5 Letter Words That Start With W

water

Noun : (uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

Noun : (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.

Noun : (countable) A serving of liquid water.

world

Noun : (with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general.

Noun : (with "the" or a singular possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded individually.

Noun : (metonymically, with "the") A majority of people.

white

Adjective : Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

Adjective : (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.

Adjective : (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry):.

wonky

Adjective : Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.

Adjective : (chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Feeble, shaky or rickety.

Adjective : (informal, computing) Suffering from intermittent bugs.

wheel

Noun : A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.

Noun : (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.

Noun : (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.

write

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

Verb : (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To send written information to.

weird

Adjective : Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

Adjective : Deviating from the normal; bizarre.

Adjective : Relating to weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").

while

Noun : An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

Noun : (US) an uncertain long period of time

Noun : (Philippines) an uncertain short moment

wring

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.

Verb : To squeeze water from (an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.

watch

Noun : A portable or wearable timepiece.

Noun : The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

Noun : A particular time period when guarding is kept.

worth

Adjective : Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

Adjective : Deserving of.

Adjective : (obsolete, except in Scots) Valuable, worthwhile.

waste

Noun : Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

Noun : Excrement or urine.

Noun : A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.

weave

Verb : To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

Verb : To spin a cocoon or a web.

Verb : To unite by close connection or intermixture.

whale

Noun : Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.

Noun : (by extension) Any species of Cetacea.

Noun : (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.

woman

Noun : An adult female human.

Noun : (collective) All female humans collectively; womankind.

Noun : A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

weary

Adjective : Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

Adjective : Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.

Adjective : Expressive of fatigue.

whole

Adjective : Entire, undivided.

Adjective : Used as an intensifier.

Adjective : Sound, uninjured, healthy.

words

Noun : (meiosis) Angry debate or conversation; argument.

Noun : Lines in a script for a performance.

Noun : Lyrics.

wrong

Adjective : Incorrect or untrue.

Adjective : Asserting something incorrect or untrue.

Adjective : Immoral, not good, bad.

wedge

Noun : One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.

Noun : A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

Noun : (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.

which

Noun : In computing, which is a command for various operating systems used to identify the location of executables.

wrath

Noun : (uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.

Noun : (uncountable) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.

Noun : (uncountable, obsolete) Great ardour or passion.

where

Verb : Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: in, at or to what place.

Verb : (with certain prepositions) What place.

Verb : (informal) where are.

wound

Noun : An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

Noun : (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

Noun : (criminal law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

wagon

Noun : A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).

Noun : (US, chiefly New England) A shopping cart.

Noun : (rail transport) A vehicle (wagon) designed to transport goods or people on railway.

works

Noun : A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.

Noun : A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.

Noun : (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.

would

Verb : Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

Verb : Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.

Verb : Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to; indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.

worry

Verb : (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

Verb : (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.

Verb : (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.

waive

Verb : (transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

Verb : (particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.

Verb : (now rare) To put aside, avoid.

whose

witch

Noun : A person who practices witchcraft.

Noun : (now usually particularly) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.

Noun : (figurative, derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.

wield

Verb : (obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.

Verb : (obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.

Verb : (obsolete) To carry out, to bring about.

whore

Noun : (vulgar, derogatory) Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.

Noun : (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.

Noun : (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.

waver

Verb : (intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

Verb : (intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.

Verb : (intransitive) To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.

witty

Adjective : (obsolete) Wise, having good judgement.

Adjective : (archaic) Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.

Adjective : Clever; amusingly ingenious.

wreak

Verb : (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.

Verb : (transitive) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.

Verb : (archaic) To inflict or take vengeance on.

wreck

Noun : Something or someone that has been ruined.

Noun : The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

Noun : An event in which something is damaged through collision.

whine

Noun : A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.

Noun : A complaint or criticism.

Verb : (intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.

wrote

Noun : (law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

Noun : Authority, power to enforce compliance.

Noun : (archaic) That which is written; writing.

weigh

Verb : (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.

Verb : (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.

whelp

Noun : A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

Noun : (derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.

Noun : (obsolete) A kind of ship.

wince

Noun : A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.

Noun : A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.

Verb : (intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.

whiff

Noun : A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.

Noun : A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.

Noun : (by extension, archaic) A cigarette or small cigar.

wheat

Noun : (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

Noun : (uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Adjective : Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

whack

Noun : The sound of a heavy strike.

Noun : The strike itself.

Noun : The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.

worse

Verb : Less skillfully.

Verb : More severely or seriously.

