| OUTWIN | • outwin v. (Obsolete) To win a way out (of); to escape (from). • OUTWIN v. (Spenser) to win a way out of. |
| OUTWIT | • outwit v. (Transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits. • OUTWIT v. to defeat by superior ingenuity. |
| TAUIWI | • TAUIWI n. (Maori) literally "foreign race", the non-Maori people of New Zealand. |
| UNWILL | • unwill n. Lack or absence of will; willlessness; undesire. • unwill v. (Transitive) To annul or reverse by an act of the will. • UNWILL v. to deprive of will. |
| UNWIND | • unwind v. (Transitive) To separate (something that is wound up). • unwind v. (Transitive, obsolete) To disentangle. • unwind v. (Intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress. |
| UNWIRE | • unwire v. (Transitive) To undo the wiring of. • UNWIRE v. to take the wire from. |
| UNWISE | • unwise adj. Not wise; lacking wisdom. • UNWISE adj. not wise. |
| UNWISH | • unwish v. (Transitive, obsolete) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. • unwish v. (Transitive) To undo a wish. • UNWISH v. (Shakespeare) to wish not to be. |
| UNWIST | • unwist adj. (Archaic) unknown, unrecognized. • UNWIST adj. (archaic) not known. |
| UNWITS | • unwits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unwit. • UNWIT v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of wit. |
| UNWIVE | • unwive v. (Transitive, archaic) To divest of a wife; to divorce (someone) from his wife. • unwive v. (Transitive, archaic) To cause (a woman) no longer to be a wife. • UNWIVE v. to deprive of a wife. |
| UPWIND | • upwind adj. Exposed to the wind. • upwind adv. In the direction from which the wind is blowing. • upwind v. (Transitive, archaic) To wind upwards. |
| WAIRUA | • wairua n. (New Zealand) A spirit associated with a person or thing, according to Māori beliefs. • WAIRUA n. (Maori) one's spirit which leaves when dreaming or dying. |
| WIKIUP | • wikiup n. Alternative spelling of wickiup. • WIKIUP n. (Native American) a North American Indian hut constructed with an oval frame and covered with grass or mats, also WICKIUP, WICKYUP. |
| WILFUL | • wilful adj. Intentional; deliberate. • wilful adj. Stubborn and determined. • WILFUL adj. bent on having one's own way, also WILLFUL, WILLYARD, WILLYART. |
| WINDUP | • windup n. The act of ending or concluding something. • windup n. The last part of something; a conclusion. • windup n. (Britain) A practical joke or tease. |
| WOUBIT | • WOUBIT n. a hairy caterpillar, esp. of the tiger moth, also OOBIT, OUBIT, WOOBUT. |
| WURLIE | • wurlie adj. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of wurly (“derisorily small”). • wurlie adj. (Scotland) gnarled, knotted; wizened, wrinkled. • wurlie n. Alternative spelling of wurley. |
| WUXIAS | • WUXIA n. (Chinese) a genre of Chinese fiction involving the adventures of sword-wielding heroes. |