English words starting with w

Meanings of W:

abbreviation

Weight.

noun

The twenty-third letter of the alphabet.

The chemical element tungsten.

Meanings of Wa:

noun

A member of a hill people living on the borders of china and burma (myanmar).

adjective

Relating to or denoting the wa or their language.

Usage examples:

Burma's wa tribe has become asia's most dangerous drug cartel.

abbreviation

Washington (state) (in official postal use).

Meanings of Waac:

noun

A member of the british women's army auxiliary corps (1917–19) or the american force of the same name (later the wac) (1942–78).

Usage examples:

Indeed the waacs learned their duties much more quickly than the men, most of whom had been classif…

Meanings of Wabbit:

adjective

Feeling very tired, weak, and not very healthy

Usage examples:

I am still feeling wabbit with a flu bug.

Meanings of Wabi:

noun

(in japanese art) a quality of austere and serene beauty expressing a mood of spiritual solitude recognized in zen buddhist philosophy.

Usage examples:

A certain wabi: a worn and regal richness

Meanings of Wac:

abbreviation

(in the us) women's army corps.

Meanings of Wack:

noun

Used as a familiar term of address, chiefly in liverpool.

Usage examples:

‘gorra light 'ave yer, wack?’

adjective

Bad; inferior.

Usage examples:

A wack radio station

Meanings of Wackadoodle:

adjective

Strange or silly

Usage examples:

The idea is exciting for those who believe in it, wackadoodle for those who don't., he may be a wac…

Meanings of Wacke:

noun

A sandstone of which the mud matrix in which the grains are embedded amounts to between 15 and 75 per cent of the mass.

Usage examples:

The rounded conglomerate pebbles consist of siltstone, mudstone, wacke, granophyric igneous rocks, …

Meanings of Wacker:

noun

A person or thing that strikes something forcefully.

Usage examples:

It's more fun to ski from your bumper than hike a rocky trail in the dark, wondering when you'll fi…

Meanings of Wackes:

noun

A sandstone of which the mud matrix in which the grains are embedded amounts to between 15 and 75 per cent of the mass.

Usage examples:

The rounded conglomerate pebbles consist of siltstone, mudstone, wacke, granophyric igneous rocks, …

Meanings of Wackier:

adjective

Funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way.

Usage examples:

A wacky chase movie

Meanings of Wackiest:

adjective

Funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way.

Usage examples:

A wacky chase movie

Meanings of Wackily:

adverb

In a pleasing and exciting or silly and unusual way

Usage examples:

Her next film was a wackily surreal fairytale based on a graphic novel., the miniature golf course …

Meanings of Wackiness:

noun

The quality of being unusual in a pleasing and exciting or silly way

Usage examples:

The band's wackiness delighted the crowd., the song is way too full of its own wackiness and is qui…

Meanings of Wacko:

noun

A person whose behavior is strange

Meanings of Wacks:

noun

Used as a familiar term of address, chiefly in liverpool.

Usage examples:

‘gorra light 'ave yer, wack?’

adjective

Bad; inferior.

Usage examples:

A wack radio station

Meanings of Wacky:

adjective

Funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way.

Usage examples:

A wacky chase movie

Meanings of Wad:

noun

A mass or lump of a soft material, used for padding, stuffing, or wiping.

Usage examples:

A wad of lint-free rag

verb

Compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass.

Usage examples:

Wad the strips over and over so that they ball up

Meanings of Wadcutter:

noun

A bullet designed to cut a neat hole in a paper range target.

Usage examples:

The lumbering wadcutter bullet seemed to take forever to get out of the barrel and you really had t…

Meanings of Wadded:

verb

Compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass.

Usage examples:

Wad the strips over and over so that they ball up

noun

A mass or lump of a soft material, used for padding, stuffing, or wiping.

Usage examples:

A wad of lint-free rag

Meanings of Wadder:

noun

(a) a cultivator of woad. (b) a person engaged in dyeing with woad.

Meanings of Waddies:

noun

An australian aboriginal's war club.

Usage examples:

The men carry hunting weapons such as spears, boomerangs and waddies, a kangaroo and some other ani…

Meanings of Wadding:

noun

Soft, thick material used to line garments or pack fragile items, especially cotton wool formed into a fleecy layer.

Usage examples:

A new generation of low-bulk polyester waddings

verb

Compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass.

Usage examples:

Wad the strips over and over so that they ball up

Meanings of Waddings:

noun

Soft, thick material used to line garments or pack fragile items, especially cotton wool formed into a fleecy layer.

Usage examples:

A new generation of low-bulk polyester waddings