| HOWTOWDIE | • HOWTOWDIE n. (Scots) a dish of boiled chicken. |
| WEDGEWISE | • wedgewise adv. In the manner of a wedge. • WEDGEWISE adv. in the manner of a wedge. |
| WHIPSAWED | • whipsawed v. Simple past tense and past participle of whipsaw. • WHIPSAW v. to cut with a narrow tapering saw. |
| WHITEWOOD | • whitewood n. Any of several deciduous trees, some used for furniture, as the tulip tree. • whitewood n. The wood of these trees or of spruce (Picea spp.). • whitewood n. (Pinball) A prototype version of a pinball table, without the final artwork. |
| WIDEAWAKE | • wideawake n. A bird, the sooty tern. • wideawake n. (Historical) A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt. • Wideawake prop.n. (US, informal) Ascension Island. |
| WIDOWERED | • widowered adj. (Nonstandard, of a man) Widowed; left a widower. • WIDOWERED adj. made into a widower. |
| WIDTHWISE | • widthwise adj. Directed across the width of an object or place. • widthwise adv. Across the width of an object or place. • WIDTHWISE adv. across the width, as distinct from lengthways, also WIDTHWAY, WIDTHWAYS. |
| WIGWAGGED | • wigwagged v. Simple past tense and past participle of wigwag. • wig-wagged v. Simple past tense and past participle of wig-wag (alternative form of wigwagged). • WIGWAG v. to twist about. |
| WINDOWIER | • WINDOWY adj. like a window. |
| WINDROWED | • windrowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of windrow. • WINDROW v. to arrange hay or grain in long rows. |
| WINDROWER | • WINDROWER n. a machine that puts hay into windrows. |
| WINDSWEPT | • windswept adj. Exposed to the winds. • wind-swept adj. Alternative form of windswept. • WINDSWEPT adj. swept by the wind. |
| WIREDRAWN | • wiredrawn v. Past participle of wiredraw. • WIREDRAW v. to draw into wire. |
| WIREDRAWS | • wiredraws v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wiredraw. • WIREDRAW v. to draw into wire. |
| WITCHWEED | • witchweed n. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Striga, from Africa and Asia, some of which are parasitic to crops. • WITCHWEED n. a yellow-flowered plant of the snapdragon family. |
| WORLDVIEW | • worldview n. One’s personal view of the world and how one interprets it. • worldview n. The totality of one’s beliefs about reality. • worldview n. A general philosophy or view of life. |
| WORLDWIDE | • worldwide adj. Spanning the world; global. • worldwide adv. Throughout the world. • world-wide adj. Alternative spelling of worldwide. |
| WRITEDOWN | • writedown n. (Accounting) An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset… • write-down n. A depreciation, or a lowering in the price or value of something. • write␣down v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, down. |