to the charge or fee for transporting goods by wagon, or the act of transporting by wagon. WAGONETTE (13) [noun] A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver. WAHCONDAS (18) WAILFULLY (18) WAINSCOTS (14) [noun] An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. | [noun] Any of various noctuid moths. | [verb] To decorate a wall with a wainscot. WAISTBAND (15) [noun] A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt. WAISTCOAT (14) [noun] An ornamental garment worn under a doublet. | [noun] A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket. WAISTINGS (13) WAISTLINE (12) [noun] A line around the body at the waist; its measurement | [noun] The narrowest part of a garment, usually at the waist, but may be above or below depending on the dictates of fashion or the whim of the designer | [noun] Person having a large waistline WAKEFULLY (22) [adverb] In a wakeful manner; with full consciousness or awareness; without sleeping. WAKENINGS (17) [noun] The act of waking up or becoming awake. | [noun] Instances of becoming aware or conscious of something, often used in spiritual or psychological contexts. WALKABOUT (18) [noun] (Australian aboriginal) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes. | [noun] A walking trip. | [noun] A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally. WALKATHON (19) [noun] A long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity. WALKAWAYS (22) [noun] People who walk away from a situation, relationship, or commitment. | [noun] In sports, easy victories or uncontested wins. WALKOVERS (19) [noun] An easy victory; a walkaway. | [noun] A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game. | [noun] A horse race with only one entrant. WALKYRIES (19) WALLABIES (14) [noun] Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos WALLAROOS (12) [noun] Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. | [noun] The common wallaroo, Macropus robustus; the most common and widespread species of the three. WALLBOARD (15) [noun] A construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface. WALLOPERS (14) [noun] One who wallops. | [noun] A cudgel, a shillelagh. | [noun] Penis; (by extension) an idiot, a stupid person. WALLOPING (15) [verb] To rush hastily. | [verb] To flounder, wallow. | [verb] To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. WALLOWERS (15) [noun] Plural of wallower; animals or people that wallow in mud or water. | [noun] Things that wallow or roll around in something. WALLOWING (16) [verb] To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud. | [verb] To move lazily or heavily in any medium. | [verb] To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically. WALLPAPER (16) [noun] Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings. | [noun] A roll of such paper. | [noun] A style or design of such material. WAMBLIEST (16) [adjective] Most inclined to feel nausea or queasiness; most prone to wobbling or moving unsteadily. WAMPISHED (20) WAMPISHES (19) WANDERERS (13) [noun] One who wanders, who travels aimlessly. | [noun] Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus. | [noun] The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans. WANDERING (14) [verb] To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. | [verb] To stray; stray from one's course; err. | [verb] To commit adultery. WANDEROOS (13) [noun] Any of various langur monkeys (of genus Semnopithecus), from Sri Lanka | [noun] The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) WANNESSES (12) WANNIGANS (13) [noun] A supply chest or box, especially one carried by loggers or workers in remote areas. | [noun] Miscellaneous items or odds and ends. WANTONERS (12) WANTONING (13) [verb] To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. | [verb] To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away). | [verb] To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious. WAPENTAKE (18) [noun] An administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England. WARBONNET (14) [noun] A ceremonial headdress, decorated with a trailing extension of eagle feathers, worn by some American Indians. WARCRAFTS (17) [noun] Plural of warcraft; the art, science, or practice of warfare and military strategy. WARDROBES (15) [noun] A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom. | [noun] A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes. | [noun] The building housing such a department. WARDROOMS (15) [noun] The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain. | [noun] The commissioned officers of a ship, excluding the captain. WARDSHIPS (18) [noun] The plural of wardship; the state, condition, or period of being a ward under the care of a guardian. | [noun] Plural of wardship; guardianship or the care of a minor or incompetent person. WAREHOUSE (15) [noun] A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer. | [verb] To store in a warehouse or similar. | [verb] To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period. WAREROOMS (14) [noun] Rooms or showrooms where goods or wares are displayed and sold; salesrooms or display areas for merchandise. WARFARINS (15) [noun] Plural of warfarin, a anticoagulant drug commonly used as a blood thinner in medical treatment and as a rodenticide. WARHORSES (15) [noun] Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armored knight. | [noun] A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed. | [noun] An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service. WARMAKERS (18) WARMONGER (15) [noun] Someone who advocates war; a militarist. | [verb] To advocate war. WARMOUTHS (17) [noun] Plural of warmouth, a freshwater fish found in eastern North America that is related to sunfish and characterized by a large mouth. WARNINGLY (16) [adverb] In a warning manner; in such a way as to warn. WARPLANES (14) [noun] An aircraft designed for combat. WARPOWERS (17) WARRAGALS (13) [noun] A wild dingo. | [noun] A wild horse WARRANTED (13) [verb] To protect, keep safe (from danger). | [verb] To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something). | [verb] To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.). WARRANTEE (12) [noun] The beneficiary of a warranty. WARRANTER (12) [noun] One who warrants; a person who provides a warranty or guarantee. WARRANTOR (12) [noun] One making a warrant to the benefit of a warrantee. WARRENERS (12) [noun] One who farms or hunts rabbits professionally; the keeper of a warren. WARRIGALS (13) [noun] A wild dingo. | [noun] A wild horse WARSTLERS (12) WARSTLING (13) WASHABLES (17) [noun] Items or garments that can be washed without damage. | [adjective] Capable of being washed repeatedly without deterioration. WASHBASIN (17) [noun] A basin used for washing, particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face. WASHBOARD (18) [noun] A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed. | [noun] Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument. | [noun] A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard. WASHBOWLS (20) [noun] A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands. | [noun] A basin for washing the face and hands; a washbasin or wash-hand basin () WASHCLOTH (20) [noun] A small cloth used to wash the face and body. WASHERMAN (17) [noun] A man who washes laundry for payment. WASHERMEN (17) [noun] A man who washes laundry for payment. WASHHOUSE (18) [noun] A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry WASHROOMS (17) [noun] A room intended to wash the face and hands. | [noun] A room with a toilet, particularly a public toilet. WASHSTAND (16) [noun] (furniture) A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing | [noun] In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off. WASHWOMAN (20) [noun] A woman employed to wash clothes, especially professionally or as a domestic servant. WASHWOMEN (20) [noun] Plural of washwoman; women employed to wash clothes professionally, especially historically in domestic service. WASPISHLY (20) [adverb] In a bad-tempered, spiteful, or irritable manner; with a sharp or stinging quality. WASSAILED (13) [verb] To toast, to drink to the health of another. | [verb] To drink wassail. | [verb] To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols. WASSAILER (12) [noun] A person who goes caroling or celebrating during the Christmas season, traditionally singing and drinking to others' health. | [noun] A person who participates in wassailing, an old English tradition of toasting to good health and fertility. WASTELAND (13) [noun] A region with no remaining resources; a desert. | [noun] Any barren or uninteresting place. WASTELOTS (12) WASTERIES (12) WASTEWAYS (18) WATCHABLE (19) [noun] Something to be watched, or worth watching. | [adjective] That can be watched. | [adjective] That is worth watching; interesting or thrilling to watch WATCHBAND (20) [noun] A strap or band that holds a watch on the wrist. WATCHCASE (19) [noun] The casing that holds the mechanism of a watch. WATCHDOGS (19) [noun] A guard dog | [noun] An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically. | [verb] To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn. WATCHEYES (20) WATCHOUTS (17) [noun] Things to be cautious or wary about; warnings or cautions to keep in mind. | [noun] Plural of watchout, informal alerts or advisories about potential dangers or issues. WATCHWORD (21) [noun] A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief or rule of action; a rallying cry. | [noun] A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies. WATERAGES (13) [noun] Fees or charges for the use of water, or the conveyance of goods by water. | [noun] The right to navigate or transport goods on a waterway. WATERBEDS (15) [noun] A bed with a tough plastic mattress filled with water. WATERBIRD (15) [noun] Any bird that inhabits a freshwater environment. WATERBUCK (20) [noun] A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus. WATERDOGS (14) [noun] A mudpuppy. | [noun] The mature larva of an ambystomid salamander, particularly that of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). | [noun] An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). WATERFALL (15) [noun] A flow of water over the edge of a cliff. | [noun] A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc. | [noun] Waterfall model WATERFOWL (18) [noun] Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae. WATERIEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of watery; containing the most water or having the greatest amount of moisture. | [adjective] Most diluted, weak, or thin in consistency. WATERINGS (13) [noun] The plural of watering, referring to instances of supplying water to plants or animals, or places where animals drink water. | [noun] Diluted or weakened versions of something, such as watered-down drinks or solutions. WATERLEAF (15) [noun] Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum. | [noun] Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family. | [noun] A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable. WATERLESS (12) [adjective] Lacking water or containing no water. WATERLINE (12) [noun] A line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of a series of short lines marked on the hull to show where the waterline would be under different loadings. | [noun] A horizontal line indicating the shape of an airfoil. | [noun] A line showing where the water has been, usually a line separating dry land and wet areas; a watermark or tidemark. WATERLOGS (13) [verb] To saturate with water. WATERLOOS (12) [noun] Plural of Waterloo, a decisive defeat or downfall, referring to a decisive moment of failure or reckoning. WATERMARK (18) [noun] A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light. | [noun] (by extension) A logo superimposed on a digital image, a television broadcast, etc. | [noun] A value stored in a datafile to ensure its integrity, so that if the file's contents are changed then the watermark will no longer match the contents. WATERSHED (16) [noun] The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest. | [noun] A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin. | [noun] A critical point marking a change in course or development. WATERSIDE (13) [noun] The land bordering a body of water | [adjective] Of, pertaining to or situated on a waterside WATERWAYS (18) [noun] A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable. | [noun] A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water. WATERWEED (16) [noun] Any of several aquatic herbs of the genus Elodea. WATERWORN (15) [adjective] Worn smooth and rounded by the action of water over time. WATERZOOI (21) [noun] A Belgian or Dutch stew made with fish or meat and vegetables cooked in broth. WATTHOURS (15) [noun] A unit of energy equal to one watt of power consumed for one hour, commonly used to measure electrical energy consumption. WATTMETER (14) [noun] An instrument for measuring electric power in watts. WAUCHTING (18) WAUGHTING (17) WAVEBANDS (18) [noun] A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio. WAVEFORMS (20) [noun] The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable. | [noun] The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a characteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time. WAVEGUIDE (17) [noun] A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves. | [verb] To act as a waveguide for WAVESHAPE (20) WAXPLANTS (21) [noun] Plural of waxplant; tropical climbing plants of the genus Hoya, known for their waxy, star-shaped flowers and thick, fleshy leaves. WAYFARERS (18) [noun] A traveller, especially one on foot. | [noun] A type of glasses, with pointed ends and rounded bottoms. WAYFARING (19) [verb] To travel; make a journey. | [noun] Travel, especially on foot. | [adjective] Travelling, especially on foot. WAYGOINGS (17) [noun] Plural of waygoing; the act of departing or leaving, or the condition of a tenant leaving a property. | [noun] In Scottish law, compensation paid by an outgoing tenant for improvements made to a property. WAYLAYERS (18) [noun] People who ambush or intercept someone on their way; those who lie in wait to attack or intercept travelers. WAYLAYING (19) [verb] To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. | [verb] To accost or intercept unexpectedly. | [noun] The act by which somebody is waylaid; an ambush. WAYWARDLY (22) [adverb] In a wayward manner; in a manner that is unpredictable, disobedient, or difficult to control. WEAKENERS (16) [noun] People or things that make something weaker or less strong. WEAKENING (17) [verb] To make weaker or less strong. | [verb] To become weaker or less strong. | [noun] An instance or process of loss of strength. WEAKLIEST (16) [adjective] Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak. WEAKLINGS (17) [noun] A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution | [noun] A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength. WEAKSIDES (17) WEALTHIER (15) [adjective] Possessing financial wealth; rich. | [adjective] Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse. WEALTHILY (18) [adverb] In a wealthy manner; with wealth or affluence. WEANLINGS (13) [noun] Any young mammal that has been recently weaned. | [noun] Specifically, a human child that has been recently weaned. | [noun] Specifically, a young horse that has been weaned from its mother, but is less than one