WitzelsuchtA tendency to tell inappropriate or pointless stories and poor jokes; excessive facetiousness, especially when due to some medical condition.
WiveliscombeA small town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0827).
WivelsfieldA village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3420).
WivenhoeA town and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0422).
WixamsA new town and civil parish (created 2015) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0544).
WixfordA small village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0854).
WixoeA small village and civil parish (without a council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7143).
WobA Wobbly (member of the Industrial Workers of the World).
wobbegongAny of several species of bottom-dwelling carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae, distinguished by their small vegetation-like flaps of skin around the mouth.
wobbulateTo oscillate between two frequencies, typically by means of a wobbulator
wobbulationoscillation between two frequencies, typically by means of a wobbulator
wobbulatorAn electronic device primarily used for the alignment of receiver or transmitter intermediate frequency strips, often in conjunction with an oscilloscope; a swept-output RF oscillator; a variable capacitor driven by a voice coil; a main component of a FM circuit.
WoburnA village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9433).
WoctorA nickname for a U.S. Air Force warrant officer, emphasizing their role as highly trusted technical experts who diagnose and solve complex technical problems.
wocusA large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.
WodaabeA pastoral subgroup of the Fula residing mainly in the eastern Sahel.
wodaniumA supposed chemical element, later found to be a mixture of copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.
WodehousianOf or pertaining to P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), English writer and humorist known for his eccentric half-witted characters and excellent prose.
WodenThe Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war (corresponding to Odin), especially in his Anglo-Saxon form.
woeGreat sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
woebegoneOf a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or sadness”); (loosely) forlorn, sad, unhappy.
WoeseianOf or relating to Carl Woese (1928–2012), American microbiologist and biophysicist known for defining the Archaea in 1977 through pioneering phylogenetic taxonomy.
WoesianOf or relating to American microbiologist Carl Woese or his scientific theories.