English dictionary: words starting with w - page 132
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Meanings of Wry:
adjectiveUsing or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.
Usage examples:
A wry smile
Meanings of Wrybill:
nounA 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:
adjectiveUsing or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.
Usage examples:
A wry smile
Meanings of Wryest:
adjectiveUsing or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.
Usage examples:
A wry smile
Meanings of Wryly:
adverbIn a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humour.
Usage examples:
He reflects wryly on his life and work
Meanings of Wrymouth:
nounAn 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:
nounAn 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:
nounAn 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:
nounAn 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…
Ws
ˈdʌb(ə)lˌjuːMeanings of Ws:
nounThe twenty-third letter of the alphabet.
abbreviation(in tables of sports results) games won.
The chemical element tungsten.
Wu
wuːMeanings of Wu:
nounA dialect of chinese spoken in jiangsu and zhejiang provinces and the city of shanghai. it has an estimated 80 million speakers.
Meanings of Wudu:
nounRitual 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).
Wuff
wʌfMeanings of Wuff:
nounA 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:
nounAn 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:
nounA person who achieves great success when relatively young.
Usage examples:
The economics wunderkind who was a tenured professor at 29
Meanings of Wunderkinder:
nounA person who achieves great success when relatively young.
Usage examples:
The economics wunderkind who was a tenured professor at 29
Meanings of Wurst:
nounGerman or austrian sausage.
Usage examples:
German dishes such as sauerkraut, wursts, wiener schnitzel with spatzle, herring and herring salad,…
Meanings of Wursts:
nounGerman or austrian sausage.
Usage examples:
German dishes such as sauerkraut, wursts, wiener schnitzel with spatzle, herring and herring salad,…
Meanings of Wurtzilite:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA weak or ineffectual person (often used as a general term of abuse).
Usage examples:
We are not just a group of shallow wusses
verbFail 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:
adjectiveMore harmful, painful, offensive, unpleasant, or severe.
nounA person who or animal which is worse; one who is more wicked or inferior in qualities or performance.
adverbMore badly, wickedly, or reprehensibly; more severely or harshly; more imperfectly, carelessly, or incorrectly.
verbTo make worse; = "worsen".
Meanings of Wuthering:
adjective(of weather) characterized by strong winds.
Usage examples:
It's a wuthering day on the moors today
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