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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Level
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Part of speech
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  • wait/weɪt/verbA14 meaningsTo stay where you are, or do nothing, until something happens.
  • waiting roomnounA2A room where people wait to be seen or served.
  • walk/wɔːk/verbA12 meaningsTo move on your feet at an ordinary speed.
  • wallet/ˈwɒl.ɪt/nounA23 meaningsA small flat folding case for banknotes and cards, carried in a pocket.
  • wallpaper/ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpə/nounA2+2 meaningsDecorative paper pasted onto interior walls.
  • want/wɒnt/
verbA14 meanings
To wish to have or do something.
  • war/wɔː/nounA23 meaningsArmed fighting between countries or between organised armed groups.
  • warm/wɔːm/adjectiveA15 meaningsA little hot, in a pleasant way.
  • wash/wɒʃ/verbA23 meaningsTo clean something with water and usually soap.
  • washing machinephraseA2The machine that turns dirty clothes into clean ones.
  • waste/ˈweɪ̯st/verbA23 meaningsTo use something badly so that nothing comes of it.
  • wastebasketnounA2A small container for paper rubbish, usually kept by a desk.
  • watch outphraseA22 meaningsUsed to warn someone of immediate danger.
  • water/ˈwɔ.tɚ/nounA14 meaningsThe clear liquid that falls as rain and that all living things need to survive.
  • water bottlenounA2The container you carry drinking water in.
  • water bowlnounA2The dish an animal drinks from.
  • watering cannounA2A container with a spout used for watering plants.
  • wave/weɪv/nounA25 meaningsA raised line of water moving across the surface of the sea.
  • weak/wi(ː)k/adjectiveA23 meaningsHaving little physical strength.
  • weapon/ˈwɛp.ən/nounA22 meaningsAnything made or used for fighting and hurting.
  • web/wɛb/nounA2+3 meaningsThe silk trap a spider spins.
  • web page/ˈwɛb ˌpeɪd͡ʒ/nounA2One document on the internet that a browser shows.
  • wedding/ˈwɛdɪŋ/nounA22 meaningsThe ceremony at which two people are married, together with the celebration afterwards.
  • week/wiːk/nounA12 meaningsSeven days in a row.
  • weight/weɪt/nounA24 meaningsHow heavy a person or thing is.
  • welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/exclamationA17 meaningsA greeting to someone who has just arrived.
  • well/ˈwɛl/adverbA15 meaningsIn a good way; to a good standard.
  • wet/wɛt/adjectiveA25 meaningsCovered in water, or soaked with it.
  • whatever/ʍɒtˈɛv.ə/adverbA22 meaningsNo matter what.
  • wheel/ˈwiːl/nounA22 meaningsThe round part that turns and lets a vehicle roll.
  • whiteboard/ˈwaɪtbɔːd/nounA2The big white surface the teacher writes on with markers.
  • whoever/huˈɛvɚ/pronounA2Any person at all who does the thing.
  • whole/həʊl/adjectiveA23 meaningsComplete, with no part left out.
  • wide/waɪd/adjectiveA24 meaningsMeasuring a large distance from one side to the other.
  • wifinounA2The invisible radio waves that bring the internet to your devices at home.
  • wild/ˈwaɪ̯ld/adjectiveA24 meaningsLiving or growing freely in nature.
  • will/wɪl/verbA16 meaningsUsed before another verb to talk about something in the future.
  • win/ˈwɪn/verbA23 meaningsTo come first in a competition, game or election.
  • wind/ˈwɪnd/nounA2Moving air felt on the face.
  • winner/ˈwɪnə/nounA23 meaningsSomebody who comes first or wins something.
  • wish/ˈwɪʃ/verbA24 meaningsTo want something that is unlikely or impossible.
  • wolf/wʊlf/nounA22 meaningsA wild animal like a large dog.
  • wonder/ˈwʌndə/verbA24 meaningsTo ask yourself something, without expecting an answer straight away.
  • wood/wʊd/nounA22 meaningsThe hard material forming the trunk and branches of trees.
  • work/wɜː(ɹ)k/verbA17 meaningsTo do a job, especially one you are paid for.
  • worried/ˈwʌɹid/adjectiveA22 meaningsUnhappy and afraid because you keep thinking about something bad that might happen.
  • worry/ˈwʌ.ɹi/verbA24 meaningsTo keep thinking about something bad that might happen, and to feel anxious because of it.
  • worse/wɜːs/adjectiveA23 meaningsOf lower quality or more unpleasant than something else.
  • worst/wɜːst/adjectiveA23 meaningsOf the lowest quality, or most unpleasant.
  • worth/ˈwɜːθ/adjectiveA22 meaningsHaving a particular value.
  • wrist/ɹɪst/nounA2The joint between the hand and the arm.
  • write/ɹaɪt/verbA14 meaningsTo put words down on paper or a screen.
  • write downphraseA2To put words on paper so you will not forget them.
  • wrong/ˈɹɒŋ/adjectiveA16 meaningsNot correct; containing a mistake.