year old (usually 5-12 months old). WEAPONING (15) WEARABLES (14) [noun] Something that can be worn; an item of clothing. | [noun] Ellipsis of wearable computer WEARILESS (12) WEARINESS (12) [noun] Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness. | [noun] A lack of interest or excitement. WEARINGLY (16) [adjective] In a manner that causes tiredness or fatigue; tediously or monotonously. WEARISOME (14) [adjective] Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue. WEASELING (13) [verb] To achieve by clever or devious means. | [verb] To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means. | [verb] To engage in clever or devious behavior. WEASELLED (13) [verb] To achieve by clever or devious means. | [verb] To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means. | [verb] To engage in clever or devious behavior. WEATHERED (16) [verb] To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects. | [verb] (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist. | [verb] To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air. WEATHERLY (18) [adjective] (of a sailing vessel) Able to sail close to the wind with little leeway. WEEDINESS (13) [noun] The quality or state of being weedy; the condition of being full of weeds or resembling a weed. | [noun] The characteristic of being thin, weak, or feeble in appearance. WEEKENDED (18) [verb] To spend the weekend. WEEKENDER (17) [noun] Someone who visits a place for a weekend break. | [noun] Someone who takes part in a sport or similar event at weekends. | [noun] A small suitcase with the capacity needed for a weekend break. WEEKNIGHT (20) [noun] A night during the week, typically Monday through Friday, as opposed to a weekend night. WEENSIEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of "weeny," meaning extremely small or tiny. WEEWEEING (16) [verb] Present participle of "weewee," meaning to urinate, especially as used by or for children. WEIGELIAS (13) [noun] Plural of weigelia, a genus of flowering shrubs native to Asia, commonly cultivated for their tubular flowers in shades of pink, red, or white. WEIGHABLE (18) [adjective] Capable of being weighed or measured. | [adjective] Having sufficient weight or importance to be considered significant. WEIGHTERS (16) [noun] People or things that add weight to something. | [noun] In horse racing, horses that carry extra weight in a handicap race. WEIGHTIER (16) [adjective] Heavy. | [adjective] Important; serious; not trivial or petty. | [adjective] Rigorous; severe; afflictive. WEIGHTILY (19) [adverb] In a heavy, weighty, or serious manner. | [adverb] With great importance or significance. WEIGHTING (17) [verb] To add weight to something; to make something heavier. | [verb] To load, burden or oppress someone. | [verb] To assign weights to individual statistics. WEIRDNESS (13) [noun] The state or quality of being weird. | [noun] The result or product of being weird. WELCOMELY (19) WELCOMERS (16) [noun] People who welcome or greet others. | [noun] Plural of welcomer, one who extends a greeting or reception. WELCOMING (17) [adjective] Hospitable, accessible and cordial. | [verb] To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!". | [verb] To accept something willingly or gladly. | [noun] An act of giving welcome. WELDMENTS (15) [noun] Plural of weldment; assemblies of parts joined together by welding. WELFARISM (17) [noun] The belief in or support of the welfare state. WELFARIST (15) WELLADAYS (16) [interjection] An archaic exclamation of sorrow, lamentation, or distress; a variant of "welladay." | [noun] An expression of grief or woe. WELLAWAYS (18) [noun] An exclamation of sorrow or lamentation; a cry of grief or distress. WELLCURBS (16) WELLDOERS (13) [noun] Plural of welldoer; people who do well or perform good actions; those who prosper or succeed. WELLHEADS (16) [noun] The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well. | [noun] The source of something; a fountainhead. | [noun] The surface structure of an oil well etc. WELLHOLES (15) WELLSITES (12) [noun] Plural of wellsite; locations where water wells or oil/gas wells are drilled and operated. WELTERING (13) [verb] To roll around; to wallow. | [verb] To revel, luxuriate. | [verb] (of waves, billows) To rise and fall, to tumble over, to roll. WEREGILDS (14) [noun] The plural of wergild, a sum of money paid as compensation for injury or death in Anglo-Saxon and other Germanic legal systems. WERWOLVES (18) [noun] A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon. WESTBOUND (15) [adjective] Which is, or will be, moving towards the west. | [adverb] Towards the west; in a westerly direction. WESTERING (13) [verb] To move towards the west | [adjective] (especially of heavenly bodies, particularly the sun) Moving westward, near the west. WESTWARDS (16) [adverb] Westward, towards the west WETNESSES (12) [noun] Plural of wetness; the quality or state of being wet. WHACKIEST (21) [adjective] Zany; eccentric WHALEBACK (23) [noun] A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curved above the waterline from vertical to horizontal | [noun] A land form (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale WHALEBOAT (17) [noun] A long narrow rowing boat, formerly used in whaling, which is pointed at both ends so that it can move either forwards or backwards equally well. | [noun] A boat resembling this and carried on a warship or other ship. WHALEBONE (17) [noun] The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets WHALELIKE (19) WHARFAGES (19) [noun] Plural of wharfage; a fee charged for the use of a wharf or for goods stored there. | [noun] Wharf space or accommodations available for ships. WHATSISES (15) WHEATEARS (15) [noun] Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects, | [noun] An ear of wheat. | [noun] A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat. WHEEDLERS (16) [noun] People who obtain something by using flattery or persistent persuasion. | [verb] Third-person singular present tense of "wheedle," meaning to persuade or obtain something through flattery or coaxing. WHEEDLING (17) [verb] To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery. | [verb] To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery. | [noun] The act of one who wheedles. WHEELBASE (17) [noun] The horizontal distance between the front and rear axles of a road or rail vehicle. WHEELINGS (16) [noun] Plural of wheeling, referring to movements or maneuvers involving wheels, or the act of riding a bicycle or vehicle in circular motions. | [noun] Dealings or negotiations, often used in the phrase "wheeling and dealing." WHEELLESS (15) [adjective] Without wheels; not equipped with wheels. WHEELSMAN (17) [noun] Helmsman WHEELSMEN (17) [noun] Helmsman WHEELWORK (22) [noun] A combination of wheels and gears in a machine; a mechanism consisting of interlocking wheels. | [noun] The mechanical parts of a watch or clock. WHEEPLING (18) WHEEZIEST (24) [adjective] That wheezes. WHELKIEST (19) [adjective] Superlative form of whelky; most resembling or characteristic of a whelk, or having the qualities of whelks. WHEREASES (15) [noun] Plural of whereas; introductory clauses in legal documents that precede the operative part of an agreement or resolution. WHEREFORE (18) [noun] An intent or purpose; a why. | [adverb] (interrogative) Why, for what reason, because of what. | [adverb] (indicative) Therefore. WHEREFROM (20) [adverb] From which; whence WHEREINTO (15) [preposition] Into which; to which place or thing. WHEREUNTO (15) [adverb] To which; to what place or thing (archaic relative adverb used to introduce a clause). WHEREUPON (17) [conjunction] After which, in consequence. | [conjunction] Upon