Select a letter for some words
Wabble
A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
Wad
Woad.
Wai Wu Pu
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government.
Walkyr
See .
Walm
To roll; to spout; to boil up.
Wammel
To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble.
Wanton
To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
Wareroom
A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.
Warlikeness
Quality of being warlike.
Washout
The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.
Watches
The leaves of . See .
Watch meeting
A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
Water bailiff
An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
Watercourse
One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through.
Watermelon
The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant () of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See of .
Water mint
A kind of mint () growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
Water plate
A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
Water rice
Indian rice. See under .
Waterworn
Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; .
Wawl
See .
Weakishness
Quality or state of being weakish.
Weaving
The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads.
Wednesday
The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.
Weetless
Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning.
Weightily
In a weighty manner.
Weive
See .
Welsh rarebit
same as .
Were
To wear. See 3d .
Were
To guard; to protect.
Wern
To refuse.
Whaling
The hunting of whales.
Wheel of fortune
A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on its circumference point when it stops being distributed according to varying rules.
Whencesoever
From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.
While
During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; .
Whimper
A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
Whist
Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
Whitebelly
The American widgeon, or baldpate.
White-ear
The wheatear.
White noise
a mixture or random noise sounds extending over the entire audible frequency spectrum with approximately equal intensity at all frequencies. It is used in certain experiments, as in psychology, to prevent subjects from hearing meaningful sounds.
Whithersoever
To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; .
Whore
A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
Whorled
Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; .
Whosoever
Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.
Wigeon
A widgeon.
Wiggle
To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle;
Wilder
To bewilder; to perplex.
Windgall
A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
Windowless
Destitute of a window.
Windtight
So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind.
Winterkill
To die as the result of exposure to the cold of winter; .
Wintery
Wintry.
Wire tapper
One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and intercepts messages;
Wirework
Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
Wit-cracker
One who breaks jests; a joker.
Wither-wrung
Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
Wolfhound
Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any one of certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly identical with the great Danes.
Wollaston's doublet
A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
Wonderous
Same as .
Woofell
The European blackbird.
Wort
An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.
Woundless
Free from wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded; invulnerable.
Wrain-bolt
Same as .
Wraprascal
A kind of coarse upper coat, or overcoat, formerly worn.
Wrawl
To cry, as a cat; to waul.
Wrythen
Writhen.