Word origins

• withsakeTo forsake; abandon; renounce; deny; refuse.
• withsawA contradiction.
• withsayTo contradict or deny.
• withsayerOne who withsays; an opponent.
• withsetTo set oneself against; oppose; resist.
• withsitTo resist, oppose, be set against or in opposition to.
• withspeakTo speak against; contradict.
• withstanderA person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
• withstrainTo restrain.
• withtakeTo rebuke; reprimand.
• withturnTo turn around; turn back or away.
• withwindA kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
• wittinessthe quality of being witty
• wittolA man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.
• wizenWizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
• woadsterOne who dyes with woad
• woakAn oak.
• wodeMad, angry, crazy, insane, possessed, rabid, furious, frantic.
• woefareDiscontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
• wolfessA female wolf, a she-wolf.
• -womanA woman who is an expert in an area.
• womanlessWithout women or a woman.
• womanservantA woman who is a servant; the female counterpart to a manservant.
• wombycapacious
• womenkindAll women around the world viewed as one entity.
• wonderworkA wonderful work or act
• woneTo live, reside, stay.
• won'twill not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate a future non-occurring action.
• woodgeldAn exemption to the fee for the cutting or taking of wood from a forest.
• woodhenThe weka (Gallirallus australis).
• woodlyCovered in trees; Wooded; woodsy.
• woodmarchAn umbelliferous plant, a species of sanicle (Sanicula europaea).
• woodnessMadness, fury.
• wood-thistleSynonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)
• woodwallThe yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.
• woodwoseA wild man of the woods; a faun or satyr, or a representation of such a being in heraldry or other decoration.
• wooerSomeone who woos or courts.
• wooledHaving wool of a specified kind.
• woolmongerA retailer of wool.
• woolwardWearing woolen clothing next to the skin, i.e. without a shirt.
• woosyoozy; wet
• woozeA liquid formed by leaching bark that is used for soaking hides during the tanning process.
• wordfulFull of words; wordy; talkative; verbose
• word of GodA message from God, or a manifestation of his will.
• -workDenoting a craft involving a particular material, tool, or practitioner
• workeryThe art or business of working; workmanship, especially pertaining to handcrafts, handiwork, needlework, etc.
• workfulFull of activity or work; laborious; industrious.
• workloomA tool or implement.
• worklyOf, pertaining to, or performing some action or work; performative.
• workmanlyBefitting a workman; skilful; workmanlike.
• worldishOf, belonging to, or characteristic the world; worldly.
• worldwisdomWisdom, knowledge, or understanding about the world; experience; philosophy.
• wormfowlAny bird that feeds primarily on worms.
• wormseedAn aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil
• worshipableCapable of being worshipped.
• worshipfullyIn a worshipful manner; reverentially.
• worthlyHaving great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).
• -worthyOf sufficient worth for; deserving of.
• wortyardA garden where vegetables or herbs are grown.
• woughA wall.
• wrackfulruinous; destructive.
• wrakeSuffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
• wrawlTo cry like a cat; to waul.
• wraxleTo wrestle.
• wreakfulVengeful; angry, furious.
• wreatheTo coil, curl, or twist (something); to shape (something) into circles or coils.
• wretchfulWretched.
• wrickTo twist; turn
• wrideA bush having multiple stalks proceeding from a single root.
• wrigTo wriggle.
• wrimpleTo wrinkle; rumple.
• wrineA deep wrinkle.
• wrixleTo exchange.
• wrongdomAn act or instance of wrong or wrongdoing; wrongness; error.
• wrongousWrongful; not right; unjust; illegal.
• wrongwiseIn a wrong way or manner.
• wrooA corner; nook.
• -yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”.
• y-Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles.
• yammerTo complain peevishly.
• YanwathA small village in Yanwath and Eamont Bridge parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5127).
• yardlandSynonym of virgate.
• yarelyIn a yare way.
• yarkTo make ready; prepare.
• yaudA workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.
• yauldVigorous; strong; healthy.
• ycleptCalled (by a certain name), named.
• yeardaySynonym of anniversary, a day occurring in a yearly cycle.
• yearnfulFilled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
• year of our LordA year of the Common Era/Christian Era; anno Domini; numbered from the once estimated first year for the birth of Jesus Christ.
• yeartimeA time of the year; a season.
• yeddingA song, especially the song of a minstrel.
• yedeTo go (mistakenly used as a pseudo-archaism by 16th-century poets and their imitators).
• yeepsenAnything that can be held in two hands; a double handful.
• yeetExpressing excitement or approval.
• yelamberA yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).
• yellow-redOf a colour between yellow and red; orange.
• yelperOne who yelps.
• yeltA young sow who has not yet had a litter.
• yelveA fork used to carry dung; such a fork used as a garden tool.