| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| weak-kneed | adjective | Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution. |
| weanedness | noun | Quality or state of being weaned. |
| weaponless | adjective | Having no weapon. |
| weathering | present participle & vb. noun | of Weather, The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges. |
| weatherbit | verb t. | To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass. |
| weaverfish | noun | See Weever. |
| web-footed | adjective | Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl. |
| websterite | noun | A hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses. |
| weighboard | noun | Clay intersecting a vein. |
| weightless | adjective | Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light. |
| wel-begone | adjective | Surrounded with happiness or prosperity. |
| well-being | noun | The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society. |
| well-known | adjective | Fully known; generally known or acknowledged. |
| wellspring | noun | A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply. |
| wellwisher | noun | One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined. |
| wentletrap | noun | Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; — called also staircase shell. See Scalaria. |
| werewolves | plural | of Werewolf |
| west india | Alt. of West Indian | |
| westwardly | adverb | In a westward direction. |