English dictionary: words starting with w - page 132

Meanings of Wry:

adjective

Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.

Usage examples:

A wry smile

Meanings of Wrybill:

noun

A small new zealand plover with grey and white plumage and a bill that bends to the right.

Usage examples:

Shorebirds endemic to new zealand, wrybills are the only birds with side-durving beaks.

Meanings of Wryer:

adjective

Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.

Usage examples:

A wry smile

Meanings of Wryest:

adjective

Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.

Usage examples:

A wry smile

Meanings of Wryly:

adverb

In a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humour.

Usage examples:

He reflects wryly on his life and work

Meanings of Wrymouth:

noun

An elongated marine fish with a long-based spiny dorsal fin and an oblique mouth that is almost vertical. it occurs in the north-western atlantic and the north pacific.

Usage examples:

The wrymouths are slender, eel-like fishes, close relatives of the blennies but much larger.

Meanings of Wrymouths:

noun

An elongated marine fish with a long-based spiny dorsal fin and an oblique mouth that is almost vertical. it occurs in the north-western atlantic and the north pacific.

Usage examples:

The wrymouths are slender, eel-like fishes, close relatives of the blennies but much larger.

Meanings of Wryneck:

noun

An old world bird of the woodpecker family, with brown camouflaged plumage and a habit of twisting and writhing the neck when disturbed.

Usage examples:

There are two additional subfamilies of the picidae, picumninae, which is the sister group of the t…

Meanings of Wrynecks:

noun

An old world bird of the woodpecker family, with brown camouflaged plumage and a habit of twisting and writhing the neck when disturbed.

Usage examples:

There are two additional subfamilies of the picidae, picumninae, which is the sister group of the t…

Meanings of Ws:

noun

The twenty-third letter of the alphabet.

abbreviation

(in tables of sports results) games won.

The chemical element tungsten.

Meanings of Wt:

abbreviation

Weight.

Meanings of Wu:

noun

A dialect of chinese spoken in jiangsu and zhejiang provinces and the city of shanghai. it has an estimated 80 million speakers.

Meanings of Wudu:

noun

Ritual washing to be performed in preparation for prayer and worship.

Usage examples:

I devoured tapes and books on how to perform wudu (ablution before prayers).

Meanings of Wuff:

noun

A dog's low suppressed bark.

Usage examples:

She can't answer phones but she greets clients with a wuff and sometimes a pawshake.

verb

(of a dog) give a low suppressed bark.

Usage examples:

As he sat back, a large, softly furred head pushed onto his lap and wuffed softly in greeting.

Meanings of Wulfenite:

noun

An orange-yellow mineral consisting of a molybdate of lead, typically occurring as tabular crystals.

Usage examples:

The number, size, and perfection of flashy minerals such as wulfenite, rhodochrosite, and azurite c…

Meanings of Wunderkind:

noun

A person who achieves great success when relatively young.

Usage examples:

The economics wunderkind who was a tenured professor at 29

Meanings of Wunderkinder:

noun

A person who achieves great success when relatively young.

Usage examples:

The economics wunderkind who was a tenured professor at 29

Meanings of Wurst:

noun

German or austrian sausage.

Usage examples:

German dishes such as sauerkraut, wursts, wiener schnitzel with spatzle, herring and herring salad,…

Meanings of Wursts:

noun

German or austrian sausage.

Usage examples:

German dishes such as sauerkraut, wursts, wiener schnitzel with spatzle, herring and herring salad,…

Meanings of Wurtzilite:

noun

A mineral consisting of zinc sulphide, typically occurring as brownish-black pyramidal crystals.

Usage examples:

Barite, sphalerite, and calcite are the most abundant vein minerals; pyrite, kaolinite, chalcopyrit…

Meanings of Wurtzite:

noun

A mineral consisting of zinc sulphide, typically occurring as brownish-black pyramidal crystals.

Usage examples:

Barite, sphalerite, and calcite are the most abundant vein minerals; pyrite, kaolinite, chalcopyrit…

Meanings of Wuss:

noun

A weak or ineffectual person (often used as a general term of abuse).

Usage examples:

We are not just a group of shallow wusses

verb

Fail to do or complete something as a result of fear or lack of confidence.

Usage examples:

She'll probably wuss out because she fears my mighty bowling prowess

Meanings of Wusser:

adjective

More harmful, painful, offensive, unpleasant, or severe.

noun

A person who or animal which is worse; one who is more wicked or inferior in qualities or performance.

adverb

More badly, wickedly, or reprehensibly; more severely or harshly; more imperfectly, carelessly, or incorrectly.

verb

To make worse; = "worsen".

Meanings of Wuthering:

adjective

(of weather) characterized by strong winds.

Usage examples:

It's a wuthering day on the moors today

Meanings of Wy:

abbreviation

Wyoming (in official postal use).