Words starting with W

WestfalishSynonym of Westphalian (dialect group)
westfaliteAn explosive, used in mining, containing ammonium nitrate.
WestfallA surname.
WestfieldThe former name of a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, now named Camillo.
WestfirA city in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
WestfjordsA region of Iceland.
WestfordA neighbourhood of the town of Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.
WestgarthA surname.
WestgateA surname.
WesthamA village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6304).
WesthampnettA village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8806).
WesthamptonA town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
WestheadA village in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD441077).
WesthillA small town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, to the west of Aberdeen (OS grid ref NJ8307).
WesthoffA surname.
WesthoughtonA town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6505).
WesthousesA village in Blackwell parish, Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4257).
WesthumbleA village north of Dorking, Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1651).
westieA West Highland White Terrier.
WestiepooA dog that is a cross between a West Highland White Terrier and a poodle.
WestinA male given name.
westingA distance west of a datum line on a map or chart.
WestinghouseA surname, notably that of George Westinghouse.
westishApproximately to the west.
WestjohnA surname.
WestlakeA hamlet in Ermington parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6253).
westlandThe western part of a geographic area; a land lying to the west.
WestlanderA native or inhabitant of Westland, New Zealand.
WestlandgateA 1985 controversy around government plans to bail out the helicopter company Westland.
WestlawAn online legal research service most commonly used to search and retrieve United States case law, but also providing comprehensive access to statutes, regulations, and secondary sources discussing the law.
WestleighA village in Burlescombe parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0517).
WestletonA village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4469).
WestleyA census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
westlingTowards the west.
WestlockA town in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada; formerly named Edson and Edison.
WestlundA surname from Swedish.
westlySynonym of westerly.
WestmacottA surname.
WestmanA person from the west.
WestmansThe Westman Isles, Vestmannaeyjar, an archipelago of Iceland.
WestmarlandA surname.
WestmeadA suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area and the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
WestmeadowsA suburb of Melbourne in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia
WestmeathA county of Ireland.
WestmereA locality in the Rural City of Ararat, central western Victoria, Australia.
WestmillA village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3627).
WestminUniversity of Winchester, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
WestminsterThe abbey of Westminster.
WestminsterianOf or relating to Westminster or Westminster Abbey.
WestmontA census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
WestmoorA surname
WestmoreA surname
WestmorelandA surname.
WestmorlandA historical county in northwestern England (contained within Cumbria since 1974 and, since 2023, Westmorland and Furness)
westmostFurthest to the west; most western.
WestmountA city in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; An affluent suburb on the Island of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada
westnessThe quality of being west or western.
WestoeA suburb of South Shields, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3766).
westoidAn inhabitant of the Western world; a westerner.
WestollA surname.
WestonA village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).
WestoningA village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0332).
WestoverA surname.
WestowA village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7565).
WestoxificationThe adoption of Western lifestyle (e.g. consumerism, materialism) and technology without the adoption of Western values such as equality of opportunity.
WestphalA surname.
WestphaliaWestfalen, a subdivision (“Landschaftsverband”) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
WestphalianOf or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
WestportA town in County Mayo, Ireland (Irish grid ref L 9984).
WestraA surname.
WestraliaWestern Australia
WestralianWestern Australian
WestrayAn island, one of those in Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
WestrickA surname.
WestripA suburb of Stroud in Randwick and Westrip parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8205).
WestrobothniaSynonym of Västerbotten
WestrobothnianOf or relating to Westrobothnia.
WestropA surname from Old English.
WestrumA surname.
WestrupA surname.
WestryA surname.
westsideThe western side of a building, street, area etc.
Westsplainera person who condescendingly explains something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its historical and current relations with the Soviet Union and Russia.
westsplainingThe act of condescendingly explaining something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its historical and current relations with the Soviet Union and Russia.
WeststellingwerfA municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.
WestsylvaniaA proposed state of the United States located in what is now West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and small parts of Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia. It would have been the fourteenth state in the newly formed United States, had it been recognized.
WesttownA hamlet in the town of Minisink, Orange County, New York, United States.
WestvilleA town in Nova Scotia, Canada, immediately west of the town of Stellarton.
westwardLying toward the west.
westwardlyBlowing from the west (of wind).
westwardmostMost westerly
westwardswestward, towards the west
WestwaterAn unincorporated community owned by the Navajo Nation, near Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States.
WestwellA village and civil parish in Ashford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9947).
WestwickA hamlet in Oakington and Westwick parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4265).
WestwoodA suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1700).
westworkThe vaulted monumental structure at the western end of a church constructed in some medieval styles, flanked by two towers and containing the entrance.
westyWaste; desert.
wetMade up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
wetaAny of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
WetaskiwinA city in Alberta, Canada, located within the municipal district.
wetbackA Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.
wetbirdThe chaffinch.
wetbrainAn idiot; a stupid person.
wetdownThe application of water to objects and surfaces on a film set, for example when shooting a rainy scene during dry weather.
wetfastcolorfast such that it will not lose its color after getting wet
wetfastnessThe quality or degree of being wetfast.
wetheadA person who showers in work, and doesnt know what a hair dryer is.
wetherA castrated goat.
WetheralA village and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY4654).
WetherallA surname.
WetherbeeA surname from Old Norse.
WetherbyA market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).
WetherellA surname.
WetherheadA surname.
WetheringsettA village in Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1266).
WetheringtonA surname.
WethersfieldA village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7131).
WethingtonA surname.
wetlandLand that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
wetlanderA person who lives in a wetland region.
WetliA surname from German.
wetlineA line that has been doused with water in order to stop the advance of a fire.
wetlookThe look of someone with their body wet, especially seen as attractive or a fetish.
wetlyIn a wet manner.
WetmoreAn unincorporated community in Custer County, Colorado.
wetnapSynonym of wet wipe.
wetnessThe condition of being wet.
wetproofWaterproof.
wetscapeA wetland landscape
wetsideRelating to the marine side of a coastline.
wetsuitA close fitting, insulating garment usually made from neoprene or similar material designed to keep one warm during activities on or under water.
wetsuitedDressed in a wetsuit.
WettaA surname.
wettabilityThe ability of a solid surface to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in contact with it such that it spreads over the surface and wets it.
wettableCapable of being wetted.
wettenTo make wet; to wet
wetterA wetting agent or surfactant.
WetterhornA mountain peak near Grindelwald, in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland.
WetterhounSynonym of Frisian water dog.
wettieA wetsuit.
wettingThe act of making something wet.
WettingenA municipality in Aargau canton, Switzerland.
wettinglyIn a wetting manner.
wettishSomewhat wet; damp, moist.
WettonA small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1055).
WettsteinA surname from German.
WettsteinianOf or relating to Richard Wettstein (1863–1931), Austrian botanist, whose Wettstein system was one of the earliest taxonomic systems based on phyletic principles.
wetuA dwelling, a domed hut similar to a wigwam, used by some Native Americans in the northeastern United States, especially the Wampanoag.
WetumpkaA city, the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States.

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