Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z woolsorting The work of a woolsorter, sorting wool into coarser and finer grades. Woolstencroft A surname from Old English. Woolstenhulme A surname. Woolsthorpe A town in the Shire of Moyne, south western Victoria, Australia Woolston A suburban area and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6489). woolstuff Woolen cloth or fabric. Woolton A surname. woolulose A wool substitute made from natural vegetable fibres. Woolum A surname. Woolverton A village in Tellisford parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7953). woolward Wearing woolen clothing next to the skin, i.e. without a shirt. woolwasher A person employed to wash wool after it is obtained from the animal. Woolway A surname from Old English. woolwear Clothing made out of wool. Woolwich A town in the borough of Greenwich, in southeast London, England. woolwinder A person employed to bundle wool for packing. Woolwine A surname from German. woolwork Needlework made from wool, imitating tapestry. woolworker A person who works with wool. woolworking The practice of working with wool. woolworks A factory for processing wool. Woomargama A locality in the Greater Hume council area, southern New South Wales, Australia. Woombah A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. Woomelang A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, north western Victoria, Australia. Woomer A surname. woomera A traditional spearthrower, consisting of a stick with a hooked end, used by First Nations Australians. woon A Burmese governor or officer of administration. woonerf A street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists. Woongarrah A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. Woonona A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Woonsocket A city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. Woony Nickname for the Woonasquatucket River. wooonderful Elongated form of wonderful. wooosh Elongated form of woosh. woop The sound of an alarm or siren. Wooperton A hamlet in Roddam parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0420). woopie A well-off older person. Wooragee A town in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia. woorali curare Woore A village and civil parish in north-east Shropshire, England, bordering onto Cheshire and Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7342). Wooreen A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia. Woorinen A town in the Rural City of Swan Hill, north western Victoria, Australia Woorndoo A locality in the Shire of Moyne and the Rural City of Ararat, south western Victoria, Australia woos A coward; a wuss. Woosang A locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia Woosley A habitational surname. Wooster A habitational surname from Old English. Woosterian foppish and affected Woosterism foppish, affected speech or behaviour Woosterite A person from or resident of Wooster, Ohio. woosy oozy; wet Wootan A surname. Wooten A surname. Wooton A surname. Wootten A surname. Wootton A village and civil parish in Bedford district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0045). wootz A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades. wooyen The yuen (Hylobates pileatus) Wooyung A locality in the Byron council area and the Tweed council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. wooze A liquid formed by leaching bark that is used for soaking hides during the tanning process. woozed Woozy. woozily in a woozy manner wooziness The state of being woozy woozy Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented. wop A person of Italian descent. Wope A pope who is woke; (specifically) Francis or Leo XIV. woperchild A woman. Wopland Italy. wopmayite A transparent, trigonal mineral found in Manitoba, Canada. wopperjawed askew woppish Resembling or characteristic of a wop (person of Italian descent). wops Variant spelling of waps in the sense of wasp. wopspeak The Italian language. wor Our. Worboise A surname from Old Norse. Worboyes A surname from Old Norse. Worboys A surname from Old Norse. Worby A surname. Worcester A city and local government district with borough status in and the county town of Worcestershire, England. worcesterberry Ribes divaricatum, a gooseberry plant of the Pacific coast of North America Worcesterite Someone from Worcester, Worcestershire, England. Worcestershire A midland county of England bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and West Midlands. word The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) wordable Possible to express in words. wordage Words collectively, considered in a mass sense. wordaholic A lover of words. wordbook A dictionary. wordbuilding The construction of words from simpler units. wordcel Someone (not necessarily an incel) with high writing skills and verbal intelligence, often portrayed as rivals to the shape rotators (who have stronger mathematical and technical skills). wordcraft Skill with words; clever use of words or speech, rhetoric. Worden A surname. worder Someone who words something a certain way; a turner of phrases. wordfact A supposed fact that is published by way of propaganda, so that readers assume it to be true. wordfast True to one's word, keeping one's word. wordfest A literary event for writers. wordfilter Software that monitors text input to chatrooms etc., deleting or modifying offensive language. wordfinal Occurring at the end of a word. wordfinder Someone who finds words. wordfinding The process of finding the correct word when speaking or writing. wordflow A flow of words. wordform Any of the forms of a word or lexeme. wordful Full of words; wordy; talkative; verbose wordfulness Wordiness; verbosity; verboseness. wordhoard Vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person. wordhood The quality of being a word. Wordian A subdivision of the Permian period. wordie Someone interested in words; especially, one enthusiastic about the study of word use but not bent on being pedantic about usage prescription. wordify To convert into a word; to articulate into words. wordily In a wordy manner; using too many words. wordiness The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words. wording A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context. wordinitial Occurring at the beginning of a word. wordish Of or pertaining to words; verbal; wordy. wordishly In a wordish manner. wordishness The state of being wordish. Wordlaw A surname. wordle One of several pivoted pieces forming the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing wire, lead pipe, etc. wordlength The length of a word. Wordler A player of the web-based word game Wordle. wordless Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid. wordlessly Without words. wordlessness The state of being wordless, speechlessness. wordlet A little word, or part of a word. wordlike Resembling a word. wordlikeness The quality of being wordlike. wordline An array of rows of memory cells in random access memory, used with the bitline to generate the address of each cell. wordling Worldling. wordlist A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic. wordlore The science, study, or knowledge of words. wordly Of, relating to, or resembling a word; verbal. wordmaker Someone who invents or coins new words. wordmaking The creation or coinage of words. wordman A male wordsmith. wordmanship The skillful or artistic use of words; wordsmithing. wordmark A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is often text with unique typographic or graphical treatment. wordmaster One who is highly skilled as a speaker and/or writer. wordmeal One word at a time; word by word. wordmonger A writer, speechmaker, etc. who uses superficial, strange, or empty language for show, pretentiously, or carelessly, often to the point of disregard for the meaning of words. wordmongering Synonym of wordmongery. wordmongery Clever writing or speaking, especially that which is superficially impressive but of very little substance. wordnesia A phenomenon where one cannot recall the spelling of a common word, despite knowing its pronunciation and having previously written it numerous times. wordness The quality of being a word or words. wordnet A semantically structured lexical database. wordnik A person who is highly interested in using and knowing the meanings of neologisms. wordoid A fabricated word coined to identify a new concept. wordoku Synonym of letterdoku wordology The study of words. wordplay A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively. wordplayer One who engages in wordplay. wordplayfully In a manner involving or constituting wordplay; playing with words.