| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| weakish | adjective | Somewhat weak; rather weak. |
| wealden | adjective | Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series., The Wealden group or strata. |
| wealful | adjective | Weleful. |
| wealthy | superl. | Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich., Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. |
| weaning | present participle & vb. noun | of Wean |
| wearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Wear, The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption., That which is worn; clothes; garments., Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel. |
| wearily | adverb | In a weary manner. |
| wearish | adjective | Weak; withered; shrunk., Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. |
| wearied | imp. & past participle | of Weary |
| weasand | noun | The windpipe; — called also, formerly, wesil. |
| weather | noun | The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc., Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air., Storm; tempest., A light rain; a shower., To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air., Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm., To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship., To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air., To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather., Being toward the wind, or windward — opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc. |
| weaving | present participle & vb. noun | of Weave, The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads., An incessant motion of a horse’s head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle. |
| weazand | noun | See Weasand. |
| weazeny | adjective | Somewhat weazen; shriveled. |
| webbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Web, A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc. |
| webfeet | plural | of Webfoot |
| webfoot | noun | A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane., Any web-footed bird. |
| webster | noun | A weaver; originally, a female weaver. |
| webform | noun | Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding. |
| wedding | present participle & vb. noun | of Wed, Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials. |
| weddahs | noun pl. | See Veddahs. |
| wedging | present participle & vb. noun | of Wedge |
| wedlock | verb i. | The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony., A wife; a married woman., To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. |
| weeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Weed, a. & n. from Weed, v. |
| weedery | noun | Weeds, collectively; also, a place full of weeds or for growing weeds. |
| weekwam | noun | See Wigwam. |
| weeping | present participle & vb. noun | of Weep, The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears., Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears., Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water., Having slender, pendent branches; — said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash., Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. |
| weepful | adjective | Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving. |
| weerish | adjective | See Wearish. |
| weevily | adjective | Having weevils; weeviled. |
| weftage | noun | Texture. |
| weigela | noun | Alt. of Weigelia |
| weighed | imp. & past participle | of Weigh |
| weigher | noun | One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities. |
| weighty | superl. | Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body., Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous., Rigorous; severe; afflictive. |
| welaway | interj. | Alas! |
| welcher | noun | See Welsher. |
| welcome | noun | Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor., Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news., Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library., Salutation to a newcomer., Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome., To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea. |
| welding | present participle & vb. noun | of Weld |
| weleful | adjective | Producing prosperity or happiness; blessed. |
| welfare | noun | Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness. |
| welking | present participle & vb. noun | of Welk |
| welling | present participle & vb. noun | of Well |
| welsher | noun | One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it. |
| welsome | adjective | Prosperous; well. |
| welting | present participle & vb. noun | of Welt |
| wemless | adjective | Having no wem, or blemish; spotless. |
| wenched | imp. & past participle | of Wench |
| wencher | noun | One who wenches; a lewd man. |
| wending | present participle & vb. noun | of Wend |
| wendish | adjective | Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language. |
| wennish | adjective | Alt. of Wenny |
| weroole | noun | An Australian lorikeet (Ptilosclera versicolor) noted for the variety of its colors; — called also varied lorikeet. |
| western | adjective | Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean., Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze. |
| westing | noun | The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship’s path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north. |
| wetting | present participle & vb. noun | of Wet |
| wetbird | noun | The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain. |
| wettish | adjective | Somewhat wet; moist; humid. |