| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| weakening | present participle & vb. noun | of Weaken |
| wealthful | adjective | Full of wealth; wealthy; prosperous. |
| wealthily | adverb | In a wealthy manner; richly. |
| weariable | adjective | That may be wearied. |
| weariless | adjective | Incapable of being wearied. |
| weariness | noun | The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue. |
| wearisome | adjective | Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day’s work; a wearisome book. |
| weasiness | noun | Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual indulgence. |
| weathered | imp. & past participle | of Weather, Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill., Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements. |
| weatherly | adjective | Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship. |
| wedgebill | noun | An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives. |
| wedgewise | adverb | In the manner of a wedge. |
| wednesday | adjective | The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday. |
| weech-elm | noun | The wych-elm. |
| weepingly | adverb | In a weeping manner. |
| weet-bird | noun | The wryneck; — so called from its cry. |
| weetingly | adverb | Knowingly. |
| weet-weet | noun | The common European sandpiper., The chaffinch. |
| weighable | adjective | Capable of being weighed. |
| weighbeam | noun | A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; — also called weighmaster’s beam. |
| weighlock | noun | A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled. |
| weighting | present participle & vb. noun | of Weight |
| weightily | adverb | In a weighty manner. |
| weirdness | noun | The quality or state of being weird. |
| welcoming | present participle & vb. noun | of Welcome |
| welcomely | adverb | In a welcome manner. |
| welfaring | adjective | Faring well; prosperous; thriving. |
| well-born | adjective | Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth. |
| well-bred | adjective | Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated. |
| welldoing | noun | A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively. |
| welldrain | verb t. | To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery. |
| well-nigh | adverb | Almost; nearly. |
| well-read | adjective | Of extensive reading; deeply versed; — often followed by in. |
| well-seen | adjective | Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced. |
| well-sped | adjective | Having good success. |
| well-wish | noun | A wish of happiness. |
| weltering | present participle & vb. noun | of Welter |
| wenchless | adjective | Being without a wench. |
| wernerian | adjective | Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth’s crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner’s system. |
| wernerite | noun | The common grayish or white variety of soapolite. |
| weryangle | noun | See Wariangle. |
| westering | adjective | Passing to the west. |
| westerner | noun | A native or inhabitant of the west. |
| westwards | adverb | Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward. |
| wet nurse | A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse. |