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

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  • workaholicnounB2+A person who cannot stop working.
  • workbench/ˈwɝk.bɛnt͡ʃ/nounB2A strong table used for making and repairing things.
  • worker beenounB1A female bee that gathers food and tends the young.
  • workforce/ˈwɝk.foɹs/nounB2+All the people working in a company or a country together.
  • workloadnounB2+2 meaningsThe amount of work a person or team is expected to do.
  • workman/ˈwɝkmən/nounB2
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A man employed to do manual or skilled physical work.
  • workmanship/ˈwɜːk.mən.ʃɪp/nounB2+The quality of skill shown in something made.
  • workplace/ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/nounB2The place where a person works.
  • workshop/ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/nounB2A room for making things, or a practical class.
  • workshop floornounB2The area where the actual making is done.
  • workstation/ˈwɝkˌsteɪʃən/nounB2+One person's desk with all the equipment on it.
  • worktopnounB2A flat surface in a kitchen used for preparing food.
  • world/wɜːld/nounA12 meaningsThe earth and everybody living on it.
  • world warnounB1A war fought across most of the globe at once.
  • worldviewnounB2+The whole set of beliefs through which somebody sees life.
  • worm/wɜːm/nounA2+A long soft legless animal living in soil.
  • wormingnounC1Treating an animal against internal parasites.
  • worry/ˈwʌ.ɹi/verbA24 meaningsTo keep thinking about something bad that might happen, and to feel anxious because of it.
  • worship/ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/verbB24 meaningsTo show deep love and reverence for a god, through prayer or ritual.
  • worshipper/ˈwɜːʃɪpə/nounB2+A person taking part in an act of devotion.
  • worst/wɜːst/adjectiveA23 meaningsOf the lowest quality, or most unpleasant.
  • wound/ˈwuːnd/nounB12 meaningsAn open cut in the skin.
  • wrack/ɹæk/nounC2Seaweed thrown up on the shore, or ruin.
  • wraith/ɹeɪθ/nounC12 meaningsA pale ghostly figure.
  • wrangle/ˈɹæŋɡəl/verbC12 meaningsTo argue at length and noisily.
  • wrap/ɹæp/verbB13 meaningsTo cover something by folding paper or cloth around it.
  • wrapper/ˈɹæpɚ/nounB12 meaningsThe paper or plastic around a single item.
  • wrapping/ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/nounB1+The paper or plastic that covers something.
  • 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.
  • wren/ɹɛn/nounB2+One of the tiniest birds, with a cocked-up tail.
  • wrench/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/nounB23 meaningsA tool for gripping and turning nuts and bolts.
  • wrestlernounB1+Somebody who grapples as a sport.
  • wrestling/ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsThe sport of gripping an opponent and forcing them down.
  • wretch/ɹɛt͡ʃ/nounB2+2 meaningsA person in a miserable, pitiable condition.
  • wrinkle/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/nounB1+4 meaningsA small line or fold in skin.
  • wrist/ɹɪst/nounA2The joint between the hand and the arm.
  • writ/ɹɪt/nounC1A formal written command issued by a court.
  • write-offnounC1Something too damaged to be worth repairing.
  • writer's blocknounB2The state of being unable to write anything.
  • wrong/ˈɹɒŋ/adjectiveA16 meaningsNot correct; containing a mistake.
  • wrongdoernounB2+Somebody who acts illegally or immorally.
  • wrongdoing/ˈɹɒŋˌduːɪŋ/nounB2+Behaviour that breaks the law or moral rules.
  • wrought ironnounC1Soft iron worked into shape while hot.
  • wynd/waɪnd/nounC2A narrow lane between houses.
  • wyvern/ˈwaɪvən/nounC2A legendary two-legged winged dragon.
  • x-raynounB2A photograph that shows the bones through the skin.
  • xenophobe/ˈzɛ.nə.foʊb/nounC1Somebody who fears or hates foreigners.
  • xenophobia/ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/nounB2+Fear and dislike of people from other countries.
  • xylophone/ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn/nounB2Tuned wooden bars struck with small hammers.
  • yacht/jɒt/nounB2An expensive private boat used for pleasure and showing off.
  • yahoo/ˈjɑːhuː/nounC1A loud, rowdy person with no manners.
  • yam/jæm/nounB1+A large starchy tropical root.
  • yank/ˈjæŋk/verbB22 meaningsTo pull sharply and suddenly.
  • yard/ˈjɑːd/nounB12 meaningsA unit of length of three feet.
  • yardstick/ˈjɑːdˌstɪk/nounC1A standard used for measuring or comparing.
  • yarn/jɑːn/nounB2Spun thread, or a long rambling story.
  • yawn/jɔːn/nounB22 meaningsAn involuntary wide opening of the mouth from tiredness or boredom.