waddy
n. - war-club of aborigines.
wadi
n. - valley; stream; watercourse drying up in summer; oasis.
wagon-lit
n. - sleeping compartment of railway train.
wain
n. - farm wagon. wainwright, n. maker or repairer of carts.
waldgrave
n. - former German title of count; head forest ranger. waldgravine, n.
wife of a waldgrave.
wanion
n. - bad luck due to the waning of the moon
wapentake
n. - subdivision of certain counties; court or bailiff of such area.
wapiti
n. - elk.
wappenshaw
n. - muster of men with their weapons formerly held in certain areas
of Scotland.
warison
n. - bugle call ordering the attack.
weasand
n. - throat; gullet; wind-pipe.
Weltanschauung
n. - a comprehensive world view, especially from a specified standpoint
Weltschmerz
n. - sadness over the evils of the world, especially as an expression
of romantic pessimism
Wergild
n. - value of a man's life, payable to his family by his murderer.
wether
n. - castrated ram.
wharfinger
n. - owner or manager of a wharf.
whin
n. - gorse. whinchat, n. small brown and buff song-bird.
whisternefet
n. - a sharp slap
whitlow
n. - abscess on finger, especially round nail.
widdershins
adv. - anticlockwise; backwards, in the reverse order or direction to normal.
widgeon
n. - kind of fresh-water duck with light crown.
wimble
n. - boring tool, e.g. gimlet, brace and bit.
wimple
n. - women's head covering worn round neck and chin, as by nuns.
windage
n. - deflection of projectile by the wind.
witan
n. - early English King's council.
witenagemot
n. - early English national council; witan.
withe
n. - tough, flexible branch or twig, especially one used for binding.
withernam
n. - taking one thing as reprisal for something else taken previously
withhold
v. - not give or grant; restrain; deduct; v.i. refrain (from).
withy
n. - willow; withe.
wittol
n. - complacent cuckold.
witzelsucht
n. - emotional state characterized by futile attempts at humor
wolfram
n. - tungsten.
wort
n. - infusion of malt before fermentation.
wroth
adj. - archaic angry.
wynd
n. - alley.
n. - war-club of aborigines.
wadi
n. - valley; stream; watercourse drying up in summer; oasis.
wagon-lit
n. - sleeping compartment of railway train.
wain
n. - farm wagon. wainwright, n. maker or repairer of carts.
waldgrave
n. - former German title of count; head forest ranger. waldgravine, n.
wife of a waldgrave.
wanion
n. - bad luck due to the waning of the moon
wapentake
n. - subdivision of certain counties; court or bailiff of such area.
wapiti
n. - elk.
wappenshaw
n. - muster of men with their weapons formerly held in certain areas
of Scotland.
warison
n. - bugle call ordering the attack.
weasand
n. - throat; gullet; wind-pipe.
Weltanschauung
n. - a comprehensive world view, especially from a specified standpoint
Weltschmerz
n. - sadness over the evils of the world, especially as an expression
of romantic pessimism
Wergild
n. - value of a man's life, payable to his family by his murderer.
wether
n. - castrated ram.
wharfinger
n. - owner or manager of a wharf.
whin
n. - gorse. whinchat, n. small brown and buff song-bird.
whisternefet
n. - a sharp slap
whitlow
n. - abscess on finger, especially round nail.
widdershins
adv. - anticlockwise; backwards, in the reverse order or direction to normal.
widgeon
n. - kind of fresh-water duck with light crown.
wimble
n. - boring tool, e.g. gimlet, brace and bit.
wimple
n. - women's head covering worn round neck and chin, as by nuns.
windage
n. - deflection of projectile by the wind.
witan
n. - early English King's council.
witenagemot
n. - early English national council; witan.
withe
n. - tough, flexible branch or twig, especially one used for binding.
withernam
n. - taking one thing as reprisal for something else taken previously
withhold
v. - not give or grant; restrain; deduct; v.i. refrain (from).
withy
n. - willow; withe.
wittol
n. - complacent cuckold.
witzelsucht
n. - emotional state characterized by futile attempts at humor
wolfram
n. - tungsten.
wort
n. - infusion of malt before fermentation.
wroth
adj. - archaic angry.
wynd
n. - alley.
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