| wildebeest | (noun) large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | Synonyms: gnu |
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| wilderness | (noun) a bewildering profusion | - |
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| (noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | Synonyms: wild |
| (noun) (politics) a state of disfavor | - |
| wildfire | (noun) a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
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| wildflower | (noun) wild or uncultivated flowering plant | Synonyms: wild flower |
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| wildfowl | (noun) flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food | - |
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| wilding | (noun) an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women | - |
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| (noun) a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree) | - |
| wildlife | (noun) all living things (except people) that are undomesticated | - |
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| wildness | (noun) an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature | - |
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| (noun) an unruly disposition to do as one pleases | - |
| (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence |
| (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | Synonyms: abandon |
| wile | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery |
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| wilfulness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: fractiousness, unruliness, willfulness |
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| wiliness | (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness |
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| will | (noun) the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention | Synonyms: volition |
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| (noun) a fixed and persistent intent or purpose | - |
| (noun) a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | Synonyms: testament |
| willet | (noun) large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts | Synonyms: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
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| willfulness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness |
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| willies | (noun) feelings of uneasiness | - |
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| willing | (noun) the act of making a choice | Synonyms: volition |
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| willingness | (noun) cheerful compliance | - |
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| willow | (noun) a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers | - |
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| (noun) any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix | Synonyms: willow tree |
| willowherb | (noun) a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs | - |
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| willowware | (noun) chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river | Synonyms: willow-pattern |
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| willpower | (noun) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | Synonyms: possession, self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power |
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| wilt | (noun) causing to become limp or drooping | Synonyms: wilting |
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| (noun) any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots | Synonyms: wilt disease |
| wilting | (noun) causing to become limp or drooping | Synonyms: wilt |
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| wimble | (noun) hand tool for boring holes | Synonyms: auger, gimlet, screw auger |
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| wimp | (noun) a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy | Synonyms: chicken, crybaby |
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| wimple | (noun) headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women | - |
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| win | (noun) a victory (as in a race or other competition) | - |
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| (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: profits, winnings |
| wince | (noun) a reflex response to sudden pain | Synonyms: flinch |
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| (noun) the facial expression of sudden pain | - |
| wincey | (noun) a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas | - |
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| winceyette | (noun) cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides | - |
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| winch | (noun) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | Synonyms: windlass |
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| wind | (noun) breath | - |
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| (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus |
| (noun) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath | Synonyms: wind instrument |
| (noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip |
| (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness |
| (noun) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | Synonyms: air current, current of air |
| (noun) a tendency or force that influences events | - |
| (noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: twist, winding |
| windage | (noun) the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind | Synonyms: wind deflection |
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| (noun) exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) | Synonyms: wind exposure |
| (noun) the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun | - |
| (noun) the retarding force of air friction on a moving object | - |
| windbag | (noun) a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics | Synonyms: gasbag |
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| windbreak | (noun) hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | Synonyms: shelterbelt |
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| windbreaker | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windcheater |
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| windburn | (noun) redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind | - |
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| windcheater | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windbreaker |
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| winder | (noun) mechanical device around which something can be wound | - |
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| (noun) mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) | Synonyms: key |
| (noun) a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) | - |
| windfall | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven |
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| (noun) fruit that has fallen from the tree | - |
| windflower | (noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | Synonyms: anemone |
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| windiness | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, wordiness |
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| (noun) a mildly windy state of the air | Synonyms: breeziness |
| winding | (noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: twist, wind |
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| windjammer | (noun) a large sailing ship | - |
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| windlass | (noun) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | Synonyms: winch |
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| windlessness | (noun) calmness without winds | Synonyms: stillness |
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| windmill | (noun) generator that extracts usable energy from winds | Synonyms: aerogenerator, wind generator |
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| (noun) a mill that is powered by the wind | - |
| window | (noun) a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air | - |
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| (noun) a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened | - |
| (noun) a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen | - |
| (noun) a pane of glass in a window | Synonyms: windowpane |
| (noun) an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served | - |
| (noun) an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function | - |
| (noun) the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something | - |
| windowpane | (noun) very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America | Synonyms: Scophthalmus aquosus |
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| (noun) a pane of glass in a window | Synonyms: window |
| windowsill | (noun) the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame | - |
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| windpipe | (noun) membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi | Synonyms: trachea |
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| windscreen | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windshield |
