English words from Middle English
- wall plateA piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.
- wallstoneStone used for building, especially in the construction of walls.
- wallwortdanewort
- walshnutwalnut
- wan-Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense “bad”, “un-”.
- wanbelieverOne who disbelieves; unbeliever.
- wangtoothA molar.
- wanhopeLack of hope; hopelessness; despair.
- waniandThe wane of the Moon.
- wanionThe wane of the moon.
- wankleWeak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.
- wannishQuite wan or pale.
- wanseTo wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
- wanspeedIll fortune.
- wantonheadWantonness.
- wantonhoodWantonness.
- wantrustDistrust.
- wantsomeCharacterised or marked by lack; poor; needy.
- wantwitA person wanting or lacking wit or sense; a fool.
- wantyA girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
- wapentakeAn administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England.
- wardenshipThe state of being a warden.
- wardmoteA meeting of the inhabitants of a ward, especially in the City of London.
- -wardsForming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.
- -wareUsed to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made from a particular substance.
- warelyWatchfully; with caution.
- warenceDyer's madder, an herb (Rubia tinctorum) or a reddish dye made from the herb.
- wariangleAny of various aggressive shrikes of the genus Lanius, such as the red-backed shrike or great grey shrike, sometimes known as butcherbirds.
- warishTo cure or heal (an illness or a person).
- warrantiseauthority; security; warranty
- warrayTo wage war against.
- warryTo curse; execrate; abuse; speak evil of.
- wartwortAny of various plants, including Norther European species of spurge (Euphorbia) and the nipplewort (Lapsana communis), formerly believed to cure warts.
- waseA bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
- washenclean
- wastelA kind of fine white bread or cake.
- wastenessThe state of being laid waste; desolation.
- wastyResembling a waste or wasteland; desert; (by extension) deserted, desolate.
- water adderA water mocassin (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a venomous aquatic snake of North America.
- waterboardA board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
- waterfloodAn inundation of water.
- watergangA mill race.
- waterinessThe state of being watery.
- waterishWatery.
- water-leechA leech that inhabits fresh water; an aquatic leech.
- waterlyOf or relating to water; aquatic.
- water mouseAny of several species of rodents of the genus Hydromys, native to New Guinea and Australia, with strong hind legs and partially webbed toes.
- water nymphA female spirit presiding over fountains, wells, streams, etc.
- water pipeA pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing.
- waterpotA pot or jug for holding water.
- water sicknessDropsy.
- waterstreamA stream of water.
- water trougha long trough placed between the rails in a railway track, which enabled a steam locomotive to replenish its water supply without stopping by lowering a scoop. They were removed at the end of steam train operation.
- waterworkA machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
- waulTo wail, to cry plaintively.
- waulkto make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
- waulkerSynonym of fuller.
- waulkmillA mill for waulking or fulling cloth.
- wave inTo try, in public, to attract people into a business establishment.
- wax-candleA candle made of wax.
- wax wodeTo become angry because of something; be made angry by someone or something.
- waybreadThe Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).
- wayfareTravel, journeying.
- waymentTo lament.
- weakymoist; damp; clammy
- wealfulSuccessful; prosperous.
- wealyWealthy, strong, vigorous; displaying power or strength.
- weaponlessLacking a weapon.
- wearifulCausing weariness.
- wearilessTireless; incapable of being wearied.
- wearishTasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.
- weasandThe oesophagus; the gullet.
- weathercockA weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
- weavableCapable of being woven.
- wedbreakAn adulterer.
- wedding gownA wedding dress.
- wedding ringEither of a pair or rings exchanged by spouses in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them, symbolizing continuous fidelity.
- weelyA kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
- weeningPresumption, imagination, supposition.
- weeverAny of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.
- weezeTo ooze, exude; drain away; distil gently.
- welcomerSomething which or someone who welcomes people, especially newcomers.
- wellawayExpression of sadness, regret, remorse, etc., alas, "woe"!
- well-belovedSincerely and deeply loved
- well-beseenHaving or presenting a good appearance.
- well-knownFamiliar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.
- well-nighAlmost, nearly.
- well-paidAdequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.
- well-setHaving a good physical form; strong and symmetrical.
- well-thewedGood in manner, habit, form, or construction; well-mannered; well-done.
- wellwaterWater taken from a well, i.e. a hole in the ground which acts as a source of water.
- well-willingWishing well; well-inclined; favourable; friendly; propitious.
- welshnutA walnut (nut or tree).
- weselfSynonym of ourselves.
- wharfingerThe manager or owner of a wharf (“artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore”).
- wharveTo turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).
- whatsoWhatever, whatsoever.
- wheat breadAny bread made from wheat flour, as contrasted with nonwheat flours.
- wheat flourFlour made from wheat.
- whelmTo bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.