| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| wrought | of Work, imp. & p. p. of Work., Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude. | |
| wrangle | verb i. | To argue; to debate; to dispute., To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate., To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil., An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation. |
| wrapped | imp. & past participle | of Wrap |
| wrapper | noun | One who, or that which, wraps., That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering., Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman’s wrapper. |
| wrastle | verb i. | To wrestle. |
| wrawful | adjective | Ill-tempered. |
| wreaked | imp. & past participle | of Wreak |
| wreaken | p. p. of Wreak. | |
| wreaker | noun | Avenger. |
| wreaths | plural | of Wreath |
| wreathe | noun | To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn., To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine., To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold., To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle., To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees. |
| wreathy | adjective | Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths. |
| wrecche | noun | A wretch., Wretched. |
| wrecked | imp. & past participle | of Wreck |
| wrecker | noun | One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like., One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West., A vessel employed by wreckers. |
| wrested | imp. & past participle | of Wrest |
| wrester | noun | One who wrests. |
| wrestle | verb t. | To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully., Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend., To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling., A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle. |
| wriggle | verb i. | To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about., To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm., Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. |
| wringed | of Wring | |
| wringer | noun | One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner., A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed. |
| wrinkle | noun | A winkle., A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth., hence, any roughness; unevenness., A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle., To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow., Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way., To shrink into furrows and ridges. |
| wrinkly | adjective | Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated; puckered. |
| wrister | noun | A covering for the wrist. |
| written | past participle | of Write, p. p. of Write, v. |
| writing | present participle & vb. noun | of Write, The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs., Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters, Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like., Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison., An inscription., Handwriting; chirography. |
| writhed | imp. | of Writhe, of Writhe |
| writhen | of Writhe, Having a twisted distorted from. | |
| writhle | verb t. | To wrinkle. |
| wrizzle | verb t. | To wrinkle. |
| wronged | imp. & past participle | of Wrong |
| wronger | noun | One who wrongs or injures another. |
| wrongly | adverb | In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. |
| wrybill | noun | See Crookbill. |
| wryneck | noun | A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis., Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); — so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo’s mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck. |
| wryness | noun | The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. |
| wrythen | past participle | Writhen. |