Verb : (sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.

winch

Noun : A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.

Noun : (nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).

Noun : A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

whirl

Verb : (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

Verb : (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

Verb : (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.

whisk

Noun : A quick, light sweeping motion.

Noun : A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).

Noun : A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.

worst

Adjective : superlative form of bad: most bad

Adjective : Most inferior; doing the least good.

Adjective : Most unfavorable.

wi-fi

Noun : (networking, uncountable) Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).

Noun : (networking, uncountable) Wireless networking using one of these standards.

Noun : (informal, uncountable) The capability to connect to a Wi-Fi network.

widow

Noun : A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.

Noun : (uncommon) A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).

Noun : (informal, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.

wrack

Noun : (archaic, dialectal or literary) Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.

Noun : (archaic, except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.

Noun : The remains; a wreck.

wharf

Noun : A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.

Noun : The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

Verb : (transitive) To secure by a wharf.

woosy

Adjective : (dialectal) oozy; wet

women

Noun : The fourth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Noun : Misspelling of woman. [An adult female human.]

wyles

Noun : An English surname, a variant of Wiles

wench

Noun : (archaic, now dialectal or humorous, possibly offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.

Noun : (specifically) A girl or young woman of a lower class.

Noun : (archaic or dialectal) Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart.

wacky

Adjective : Zany; eccentric.

Noun : Alternative form of wacke [(geology) A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.]

whoop

Noun : A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.

Noun : A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.

Noun : A bump on a racetrack.

wager

Noun : A bet; a stake; a pledge.

Noun : The subject of a bet.

Noun : (law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.

welsh

Adjective : (now historical) (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to Wales.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.

waist

Noun : (anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

Noun : A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.

Noun : The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).

wicca

Noun : A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.

whala

waltz

Noun : A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.

Noun : A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).

Noun : (informal) A simple task.

width

Noun : The state of being wide.

Noun : The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.

Noun : A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.

wrest

Verb : (transitive) To pull or twist violently.

Verb : (transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To seize.

waves

Noun : (US, historical) Initialism of Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.

waner

wired

Adjective : Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.

Adjective : Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.

Adjective : Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.

wings

Noun : A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing

Noun : A flip (hairstyle)

woods

Noun : (usually with plural construction, sometimes with singular construction) A dense collection of trees, usually one covering a relatively small area; usually smaller than a forest.

Noun : (military, attributive) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

Noun : A topographic surname from Middle English, variant of Wood. Possibly patronymic.

wafer

Noun : A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.

Noun : (Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.

Noun : A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.

windy

Adjective : Accompanied by wind.

Adjective : Unsheltered and open to the wind.

Adjective : Empty and lacking substance.

whorl

Noun : Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.

Noun : (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

Noun : (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.

wahoo

Noun : Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.

Noun : (Southern US) The winged elm, Ulmus alata.

Noun : Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush.

wispy

Adjective : Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.

wrist

Noun : (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

Noun : (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

Verb : (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot

woven

Adjective : Fabricated by weaving.

Adjective : Interlaced

Noun : A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.

whist

Noun : Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.

Noun : A session of playing this card game.

Verb : (transitive, rare) To hush or shush; to still.

wight

Noun : (archaic) A living creature, especially a human being.

Noun : (paganism) A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.

Noun : (poetic) A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.

wimpy

Adjective : (informal) Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.

weber

Noun : In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.

Noun : A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Weber (“weaver”).

Noun : A locale in the United States.

wages

Noun : one's total income for a time period

wraft

woozy

Adjective : Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented.

Adjective : Intoxicated by drink or drugs.

weald

Noun : (archaic) A forest or wood.

Noun : (archaic) An open country.

Noun : (Britain) The physiographic area in south-east England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.

wales

Noun : One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality

Noun : (historical) The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.

Noun : A surname.

wiley

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A male given name.

Noun : A statutory town in Prowers County, Colorado, United States.

wordy

Adjective : Using an excessive number of words.

whisp

Noun : Alternative form of wisp [A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.]

whizz

Noun : Alternative spelling of whiz [A whirring or hissing sound (as above).]

Verb : Alternative spelling of whiz [To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.]

wiles

Noun : A surname transferred from the nickname. A patronymic form of Wile.

weeds

Noun : (obsolete) Clothes.

wierd

Adjective : Misspelling of weird. [Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.]

Adjective : Obsolete spelling of weird [Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.]

whelm

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To ruin or destroy.

wrung

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.

Verb : To squeeze water from (an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.

wanna

wayne

Noun : A surname originating as an occupation.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Nebraska, United States.

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