Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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 |