| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| wickedness | noun | The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness., A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity. |
| wickerwork | noun | A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture. |
| wide-awake | adjective | Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert., A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat. |
| widespread | adjective | Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement. |
| widow bird | See Whidan bird. | |
| widow-wail | noun | A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe. |
| wildebeest | noun | The gnu. |
| wilderment | noun | The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. |
| wilderness | verb t. | A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind., A disorderly or neglected place., Quality or state of being wild; wildness. |
| wilfulness | noun | See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness. |
| wind-break | verb t. | To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust., A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. |
| windfallen | adjective | Blown down by the wind. |
| windflower | noun | The anemone; — so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone. |
| windowless | adjective | Destitute of a window. |
| windowpane | noun | See Pane, n., (3) b., A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder. |
| wind-plant | noun | A windflower. |
| windrowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Windrow |
| winebibber | noun | One who drinks much wine. |
| wing-shell | noun | Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing., Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus., Any pteropod shell. |
| winterkill | verb t. | To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled. |
| winter-rig | verb t. | To fallow or till in winter. |
| wintertide | noun | Winter time. |
| winterweed | noun | A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter. |
| wistonwish | noun | See Wishtonwish. |
| witchcraft | noun | The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits., Power more than natural; irresistible influence. |
| witcheries | plural | of Witchery |
| witch-tree | noun | The witch-hazel. |
| withdrawal | noun | The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. |
| withdrawer | noun | One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts. |
| witherband | noun | A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse’s withers, to strengthen the bow. |
| witherling | noun | A withered person; one who is decrepit. |
| withholden | of Withhold | |
| withholder | noun | One who withholds. |
| withinside | adverb | In the inner parts; inside. |
| witnessing | present participle & vb. noun | of Witness |