| swerving | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerve, veering |
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| swimwear | (noun) tight fitting garment worn for swimming | Synonyms: bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit |
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| tailflower | (noun) any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers | Synonyms: anthurium, tail-flower |
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| tarweed | (noun) any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America | - |
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| (noun) any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: gum plant, gumweed, rosinweed |
| thalweg | (noun) a line following the lowest points of a valley | - |
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| (noun) the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states | - |
| thimbleweed | (noun) a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles | Synonyms: Anemone cylindrica |
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| thrower | (noun) someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm) | - |
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| (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, ceramist, potter |
| (noun) a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn | Synonyms: throwster |
| thundershower | (noun) a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning | - |
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| tickweed | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America | Synonyms: coreopsis, tick-weed, tickseed |
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| tongueflower | (noun) orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base | Synonyms: tongue-flower |
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| towel | (noun) a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping | - |
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| toweling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: towelling |
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| towelling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: toweling |
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| tower | (noun) a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building | - |
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| (noun) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | Synonyms: column, pillar |
| (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: towboat, tug, tugboat |
| trowel | (noun) a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials | - |
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| tumbleweed | (noun) any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass | - |
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| (noun) bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds | Synonyms: Cycloloma atriplicifolium, winged pigweed |
| (noun) bushy plant of western United States | Synonyms: Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans |
| (noun) prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States | Synonyms: Russian cactus, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia |
| tweak | (noun) a squeeze with the fingers | Synonyms: pinch |
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| tweed | (noun) thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland | - |
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| (noun) (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth | Synonyms: flannel, gabardine, white |
| tweediness | (noun) looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) | Synonyms: coarseness, nubbiness |
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| (noun) an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds | - |
| tweegram | (noun) an Instagram post that is all words | - |
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| tweep | (noun) A person using Twitter | - |
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| tweet | (noun) A post on the social media site Twitter | - |
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| (noun) a weak chirping sound as of a small bird | - |
| tweeter | (noun) a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds | - |
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| tweezer | (noun) a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping | Synonyms: pair of pincers, pair of tweezers, pincer |
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| twelfth | (noun) one part in twelve equal parts | Synonyms: duodecimal, one-twelfth, twelfth part |
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| (noun) position 12 in a countable series of things | - |
| twelve | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one | Synonyms: 12, dozen, XII |
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| twelvemonth | (noun) a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days | Synonyms: year, yr |
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| twenties | (noun) the time of life between 20 and 30 | Synonyms: mid-twenties |
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| (noun) the decade from 1920 to 1929 | Synonyms: 1920s |
| twentieth | (noun) position 20 in a countable series of things | - |
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| twenty | (noun) a United States bill worth 20 dollars | Synonyms: twenty dollar bill |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one | Synonyms: 20, XX |
| twerp | (noun) someone who is regarded as contemptible | Synonyms: twirp, twit |
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| twinflower | (noun) creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs | Synonyms: Linnaea borealis |
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| underdrawers | (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, drawers, shorts |
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| underwear | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underclothing |
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| unwellness | (noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Synonyms: illness, malady, sickness |
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| velvetweed | (noun) tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States | Synonyms: Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf |
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| viewer | (noun) an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies | - |
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| (noun) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | Synonyms: looker, spectator, watcher, witness |
| viewers | (noun) the audience reached by television | Synonyms: TV audience, viewing audience |
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| vinegarweed | (noun) aromatic plant of western United States | Synonyms: camphorweed, Trichostema lanceolatum, turpentine camphor weed |
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| vowel | (noun) a speech sound made with the vocal tract open | Synonyms: vowel sound |
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| (noun) a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel | - |
| vower | (noun) someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way | - |
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| wallflower | (noun) remains on sidelines at social event | - |
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| (noun) perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum | Synonyms: Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri |
| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers | - |
| wandflower | (noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy |
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| (noun) a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers | Synonyms: Sparaxis tricolor |
| wartweed | (noun) not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun | Synonyms: devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartwort |
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| wasteweir | (noun) a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction | Synonyms: spill, spillway |
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| watchtower | (noun) an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies | - |
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| waterpower | (noun) the power to do work that is latent in a head of water | - |
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| waterweed | (noun) a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea | - |
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| waxflower | (noun) small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age | Synonyms: Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora |
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| (noun) epiphytic clusia of British Guiana | Synonyms: Clusia insignis |
| (noun) twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions | Synonyms: Madagascar jasmine, Stephanotis floribunda |
| weakener | (noun) that which weakens or causes a loss of strength | - |
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| weakening | (noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
