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

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  • workshop floornounB2The area where the actual making is done.
  • worktopnounB2A flat surface in a kitchen used for preparing food.
  • world-class/wɜː(ɹ)ldˈklæs/adjectiveB2Among the very best anywhere.
  • worlds apartphraseB2Completely different from one another.
  • worn/wɔːn/adjectiveB12 meaningsThinned and damaged by long use.
  • worn-out/ˈwɔːn.aʊt/adjectiveB22 meanings
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Used until no longer serviceable.
  • worship/ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/verbB24 meaningsTo show deep love and reverence for a god, through prayer or ritual.
  • worth its weight in goldphraseB2So useful that no price would be too high.
  • worthless/ˈwɜːθ.ləs/adjectiveB2Having no value or use at all.
  • worthy/ˈwɜː.ði/adjectiveB2Deserving respect or the thing in question.
  • would you believe itphraseB2An exclamation at something hard to credit.
  • woven/ˈwəʊ.vən/adjectiveB2Made by crossing threads over and under.
  • wrap upphraseB22 meaningsTo bring something to a conclusion.
  • wrap your head aroundphraseB2To finally take in an idea that resists you.
  • wrath/ɹɒθ/nounB2Extreme and often righteous anger.
  • wreath/ɹiːθ/nounB2A ring of flowers or leaves.
  • wreck/ˈɹɛk/verbB13 meaningsTo destroy something completely.
  • wreckage/ˈɹɛkɪdʒ/nounB2What is left after something is destroyed.
  • wrench/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/nounB23 meaningsA tool for gripping and turning nuts and bolts.
  • wrestle/ˈɹɛsl̩/verbB12 meaningsTo struggle physically to overpower somebody.
  • wretched/ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪd/adjectiveB2Miserably unhappy, or of very poor quality.
  • wrinkle-freeadjectiveB2Made of cloth that refuses to crease.
  • write/ɹaɪt/verbA14 meaningsTo put words down on paper or a screen.
  • write offphraseB2To damage beyond repair, or to accept a loss.
  • writer's blocknounB2The state of being unable to write anything.
  • wrong/ˈɹɒŋ/adjectiveA16 meaningsNot correct; containing a mistake.
  • wrongful/ˈɹɒŋfəl/adjectiveB2Unjust and unlawful.
  • x-raynounB2A photograph that shows the bones through the skin.
  • xylophone/ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn/nounB2Tuned wooden bars struck with small hammers.
  • yacht/jɒt/nounB2An expensive private boat used for pleasure and showing off.
  • yank/ˈjæŋk/verbB22 meaningsTo pull sharply and suddenly.
  • yarn/jɑːn/nounB2Spun thread, or a long rambling story.
  • yawn/jɔːn/nounB22 meaningsAn involuntary wide opening of the mouth from tiredness or boredom.
  • yeast/jiːst/nounB2The living fungus that makes bread rise and beer ferment.
  • yellow/ˈjɛləʊ/nounA13 meaningsThe colour of lemons and of the sun.
  • yesterday/ˈjɛstədeɪ/adverbA13 meaningsOn the day before today.
  • yield/jiːld/verbC14 meaningsTo give way at last to force, pressure or persuasion.
  • you wishphraseB2A teasing way of saying it will never happen.
  • your guess is as good as minephraseB2A way of saying: I have no idea either.
  • youth/juːθ/nounB12 meaningsThe period of being young.
  • youthful/ˈjuːθfəl/adjectiveB2Having the freshness of the young.
  • zebra/ˈzɛb.ɹə/nounB2A striped African animal of the horse family.
  • zip/zɪp/verbA25 meaningsTo fasten something with a zip.
  • zombie/ˈzɒmbi/nounB1+4 meaningsA dead body brought back to move and act without a mind of its own.
  • zoom/zuːm/verbB22 meaningsTo move very fast.
  • zoom lens/zu(ː)m lɛnz/nounB2A lens whose angle of view can be changed.