English Words Starting With W

• wight

  nounVery low / Obsolete in standard modern English; niche in fantasy contexts.
  /waɪt/A creature or person, often used to refer to a living being, but historically connoting a supernatural or ghostly entity.
• wightman

  nounVery Rare
  /ˈwaɪtmən/A person's surname; most notably associated with the historical Wightman Cup, a women's team tennis competition between the US and Great Britain.
• wiglet

  nounC1
  /ˈwɪɡ.lət/A small wig or partial hairpiece, often used to add volume, length, or cover a specific area of the head.
• wigmaker

  nounC2
  /ˈwɪɡˌmeɪkə/A person whose trade is making wigs.
• wigman

  nounVery Low Frequency (C2+)
  /ˈwɪɡmən/A man who wears a wig, historically often referring to a judge or lawyer in a formal British court setting.
• wigner

  nounLow
  /ˈwɪɡnə(r)/A surname of Hungarian origin; most famously associated with physicist Eugene Wigner.
• wigtown

  nounVery Low
  /ˈwɪɡtaʊn/A market town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
• wigtownshire

  nounVery Low
  /ˈwɪɡtənˌʃ(ɪ)ə/A historical county in southwestern Scotland.
• wigwag

  nounverbverb-ambitransitiveRare / Technical
  /ˈwɪɡ.waɡ/To move something back and forth or side to side; a waving or swinging motion.
• wigwam

  nounC1
  /ˈwɪɡ.wæm/A domed or conical dwelling traditionally constructed by some Indigenous peoples of North America, typically with a framework of poles covered with bark, mats, or hides.
• wiki

  adjectivenounMedium (B2-C1)
  /ˈwɪki/A website or database that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.
• wiki weapon

  nounVery low (niche/technical)
  /ˈwɪki ˈwɛpən/A firearm, typically a semi-automatic rifle, that can be assembled from parts and instructions widely available online, often through digital fabrication methods like 3D printing.
• wikitorial

  nounExtremely Rare
  /ˌwɪkɪˈtɔːrɪəl/An editorial-style article collaboratively written and edited on a wiki platform.
• wikiup

  nounLow (obsolete/archaic)
  /ˈwɪk.i.ʌp/A rough, temporary shelter made of a frame of poles or branches covered with brush, bark, or mats.
• wilberforce

  nounLow (Proper Noun, historical reference)
  /ˈwɪlbəfɔːs/A proper noun referring to William Wilberforce (1759–1833), a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.
• wilbraham

  nounExtremely low
  /ˈwɪl.brə.əm/A proper noun, most commonly used as a surname or place name.
• wilbur

  nounLow
  /ˈwɪlbə/A masculine given name, often associated with strength and will.
• wilburite

  nounVery Low
  /ˈwɪlbəraɪt/A member of a 19th-century conservative group within the Society of Friends (Quakers).
• wilcox

  nounRare (as a common lexical item). Extremely rare outside of proper noun contexts.
  /ˈwɪlkɒks/A surname of English origin.
• wilcoxon test

  nounLow (specialist term in statistics)
  /ˈwɪlkɒksən tɛst/A non-parametric statistical hypothesis test used to compare two related samples, matched samples, or repeated measurements on a single sample to assess whether their population mean ranks differ.

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