| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| wraith | noun | An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image., Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; — called also water wraith. |
| wranny | noun | The common wren. |
| wrasse | noun | Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored. |
| wrathy | adjective | Very angry. |
| wreath | noun | Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers., A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor., An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms. |
| wreche | noun | Wreak. |
| wreeke | verb t. | See 2d Wreak. |
| wrench | verb t. | Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem., A violent twist, or a pull with twisting., A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint., Means; contrivance., An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes., The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench., To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence., To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert. |
| wretch | verb t. | A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy., One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch. |
| wright | noun | One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; — now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc. |
| writer | noun | One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk., One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels., A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. |
| writhe | verb t. | To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring., To wrest; to distort; to pervert., To extort; to wring; to wrest., To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively. |
| wroken | p. p. of Wreak. | |
| wrying | present participle & vb. noun | of Wry |