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Was(imp.) of Be
(v.) The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense
Wash(a.) Capable of being washed without injury
(n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.
(v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed
(v. t.) To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide
Wasp(n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets
Wassail(a.) Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail
(n.) A festive or drinking song or glee.
(v. i.) To hold a wassail
Wastage(n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like
Waste(a.) Desolate
(n.) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea
(v.) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.
(v. i.) To be diminished
Wasting(a.) Causing waste
Wastrel(n.) A neglected child
Watch(n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty
(v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring
(v. t.) To give heed to
Water(n.) A body of water, standing or flowing
(v. i.) To get or take in water
(v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted
Watt(n.) A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second
Wave(n.) Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion
(v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest
Wavy(a.) Playing to and fro
Wax(n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb
(v. i.) To increase in size
(v. t.) To smear or rub with wax
Waxbill(n.) Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia
Waxen(a.) Covered with wax
Waxwing(n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax
Waxwork(n.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds
Waxy(a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency
Way(adv.) Away.
(n.) A moving
(v. i.) To move
(v. t.) To go or travel to
Waybill(n.) A list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a common carrier on a land route
Wayfarer(n.) One who travels
Waylay(v. t.) To lie in wait for
Wayside(a.) Of or pertaining to the wayside
(n.) The side of the way
Wayward(a.) Taking one's own way
Wayworn(a.) Wearied by traveling.
We(obj.) The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person
Weak(a.) Lacking contrast
(v. i.) Deficient in strength of body
Weal(adv.) A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing
(n.) The mark of a stripe.
(v. t.) To mark with stripes.
Wean(a.) Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire
(n.) A weanling
Weapon(n.) An instrument of offensive of defensive combat
Wear(n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like
(v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used
(v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person
Weasand(n.) The windpipe
Weasel(n.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret
Weather(a.) Being toward the wind, or windward—opposed to lee
(n.) A light rain
(v. i.) To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere
(v. t.) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of
Weave(n.) A particular method or pattern of weaving
(v. i.) To become woven or interwoven.
(v. t.) To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads
Web(n.) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.
(v. t.) To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web
Webbed(a.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web
Webbing(n.) A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc.
Weber(n.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current.
Webfoot(n.) A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane.
Webster(n.) A weaver
Wed(n.) A pledge
(v. i.) To contact matrimony
Wedded(a.) Joined in wedlock
(imp.) of Wed
(p. p.) of Wed
Wedding(n.) Nuptial ceremony
Wedge(n.) A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.
(v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge
Wedgy(a.) Like a wedge
Wedlock(v. i.) A wife
(v. t.) To marry
Wednesday(a.) The fourth day of the week
Wee(a.) Very small
(n.) A little
Weed(n.) A garment
(v. t.) To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
Week(n.) A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
Ween(v. i.) To think
Weep(n.) The lapwing
(v. i.) Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs
(v. t.) To lament
Weever(n.) Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae
Weevil(n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward
Weft(n.) A thing waved, waived, or cast away
Weigh(n.) A certain quantity estimated by weight
(v. i.) To bear heavily
(v. t.) To bear up
Weird(a.) Of or pertaining to fate
(n.) A spell or charm.
(v. t.) To foretell the fate of
Weismannism(n.) The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August Weismann, esp
Weka(n.) A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight
Welcome(n.) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously
(v. t.) To salute with kindness, as a newcomer
Weld(n.) An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America
Welfare(n.) Well-doing or well-being in any respect
Welkin(n.) The visible regions of the air
Well(a.) Being in favor
(v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market
(v. t.) Considerably
Wels(n.) The sheatfish
Welt(n.) A hem, border, or fringe.
(v. t.) To furnish with a welt
Wend(n.) A large extent of ground
(v. i.) To go
(v. t.) To direct
Went(imp.) of Go
(n.) Course
Wept(imp. & p. p.) of Weep
Were(n.) A fine for slaying a man
(v. t.) To guard
(v. t. & i.) To wear.
Wernerite(n.) The common grayish or white variety of soapolite.
Wert(n.) A wart.
Wesleyan(a.) Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
(n.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism
West(a.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir
(adv.) Westward.
(n.) A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west
(v. i.) To pass to the west
Wet(a.) A dram
(imp. & p. p.) of Wet
(superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid
(v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid
Wether(n.) A castrated ram.
Whack(n.) A portion
(v. i.) To strike anything with a smart blow.
