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

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548 words · showing 301–360

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  • whittle/ˈwɪtəl/verbC12 meaningsTo cut small pieces off wood to shape it.
  • whoever/huˈɛvɚ/pronounA2Any person at all who does the thing.
  • whole/həʊl/adjectiveA23 meaningsComplete, with no part left out.
  • whole numbernounB1A number with nothing after the point.
  • wholeheartedly/ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtɪdli/adverbC1With complete and undivided commitment.
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Selling goods in bulk to shops rather than the public.
  • wholesome/ˈhoʊl.səm/adjectiveB23 meaningsGood for your health; nourishing.
  • wholly/ˈhəʊ.li/adverbC1Completely and entirely; to the full extent.
  • whoop/wuːp/verbB22 meaningsTo shout out loudly in excitement.
  • whoosh/ʍʊʃ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo move fast with a rushing sound.
  • whop/wɒp/verbC2To strike somebody with a heavy blow.
  • whore/hɔː/nounB2A prostitute, in coarse or old use.
  • whoremonger/ˈhɔːˌmʌŋ.ɡə/nounC2A man who consorts with prostitutes, in old use.
  • whorl/(h)wɔː(ɹ)l/nounC2A pattern of coils turning round a centre.
  • wick/ˈwɪk/nounB22 meaningsThe cord in a candle or oil lamp that draws up the fuel and holds the flame.
  • wicked/ˈwɪk.ɪd/adjectiveB23 meaningsEvil, in a storybook way.
  • wickedness/ˈwɪkɪdnəs/nounC1Behaviour that is deeply and deliberately wrong.
  • wicker/ˈwɪkəː/nounB2+Thin flexible twigs woven into baskets and furniture.
  • wicket/ˈwɪkɪt/nounB2+The three stumps a bowler aims to knock over.
  • wide/waɪd/adjectiveA24 meaningsMeasuring a large distance from one side to the other.
  • wide anglenounB2A lens that takes in much more than the eye does.
  • wide shotnounB2A shot showing the whole scene from a distance.
  • wide-rangingadjectiveC1Covering many different subjects or areas.
  • widely/ˈwaɪdli/adverbB2Over a large area or among many people.
  • widen/ˈwaɪdn̩/verbB22 meaningsTo make or become wider.
  • widespread/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/adjectiveB2Found nearly everywhere across an area or population.
  • widget/ˈwɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/nounB2+2 meaningsA small self-contained piece of an interface.
  • widow/ˈwɪd.əʊ/nounB2A woman whose husband has died.
  • widower/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/nounB1+A man whose wife has died.
  • width/ˈwɪtθ/nounC12 meaningsHow wide something is from side to side.
  • wield/wiːld/verbB2+2 meaningsTo hold and use a weapon or tool.
  • wife/wæf/nounA1The woman somebody is married to.
  • wifinounA2The invisible radio waves that bring the internet to your devices at home.
  • wig/wɪɡ/nounA2+Artificial hair worn on the head.
  • wiggle/ˈwɪɡəl/verbB12 meaningsTo move from side to side in small quick jerks.
  • wight/waɪt/nounC22 meaningsA living creature or person.
  • wild/ˈwaɪ̯ld/adjectiveA24 meaningsLiving or growing freely in nature.
  • wild campingnounB2Camping away from any official site.
  • wild goose chasephraseC1A long hopeless search for something you will never find.
  • wildcat/ˈwaɪldˌkæt/nounB2A small fierce undomesticated cat.
  • wilderness/ˈwɪldənəs/nounB22 meaningsA large area of wild land untouched by human development.
  • wildfire/ˈwaɪldˌfaɪər/nounB1+A blaze spreading fast through open country.
  • wildlife/ˈwaɪldlaɪf/nounB2Animals living free in their natural home.
  • wildlife corridornounC1A strip of land letting animals move between habitats.
  • wildly/ˈwaɪldli/adverbB1+In an uncontrolled way, or to an extreme degree.
  • wiles/waɪlz/nounC1Cunning tricks used to get your way.
  • will/wɪl/verbA16 meaningsUsed before another verb to talk about something in the future.
  • willfuladjectiveB22 meaningsDeliberate.
  • willing/ˈwɪlɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsReady and glad to do something, without needing to be persuaded.
  • willingly/ˈwɪlɪŋli/adverbB2Gladly and by your own free choice.
  • willingness/ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/nounB2Readiness to do something without being forced.
  • willow/ˈwɪl.əʊ/nounB12 meaningsA tree with long thin drooping branches that grows near water.
  • willowy/ˈwɪləʊi/adjectiveC1Tall, slim and graceful.
  • willpower/ˈwɪlˌpaʊɚ/nounB2+The inner strength to do the hard thing.
  • wilt/wɪlt/verbB22 meaningsTo droop for lack of water.
  • win/ˈwɪn/verbA23 meaningsTo come first in a competition, game or election.
  • wince/wɪns/verbB2+To screw up the face in sudden pain.
  • winch/wɪnt͡ʃ/nounB2+A drum that hauls a cable in under power.
  • wind/ˈwɪnd/nounA2Moving air felt on the face.
  • wind down/waɪnd ˈdaʊn/phraseB2To relax gradually, or to bring to a slow close.