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# English words: W

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590 words under W; 301–400 on this page.

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- [whispering](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whispering/) — Whispering is speaking very softly, so only people close by can hear. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [whistle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whistle/) — A whistle is a small object you blow into to make a loud, high sound. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [whit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whit/) — A whit is a very tiny amount; it is used almost only in negative phrases: «not a whit» means not at all. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [white](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/white/) — White is the colour of snow and milk. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [whitefish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whitefish/) — A whitefish is a fish with pale flesh that lives in cold lakes and rivers and is eaten as food.
- [whiten](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whiten/) — To whiten something is to make it whiter or paler.
- [whiteness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whiteness/) — The quality of being white, like snow, milk or a clean page.
- [whitethorn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whitethorn/) — Whitethorn is another name for hawthorn, a prickly bush with white flowers.
- [whitewash](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whitewash/) — A white liquid made of lime or chalk and water, painted on walls and fences to make them white.
- [whitewashed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whitewashed/) — Painted with whitewash, a cheap white paint of lime and water used on walls.
- [whither](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whither/) — To what place; to which place.
- [whiting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whiting/) — A small sea fish of the cod family, with white flesh, found in the seas around Europe; it is eaten as food.
- [whitish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whitish/) — Almost white, or a little bit white; pale in colour.
- [whittle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whittle/) — To whittle is to cut small thin pieces off wood with a knife until it takes a shape.
- [whiz](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whiz/) — A person who is very good at something: a maths whiz.
- [whizz](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whizz/) — To whizz is to move very fast, often with a buzzing or whistling sound.
- [who](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/who/) — Who asks about a person: «Who is at the door?». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [whole](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whole/) — Whole means all of it, with no part missing: «the whole cake». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wholehearted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wholehearted/) — Completely sincere and enthusiastic, with no doubts (wholehearted support, a wholehearted thank you). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wholeheartedly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wholeheartedly/) — With all your heart; completely and sincerely, without any doubt.
- [wholemeal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wholemeal/) — Wholemeal flour is made from the whole grain of wheat, including the brown outer part (the bran).
- [wholesale](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wholesale/) — Selling goods in large amounts to shops and businesses, who then sell them on to customers at a higher price.
- [wholesaler](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wholesaler/) — A person or business that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them in large amounts to shops, not to the public.
- [wholesome](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wholesome/) — Wholesome means good for your health: wholesome food like milk, bread and fruit.
- [wholly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wholly/) — Completely; fully; entirely (wholly true, wholly owned). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [whoop](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whoop/) — To shout loudly with joy or excitement.
- [whoopee](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whoopee/) — «Whoopee!» is a word you shout when you are very happy and excited.
- [whoosh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whoosh/) — A sound of something moving very fast through the air, or of a rush of wind or water.
- [whorl](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whorl/) — A whorl is a pattern of curved lines that go round and round, like a spiral.
- [whoso](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whoso/) — Anyone who; whichever person.
- [whosoever](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/whosoever/) — Anyone at all who; whichever person.
- [why](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/why/) — A question word that asks for the reason or cause of something. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wick/) — A wick is the string in the middle of a candle or the strip in an oil lamp that you light; it soaks up melted wax or oil to keep the flame… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wicked](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wicked/) — Wicked means very bad, evil or cruel: «the wicked witch». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wickedly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wickedly/) — Wickedly means in an evil way, on purpose to do harm or wrong. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wickedness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wickedness/) — Wickedness is being very bad, cruel or evil. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wicket](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wicket/) — In cricket, a wicket is the set of three upright sticks (stumps) with two small pieces (bails) on top that the bowler tries to hit.
- [wide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wide/) — Wide means far from one side to the other. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [widely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/widely/) — Widely means by many people or in many places: «widely known», «widely used». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [widen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/widen/) — To widen something means to make it wider, like widening a road or a path.
- [widening](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/widening/) — Widening means becoming or making something wider.
- [widespread](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/widespread/) — Widespread means found in many places or among many people: «widespread flooding», «a widespread belief».
- [widow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/widow/) — A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [widowhood](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/widowhood/) — The time or state of being a widow. — Jewish tradition
- [width](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/width/) — Width is how wide something is, the distance from one side to the other.
- [wield](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wield/) — To wield a sword, axe or tool is to hold it and use it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wife](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wife/) — A wife is the woman a person is married to. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wifi](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wifi/) — Wifi (also written Wi-Fi) is a way of connecting phones, tablets, computers and other devices to the internet or to each other without…
- [wig](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wig/) — A wig is a covering of real or false hair worn on the head to hide baldness, for a costume or to change how someone looks.
- [wiggle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wiggle/) — To wiggle is to move with small quick movements from side to side or up and down.
- [wiggly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wiggly/) — Wiggly means with many small curves or bends, not straight.