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| windshield | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windscreen |
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| windsock | (noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: air-sleeve, air sock, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock |
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| windstorm | (noun) a storm consisting of violent winds | - |
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| windtalker | (noun) a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II | Synonyms: codetalker |
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| windup | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, mop up |
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| windward | (noun) the side of something that is toward the wind | - |
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| (noun) the direction from which the wind is coming | - |
| wine | (noun) a red as dark as red wine | Synonyms: wine-colored, wine-coloured |
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| (noun) fermented juice (of grapes especially) | Synonyms: vino |
| wineberry | (noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits | Synonyms: Rubus phoenicolasius |
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| (noun) graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine | Synonyms: Aristotelia racemosa, Aristotelia serrata, makomako, New Zealand wine berry |
| wineglass | (noun) a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served | - |
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| winemaker | (noun) someone who makes wine | Synonyms: vintner, wine maker |
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| winemaking | (noun) the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine | Synonyms: wine making |
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| winepress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes | - |
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| winery | (noun) an establishment where wine is made | Synonyms: wine maker |
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| wineskin | (noun) an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine | - |
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| wing | (noun) a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) | - |
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| (noun) one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane | - |
| (noun) an addition that extends a main building | Synonyms: annex, annexe, extension |
| (noun) a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud | Synonyms: fender |
| (noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: backstage, offstage |
| (noun) the wing of a fowl | - |
| (noun) a unit of military aircraft | - |
| (noun) the side of military or naval formation | Synonyms: flank |
| (noun) a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function | - |
| (noun) (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft | - |
| (noun) a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side | - |
| wingback | (noun) (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end | - |
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| (noun) (football) the person who plays wingback | - |
| winger | (noun) (sports) player in wing position | - |
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| wingman | (noun) the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation | - |
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| wings | (noun) a means of flight or ascent | - |
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| (noun) stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members | - |
| wingspan | (noun) linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | Synonyms: wingspread |
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| wingspread | (noun) distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended | - |
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| (noun) linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | Synonyms: wingspan |
| wingstem | (noun) perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Actinomeris alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, Verbesina alternifolia, yellow ironweed |
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| wink | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, winking |
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| (noun) closing one eye quickly as a signal | - |
| (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling |
| winker | (noun) blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | Synonyms: blinder, blinker |
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| (noun) a person who winks | - |
| winking | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink |
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| winkle | (noun) edible marine gastropod | Synonyms: periwinkle |
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| (noun) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked | Synonyms: periwinkle |
| winner | (noun) the contestant who wins the contest | Synonyms: victor |
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| (noun) a gambler who wins a bet | - |
| (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: achiever, succeeder, success |
| winning | (noun) succeeding with great difficulty | - |
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| winnings | (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: profits, win |
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| winnow | (noun) the act of separating grain from chaff | Synonyms: sifting, winnowing |
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| winnowing | (noun) the act of separating grain from chaff | Synonyms: sifting, winnow |
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| wino | (noun) a chronic drinker | Synonyms: drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot |
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| winsomeness | (noun) childlike charm or appeal | - |
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| winter | (noun) the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox | Synonyms: wintertime |
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| winterberry | (noun) deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States | Synonyms: bearberry, Ilex decidua, possum haw |
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| wintergreen | (noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry |
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| (noun) any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola | Synonyms: pyrola |
| (noun) creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil | Synonyms: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry |
| wintertime | (noun) the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox | Synonyms: winter |
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| wintriness | (noun) The state or quality of being suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. | - |
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| wipe | (noun) the act of rubbing or wiping | Synonyms: rub |
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| wipeout | (noun) a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard) | - |
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| (noun) an event that completely destroys something | Synonyms: demolition, destruction |
| wiper | (noun) a mechanical device that cleans the windshield | Synonyms: windscreen wiper, windshield wiper, wiper blade |
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| (noun) contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet | Synonyms: contact arm, wiper arm |
| (noun) a worker who wipes | - |
| wire | (noun) ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc | - |
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| (noun) a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance | Synonyms: conducting wire |
| (noun) a message transmitted by telegraph | Synonyms: telegram |
| (noun) the finishing line on a racetrack | - |
| wirehair | (noun) a terrier with wiry hair | Synonyms: wire-haired terrier, wirehaired terrier |
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| wireless | (noun) a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves | Synonyms: radio |
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| (noun) an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | Synonyms: radio, radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, tuner |
| (noun) transmission by radio waves | - |
| (noun) medium for communication | Synonyms: radio, radiocommunication |
| wirelessness | (noun) The state or condition of being wireless; lack of wires or cables. | - |
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| wireman | (noun) a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring | Synonyms: wirer |
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| wirer | (noun) a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring | Synonyms: wireman |
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| (noun) someone who sends a telegram | - |
| wiretap | (noun) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information | Synonyms: tap |
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