Words Starting with W

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W

The twenty-third letter of the modern English alphabet, representing several consonant sounds including /w/.

Wôbanakiak

A traditional Abenaki-language name for the Wabanaki peoples of northeastern North America.

Wāhine

The Māori plural of wahine, meaning women or wives, depending on context.

Wāsiṭa

An Arabic term for an intermediary, mediation, or influential connection used to obtain access or favorable treatment.

Włochy

Włochy is the Polish name for Italy, derived from the Latin 'Vulgares' referring to the common people.

Wa

An archaic or dialectal interjection expressing grief, distress, or lament.

Wabanaki

A collective name for several Indigenous peoples in northeastern North America, especially in present-day Maine and the Canadian Maritimes.

Wabble

To move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side; a variant of “wobble.”

Wabi

An aesthetic of austere simplicity, rustic beauty, and appreciation of imperfection, especially in Japanese art and culture.

Wabi-Sabi

A Japanese aesthetic that values simplicity, impermanence, imperfection, and the beauty of age.

Wacapou

A tropical South American tree of the genus Vouacapoua, especially Vouacapoua americana, valued for its hard timber.

Waccamaw

A name associated with an Indigenous people, river, lake, and region in the Carolinas.

Waccamaw River

A blackwater river flowing through North Carolina and South Carolina into the Atlantic Ocean near Winyah Bay.

Waccamaw Lake

A proper name used for lakes associated with the Waccamaw region or people of the southeastern United States.

Waccamaw River

A river in the Carolinas, especially the Waccamaw River flowing through parts of North and South Carolina.

Waccamaw Siouan

A Native American tribal name referring to the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina.

Wack

A slang adjective meaning odd, bad, or uncool.

Wacky

Silly, eccentric, or absurd in a playful way.

Waco

A city in central Texas on the Brazos River.

Wad

A soft mass or bundle of material, especially one compressed into a lump.