English Words Starting With W

• wold

  nounVery Low / Archaic
  /wəʊld/An elevated tract of open country, especially one that is rolling and uncultivated.
• wolds

  plural-nounLow
  /wəʊldz/a range of hills, especially one that is open and rolling rather than rugged; a tract of rolling upland, often treeless.
• wolf

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB1
  /wʊlf/a wild carnivorous mammal of the dog family, living and hunting in packs
• wolf call

  nounLow-Moderate
  /ˈwʊlf ˌkɔːl/A loud, often two-note whistle or shout made by a person, typically a man, directed at someone to express sexual attraction or admiration, usually in an unsolicited and crude manner.
• wolf cub

  nounC1
  /ˈwʊlf kʌb/A young wolf.
• wolf dog

  nounC1
  /ˈwʊlf ˌdɒɡ/A dog breed or hybrid that closely resembles a wolf in appearance and/or behavior, typically resulting from deliberate cross-breeding between a dog and a wolf.
• wolf herring

  nounRare
  /ˈwʊlf ˌhɛr.ɪŋ/A marine fish belonging to the family Chirocentridae, characterized by a slender, silvery body, large canine-like teeth, and a predatory nature.
• wolf note

  nounC1
  /wʊlf nəʊt/In music, a discordant, growling sound produced by a bowed string instrument when a harmonic or overtone conflicts with the fundamental pitch, often heard on cellos or double basses.
• wolf number

  nounC1
  /wʊlf ˈnʌm.bər/A term used in solar astronomy to denote a measure of solar activity, specifically a number representing sunspot quantity.
• wolf pack

  nounB2
  /ˈwʊlf ˌpæk/A group of wolves that live and hunt together.
• wolf spider

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈwʊlf ˌspaɪ.dər/a type of ground-dwelling spider that hunts prey instead of building webs, typically having good eyesight and carrying eggs in a silk sac.
• wolf whistle

  nounverbB2
  /ˈwʊlf ˌwɪs.əl/A two-note, high-pitched whistle made to express admiration of someone's (typically a woman's) physical appearance, especially in a way considered objectifying or rude.
• wolf-child

  nounC2/Rare
  /ˈwʊlf ˌtʃaɪld/A child raised by wolves or other wild animals, either literally or metaphorically describing a child who is wild, unsocialized, or living outside human society.
• wolf-eel

  nounLow (specialist/regional)
  /ˈwʊlf iːl/A large, elongated marine fish (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) with a wolf-like head and prominent teeth, found in the North Pacific.
• wolf-ferrari

  nounC2
  /ˌwʊlf fəˈrɑːri/relating to the Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948), particularly his musical compositions
• wolf-rayet star

  nounVery Low (Academic/Specialist)
  /ˌwʊlf ˈraɪ.eɪ ˌstɑː/A rare, extremely hot, luminous, and massive type of star in a late stage of stellar evolution, characterized by strong, broad emission lines in its spectrum, particularly from helium and nitrogen or carbon/oxygen, indicating intense mass loss through powerful stellar winds.
• wolfberry

  nounLow
  /ˈwʊlfˌbɛri/a bright red berry, typically from the plant Lycium barbarum, also known as goji berry.
• wolfe

  nounLow
  /wʊlf/A surname of English origin.
• wolfeboro

  nounVery Low (Geographic Proper Noun)
  /ˈwʊlfəbərə/A proper noun referring to a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA.
• wolfenden report

  nounC2
  /ˌwʊlfəndən rɪˈpɔːt/A specific report published in 1957 in the UK, officially titled 'Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution', which recommended the decriminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults in private.

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