Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
wickedness |
noun |
The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness., A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity. |
wickerwork |
noun |
A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture. |
wide-awake |
adjective |
Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert., A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat. |
widespread |
adjective |
Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement. |
widow bird |
|
See Whidan bird. |
widow-wail |
noun |
A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe. |
wildebeest |
noun |
The gnu. |
wilderment |
noun |
The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. |
wilderness |
verb t. |
A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind., A disorderly or neglected place., Quality or state of being wild; wildness. |
wilfulness |
noun |
See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness. |
wind-break |
verb t. |
To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust., A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. |
windfallen |
adjective |
Blown down by the wind. |
windflower |
noun |
The anemone; — so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone. |
windowless |
adjective |
Destitute of a window. |
windowpane |
noun |
See Pane, n., (3) b., A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder. |
wind-plant |
noun |
A windflower. |
windrowing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Windrow |
winebibber |
noun |
One who drinks much wine. |
wing-shell |
noun |
Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing., Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus., Any pteropod shell. |
winterkill |
verb t. |
To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled. |
winter-rig |
verb t. |
To fallow or till in winter. |
wintertide |
noun |
Winter time. |
winterweed |
noun |
A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter. |
wistonwish |
noun |
See Wishtonwish. |
witchcraft |
noun |
The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits., Power more than natural; irresistible influence. |
witcheries |
plural |
of Witchery |
witch-tree |
noun |
The witch-hazel. |
withdrawal |
noun |
The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. |
withdrawer |
noun |
One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts. |
witherband |
noun |
A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse’s withers, to strengthen the bow. |
witherling |
noun |
A withered person; one who is decrepit. |
withholden |
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of Withhold |
withholder |
noun |
One who withholds. |
withinside |
adverb |
In the inner parts; inside. |
witnessing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Witness |