(v. t.) To divide into shares
Whale(n.) Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long
Whaling(a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales
(n.) The hunting of whales.
Wharf(n.) A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc
(v. t.) To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf
What(interrog. adv.) Why? For what purpose? On what account?
(n.) Something
(pron., a., & adv.) As an exclamatory word:—(a) Used absolutely or independently
Wheal(n.) A mine.
Wheat(n.) A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race
Wheedle(v. i.) To flatter
(v. t.) To entice by soft words
Wheel(n.) A bicycle or a tricycle
(v. i.) To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot
(v. t.) To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle
Wheeze(n.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper
(v. i.) To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma
Whelk(n.) Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera
Whelp(n.) A child
(v. i.) To bring forth young
(v. t.) To bring forth, as cubs or young
When(adv.) At what time
Where(adv.) At or in what place
(conj.) Whereas.
(n.) Place
(pron. & conj.) Whether.
Wherry(n.) A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed
Whet(n.) That which whets or sharpens
(v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager
Whew(n. & interj.) A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike.
(v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.
Whey(n.) The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese
Which(a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class
(pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the
Whiff(n.) A glimpse
(v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke
(v. t.) To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff
Whig(a.) Of or pertaining to the Whigs.
(n.) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage
While(conj.) During the time that
(n.) Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short
(prep.) Until
(v. i.) To loiter.
(v. t.) To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust
Whilom(n.) Formerly
Whim(n.) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc
(v. i.) To be subject to, or indulge in, whims
Whin(n.) Gorse
Whip(n.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions
(v. i.) To move nimbly
(v. t.) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken
Whir(n.) A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion
(v. i.) To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise
(v. t.) To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.
Whisk(n.) A game at cards
(v. i.) To move nimbly at with velocity
Whisper(n.) A cautious or timorous speech.
(v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand
(v. t.) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
Whist(a.) Not speaking
(interj.) Be silent
(n.) A certain game at cards
(v. i.) To be or become silent or still
(v. t.) To hush or silence.
Whit(n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable
Who(object.) Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also
(pron.) One
Whoa(interj.) Stop
Whoever(pron.) Whatever person
Whole(a.) Complete
(n.) A regular combination of parts
Wholly(adv.) In a whole or complete manner
Whom(pron.) The objective case of who.
Whoop(n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
(v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
(v. t.) To insult with shouts
Whop(n.) A blow, or quick, smart stroke.
(v. i.) To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion
Whorl(n. & v.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem
Whortleberry(n.) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus
Whose(pron.) The possessive case of who or which.
Whosoever(pron.) Whatsoever person
Why(adv.) For what cause, reason, or purpose
(n.) A young heifer.
Wick(n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned
(v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
Wide(a.) Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc
(adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose
(n.) That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
(superl.) Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
Widgeon(n.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas
Widow(a.) Widowed.
(n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again
(v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of.
Width(n.) The quality of being wide
Wield(v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority
Wife(n.) A woman
Wig(n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers
(v. t.) To censure or rebuke
Wigan(n.) A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc
Wigeon(n.) A widgeon.
Wiggle(n.) Act of wiggling
(v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion
Wight(a.) Swift
(n.) A human being
Wigwag(v. t.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose
(v. t. & i.) Act or art of wigwagging
Wigwam(n.) An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats
Wikiup(n.) The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass or brushwood
Wild(adv.) Wildly
(n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region
(superl.) Desert
Wile(n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception
(v. t.) To draw or turn away, as by diversion
Will(adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise
(n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition
(v.) Arbitrary disposal
(v. i.) To be willing
Wilt(v. i.) To begin to wither
(v. t.) Hence, to cause to languish
Wily(superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems
Wimble(a.) Active
(n.) A gimlet.
(v. t.) To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
Wimple(n.) A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns
(v. i.) To lie in folds
(v. t.) To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits
Win(a.) To allure to kindness
(v. i.) To gain the victory
Wince(n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth
(v. i.) To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider
Winch(n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
(v. i.) To wince
Windage(n.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it
Windbound(a.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind.
Winder(n.) A blow taking away the breath.
(v. i.) To wither
(v. t. & i.) To fan
Windfall(n.) An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
Windflower(n.) The anemone
Windgall(n.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse
Winding(a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface
(n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
Windjammer(n.) An army bugler or trumpeter
Windlass(n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight
(v. i.) To take a roundabout course
(v. t. & i.) To raise with, or as with, a windlass
Windlestraw(n.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis.