- [wigwam](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wigwam/) — A wigwam is a tent of skins, bark or mats, round or cone-shaped, used as a home by some North American peoples.
- [wild](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wild/) — Living or growing in nature, not looked after by people: wild animals, wild flowers. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wildcat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wildcat/) — A wildcat is a wild cat that looks like a big tabby, living in Europe, Africa and Asia; the Scottish wildcat is very rare.
- [wildebeest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wildebeest/) — A wildebeest is a large African antelope with curved horns, a long face, a mane and a beard; it is also called a gnu.
- [wilderness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wilderness/) — A wilderness is a wild area of land that people have not changed, with no towns, farms or roads. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wildfire](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wildfire/) — A wildfire is a big fire that spreads out of control through forests, bush or grassland.
- [wildflower](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wildflower/) — A wildflower is a flower that grows naturally without being planted by people.
- [wildlife](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wildlife/) — Wild animals, birds, insects and plants that live free in nature, not kept by people.
- [wildly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wildly/) — Wildly means in a wild, uncontrolled way, with lots of excited or fierce movement.
- [wile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wile/) — Wiles are clever tricks or charming ways used to persuade or fool someone. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wilful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wilful/) — A wilful person is stubborn and determined to do what they want, even when told not to.
- [wilfulness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wilfulness/) — Being determined to do what you want, even when told not to; stubbornness.
- [will](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/will/) — Will says what is going to happen: «It will rain». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [willful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/willful/) — Willful means stubborn, doing what you want and refusing to be told.
- [willingly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/willingly/) — Willingly means gladly, without being forced. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [willingness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/willingness/) — Being happy or ready to do something when asked. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [willow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/willow/) — A willow is a tree with long, thin, bendy branches and narrow leaves, often growing near water. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [willpower](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/willpower/) — Willpower is the strength of mind to control your actions and do what you decide, even when it is hard.
- [wilt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wilt/) — When a plant wilts, it droops and becomes soft and floppy, usually because it needs water or is too hot. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wilting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wilting/) — Drooping and going soft because of not enough water, too much heat, or being picked: a wilting flower bends and its leaves hang down.
- [wily](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wily/) — Wily means clever at tricking people to get what you want. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wimp](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wimp/) — A wimp is a person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave.
- [win](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/win/) — To win means to be the best or come first in a game, race or competition. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wince](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wince/) — To wince is to make a quick face or small movement when you feel pain or see or hear something unpleasant.
- [winch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/winch/) — A machine with a rope or a chain wound round a turning drum, used to lift or pull heavy things.
- [winchester](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/winchester/) — Winchester is a historic city in Hampshire in the south of England, once the capital of the Saxon kings, with a great cathedral.
- [wind](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wind/) — Air moving across the Earth: "a strong wind". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [windbag](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windbag/) — A windbag is a person who talks too much, usually about boring or unimportant things, or boasts endlessly.
- [windfall](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windfall/) — An amount of money you get unexpectedly, such as a prize, a gift or money you find.
- [winding](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/winding/) — Winding means full of bends and curves that turn back and forth: a winding path or river. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [windless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windless/) — Windless means without any wind; the air is still and calm.
- [windmill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windmill/) — A windmill is a building with large sails that the wind turns to grind grain or pump water.
- [window](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/window/) — A window is an opening in a wall or a car with glass, to let in light and air. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [windowpane](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windowpane/) — A windowpane is one sheet of glass in a window.
- [windowsill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windowsill/) — A windowsill is the flat shelf at the bottom of a window, inside or outside.
- [windpipe](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windpipe/) — The windpipe is the tube in your throat that carries air from your mouth and nose down to your lungs; its science name is the trachea.
- [windscreen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windscreen/) — The large glass window at the front of a car, bus or other vehicle.
- [windsock](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windsock/) — A windsock is a cloth tube on a pole that fills with wind and shows which way and how strongly the wind is blowing.
- [windsor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windsor/) — Windsor is a town in Berkshire, England, west of London, by the River Thames, home of Windsor Castle.
- [windward](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windward/) — Windward means on the side facing the wind, the side the wind blows onto.
- [windy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/windy/) — Windy weather has a lot of wind blowing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wine/) — Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes or sometimes other fruits. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wineglass](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wineglass/) — A wineglass is a glass with a stem and a bowl, used for drinking wine.
- [winepress](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/winepress/) — A place or machine where grapes are crushed to make wine. — Jewish tradition
- [wing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wing/) — A wing is the part of a bird, bat or plane that lets it fly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [winged](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/winged/) — Winged means having wings, as in «a winged horse». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wingless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wingless/) — Having no wings.
- [wings](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wings/) — Wings are the body parts a bird, bat or insect moves to fly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [wingspan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wingspan/) — The distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing when they are stretched out, of a bird, bat, insect or aeroplane.