Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words yachting noun Sailing for pleasure in a yacht. yachtman noun See Yachtsman. yakamilk noun See Trumpeter, 3 (a). yardfuls plural of Yardful yardland noun A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate. yardwand noun A yardstick. yataghan noun A long knife, or … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words xiphioid adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cetacean of the genus Xiphius or family Xiphiidae. xiphodon noun An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet, and small canine teeth.
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words xanthate noun A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate. xanthian adjective Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; — applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and now in the British Museum. xanthide noun A compound or derivative of xanthogen. xanthium noun A genus … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words wrapping present participle & vb. noun of Wrap wrappage noun The act of wrapping., That which wraps; envelope; covering.
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words whate’er pronoun A contraction of what-ever; — used in poetry. whatever pronoun Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; — used … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words whacking present participle & vb. noun of Whack, Very large; whapping. whalemen plural of Whaleman whaleman noun A man employed in the whale fishery. whanghee noun See Wanghee. whapping present participle & vb. noun of Whop, Alt. of Whopping whopping adjective Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story. … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words wenching present participle & vb. noun of Wench
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words weakened imp. & past participle of Weaken weakener noun One who, or that which, weakens. weakfish noun Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; — so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague. weakling noun A weak or feeble creature., Weak; feeble. weakness noun The quality or state … Read more