English words starting with wil - page 1

Meanings of Wildlings:

noun

A wild plant, especially an apple tree descended from cultivated varieties, or its fruit.

Usage examples:

However, interest in how cultivated plants consort with wildlings had started long before genetic e…

Meanings of Wildly:

adverb

In a way that lacks discipline or restraint.

Usage examples:

Toddlers run wildly in circles

Meanings of Wildness:

noun

The character of being uncultivated, undomesticated, or inhospitable.

Usage examples:

The wildness and beauty of the scottish hills

Meanings of Wilds:

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

phrase

In an area that is far from where people usually live and difficult to get to, and that is not considered easy to live in

Usage examples:

She lives somewhere in the wilds of borneo., the story takes place out in the wilds of manitoba., t…

Meanings of Wildwood:

noun

An uncultivated wood or forest that has been allowed to grow naturally.

Usage examples:

There was heroic, life-shortening labour in hacking the earliest fields out of the post-glacial wil…

Meanings of Wile:

noun

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.

Usage examples:

She didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention

verb

Lure; entice.

Usage examples:

She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk

adjective

Very bad; terrible.

Usage examples:

He was wile when he was young

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

This old boy was wile pleased

Meanings of Wiled:

verb

Lure; entice.

Usage examples:

She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk

noun

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.

Usage examples:

She didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention

adjective

Very bad; terrible.

Usage examples:

He was wile when he was young

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

This old boy was wile pleased

Meanings of Wilfulness:

noun

The quality of being wilful (= determined to do as you want)

Usage examples:

She was ashamed of her past wilfulness., her large brown eyes were intelligent and full of wilfulne…

Meanings of Wilga:

noun

A small white-flowering australian tree which is resistant to drought and a valuable source of fodder.

Usage examples:

Now you've seen the height of the poles; imagine about a fifty metre span of wire inexpertly strung…

Meanings of Wilier:

adjective

Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.

Usage examples:

His wily opponents

Meanings of Wiliest:

adjective

Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.

Usage examples:

His wily opponents

Meanings of Wiling:

verb

Lure; entice.

Usage examples:

She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk

noun

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.

Usage examples:

She didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention

adjective

Very bad; terrible.

Usage examples:

He was wile when he was young

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

This old boy was wile pleased

Meanings of Will:

noun

The faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action.

Usage examples:

She has an iron will

verb

Make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers.

Usage examples:

Reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back

The capability of conscious choice and decision

modal verb

Expressing the future tense.

Usage examples:

You will regret it when you are older

Meanings of Will-o'-the-wisp:

idiom

A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground

noun

A phosphorescent light seen hovering or floating at night on marshy ground, thought to result from the combustion of natural gases.

Usage examples:

Pale blue light, the colour of egewe's hair or a will-o'-the-wisp, filled the room.

Meanings of Willed:

adjective

Having a specified level of determination.

Usage examples:

A free-willed female

verb

Make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers.

Usage examples:

Reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back

Meanings of Willemite:

noun

A mineral, typically greenish-yellow and fluorescent, consisting of a silicate of zinc.

Usage examples:

Associated minerals can include cerussite, anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulf…

Meanings of Willet:

noun

A large north american sandpiper.

Usage examples:

This was also true with the common snipe, lesser yellowlegs, willet, and western sandpiper.

Meanings of Willets:

noun

A large north american sandpiper.

Usage examples:

This was also true with the common snipe, lesser yellowlegs, willet, and western sandpiper.

Meanings of Willfully:

adverb

With the intention of causing harm; deliberately.

Usage examples:

She denies four charges of wilfully neglecting a patient

Meanings of William:

proper noun

The name of two kings of england and two of great britain and ireland.

noun

A garden flower from the genus (= group of plants) dianthus with groups of red, white, pink, or purple flowers that have a sweet spicy smell

Usage examples:

Sweet william are biennials, meaning they take two years to complete their life cycle., start to cl…

Meanings of Williams:

noun

A dessert pear of an early green variety.

Usage examples:

The bartlett pear we know today in north america, is the same variety that is called the ‘williams’…

noun

A garden flower from the genus (= group of plants) dianthus with groups of red, white, pink, or purple flowers that have a sweet spicy smell

Usage examples:

Sweet william are biennials, meaning they take two years to complete their life cycle., start to cl…

Meanings of Willie:

noun

A penis.

Meanings of Willies:

noun

A penis.

plural noun

A strong feeling of nervous discomfort.

Usage examples:

That room gave him the willies

phrase

A feeling of nervousness and fear, especially caused by something strange or threatening

Usage examples:

Give someone the willies spending a night in the house alone always gives me the willies., get the …

Meanings of Willing:

adjective

Ready, eager, or prepared to do something.

Usage examples:

He was quite willing to compromise

verb

Make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers.

Usage examples:

Reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back

Meanings of Willingly:

adverb

Readily; of one's own free will.

Usage examples:

She went willingly