English Words Starting With W

• woulfe bottle

  nounExtremely rare (archaic technical term)
  /ˈwʊlf ˌbɒt.əl/A historic glass laboratory apparatus, typically with three necks, used primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries for washing gases or performing distillations.
• wound

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
  /wuːnd/ (injury), /waʊnd/ (past of wind)An injury to the body, typically one involving a break in the skin caused by violence or accident.
• wounded

  adjectivenounB1
  /ˈwuːndɪd/Suffering from physical injury, especially by a weapon; damaged, hurt.
• wounded knee

  nounC2
  /ˌwuːndɪd ˈniː/Primarily a historical proper noun referring to the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, in which U.S. cavalry killed hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children, marking a brutal end to the Indian Wars.
• woundfin

  nounVery Low (Specialist/Obsure)
  /ˈwuːndfɪn/a rare, small, silvery fish species (Plagopterus argentissimus) found only in the Virgin River basin in the southwestern United States.
• woundwort

  nounLow (Specialist/Botanical/Historical)
  /ˈwuːndwəːt/Any of various plants, especially of the genera Stachys and Anthyllis, formerly used in herbal medicine to treat wounds.
• wourali

  nounExtremely Rare
  /wʊˈrɑːli/A highly potent arrow poison derived from various plant sources.
• wove

  verbB2
  /wəʊv/Past tense and past participle of 'weave', meaning to form fabric or an object by interlacing threads, strands, or other long, flexible materials.
• wove paper

  nounC2
  /ˈwəʊv ˌpeɪpə/Paper manufactured on a woven wire mesh screen, giving it a uniform, unlined surface, as opposed to a ribbed or lined 'laid paper' finish.
• woven

  verbC1
  /ˈwəʊv(ə)n/The past participle of 'weave', meaning to form fabric by interlacing threads.
• wovoka

  nounRare / Obscure
  /wəʊˈvəʊkə/The name of a late 19th-century Paiute spiritual leader and prophet, founder of the Ghost Dance movement.
• wow

  interjectionnounverbverb-transitiveB1
  /waʊ/An exclamation or interjection expressing strong feelings of astonishment, admiration, surprise, or pleasure.
• wow factor

  nounC1
  /ˈwaʊ ˌfæk.tər/The quality of something that causes a strong, positive reaction of amazement, admiration, or excitement; an impressive or striking feature.
• wowser

  nounLow
  /ˈwaʊzə/A person who is puritanically opposed to pleasure, especially drinking; a killjoy or prude.
• wozniak

  nounVery Low
  /ˈwɒz.ni.æk/A surname of Polish origin, meaning 'one who belongs to the Wojciech family' or derived from the given name Wojciech.
• wppsi

  nounLow (Technical/Jargon)
  /ˌdʌbəl.juː.piː.piː.ɛsˈaɪ/Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, a standardized psychological assessment instrument designed to measure the cognitive ability of children aged 2 years 6 months to 7 years 7 months.
• wraac

  nounC2
  /ræk/destruction or ruin, especially of a ship or marine vessel.
• wrack

  nounverb-transitiveMedium-Low
  /rak/Ruin, destruction, or something that is ruined or destroyed; also refers to seaweed or marine vegetation washed ashore.
• wraith

  nounC2/Rare
  /reɪθ/A ghost or spectral figure, often appearing just before or after a person's death, typically as a pale, shadowy, or insubstantial form.
• wran

  nounVery low (archaic/dialectal)
  /rɒn/An archaic or dialectal British term for a wren, specifically the small, brown songbird of the family Troglodytidae.

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