| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| wodegeld | noun | A geld, or payment, for wood. |
| woefully | adverb | Alt. of Wofully |
| wolffian | adjective | Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology. |
| wolfling | noun | A young wolf. |
| womanish | adjective | Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; — usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate. |
| womanize | verb t. | To make like a woman; to make effeminate. |
| wondered | imp. & past participle | of Wonder, Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things. |
| wonderer | noun | One who wonders. |
| wonderly | adverb | Wonderfully; wondrously. |
| wondrous | noun | In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully., Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange. |
| wontless | adjective | Unaccustomed. |
| woodbind | noun | Woodbine. |
| woodbine | verb t. | A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle., The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. |
| woodchat | noun | Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath., A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white. |
| woodcock | noun | Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds., Fig.: A simpleton. |
| woodenly | adverb | Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly. |
| woodhack | noun | Alt. of Woodhacker |
| woodhole | noun | A place where wood is stored. |
| woodland | noun | Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber., Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan. |
| woodless | adjective | Having no wood; destitute of wood. |
| woodmeil | noun | See Wadmol. |
| woodness | noun | Anger; madness; insanity; rage. |
| woodpeck | noun | A woodpecker. |
| woodrock | noun | A compact woodlike variety of asbestus. |
| woodruff | noun | Alt. of Woodroof |
| woodroof | noun | A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of Whorl. |
| woodsmen | plural | of Woodsman |
| woodsman | noun | A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest. |
| woodwall | noun | The yaffle. |
| woodward | noun | An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods. |
| wood-wax | noun | Alt. of Wood-waxen |
| woodwork | noun | Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood. |
| woodworm | noun | See Wood worm, under Wood. |
| wooingly | adverb | In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness. |
| woolding | present participle & vb. noun | of Woold, The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast., A rope used for binding masts and spars. |
| woolenet | noun | A thin, light fabric of wool. |
| woolfell | noun | A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. |
| woolhead | noun | The buffel duck. |
| woolpack | noun | A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds. |
| woolsack | noun | A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form. |
| woolward | adverb | In wool; with woolen raiment next the skin. |
| wordbook | noun | A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon. |
| wordless | adjective | Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. |
| wordsman | noun | One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. |
| workable | adjective | Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay. |
| workaday | noun | See Workyday. |
| workfolk | noun | People that labor. |
| workless | adjective | Without work; not laboring; as, many people were still workless., Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact; as, workless faith. |
| workroom | noun | Any room or apartment used especially for labor. |
| workship | noun | Workmanship. |
| workshop | noun | A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on. |
| workyday | noun | A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively. |
| wormhole | noun | A burrow made by a worm. |
| wormling | noun | A little worm. |
| wormseed | noun | Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. |
| wormwood | noun | A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus., Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness. |
| worn-out | adjective | Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments. |
| worrying | present participle & vb. noun | of Worry |
| worsting | present participle & vb. noun | of Worst |
| worthful | adjective | Full of worth; worthy; deserving. |
| worthily | adverb | In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly. |
| worthies | plural | of Worthy |
| would-be | adjective | Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet. |
| woulding | noun | Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. |
| wounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Wound |
| woundily | adverb | In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy. |