English Words Starting With W

• wall street

  nounB2
  /ˌwɔːl ˈstriːt/The primary financial district of New York City, and by extension, the American financial industry or financial markets.
• wall streeter

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌwɔːl ˈstriːtə/A person who works in the financial industry centered on Wall Street in New York City, typically for a bank, investment firm, hedge fund, or stock exchange.
• wall system

  nounC1
  /wɔːl ˈsɪstəm/A set of modular storage units, shelves, or cabinets designed to be mounted on a wall, often used for organizing books, media, or decorative items.
• wall tent

  nounLow
  /ˈwɔːl ˌtɛnt/A large, rectangular tent with vertical side walls, a steeply pitched roof, and an interior frame of poles, often used for extended camping, military, or expedition purposes.
• wall-to-wall

  adjectiveadverbnounC1
  /ˌwɔːl tə ˈwɔːl/Covering an entire floor from one wall to another, typically of carpeting.
• walla walla

  nounVery Low
  /ˌwɒlə ˈwɒlə/A place name; most commonly referring to a city in Washington, USA.
• wallaba

  nounC1/C2 (Low-frequency, specialist term)
  /ˈwɒləbə/A type of South American tree of the genus Eperua, known for its very hard, durable timber.
• wallaby

  nounC2
  /ˈwɒləbi/A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, related to but smaller than kangaroos.
• wallace

  nounLow
  /ˈwɒlɪs/A masculine given name and surname, primarily of Scottish origin.
• wallace's line

  nounLow
  /ˈwɒlɪsɪz laɪn/A faunal boundary line drawn in 1859 by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, separating the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea (a transitional zone between Asia and Australia). It runs through the Indonesian Archipelago.
• wallaceburg

  nounVery Low (Geographically restricted proper noun)
  /ˈwɒlɪsˌbɜːɡ/A proper noun referring to a specific town in Ontario, Canada, located on the Sydenham River. It is a toponym.
• wallach

  nounVery Low (Archaic/Specialist)
  /ˈwɒlək/A gelded horse; a castrated male horse, typically one used for riding or driving rather than breeding.
• wallachia

  nounC2
  /wɒˈleɪ.ki.ə/A historical and geographical region in southeastern Europe, located north of the Danube River and south of the Carpathian Mountains, forming part of modern-day Romania.
• wallah

  nounLow
  /ˈwɒlə/A person who is involved with or concerned with a particular thing or occupation (e.g., a kitchen wallah, a tech wallah).
• wallaroo

  nounLow
  /ˌwɒləˈruː/A large stocky Australian macropod (marsupial), similar to a kangaroo but smaller, typically found in rocky or hilly terrain.
• wallasey

  nounVery Low (C2 / Proper Noun)
  /ˈwɒləsiː/A town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England, located on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula, opposite the city of Liverpool.
• wallboard

  nounLow
  /ˈwɔːl.bɔːd/A prefabricated, rigid panel, typically made from gypsum, wood fiber, or other materials, used for covering interior walls and ceilings.
• wallcovering

  nounB2 (upper-intermediate), low-frequency outside specific contexts.
  /ˈwɔːlˌkʌvərɪŋ/Material used to cover and decorate interior walls, often sold in rolls.
• walled plain

  nounVery Low / Specialized
  /ˌwɔːld ˈpleɪn/A large, flat, circular area on the Moon's surface, surrounded by a mountain ring.
• wallenberg

  nounC2
  /ˈwɒlənbɜːɡ/A surname, most famously associated with the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

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