Words starting with W

WairokpamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
wairuaA spirit associated with a person or thing, according to Māori beliefs.
WaisanenA surname from Finnish.
WaisaraSynonym of Oweina (“language”).
waishengrena category of people and their descendants who fled mainland China for Taiwan after 1945 in response to the Nationalists losing the Chinese Civil War; sometimes regarded as an ethnic group.
waistThe part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
waistachePain in the waist; backache of the lower back.
waistbandA band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.
waistbandedHaving a waistband.
waistbandlessWithout a waistband.
waistbeltA belt (a band or strap) worn around the waist, especially when part of a larger article, such as a backpack.
waistboatA boat carried in the waist of a vessel.
waistclothA cloth or garment worn around the waist.
waistcoatAn ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
waistcoatedWearing a waistcoat.
waistcoateerA woman undressed to her waistcoat; a low-class prostitute, a whore.
waistcoatingA fabric designed for waistcoats, often with a multicoloured pattern of different yarns.
waistcoatlessWithout a waistcoat.
waistedHaving some specific type of waist.
waisterA seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.
waistingThat which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).
waistlessHaving no waist
waistlessnessAbsence of a waist.
waistlinea line around the body at the waist; its measurement
waistlinedHaving the specified kind of waistline.
waistlongLong enough to reach one's waist.
waistwrapA wrapper (loose robe) worn around the waist.
waitTo delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
waitableImplementing a wait/notify functionality.
WaitakiA local government district in South Canterbury, and North Otago, New Zealand.
WaitakianAn age from 25.2 to 21.7 million years ago, a subdivision of the Oligo-Miocene.
WaitangiA locality in the Bay of Islands Northland region, North Island, New Zealand.
WaitaraA suburb of Sydney in the Hornsby council area, New South Wales, Australia.
WaitbyA small village and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7508).
WaitchieA locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, north western Victoria, Australia
waiteA surname originating as an occupation for a watchman.
waiteeOne who is waiting for service.
waiterA male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
waiterageThe work of a waiter, attending on somebody.
waiterdomThe realm or sphere of waiters.
waiteredHaving a waiter or waiters.
waiterhoodThe role or status of a waiter.
waiterishResembling or characteristic of a waiter.
waiterlessWithout a waiter.
waiterlikeResembling or characteristic of a waiter.
waiterlyCharacteristic of a waiter or waitress.
waitersA surname.
waitershipThe role or status of a waiter.
WaitheA hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district, of Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA202006).
waithoodA period of limbo faced by young college graduates in developing countries, in which activities belonging to the traditional transition into adulthood, such as marriage and buying a home, are put off to allow the securing of employment or money.
waitingWatching, observation; keeping watch, guarding.
waitinglySo as to wait; hesitatingly or loiteringly.
waitlistA waiting list.
waitlisterA person on a waiting list.
WaitmanA surname.
waitorekeA cryptid of New Zealand, said variously to be a mammal resembling an otter, platypus or beaver, and to live in rivers.
WaitotaranA sub-age from 3.8 to 3.1 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pliocene.
waitpersonA waiter or waitress.
waitressA female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
waitresslikeResembling or characteristic of a waitress.
waitressyOf or pertaining to waitresses.
waitrixSynonym of waitress
waitronA waiter or waitress.
WaitroseyCharacteristic of the upmarket Waitrose supermarket chain
waitsA group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.
WaitsfieldA town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.
waitstaffCollectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.
WaittA surname.
WaituiA locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
WaitulavichA surname.
waivableCapable of being waived, of being given a waiver.
waiveTo relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
waiverThe act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
waiverableSynonym of waivable.
waiveredAllowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
waiversthe state of being on the waiver wire
waiveryThe outlawry of a woman.
waivodvoivode
WaiwaiA Carib-speaking indigenous people of Guyana and northern Brazil.
WajdaA surname.
wajibA religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
wakaA kind of classical Japanese poem.
wakabayashiliteAn orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, arsenic, and sulfur.
wakaimonogashiraA retired wrestler who works with new recruits
WakakoA female given name from Japanese.
WakaligaA slum in Kigala
WakaliwoodThe developing film industry in Wakaliga, a slum in Kampala, Uganda.
wakameUndaria pinnatifida, an edible seaweed.
wakamezakeThe fetishistic practice of drinking, from a woman's mons pubis, saké poured down thereto from her chest.
WakanaA surname from Japanese.
WakandaThe supreme being or Great Spirit of the Osage, Omaha, Caddo and Ponca peoples of North America.
WakandanOf, from, or related to Wakanda, a fictional country in sub-Saharan Africa in the Marvelverse.
WakarusaA town in Harrison Township and Olive Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
wakasA barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
wakasagiJapanese smelt, Hypomesus nipponensis, a fish native to Japan and introduced in the United States
WakashanA family of languages spoken in Western Canada, composed of the Northern and Southern Wakashan language groups.
WakashanistA linguist who specialises in studying Wakashan languages.
wakashuA Japanese boy after early childhood but before his coming-of-age ceremony.
WakatipuA district in inland Otago, New Zealand.
WakatsukiA surname from Japanese.
WakawA town and lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.
WakayaAn extinct Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language formerly spoken in the Barkly Tableland region of the Northern Territory.
WakayamaA prefecture of Japan.
WakchingThe tenth month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.
wake(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
wakeableCapable of being woken.
wakeadaymundane (as one wakes up to each day)
wakeathonAn event during which a person attempts to stay awake for as long as possible.
wakeboardThe board one stands on for wakeboarding.
wakeboarderSomeone who takes part in wakeboarding.
wakeboardingA water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
WaKeeneyA city, the county seat of Trego County, Kansas, United States.
wakefieldThe electron density wave structure which immediately follows an intense laser beam or relativistic charged particle beam as it passes through a plasma; the electric field or potential associated with such a structure.
wakefielditeAny of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.
WakefordA surname from Old English.
wakefulAwake; not sleeping.
wakefullyIn a wakeful manner.
wakefulnessThe state of being wakeful.
WakelandA surname.
wakelessWithout (the possibility of) waking.
wakelessnessAbsence of waking; a state of endless sleep.
wakeletA small wake (turbulence path or offshoot of a larger one)
WakeleyA hamlet in Westmill parish, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3426).
WakelinA surname.
wakelockA lock that can be acquired by software for the purpose of preventing the mobile device from going into a locked standby state during a particular operation.
WakelyA surname.
wakemanA watchman
wakenTo wake or rouse from sleep.
wakenerOne who wakens.
wakeningThe act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
wakeoverA sleepover party in a public place, such as a church, at which little or no sleep actually takes place.
wakerWatchful; vigilant; alert.
WakerleyA small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9599).
wakerobinAny of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals.
wakesA community holiday, particularly in northern England.
wakeskateThe board used in wakeskating.
wakeskaterSomeone who takes part in wakeskating.
wakeskatingA water sport that employs a board like that used for wakeboarding, manufactured from maple or fibreglass.
wakesomeMarked by wakefulness or alertness; vigilant.
wakespanThe time interval during which a person is awake.
wakesurfTo take part in the sport of wakesurfing.
wakesurferOne who takes part in wakesurfing.
wakesurfingA watersport in which a rider trails behind a boat, riding the boat's wake without being directly pulled by the boat.
waketimeThe time when one wakes.
wakeupAn act or instance of waking up.
wakeyThe day on which one wakes up and travels home.
WakhiA Pamiri ethnic group residing in the Pamir Mountains.
wakilIn Arabian countries and in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, a lawyer or an administrator; one acting on behalf of another.
WakindigaSynonym of Hadza (“the language”).
wakingOccurring during wakefulness.

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