| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| waddling | present participle & vb. noun | of Waddle |
| wafering | present participle & vb. noun | of Wafer |
| wagering | present participle & vb. noun | of Wager, Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. |
| waggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Waggle |
| wagoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Wagon |
| wagonage | noun | Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon., A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively. |
| wagonful | noun | As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload. |
| wailment | noun | Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. |
| wainable | adjective | Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable. |
| wainbote | noun | See Cartbote. See also the Note under Bote. |
| wainscot | noun | Oaken timber or boarding., A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels., Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae., To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall. |
| waitress | noun | A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman. |
| wakening | present participle & vb. noun | of Waken, The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening., The revival of an action. |
| waketime | noun | Time during which one is awake. |
| walhalla | noun | See Valhalla. |
| walkable | adjective | Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. |
| wallaroo | noun | Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo. |
| wallbird | noun | The spotted flycatcher. |
| wall-eye | noun | An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; — said usually of horses., An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; — called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch., A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus)., The alewife; — called also wall-eyed herring. |
| wallhick | noun | The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor). |
| walloons | noun pl. | A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively. |
| walloped | imp. & past participle | of Wallop |
| wallowed | imp. & past participle | of Wallow |
| wallower | noun | One who, or that which, wallows., A lantern wheel; a trundle. |
| wallwort | noun | The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus). |
| waltzing | present participle & vb. noun | of Waltz |
| wandered | imp. & past participle | of Wander |
| wanderer | noun | One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty. |
| wanderoo | noun | A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. |
| wantless | adjective | Having no want; abundant; fruitful. |
| wantoned | imp. & past participle | of Wanton |
| wantonly | adverb | In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously., Unintentionally; accidentally. |
| wantrust | noun | Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust. |
| wappened | adjective | A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare. |
| warbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Warble |
| wardenry | noun | Alt. of Wardenship |
| wardmote | noun | Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. |
| wardrobe | verb t. | A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes., Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration., A privy. |
| wardroom | noun | A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom., A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc. |
| wardship | noun | The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship., The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. |
| wardsmen | plural | of Wardsman |
| wardsman | noun | A man who keeps ward; a guard. |
| wareless | noun | Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware. |
| wareroom | noun | A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale. |
| warfarer | noun | One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior. |
| warhable | adjective | Fit for war. |
| wariment | noun | Wariness. |
| wariness | noun | The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. |
| warkloom | noun | A tool; an implement. |
| warmness | noun | Warmth. |
| warmouth | noun | An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chaenobryttus gulosus); — called also red-eyed bream. |
| warproof | noun | Valor tried by war. |
| warragal | noun | The dingo. |
| warranty | noun | A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant., An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor., A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties., Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant., Security; warrant; guaranty., To warrant; to guarantee. |
| warrener | noun | The keeper of a warren. |
| wart hog | Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea. | |
| wartless | adjective | Having no wart. |
| wartweed | noun | Same as Wartwort. |
| wartwort | noun | A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis). |
| washable | adjective | Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color. |
| washbowl | noun | A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one’s hands, face, etc. |
| washdish | noun | A washbowl., Same as Washerwoman, 2. |
| wash-off | adjective | Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; — said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise. |
| wasteful | adjective | Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses., Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition., Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. |
| wastorel | noun | See Wastrel. |
| watching | present participle & vb. noun | of Watch |
| watchdog | noun | A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders. |
| watchful | adjective | Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; — with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one’s behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits. |
| watchmen | plural | of Watchman |
| watchman | noun | One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel., Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night. |
| watering | present participle & vb. noun | of Water, a. & n. from Water, v. |
| waterage | noun | Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water. |
| waterbok | noun | A water buck. |
| waterish | adjective | Resembling water; thin; watery., Somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land. |
| watermen | plural | of Waterman |
| waterman | noun | A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman., An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses., A water demon. |
| waterpot | noun | A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc. |
| waterway | noun | Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel’s deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed. |
| wattling | present participle & vb. noun | of Wattle, The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed. |
| waveless | adjective | Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the waveless sea. |
| wavering | present participle & vb. noun | of Waver |
| waveworn | adjective | Worn by the waves. |
| waviness | noun | The quality or state of being wavy. |
| waxberry | noun | The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree. |
| waxiness | noun | Quality or state of being waxy. |
| waybread | noun | The common dooryard plantain (Plantago major). |
| wayfarer | noun | One who travels; a traveler; a passenger. |
| waylayer | noun | One who waylays another. |
| wayleway | interj. | See Welaway. |
| waymaker | noun | One who makes a way; a precursor. |
| way-wise | adjective | Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled. |
| waywiser | noun | An instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator. |