| AWKWARD | • awkward adv. (Obsolete) In a backwards direction. • awkward adj. Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments. • awkward adj. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. |
| AWLWORT | • awlwort n. An aquatic plant, Subularia aquatica, with awl-shaped leaves. • AWLWORT n. an aquatic plant with awl-shaped leaves. |
| WARSAWS | • warsaws n. Plural of warsaw. • Warsaws prop.n. Plural of Warsaw. • WARSAW n. a marine fish, the black grouper of the southern coasts of the United States. |
| WARWOLF | • warwolf n. Obsolete form of werewolf. • WARWOLF n. a mediaeval siege engine. |
| WARWORK | • warwork n. Alternative form of war work. • war-work n. Alternative form of war work. • war␣work n. Work for an organization other than the military that supports a country’s war activities. |
| WARWORN | • warworn adj. Worn from military service. • WARWORN adj. worn with military service; as, a warworn soldier. |
| WAXWORK | • waxwork n. (Countable) A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person. • waxwork n. (Uncountable) The art of producing such figures. • WAXWORK n. an effigy in wax. |
| WAXWORM | • waxworm n. A larva of a wax moth. • waxworm n. A larva of the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella). • WAXWORM n. a moth that infests beehives. |
| WAYWARD | • wayward adj. Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray. • wayward adj. Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable. • wayward adj. (Sports) Not on target. |
| WAYWORN | • wayworn adj. Weary from travelling. • WAYWORN adj. fatigued by travel. |
| WETWARE | • wetware n. (Slang) The human brain or mind, often specifically as a computing element. Adapted as a biological… • wetware n. The underlying generative code for an organism, as found in the genetic material, in the biochemistry… • WETWARE n. the living human brain, viewed as part of a computer system. |
| WEYWARD | • WEYWARD adj. (Shakespeare) weird, also WEYARD. |
| WIREWAY | • wireway n. A system for transporting or transmitting by means of wires. • WIREWAY n. a tube for protecting electric wire. |
| WRAWLED | • wrawled v. Simple past tense and past participle of wrawl. • WRAWL v. (Spenser) of a cat, to caterwaul, also WAUL, WAWL. |