which. WHEREWITH (21) [noun] Something with which; the means by which. | [adverb] With which; with what. WHERRYING (19) [verb] Transporting in a wherry, which is a light rowing boat or barge. | [verb] Moving quickly or nimbly by boat. WHETSTONE (15) [noun] A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool. | [noun] A benchmark for evaluating the power and performance of a computer. | [noun] A stimulant. WHEYFACES (23) [noun] Plural of wheyface; people with pale or sickly complexions, or cowardly persons. WHICHEVER (23) [pronoun] (interrogative) Which ever; emphatic form of 'which'. | [pronoun] Irrespective of the one(s) that; no matter which one(s). | [pronoun] Any or either one(s) that; the one(s) that. WHICKERED (22) [verb] Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny. WHIFFLERS (21) [noun] Plural of whiffler; people who make whiffling sounds or movements. | [noun] In historical contexts, minor officials or subordinates who perform trivial tasks. WHIFFLING (22) [verb] To blow a short gust. | [verb] To waffle, talk aimlessly. | [verb] To waste time. WHIMBRELS (19) [noun] A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill. WHIMPERED (20) [verb] To cry or sob softly and intermittently. | [verb] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain. | [verb] To say something in a whimpering manner. WHIMSICAL (19) [adjective] Given to whimsy. WHINCHATS (20) [noun] A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects. WHINGEING (17) [verb] To complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. | [verb] To whine. | [noun] A peevish complaint. WHININGLY (19) [adverb] In a manner characterized by whining; with a high-pitched, complaining tone or attitude. WHINNIEST (15) [adjective] Superlative form of whinny; characterized by or resembling the high-pitched neighing sound of a horse, or (informally) having a complaining or whining quality. WHINNYING (19) [verb] (of a horse) To make a gentle neigh. | [noun] A gentle neighing. WHINSTONE (15) [noun] (quarrying industry) Any hard dark-coloured rock. WHIPCORDS (20) [noun] A hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes. | [noun] A type of catgut. | [noun] A strong worsted fabric, with a diagonal rib. WHIPPIEST (19) [adjective] Whiplike; thin and pliant. | [adjective] Active, nimble WHIPPINGS (20) [noun] The punishment of being whipped. | [noun] A heavy defeat; a thrashing. | [noun] A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc. WHIPSAWED (21) [verb] To operate a whipsaw. | [verb] To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises. | [verb] To defeat someone in two different ways at once. WHIPSTOCK (23) [noun] The stock (rigid handle) of a whip. WHIPTAILS (17) [noun] Any of many New World lizards, of the genus Cnemidophorus, that have long, slender tails. | [noun] A fish, the blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae. | [noun] A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency. WHIPWORMS (22) [noun] Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals | [noun] Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris. WHIRLIEST (15) [adjective] Superlative form of whirly; most characterized by whirling, spinning, or rotating motions. WHIRLIGIG (17) [noun] Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round. | [noun] A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch. | [noun] A whirligig beetle. WHIRLPOOL (17) [noun] A swirling body of water. | [noun] A hot tub, jacuzzi. | [noun] Turmoil, or agitated excitement. WHIRLWIND (19) [noun] A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion. | [noun] A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward. | [adjective] Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind romance. WHIRRYING (19) WHISHTING (19) WHISKERED (20) [adjective] Having whiskers; characterized by or featuring whiskers. | [verb] Past tense of whisker, meaning to move or carry swiftly and lightly. WHISPERED (18) [verb] To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. | [verb] To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper. | [verb] To make a low, sibilant sound. WHISPERER (17) [noun] Someone who whispers. | [noun] Someone who tells secrets; a gossip. | [noun] Someone who is skilled in taming or training a certain kind of animal, using gentle vocal commands and body language as opposed to physical contact. See horse whisperer. WHISTLERS (15) [noun] Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument. | [noun] Any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachycephala, of Australasia and the western Pacific. | [noun] Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species). WHISTLING (16) [verb] To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips. | [verb] To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc. | [verb] To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound. | [noun] A shrill, breathy sound; a whistle. WHITEBAIT (17) [noun] The young of various species of fish, especially herrings, sprats or smelts | [noun] Food prepared from such fish, often deep fried and served as a starter or snack. WHITECAPS (19) [noun] Any of several birds having a white patch on the head. | [noun] A wave having a white crest; a breaker. | [noun] A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. WHITEFACE (20) [noun] Makeup that makes the face appear white. | [noun] Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala. | [noun] A Hereford cow. WHITEFISH (21) [noun] Any of many fish. | [noun] The beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale) WHITEHEAD (19) [noun] A pimple formed by a clogged sebaceous gland, usually with a milky-white cap. | [noun] A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla) | [noun] The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens. WHITENERS (15) [noun] Substances or agents that make something white or whiter, such as bleaching agents used in laundry or dental products. | [noun] People or things that whiten. WHITENESS (15) [noun] The state of being white (all senses). | [noun] (dysphemistic) The collective of White/Europid people and their historical heritage. WHITENING (16) [verb] (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch. | [noun] A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter. | [noun] The process of making something white or whiter. WHITEOUTS (15) [noun] A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard. | [noun] Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear. | [noun] Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out). WHITETAIL (15) [noun] A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America. WHITEWALL (18) [noun] A tyre/tire with white sidewalls. | [noun] A hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer. | [adjective] (of a tyre/tire) Having white sidewalls | [noun] (Northamptonshire) The spotted flycatcher. WHITEWASH (21) [noun] A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white. | [noun] A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep. | [noun] Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair. WHITEWING (19) WHITEWOOD (19) [noun] Any of several deciduous trees that are used for furniture, especially the tulip tree. | [noun] The wood of these trees. | [noun] A prototype version of a pinball table, without the final artwork. WHITRACKS (21) WHITTLERS (15) [noun] People who carve or shape wood, bone, or other materials with a knife. | [noun] People who reduce something gradually or persistently. WHITTLING (16) [verb] To cut or shape wood with a knife. | [verb] To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt). | [verb] To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate. WHITTRETS (15) WHIZBANGS (27) [noun] A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding | [noun] A small artillery shell | [noun] (by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness. WHIZZBANG (36) [noun] A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding | [noun] A small artillery shell | [noun] (by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness. WHODUNITS (16) [noun] A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator. WHODUNNIT (16) [noun] A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator. WHOLENESS (15) [noun] The quality of being whole. WHOLESALE (15) [noun] The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants. | [verb] To sell at wholesale. | [adjective] Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale. WHOLESOME (17) [adjective] Promoting good physical health and well-being. | [adjective] Promoting moral and mental well-being. | [adjective] Favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous. WHOLISTIC (17) [adjective] Related to holism. | [adjective] Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts. WHOOSHING (19) [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. | [noun] A sound or motion that whooshes. WHOOSISES (15) WHOREDOMS (18) [noun] Plural of whoredom; the practice of prostitution or sexual immorality. | [noun] Unfaithfulness or infidelity, especially in a spiritual or religious context. WHORESONS (15) [noun] Often used as a term of abuse: an illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents. | [noun] The son of a prostitute. WHOSOEVER (18) [pronoun] Whatever person or persons: emphasised or elaborated form of whoever. WICKEDEST (19) [adjective] Evil or mischievous by nature. | [adjective] Excellent; awesome; masterful. WIDEAWAKE (20) [noun] A bird, the sooty tern. | [noun] A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt. WIDOWHOOD (20) [noun] The state or period of being a widow or widower. WIELDIEST (13) [adjective] (obsolete except Britain) Able to wield one's body well; active, dexterous. | [adjective] Capable of being easily wielded or managed; handy. WIFEHOODS (19) [noun] The plural of wifehood; the state, condition, or role of being a wife. WIFELIEST (15) [adjective] Superlative form of wifely; most befitting or characteristic of a wife. WIGGERIES (14) WIGGLIEST (14) [adjective] Superlative form of wiggly; most inclined to wiggle or move with short, quick motions side to side. WIGMAKERS (19) [noun] Plural of wigmaker; people who make or sell wigs. WIGWAGGED (19) [verb] To move gently in one direction and then another; to wig or wiggle, to wag or waggle. | [verb] To oscillate between two states. | [verb] To send a signal by waving a flag to and fro. WILDERING (14) [noun] A plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation. WILDFIRES (16) [noun] A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area. | [noun] Greek fire, Byzantine fire. | [noun] A spreading disease of the skin, particularly erysipelas. WILDFOWLS (19) [noun] Wild birds, especially ducks and geese, hunted for sport or food. WILDLANDS (14) [noun] Uncultivated or uninhabited land in its natural state. | [noun] Areas of land managed to preserve their wild character and natural resources. WILDLINGS (14) [noun] A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant | [noun] A wild animal WILDWOODS (17) [noun] Woodland that has developed naturally, especially where a suitable climate has developed with it. WILLEMITE (14) [noun] A rare mineral, zinc silicate, Zn2SiO4, that is a minor ore of zinc. WILLFULLY (18) [adverb] Willingly, of one's own free will. | [adverb] Deliberately, on purpose; maliciously. WILLINGER (13) WILLINGLY (16) [adverb] Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously. WILLIWAUS (15) WILLIWAWS (18) [noun] A strong gust of cold wind WILLOWERS (15) WILLOWIER (15) [adjective] Resembling a willow. | [adjective] (of a person) Tall, slender and graceful. | [adjective] (of a place) Having willow trees. WILLOWING (16) [verb] To move in a graceful, undulating manner like a willow tree swaying in the wind. | [verb] To shape or bend something like a willow branch. WILLPOWER (17) [noun] The unwavering strength of will to carry out one's wishes. WILLYWAWS (21) [noun] Sudden violent gusts of wind that occur in mountainous regions, particularly around the Strait of Magellan. | [noun] Tumultuous or chaotic situations. WIMPINESS (16) [noun] The state or condition of being wimpy. WINDBLAST (15) WINDBLOWN (18) [adjective] (of a tree) growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds. | [adjective] (of seeds, leaves etc) dispersed by the wind. | [adjective] (of a person) having disheveled hair blown about by the wind. WINDBREAK (19) [noun] A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops. | [noun] A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind. WINDBURNS (15) [noun] Inflammation and redness of the skin caused by exposure to cold, dry wind. WINDBURNT (15) [adjective] Of people or body parts: suffering from windburn. | [adjective] Of plants: dried or damaged by the wind. WINDCHILL (18) [noun] The still-air temperature equivalent to a given combination of temperature and wind speed, as far as its cooling effect on exposed flesh is concerned WINDFALLS (16) [noun] Something that has been blown down by the wind. | [noun] A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind. | [noun] A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift. WINDFLAWS (19) [noun] Sudden gusts of wind that blow in different directions, or sudden shifts in wind direction. WINDGALLS (14) [noun] A puffy, typically fluid filled sac located just above the fetlock joint on a horse. Generally appearing on old or poorly kept horses. WINDHOVER (19) [noun] The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). WINDINESS (13) [noun] The quality or state of being windy; characterized by much wind. | [noun] The quality of being winding or twisting; lack of directness. WINDLINGS (14) WINDMILLS (15) [noun] A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. | [noun] The structure containing such machinery. | [noun] A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind. WINDOWING (17) [verb] To furnish with windows. | [verb] To place at or in a window. | [noun] The windows of a building; fenestration. WINDPIPES (17) [noun] The trachea. | [noun] Any duct for air or other gas. | [noun] A section of road or bridleway which has a reputation for having strong crosswinds or localized wind swirls. WINDPROOF (18) [verb] To make resistant to the wind. | [adjective] Providing protection from the wind. WINDROWED (17) [verb] Past tense of windrow; to arrange cut grass, grain, or similar material into long rows for drying or collection. WINDSOCKS (19) [noun] A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields. WINDSTORM (15) [noun] A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation. WINDSURFS (16) [verb] To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail WINDSWEPT (18) [adjective] Exposed to the winds. WINDTHROW (19) [noun] A tree or group of trees blown down by wind. | [noun] An area of forest where trees have been knocked down by strong winds. WINDWARDS (17) [noun] Plural of windward; the direction or side from which the wind is blowing. | [adjective] Relating to or situated on the side facing the wind. WINEGLASS (13) [noun] A glass vessel, normally with a stem, from which wine is drunk. WINEPRESS (14) [noun] A device used to squeeze juice from grapes as the first part of the process of winemaking. WINESHOPS (17) [noun] Retail stores where wine is sold to consumers. WINESKINS (16) [noun] A bag, traditionally made from the skin of a goat, used for holding and dispensing wine. WINGBACKS (21) [noun] A player who doubles as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking. | [noun] A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback. | [noun] A wingback chair. WINGDINGS (15) [noun] A fit or spasm. | [noun] A party. WINGOVERS (16) [noun] An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short dive, levelling out to fly in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began. WINGSPANS (15) [noun] (usually in singular) The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.). WINNINGLY (16) [adverb] In a winning manner. WINNOWERS (15) [noun] Machines or devices that separate grain from chaff by means of wind or air currents. | [noun] People who winnow or separate useful items from worthless ones. WINNOWING (16) [verb] To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff. | [verb] To separate, sift, analyze, or test by separating items having different values. | [verb] To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings. WINSOMELY (17) [adverb] In a winsome manner; in a way that is attractive, appealing, or charming. WINSOMEST (14) [adjective] Superlative form of winsome; most charming, attractive, or appealing in a sweet or engaging manner. WINTERERS (12) [noun] People who spend the winter in a particular place, especially those who remain in a location during the winter season. | [noun] Animals that survive or are active during winter. WINTERIER (12) [adjective] More wintry; more characteristic of winter or having colder, harsher winter conditions. WINTERING (13) [verb] To spend the winter (in a particular place). | [verb] To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold. | [noun] The act of staying at a place throughout the winter. WINTERIZE (21) [verb] To prepare (something) for winter weather. | [verb] To remove the saturated fats from (a vegetable oil) by cooling and filtering it, so that it does not go cloudy in the winter. WINTRIEST (12) [adjective] Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. | [adjective] Of precipitation, containing sleet or snow. | [adjective] Aged, white-haired. WIREDRAWN (16) [verb] To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate. | [verb] To stretch (words, a meaning etc.) to suit one's own purpose. WIREDRAWS (16) [verb] To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate. | [verb] To stretch (words, a meaning etc.) to suit one's own purpose. WIREHAIRS (15) [noun] Dogs or cats with stiff, wiry coats of hair. | [noun] Plural of wirehair, a breed or type of dog characterized by a rough, wiry coat. WIREPHOTO (17) [noun] A photograph transmitted by wire or electronic means, especially one sent by newspapers before the digital age. WIREWORKS (19) WIREWORMS (17) [noun] The larva of the click beetle. WISEACRES (14) [noun] One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart. | [noun] A learned or wise man. WISEASSES (12) [noun] One who makes wisecracks, particularly in a sassy or cocky fashion. WISECRACK (20) [noun] A witty or sarcastic comment or quip. | [verb] To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment. WISELIEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of wise; most wise or most prudent in judgment and decision-making. WISEWOMAN (17) WISEWOMEN (17) [noun] Plural of wisewomen; women regarded as having knowledge, wisdom, or special insight, historically often referring to midwives or healers in traditional communities. WISHBONES (17) [noun] A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries. | [noun] A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew. | [noun] Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone. WISHFULLY (21) [adverb] In a manner expressing or characterized by wishful thinking; with an attitude of longing or hope for something desired but unlikely to happen. WISPINESS (14) [noun] The quality or state of being wispy; characterized by being thin, light, and delicate or insubstantial. WISTARIAS (12) [noun] Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States. WISTERIAS (12) [noun] Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States. WISTFULLY (18) [adverb] In a wistful manner. WITCHIEST (17) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike. WITCHINGS (18) [noun] The plural of witching, referring to instances of witchcraft or sorcery. | [noun] Times or moments associated with supernatural activity, as in "the witching hour." WITCHLIKE (21) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a witch; having qualities associated with witches such as being mysterious, magical, or menacing. WITCHWEED (21) [noun] Any of several flowering plants of the genus Striga, from Africa and Asia, some of which are parasitic to crops. WITHDRAWN (19) [verb] To pull (something) back, aside, or away. | [verb] To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around. | [verb] To take back (a comment, etc); retract. WITHDRAWS (19) [verb] To pull (something) back, aside, or away. | [verb] To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around. | [verb] To take back (a comment, etc); retract. WITHERERS (15) [noun] Plural of witherer; things or people that cause something to wither or decay. | [verb] Third-person singular present tense of wither; causes to shrivel, fade, or lose vitality. WITHERING (16) [verb] To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. | [verb] To cause to shrivel or dry up. | [verb] To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away. WITHERITE (15) [noun] A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO3 WITHHOLDS (19) [verb] To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner. | [verb] To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it. | [verb] To stay back. WITHSTAND (16) [verb] To resist or endure (something) successfully. | [verb] To oppose (something) forcefully. WITHSTOOD (16) [verb] To resist or endure (something) successfully. | [verb] To oppose (something) forcefully. WITLESSLY (15) [adverb] In a manner lacking intelligence or good judgment; foolishly or stupidly. WITNESSED (13) [verb] To furnish proof of, to show. | [verb] To take as evidence. | [verb] To see or gain knowledge of through experience. WITNESSES (12) [noun] Attestation of a fact or event; testimony. | [noun] One who sees or has personal knowledge of something. | [noun] Someone called to give evidence in a court. WITTICISM (16) [noun] A witty remark WITTINESS (12) [noun] The quality of being witty; clever and amusing humor or remarks. WITTINGLY (16) [adverb] With knowledge of and deliberate intention; knowingly and intentionally. WOADWAXES (23) [noun] Plural of woadwax, a shrubby plant of the legume family with yellow flowers, also known as dyer's greenweed. WOBBLIEST (16) [adjective] Unsteady and tending to wobble. WOEBEGONE (15) [adjective] In a deplorable state. | [adjective] Filled with or deeply affected by woe. WOEFULLER (15) WOENESSES (12) [noun] Plural of woeness; the quality or state of being woeful or full of woe. WOLFBERRY (20) [noun] Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium. | [noun] Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense | [noun] The berry of this plant. WOLFHOUND (19) [noun] A dog of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves. WOLFISHLY (21) [adverb] In a manner resembling or characteristic of a wolf; fiercely or rapaciously. WOLFSBANE (17) [noun] Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum. | [noun] Arnica montana WOLVERINE (15) [noun] A stocky carnivorous mammal of the weasel family found in northern regions, known for its strength and ferocity. | [noun] A native or resident of Michigan. WOMANHOOD (18) [noun] The state or condition of being an adult female human being, as distinguished