English Words Starting With W

• watsonville

  nounVery Low (Proper Noun, Geographic)
  /ˈwɒtsənvɪl/A city in California, USA.
• watt

  nounC1
  /wɒt/A derived unit of power in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one joule of energy transferred per second.
• watt-hour

  nounLow
  /ˈwɒt aʊə/A unit of energy equivalent to one watt of power expended for one hour.
• watt-second

  nounC2
  /ˌwɒt ˈsɛk.ənd/A unit of energy equal to one joule, the product of power (in watts) and time (in seconds).
• wattage

  nounC1
  /ˈwɒtɪdʒ/The amount of electrical power expressed in watts.
• watteau

  nounC2
  /ˈwɒtəʊ/A loose, flowing back pleat on a woman's gown or jacket, especially in 18th-century style.
• watteau back

  nounVery low
  /ˌwɒtəʊ ˈbæk/A feature of a woman's gown or dress in which the back bodice is cut in one piece with the overskirt, forming loose box pleats that hang free from the shoulder seam down to the floor or waist.
• wattenscheid

  nounVery Low
  /ˈvatənʃaɪt/A proper noun referring to a district in the city of Bochum, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was formerly an independent city until its incorporation into Bochum in 1975.
• watter

  nounVery Low
  /ˈwɑːtər/ (Scots approximation, varies by region; often closer to /ˈwatər/)Non-standard or dialectal spelling of 'water', referring to the clear, colourless, odourless, and tasteless liquid essential for most life.
• watterson

  nounLow (primarily in contexts discussing comics, art, or specific biographical reference)
  /ˈwɒtəsən/A surname, most famously associated with Bill Watterson, the creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
• wattle

  adjectivenounverbverb-transitiveLow frequency, uncommon in everyday speech.
  /ˈwɒt(ə)l/A material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of interwoven sticks and twigs.
• wattle and daub

  nounC2
  /ˌwɒt.l̩ ən ˈdɔːb/A building material or construction technique consisting of a woven lattice of wooden strips (wattle) coated with a mixture of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw (daub).
• wattlebird

  nounC1
  /ˈwɒt(ə)lbɜːd/A medium-sized bird native to Australia and New Guinea, belonging to the honeyeater family, often characterized by fleshy red wattles hanging from its neck.
• wattless component

  nounVery Low
  /ˈwɒtləs kəmˈpəʊnənt/In electrical engineering, the component of AC power that does no real work, representing the power that oscillates between the source and load without being consumed.
• wattmeter

  nounC1
  /ˈwɒtmiːtə/A device that measures electric power in watts.
• watts

  nounB2
  /wɒts/A unit of measurement for power, equivalent to one joule per second. It measures the rate of energy transfer or conversion.
• watts-dunton

  nounVery Rare
  /ˌwɒts ˈdʌntən/A dual or collaborative partnership, particularly in literary or creative fields, named after the friendship between Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton and Algernon Charles Swinburne.
• watusi

  nounLow
  /wɑːˈtuːsi/A style of dance originating from the Tutsi people of Rwanda, characterized by rhythmic hip movements and fluid arm gestures.
• waugh

  nounLow
  /wɔː/The surname of the famous British novelist, Evelyn Waugh. In modern colloquial or digital use, it can be an exclamation of disgust, pain, or contempt, often used to represent a retching sound.
• wauk

  verbRare / Obsolete / Archaic (Dialectal)
  /wɔːk/To full (cloth), specifically to clean, thicken, and felt woollen fabric by beating and washing it.

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