| waking | (adjective) marked by full consciousness or alertness | Synonyms: wakeful |
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| (noun) the state of remaining awake | - |
| walking | (adjective) close enough to be walked to | Synonyms: walk-to |
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| (noun) the act of traveling by foot | Synonyms: walk |
| walkingstick | (noun) any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies | Synonyms: stick insect, walking stick |
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| whacking | (adjective) (British informal) enormous | - |
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| (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing |
| (adverb) to an abnormal extent | - |
| winemaking | (noun) the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine | Synonyms: wine making |
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| winking | (adjective) closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly | Synonyms: blinking |
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| (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink |
| wonderworking | (adjective) performing or able to perform wonders or miracles | - |
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| woodworking | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: carpentry, woodwork |
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| working | (adjective) actively engaged in paid work | Synonyms: on the job |
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| (adjective) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing | Synonyms: functional, operative, running |
| (adjective) adopted as a temporary basis for further work | - |
| (adjective) adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something | - |
| (adjective) serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity | - |
| (noun) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | Synonyms: workings |
| workingman | (noun) an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | Synonyms: working man, working person, workman |
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| workings | (noun) the internal mechanism of a device | Synonyms: works |
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| (noun) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | Synonyms: working |
| wrecking | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | Synonyms: laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining |
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| (noun) the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled | Synonyms: razing |