English words starting with wo

Meanings of Wo:

exclamation

Variant spelling of whoa.

abbreviation

Warrant officer.

Meanings of Woa:

exclamation

Used to tell a person or a horse to stop or slow down, or to express surprise

Usage examples:

Whoa! not so fast.

Meanings of Woad:

noun

A yellow-flowered european plant of the cabbage family. it was formerly widely grown in britain as a source of blue dye, which was extracted from the leaves after they had been dried, powdered, and fermented.

Usage examples:

The distinctive blue dye used by the picts to tattoo themselves came from the woad plant, which gro…

Meanings of Woaded:

adjective

Of cloth or wool: dyed or coloured with woad (now chiefly historical). of a person or human body: painted or adorned with blue body paint or dye made from woad; compare "woad"(now rare).

Meanings of Woader:

noun

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

Meanings of Woadman:

noun

A person (especially a man) who grows or cultivates woad or prepares it for use as a dye.

Meanings of Woady:

adjective

Painted or smeared with woad.

Meanings of Wobble:

verb

Move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The table wobbles where the leg is too short

noun

An unsteady movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The handlebars developed a wobble

Meanings of Wobbled:

verb

Move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The table wobbles where the leg is too short

noun

An unsteady movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The handlebars developed a wobble

Meanings of Wobbler:

noun

A person or thing that wobbles.

Usage examples:

The community playschool and montessori school has gone from strength to strength over the years an…

Meanings of Wobblers:

noun

A person or thing that wobbles.

Usage examples:

The community playschool and montessori school has gone from strength to strength over the years an…

Meanings of Wobblier:

adjective

Tending to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The car had a wobbly wheel

noun

A fit of temper or panic.

Usage examples:

My daughter threw a wobbly when i wouldn't let her play

Meanings of Wobblies:

noun

Popular name for members of industrial workers of the world.

Meanings of Wobbliest:

adjective

Tending to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The car had a wobbly wheel

noun

A fit of temper or panic.

Usage examples:

My daughter threw a wobbly when i wouldn't let her play

Meanings of Wobbling:

verb

Move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The table wobbles where the leg is too short

noun

An unsteady movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The handlebars developed a wobble

Meanings of Wobbly:

adjective

Tending to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The car had a wobbly wheel

noun

A fit of temper or panic.

Usage examples:

My daughter threw a wobbly when i wouldn't let her play

Meanings of Wod:

noun

Workout of the day (with reference to the crossfit fitness programme).

Usage examples:

This wod is about strengthening the skeletal structure

Meanings of Wodenism:

noun

The worship of woden (odin), the highest god of the germanic pantheon; the mythology and religious doctrine of the ancient germanic peoples, especially the anglo-saxons, before the introduction of christianity.

Meanings of Wodge:

noun

A large piece or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He slapped a wodge of notes down on the counter

Meanings of Wodgy:

adjective

Solid, bulky; large, chunky.

Meanings of Woe:

noun

Great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically).

Usage examples:

The everton tale of woe continued

Meanings of Woebegone:

adjective

Sad or miserable in appearance.

Usage examples:

Don't look so woebegone, joanna

Meanings of Woeful:

adjective

Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery.

Usage examples:

Her face was woeful

Meanings of Woefully:

adverb

In a manner expressing sorrow or misery.

Usage examples:

She sighed woefully and walked out

Meanings of Woeness:

noun

Grief, sorrow; sadness.