| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| women | plural | of Herdswoman, of Woman, pl. of Woman. |
| woven | past participle | of Weave, p. p. of Weave. |
| would | imp. | of Will, Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will., See 2d Weld. |
| wound | imp. & past participle | of Wind, of Wind, imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing., A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like., Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc., An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity., To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like., To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to. |
| woald | noun | See Weld. |
| woden | noun | A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin. |
| woful | adjective | Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad., Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want., Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor. |
| wolde | imp. of Will. See Would. | |
| wolle | noun | Wool. |
| woman | noun | An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person., The female part of the human race; womankind., A female attendant or servant., To act the part of a woman in; — with indefinite it., To make effeminate or womanish., To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. |
| womby | adjective | Capacious. |
| won’t | A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See Will. | |
| wooed | imp. & past participle | of Woo |
| woody | adjective | Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land., Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants., Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. |
| wooer | verb t. | One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor. |
| woofy | adjective | Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud. |
| woold | verb t. | To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it. |
| woosy | adjective | Oozy; wet. |
| wootz | noun | A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica. |
| wopen | past participle | Wept. |
| wordy | superl. | Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war., Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker., Containing many words; full of words. |
| world | noun | The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe., Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds., The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests., In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world., The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world., Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew., The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind., The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind., As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number. |
| wormy | superl. | Containing a worm; abounding with worms., Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling. |
| worry | verb t. | To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth., To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague., To harass with labor; to fatigue., To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries., A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry. |
| worse | compar. | Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; — used both in a physical and moral sense., Loss; disadvantage; defeat., That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise., In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad., To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v. |
| worst | adjective | Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse., That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree., To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit., To grow worse; to deteriorate. |
| worth | verb i. | To be; to become; to betide; — now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases., Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while., Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for., Deserving of; — in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense., Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of., That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price., Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth. |
| wowke | noun | Week. |
| woxen | p. p. of Wax. |