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- WISDOMAn element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
- WITETo regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
- WITHAgainst.
- WITHERTo shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
- WITLESSLacking wit or understanding; foolish.
- WITTYClever; amusingly ingenious.
- WIZENWizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
- WIZENEDsimple past and past participle of wizen
- WOMBIn female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
- WONDERA sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
- WONDROUSWonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
- WOOLENMade of wool.
- WORKHOUSEAn institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
- WORKMANA man who labours for wages.
- WORLDThe subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
- WORLDLYConcerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
- WORSEcomparative form of bad: more bad
- WORSTsuperlative form of bad: most bad Most inferior; doing the least good.
- WOSTsecond-person singular simple present indicative of wit
- WRANGLETo convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an a
- WRENTroglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
- WRIGGLETo twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
- WRINKLEA small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
- WRISTThe complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
- YAREReady; prepared.
- YATEObsolete form of gate.
- YCLEPTCalled (by a certain name), named.
- YEASTAn often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
- YELLTo shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
- YONDERAt or in a distant but indicated place.
- YOREA time long past.
- YOURBelonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
- YOUTHThe quality or state of being young.