English words starting with wy

Meanings of Wy:

abbreviation

Wyoming (in official postal use).

Meanings of Wyandot:

noun

A member of a north american people belonging to the huron nation and originally of ontario, now living mainly in oklahoma and quebec.

Usage examples:

Among the tribes represented were delawares, iroquois, wyandots, miamis, ottawas, pottawattamies, c…

adjective

Relating to the wyandot people or their language.

Usage examples:

The wyandot language has no native speakers today, so these vocabulary words come from early 19th-c…

Meanings of Wyandotte:

noun

A member of a north american people belonging to the huron nation and originally of ontario, now living mainly in oklahoma and quebec.

Usage examples:

Among the tribes represented were delawares, iroquois, wyandots, miamis, ottawas, pottawattamies, c…

adjective

Relating to the wyandot people or their language.

Usage examples:

The wyandot language has no native speakers today, so these vocabulary words come from early 19th-c…

Meanings of Wych:

noun

→  witch hazel

Meanings of Wye:

noun

A triangle of railway track used for turning locomotives or trains.

Usage examples:

Today the goal is to re-lay 4 kilometers of track to reach the wye at this point.

proper noun

A river which rises in the mountains of western wales and flows 208 km (132 miles) generally south-eastwards, entering the severn estuary at chepstow. in its lower reaches it forms part of the border between wales and england.

Meanings of Wyes:

noun

A triangle of railway track used for turning locomotives or trains.

Usage examples:

Today the goal is to re-lay 4 kilometers of track to reach the wye at this point.

proper noun

A river which rises in the mountains of western wales and flows 208 km (132 miles) generally south-eastwards, entering the severn estuary at chepstow. in its lower reaches it forms part of the border between wales and england.

Meanings of Wykehamist:

noun

A past or present member of winchester college.

Usage examples:

Saif's nostalgic memories about being a ‘wykehamist’, as the boys in winchester were called, are am…

adjective

Relating to winchester college.

Usage examples:

About 1687 colley cibber, the brilliant dunce of the dunciad, tried to enter winchester college, …

Meanings of Wyn:

noun

A runic letter, used in old and middle english, later replaced by w.

Usage examples:

The modern english wine comes from old english wn, pronounced like modern ‘wean’: that indeed was h…

Meanings of Wynd:

noun

A narrow street or alley.

Usage examples:

Friars wynd

Meanings of Wynds:

noun

A narrow street or alley.

Usage examples:

Friars wynd

Meanings of Wynn:

noun

A runic letter, used in old and middle english, later replaced by w.

Usage examples:

The modern english wine comes from old english wn, pronounced like modern ‘wean’: that indeed was h…

Meanings of Wynns:

noun

A runic letter, used in old and middle english, later replaced by w.

Usage examples:

The modern english wine comes from old english wn, pronounced like modern ‘wean’: that indeed was h…

Meanings of Wyoming:

proper noun

A state in the west central us; population 532,668 (est. 2008); capital, cheyenne. acquired as part of the louisiana purchase in 1803, it became the 44th state of the us in 1890.

noun

A state in the western us, whose capital city is cheyenne

Usage examples:

Wind energy groups have formed in southeastern wyoming., the mountains of wyoming received three an…

Meanings of Wyomingite:

noun

A native or inhabitant of the us state of wyoming.

Usage examples:

Wyomingites don't see him as a local

Meanings of Wyvern:

noun

A winged two-legged dragon with a barbed tail.

Usage examples:

The wyvern was the emblem of the rulers of wessex and the word "wyvern" is associated with the many…