from a child or a man Compare adulthood. Contrast manhood and childhood. | [noun] All of the adult female human beingss of a given locality, region, district, country, nation or state, or all of the adult female humans pertaining to a given human subgroup (culture, ethnicity, race, etc.), regarded collectively | [noun] The idealized nature of an adult female human: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness, as regarded collectively WOMANISED (15) [verb] (said of a man) To flirt with and/or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously. | [verb] (usually figurative) To turn into a woman; to feminize. WOMANISES (14) [verb] (said of a man) To flirt with and/or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously. | [verb] (usually figurative) To turn into a woman; to feminize. WOMANIZED (24) [verb] (said of a man) To flirt with and/or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously. | [verb] (usually figurative) To turn into a woman; to feminize. WOMANIZER (23) [noun] A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women. WOMANIZES (23) [verb] (said of a man) To flirt with and/or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously. | [verb] (usually figurative) To turn into a woman; to feminize. WOMANKIND (19) [noun] Women, taken collectively. WOMANLESS (14) [adjective] Without women; lacking women. | [noun] A theatrical or musical performance where men dress as and play female roles. WOMANLIER (14) [adjective] More womanly; having more characteristics traditionally associated with women, such as grace, gentleness, or feminine qualities. WOMANLIKE (18) [adjective] Resembling, characteristic of, or befitting a woman; having qualities associated with women. WOMENFOLK (21) [noun] Women collectively. | [noun] The adult female members of a community. WOMENKIND (19) [noun] All women around the world viewed as one entity. WONDERERS (13) [noun] Plural of wonderer; people who wander or travel aimlessly. | [noun] People who think deeply or feel amazement about something. WONDERFUL (16) [adjective] Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary. | [adjective] Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive. | [adverb] Exceedingly, to a great extent. WONDERING (14) [verb] To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at. | [verb] To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind. | [noun] The mental activity by which one wonders; a query, puzzlement, etc. WOODBINDS (16) [noun] Plural of woodbind, a climbing or twining plant, particularly bindweed or woodbine. WOODBINES (15) [noun] Plural of woodbine, a climbing or twining plant, particularly a honeysuckle or ivy species. | [noun] British term for a type of cigarette brand. WOODBLOCK (21) [noun] A woodcut. | [noun] A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick. | [noun] A wooden block used as a printing form. WOODBOXES (22) [noun] Plural of woodbox; a box or container made of wood, historically used for storing firewood or other items. WOODCHATS (18) [noun] Lanius senator, a medium-sized migratory passerine bird of the shrike family. WOODCHUCK (24) [noun] A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax. WOODCOCKS (21) [noun] Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. | [noun] A simpleton. WOODCRAFT (18) [noun] Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively. | [noun] The art or skill of wood carving. | [verb] To carve or craft from wood. WOODENEST (13) WOODINESS (13) [noun] The state of being woody. WOODLANDS (14) [noun] Land covered with woody vegetation. WOODLARKS (17) [noun] A lark, Lullula arborea, the only member of the genus Lullula, found in western Eurasia and northern Africa. WOODLORES (13) [noun] Plural of woodlore; knowledge of or skill in woodland matters, including hunting, tracking, and survival in forested areas. WOODNOTES (13) [noun] A natural musical sound, like birdsong in a forest. WOODPILES (15) [noun] A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel. | [noun] (games) An arrangement of dominoes. WOODRUFFS (19) [noun] Galium odoratum, an aromatic herb. WOODSHEDS (17) [noun] An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood. | [noun] A place where punishments or reprimands are administered. | [verb] To practice or rehearse using a musical instrument. WOODSIEST (13) [adjective] Of, relating to, or suggestive of woods. | [adjective] Having many trees. WOODSTOVE (16) [noun] A stove that burns wood, or is designed to do so WOODWAXES (23) [noun] Plural of woodwax, a yellow dye obtained from a plant (Reseda luteola), also known as weld or dyer's rocket. WOODWINDS (17) [noun] A group of musical instruments made of wood or metal that produce sound by blowing air through them, typically including flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons. | [noun] The section of an orchestra or band that plays these instruments. WOODWORKS (20) [noun] Wooden parts or structures of a building, such as doors, window frames, and trim. | [noun] A workshop or place where wooden items are made or crafted. WOODWORMS (18) [noun] Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood. | [noun] A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater. WOOLFELLS (15) [noun] Sheepskins with the wool still attached, used in making leather goods or clothing. WOOLLIEST (12) [adjective] Made of wool. | [adjective] Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool. | [adjective] (of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic. WOOLPACKS (20) [noun] A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds. | [noun] A cirrocumulus cloud. | [noun] A charge resembling a pillow or cushion. WOOLSACKS (18) [noun] A wool bale or cushion, the traditional seat of the Lord Speaker in the British House of Lords. WOOLSHEDS (16) [noun] A shed where sheep are shorn. WOOLSKINS (16) [noun] Sheepskins with the wool still attached to the hide. WOOLWORKS (19) WOOZINESS (21) [noun] The state or quality of being woozy; a feeling of dizziness or unsteadiness. WORDBOOKS (19) [noun] A dictionary or other reference book that lists words; a lexicon, vocabulary. | [noun] The libretto of an opera. WORDINESS (13) [noun] The quality or state of using more words than necessary; verbosity or excessive wordiness in speech or writing. WORDPLAYS (18) [noun] Clever or witty uses of words, often involving puns or double meanings. | [noun] Games or puzzles that involve manipulating or rearranging words. WORDSMITH (18) [noun] One who uses words skillfully. | [verb] To apply craftsman-like skills to word use. WORKBENCH (23) [noun] A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc. WORKBOATS (18) [noun] A boat used for purposes other than recreation, passenger transport, or combat. WORKBOOKS (22) [noun] A book, used by a student, in which answers and workings may be entered besides questions and exercises. | [noun] A book, used by a business, containing a record of work to be done, or work completed. | [noun] A collection of spreadsheets stored in the same file. WORKBOXES (25) [noun] A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task. | [noun] A set of skills and approaches. WORKFARES (19) [noun] Plural of workfare, a system requiring welfare recipients to work or participate in work-related activities in exchange for benefits. WORKFOLKS (23) WORKFORCE (21) [noun] All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project | [noun] The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable. WORKHORSE (19) [noun] A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse | [noun] (by extension) Anyone or anything that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly. WORKHOUSE (19) [noun] An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp | [noun] A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour. | [noun] A factory; a place of manufacture. WORKLOADS (17) [noun] The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period | [noun] The amount of work that a machine can handle or produce WORKMANLY (21) [adjective] Characteristic of or befitting a skilled worker; showing competence and craftsmanship. | [adjective] Performed in a manner worthy of a good workman; well-executed. WORKMATES (18) [noun] Somebody with whom one works; a coworker. WORKPIECE (20) [noun] (machining, woodworking, etc.) The raw material or partially finished piece that is shaped by performing various operations. WORKPLACE (20) [noun] The place where someone works. WORKROOMS (18) [noun] A room, such as a workshop or studio, where work is done. WORKSHOPS (21) [noun] A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work. | [noun] A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving. | [noun] An academic conference. WORKTABLE (18) [noun] A table designed for work of a specific type. WORKWEEKS (23) [noun] The range of days of the week that are normally worked WORKWOMAN (21) [noun] A woman who does manual or industrial work; a female laborer or worker. WORKWOMEN (21) [noun] Plural of workwoman; women engaged in manual or industrial labor. WORLDLIER (13) [adjective] Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual. | [adjective] Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters. | [adjective] Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world. WORLDLING (14) [noun] A mundane person, preoccupied with worldly affairs rather than spiritual matters. WORLDVIEW (19) [noun] One's personal view of the world and how one interprets it. | [noun] The totality of one's beliefs about reality. | [noun] A general philosophy or view of life. WORLDWIDE (17) [adjective] Spanning the world; global. | [adverb] Throughout the world. WORMHOLES (17) [noun] A hole burrowed by a worm | [noun] A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel. | [noun] A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality. WORMROOTS (14) WORMSEEDS (15) [noun] An aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil | [noun] Santonica or Levant wormseed, Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina, an Asian plant related to wormwood. WORMWOODS (18) [noun] An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. | [noun] Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation. WORRIEDLY (16) [adverb] In a manner characterized by worry or anxiety; with a concerned or troubled demeanor. WORRIMENT (14) [noun] The act of worrying; anxiety. | [noun] A worrying situation or thing. WORRISOME (14) [adjective] Causing worry; perturbing or vexing. | [adjective] (of a person) Inclined to worry. WORRITING (13) [verb] To worry; to be anxious. | [verb] To worry (someone); to cause to be anxious. | [noun] A worrying. WORRYWART (18) [noun] A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters. WORSENING (13) [verb] To make worse; to impair. | [verb] To become worse; to get worse. | [verb] To get the better of; to worst. WORSHIPED (18) [verb] To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of. | [verb] To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. | [verb] To participate in religious ceremonies. WORSHIPER (17) [noun] A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services. WORTHIEST (15) [adjective] Having worth, merit or value | [adjective] Honourable or admirable | [adjective] Deserving, or having sufficient worth WORTHLESS (15) [adjective] Having no worth or use; without value; inconsequential. WOUNDLESS (13) [adjective] Free from wounds or injuries; unharmed. WRANGLERS (13) [noun] Someone who wrangles or corrals. | [noun] A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses. | [noun] A cowboy who takes care of tourists. WRANGLING (14) [noun] Contention; gainstriving | [noun] Dispute; disputation; quarreling | [noun] A dispute; a contentious argument; a brawl | [verb] To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily. WRAPPINGS (17) [noun] The material in which something is wrapped. WRASSLING (13) [verb] Present participle of "wrasse," referring to wrestling or grappling; also an informal or dialectal spelling of "wrestling." WRASTLING (13) [verb] Present participle of wrastle, a dialectal or informal variant of wrestle, meaning to engage in a struggle or fight. WRATHIEST (15) [adjective] Superlative form of wrathy; most characterized by intense anger or rage. WREATHING (16) [verb] To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something. | [verb] To wrap around something in a circle. | [verb] To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath. WRECKAGES (19) [noun] The remains of something that has been wrecked or destroyed, such as a ship or vehicle. | [noun] The act or process of wrecking or destroying something. WRECKINGS (19) [noun] The plural of wrecking, referring to the process of deliberately destroying or dismantling structures, ships, or vehicles. | [noun] The act of causing ruin or destruction. WRENCHING (18) [verb] To violently move in a turn or writhe. | [verb] To pull or twist violently. | [verb] To turn aside or deflect. WRESTLERS (12) [noun] A person who wrestles. WRESTLING (13) [verb] To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest | [verb] To struggle or strive | [verb] To take part in a wrestling match with someone WRIGGLERS (14) [noun] Anything that wriggles. | [noun] The larva of a mosquito. | [noun] A cunning or tricky person; a dodger. WRIGGLIER (14) [adjective] More inclined to wriggle or move with twisting motions. | [adjective] More squirmy or restless in behavior. WRIGGLING (15) [verb] To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm. | [verb] To cause to or make something wriggle. | [verb] To use crooked or devious means. WRINKLIER (16) [adjective] Having wrinkles. WRINKLING (17) [verb] To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles. | [verb] To pucker or become uneven or irregular. | [verb] (of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age. WRISTBAND (15) [noun] The cuff of a sleeve that wraps around the wrist | [noun] A strip of material worn around the wrist, e.g. to absorb perspiration, especially in sports | [noun] A band that supports a wristwatch WRISTIEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of wristy; having the most wrist action or flexibility, or characterized by prominent use of the wrist. WRISTLETS (12) [noun] An elastic band worn to keep a glove from slipping off the wrist. | [noun] A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist; especially, a closely knitted one to keep it warm; a muffetee. | [noun] A small handbag with a short strap for attaching it to the wearer's wrist. WRISTLOCK (18) [noun] A wrestling or martial arts technique in which pressure is applied to an opponent's wrist to force submission or immobilization. WRONGDOER (14) [noun] Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically or in contravention of a law. WRONGNESS (13) [noun] The quality or state of being wrong; incorrectness or error. WRYNESSES (15) [noun] The plural of wryness, meaning the quality or state of being wry; dryly humorous or mocking in manner or tone. WULFENITE (15) [noun] An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO4, found in lead veins. WUTHERING (16) [verb] To make a rushing sound; to whizz. | [verb] To shake vigorously. WYANDOTTE (16) [noun] A member of the Wyandotte people. | [noun] (plural always with "-s") A breed of poultry. WYLIECOAT (17) [noun] A type of sleeveless jacket or coat worn in Scotland, typically made of tweed or wool.