English words starting with will

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 Willful:

adjective

(of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate.

Usage examples:

Wilful acts of damage

Meanings of Willfully:

adverb

With the intention of causing harm; deliberately.

Usage examples:

She denies four charges of wilfully neglecting a patient

Meanings of Willfulness:

noun

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

Usage examples:

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

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

Meanings of Willingness:

noun

The quality or state of being prepared to do something; readiness.

Usage examples:

The ability and willingness of workers to migrate

Meanings of Williwaw:

noun

A sudden violent squall blowing offshore from a mountainous coast.

Usage examples:

It is the term used in the aleutians for a cold storm, and williwaws were the conditions during thi…

Meanings of Williwaws:

noun

A sudden violent squall blowing offshore from a mountainous coast.

Usage examples:

It is the term used in the aleutians for a cold storm, and williwaws were the conditions during thi…

Meanings of Willow:

noun

A tree or shrub of temperate climates which typically has narrow leaves, bears catkins, and grows near water. its pliant branches yield osiers for basketry, and the timber is traditionally used to make cricket bats.

Usage examples:

In her madness, ophelia climbs a willow tree to hang garlands from its branches.

Meanings of Willowherb:

noun

A plant of temperate regions that typically has leaves similar to those of the willow and pink or pale purple flowers.

Usage examples:

Among the common wildflowers are one-flowered cinquefoil, woolly lousewort, alpine willowherb, thre…

Meanings of Willowier:

adjective

Bordered, shaded, or covered by willows.

Usage examples:

Willowy meadow land

Meanings of Willowiest:

adjective

Bordered, shaded, or covered by willows.

Usage examples:

Willowy meadow land

Meanings of Willows:

noun

A tree or shrub of temperate climates which typically has narrow leaves, bears catkins, and grows near water. its pliant branches yield osiers for basketry, and the timber is traditionally used to make cricket bats.

Usage examples:

In her madness, ophelia climbs a willow tree to hang garlands from its branches.

Meanings of Willowware:

noun

Pottery with a willow-pattern design.

Usage examples:

This successful woodenware and willowware merchant was a dedicated philanthropist.

Meanings of Willowy:

adjective

Bordered, shaded, or covered by willows.

Usage examples:

Willowy meadow land