| war | (noun) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | Synonyms: warfare |
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| (noun) a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious | - |
| (noun) an active struggle between competing entities | Synonyms: warfare |
| (noun) a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply | Synonyms: state of war |
| waratah | (noun) tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes | Synonyms: Telopea Oreades |
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| (noun) straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes | Synonyms: Telopea speciosissima |
| warble | (noun) a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly | - |
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| warbler | (noun) a small active songbird | - |
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| (noun) a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song | - |
| ward | (noun) block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care | Synonyms: hospital ward |
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| (noun) a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | Synonyms: cellblock |
| (noun) a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections | - |
| (noun) a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another | - |
| warden | (noun) the chief official in charge of a prison | - |
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| wardenship | (noun) the position of warden | - |
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| warder | (noun) a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners | - |
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| wardership | (noun) the position of warder | - |
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| wardress | (noun) a woman warder | - |
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| wardrobe | (noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: closet, press |
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| (noun) collection of clothing belonging to one person | - |
| (noun) collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company | - |
| wardroom | (noun) military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain) | - |
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| ware | (noun) articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software' | - |
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| (noun) items for sale to the individual consumer | Synonyms: merchandise, product |
| warehouse | (noun) a storehouse for goods and merchandise | Synonyms: storage warehouse |
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| warehouseman | (noun) a workman who manages or works in a warehouse | Synonyms: warehouser |
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| warehouser | (noun) a workman who manages or works in a warehouse | Synonyms: warehouseman |
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| warehousing | (noun) depositing in a warehouse | Synonyms: repositing, reposition, storage |
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| warfare | (noun) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | Synonyms: war |
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| (noun) an active struggle between competing entities | Synonyms: war |
| warfarin | (noun) an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus | Synonyms: Coumadin |
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| warhead | (noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | Synonyms: load, payload |
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| warhorse | (noun) horse used in war | - |
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| (noun) a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition | - |
| (noun) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | Synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, stager, veteran |
| wariness | (noun) the trait of being cautious and watchful | Synonyms: chariness |
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| warlock | (noun) a male witch or demon | - |
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| warlord | (noun) supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak | - |
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| warmer | (noun) device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room | Synonyms: heater |
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| warmheartedness | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmness |
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| (noun) a warmhearted feeling | Synonyms: warmth |
| warming | (noun) warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt | Synonyms: thaw, thawing |
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| (noun) the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature | Synonyms: heating |
| warmness | (noun) the quality of having a moderate degree of heat | Synonyms: warmth |
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| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness |
| warmonger | (noun) a person who advocates war or warlike policies | Synonyms: militarist |
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| warmongering | (noun) a policy of advocating war | Synonyms: war advocacy |
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| warmth | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, lovingness |
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| (noun) the quality of having a moderate degree of heat | Synonyms: warmness |
| (noun) the trait of being intensely emotional | Synonyms: heat, passion |
| (noun) the sensation caused by heat energy | Synonyms: heat |
| (noun) a warmhearted feeling | Synonyms: warmheartedness |
| warner | (noun) someone who gives a warning to others | - |
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| warning | (noun) a message informing of danger | - |
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| (noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) | Synonyms: admonition, monition, word of advice |
| (noun) notification of something, usually in advance | - |
| warp | (noun) yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof | - |
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| (noun) a moral or mental distortion | Synonyms: warping |
| (noun) a shape distorted by twisting or folding | Synonyms: buckle |
| (noun) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting | Synonyms: deflection |
| warpath | (noun) a course leading to warfare or battle | - |
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| (noun) hostile or belligerent mood | - |
| warper | (noun) a textile machine used for warping any natural or manmade yarns. | Synonyms: warping machine |
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| warping | (noun) a moral or mental distortion | Synonyms: warp |
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| warplane | (noun) an aircraft designed and used for combat | Synonyms: military plane |
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| warragal | (noun) wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia | Synonyms: Canis dingo, dingo, warrigal |
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| (noun) Australian wild horse | Synonyms: warrigal |
| warrant | (noun) a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts | - |
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| (noun) a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications | Synonyms: guarantee, warrantee, warranty |
| (noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction |
| (noun) a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price | Synonyms: stock-purchase warrant, stock warrant |
| warrantee | (noun) a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications | Synonyms: guarantee, warrant, warranty |
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| (noun) a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given | - |
| (noun) a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States | - |
| warranter | (noun) one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another | Synonyms: guarantor, surety, warrantor |
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| warrantor | (noun) one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another | Synonyms: guarantor, surety, warranter |
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| warranty | (noun) a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications | Synonyms: guarantee, warrant, warrantee |
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| warren | (noun) a colony of rabbits | - |
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| (noun) an overcrowded residential area | Synonyms: rabbit warren |
| (noun) a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits | Synonyms: rabbit warren |
| warrener | (noun) maintains a rabbit warren | - |
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| warrigal | (noun) wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia | Synonyms: Canis dingo, dingo, warragal |
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| (noun) Australian wild horse | Synonyms: warragal |
| warrior | (noun) someone engaged in or experienced in warfare | - |
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| warship | (noun) a government ship that is available for waging war | Synonyms: combat ship, war vessel |
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| wart | (noun) (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus | Synonyms: verruca |
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| (noun) any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) | - |
| (noun) an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness) | - |
| warthog | (noun) African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks | - |
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| wartime | (noun) a period of time during which there is armed conflict | - |
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| 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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| wartwort | (noun) not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun | Synonyms: devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartweed |
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