| NEWWAVER | • new␣waver n. One of the fans or creators of the new wave music of the 1970s and 1980s. • NEWWAVER n. a member of a new-wave movement. |
| REWAREWA | • rewarewa n. (New Zealand) Knightia excelsa, an evergreen tree of New Zealand, with leathery leaves and red flowers. • REWAREWA n. (Maori) a New Zealand tree whose wood is used in furniture making. |
| SWIMWEAR | • swimwear n. Items of clothing appropriate for swimming. • SWIMWEAR n. garments made for swimming. |
| TOWNWEAR | • townwear n. (Rare) Everyday clothing suitable for wearing in a town (as opposed to the country). • TOWNWEAR n. clothes suitable for town. |
| WALLOWER | • wallower n. Agent noun of wallow; one who wallows. • wallower n. (Dated, engineering) A lantern wheel; a trundle. • WALLOWER n. one that rolls about. |
| WARPOWER | • warpower n. The capacity of a nation or other institution to wage war. • WARPOWER n. the power to make war. |
| WARPWISE | • warpwise adj. In the orientation of the warp in woven yarn. • warpwise adv. In the orientation of the warp in woven yarn. • WARPWISE adv. in a vertical direction. |
| WARTWEED | • wartweed n. Wartwort. • WARTWEED n. any of a family of lichens having warty thalluses. |
| WATERWAY | • waterway n. A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable. • waterway n. A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water. • WATERWAY n. a navigable body of water. |
| WAYWISER | • waywiser n. An instrument for measuring distance travelled; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator. • WAYWISER n. an instrument for measuring distance travelled. |
| WESTWARD | • westward adj. Lying toward the west. • westward adj. Moving or oriented toward the west. • westward adv. Toward the west. |
| WETWARES | • WETWARE n. the living human brain, viewed as part of a computer system. |
| WIREDRAW | • wiredraw v. (Transitive, now rare) To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate. • wiredraw v. (Transitive, obsolete) To stretch (Words, a meaning etc.) to suit one’s own purpose. • WIREDRAW v. to draw into wire. |
| WIREWAYS | • wireways n. Plural of wireway. • WIREWAY n. a tube for protecting electric wire. |
| WORKWEAR | • workwear n. Clothes designed to be worn while working, especially in a physically demanding job. • WORKWEAR n. clothing for work. |