| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| wofulness | noun | The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness. |
| wolfberry | noun | An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries. |
| wolframic | adjective | Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic. |
| wolfsbane | noun | A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite. |
| wolverene | noun | Alt. of Wolverine |
| wolverine | noun | The glutton., A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. |
| womanhead | noun | Alt. of Womanhede |
| womanhede | noun | Womanhood. |
| womanhood | noun | The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind., Women, collectively; womankind. |
| womankind | noun | The females of the human race; women, collectively. |
| womanless | adjective | Without a woman or women. |
| womanlike | adjective | Like a woman; womanly. |
| wondering | present participle & vb. noun | of Wonder |
| wonderful | adjective | Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. |
| wonderous | adjective | Same as Wondrous. |
| woodchuck | noun | A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog., The yaffle, or green woodpecker. |
| woodcraft | noun | Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods. |
| woodnewer | noun | A woodpecker. |
| woodhouse | noun | A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather. |
| woodiness | noun | The quality or state of being woody. |
| wood-note | noun | A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird. |
| wood-sare | noun | A kind of froth seen on herbs. |
| wood-sere | noun | The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season. |
| woodstone | noun | A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance. |
| wood tick | Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata. | |
| wood-wash | noun | Alt. of Wood-waxen |
| wool-dyed | adjective | Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain. |
| wool-hall | noun | A trade market in the woolen districts. |
| woolstock | noun | A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth. |
| wordiness | noun | The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness. |
| workbench | noun | A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter’s shop. |
| workhouse | noun | A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop., A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor., A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse. |
| workmanly | adjective | Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike., In a skillful manner; in a manner becoming a skillful workman. |
| worktable | noun | A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc. |
| workwomen | plural | of Workwoman |
| workwoman | noun | A woman who performs any work; especially, a woman skilled in needlework. |
| worldling | A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments. | |
| worriment | noun | Trouble; anxiety; worry. |
| worrisome | adjective | Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance. |
| worshiped | imp. & past participle | of Worship |
| worshiper | noun | One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores. |
| worthless | adjective | Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. |
| woundable | adjective | Capable of being wounded; vulnerable. |
| woundless | adjective | Free from wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded; invulnerable. |
| woundwort | noun | Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys. |