Windmill(n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft
Window(n.) A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
(v. t.) To furnish with windows.
Windpipe(n.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs
Windrow(n.) A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
(v. t.) To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made.
Windsor(n.) A town in Berkshire, England.
Windstorm(n.) A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.
Windward(a.) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows
(adv.) Toward the wind
(n.) The point or side from which the wind blows
Windy(superl.) Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.
Wine(n.) A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine
Wing(n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder
(v. t.) To cut off the wings of
Wink(n.) A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
(v. i.) To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes
(v. t.) To cause (the eyes) to wink.
Winner(n.) One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
Winning(a.) Attracting
(n.) A new opening.
Winnow(v. i.) To separate chaff from grain.
Winsome(a.) Causing joy or pleasure
Winter(n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
(v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter
Wintry(a.) Suitable to winter
Winy(a.) Having the taste or qualities of wine
Winze(n.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation.
Wipe(n.) A blow
(v. t.) To cheat
Wire(n.) A knitting needle.
(v. i.) To pass like a wire
(v. t.) To bind with wire
Wiring(n.) The act of one that wires anything.
Wiry(a.) Capable of endurance
Wis(adv.) Certainly
(v. t.) To think
Wisdom(a.) The quality of being wise
Wise(v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom
Wish(n.) A thing desired
(v. t.) To desire
Wisp(n.) A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
(v. t.) To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
Wist(p. p.) of Wit
(v.) Knew.
Wit(inf.) of Wit
(n.) To know
(v.) A mental faculty, or power of the mind
Witan(n. pl.) Lit., wise men
Witchcraft(n.) Power more than natural
Witchery(n.) Fascination
Witching(a.) That witches or enchants
With(prep.) To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility
Witless(a.) Destitute of wit or understanding
Witling(n.) A person who has little wit or understanding
Witness(v. i.) Attestation of a fact or an event
(v. t.) To give testimony to
Witticism(n.) A witty saying
Witty(n.) Especially, possessing wit or humor
Wive(v. i.) To marry, as a man
(v. t.) To match to a wife
Wizard(a.) Enchanting
(n.) A wise man
Wizen(a.) Wizened
(n.) The weasand.
(v. i.) To wither
Woad(n.) A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria
Woden(n.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him
Woe(a.) Woeful
(n.) A curse
Woke(imp. & p. p.) Wake.
Wold(n.) A plain, or low hill
Wolf(a.) An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.
Wollastonite(n.) A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals
Wolverine(n.) A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan.
Wolves(n.) pl. of Wolf.
Woman(n.) A female attendant or servant.
(v. t.) To act the part of a woman in
Womb(n.) Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
(v. t.) To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb
Women(n.) pl. of Woman.
Won(imp. & p. p.) of Win
(n.) Dwelling
(v. i.) To dwell or abide.
Wonder(a.) Wonderful.
(adv.) Wonderfully.
(n.) A cause of wonder
(v. i.) To be affected with surprise or admiration
Wondrous(a.) Wonderful
(n.) In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree
Wont(a.) Using or doing customarily
(imp.) of Wont
(n.) Custom
(p. p.) of Wont
(v. i.) To be accustomed or habituated
(v. t.) To accustom
Woo(v. i.) To court
(v. t.) To court solicitously
Wood(a.) Mad
(n.) A large and thick collection of trees
(v. i.) To grow mad
(v. t.) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for
Woof(n.) Texture
Wool(n.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants
Word(n.) A brief remark or observation
(v. i.) To use words, as in discussion
(v. t.) To express in words
Wore(imp.) of Wear
Work(n.) Break
(v. t.) To cause to ferment, as liquor.
World(n.) Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests
Worm(n.) A being debased and despised.
(v. i.) To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
(v. t.) To clean by means of a worm
Worn(p. p.) of Wear
Worriment(n.) Trouble
Worrisome(a.) Inclined to worry or fret
Worry(n.) A state of undue solicitude
(v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety
(v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking
Worse(a.) In a worse degree
(compar.) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree
(n.) Loss
(v. t.) To make worse
Worship(a.) An object of worship.
(v. i.) To perform acts of homage or adoration
(v. t.) To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover
Worst(a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense.
(n.) That which is most bad or evil
(v. i.) To grow worse
Wort(n.) An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation
worthwhile(adj.) Worth the time or effort spent.
Worthy(n.) A man of eminent worth or value
(v. t.) To render worthy
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