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| (noun) becoming weaker | - |
| weakfish | (noun) food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | Synonyms: Cynoscion regalis |
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| (noun) lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
| weakling | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, wuss |
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| weakness | (noun) the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain | - |
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| (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, impuissance |
| (noun) a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you | - |
| (noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: failing |
| (noun) the condition of being financially weak | - |
| weal | (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: wale, welt, wheal |
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| weald | (noun) an area of open or forested country | - |
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| wealth | (noun) the quality of profuse abundance | - |
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| (noun) property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value | - |
| (noun) an abundance of material possessions and resources | Synonyms: riches |
| (noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealthiness |
| wealthiness | (noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealth |
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| weaning | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: ablactation |
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| weapon | (noun) any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting | Synonyms: arm, weapon system |
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| (noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: artillery |
| weaponry | (noun) weapons considered collectively | Synonyms: arms, implements of war, munition, weapons system |
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| wear | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wearing |
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| (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wearable |
| (noun) impairment resulting from long use | - |
| wearable | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear |
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| wearer | (noun) a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory | - |
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| weariness | (noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | Synonyms: fatigue, tiredness |
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| wearing | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wear |
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| (noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively | Synonyms: eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing away |
| weasel | (noun) small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck | - |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky | - |
| weather | (noun) the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation | Synonyms: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather condition |
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| weatherboard | (noun) the side toward the wind | Synonyms: weather side, windward side |
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| (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboarding |
| weatherboarding | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboard |
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| weathercock | (noun) weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster | - |
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| weatherglass | (noun) a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure | - |
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| weatherliness | (noun) (of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind) | - |
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| weatherman | (noun) predicts the weather | Synonyms: weather forecaster |
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| weatherstrip | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstripping |
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| weatherstripping | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip |
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| weathervane | (noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: vane, weather vane, wind vane |
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| weave | (noun) pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric | - |
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| weaver | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver finch, weaverbird |
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| (noun) a craftsman who weaves cloth | - |
| weaverbird | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver, weaver finch |
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| weaving | (noun) creating fabric | - |
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| web | (noun) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft | Synonyms: vane |
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| (noun) membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals | - |
| (noun) an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim | Synonyms: entanglement |
| (noun) a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven) | - |
| (noun) computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol | Synonyms: World Wide Web, WWW |
| (noun) an interconnected system of things or people | Synonyms: network |
| (noun) an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving | - |
| webbing | (noun) a strong fabric woven in strips | - |
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| (noun) a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts | - |
| (noun) something forming a web (as between the toes of birds) | - |
| webcam | (noun) a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet | - |
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| weber | (noun) a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells | Synonyms: Wb |
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| webfoot | (noun) a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin | - |
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| webmaster | (noun) a technician who designs or maintains a website | - |
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| webpage | (noun) a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser | Synonyms: web page |
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| website | (noun) a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web | Synonyms: internet site, site, web site |
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| webworm | (noun) several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed | - |
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| wedding | (noun) the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony | Synonyms: marriage, marriage ceremony |
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| (noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | Synonyms: hymeneals, nuptials, wedding ceremony |
| (noun) a party of people at a wedding | Synonyms: wedding party |
| wedge | (noun) something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them | - |
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| (noun) a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | Synonyms: chock |
| (noun) a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe | Synonyms: wedge heel |
| (noun) (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole | - |
| (noun) a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: hacek |
| (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, zep |
| (noun) any shape that is triangular in cross section | Synonyms: cuneus, wedge shape |
| wedgie | (noun) a shoe with a wedge heel | - |
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| wedlock | (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union |
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| wee | (noun) a short time | - |
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| weeaboo | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeb |
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| weeb | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeaboo |
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| weed | (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke |
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| (noun) a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning | Synonyms: mourning band |
| (noun) any plant that crowds out cultivated plants | - |
| weeder | (noun) a hand tool for removing weeds | Synonyms: weed-whacker |
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| (noun) a farmhand hired to remove weeds | - |
| weedkiller | (noun) a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: herbicide, weed killer |
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