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wade vb move, proceed, advance;
[OE wadan]
wain n A road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people.; Car, Automoblie
[OE Wain]
walker-weaver n spider; attercop
[OE spider (a cognate of spinner)]
wall-writer n graffitist;
[OE wall & writer]
wall-writing n graffiti;
[OE wall & writing]
wanhope n the overwhelming feeling of loss beyond repair or redemption; hopelessness, despair
[rare, from WAN- + hope]
wanderword n a word that has spread to many different languages; wanderwort; world-wide word
[calque of German Wanderwort; neologism, from wander & word]
wandling n a changing or mutation; changing, mutation
[OE wandlung]
war adder n arrow;
[Late OE (war) and O.E. adder]
wardlord n lord protector;
[OE weardhlāford]
wardthink vb to have a relation to or bearing with; to matter to so as to cause unease, worry; concern
[compound: 'ward' (toward) + 'think']
waterberg n reservoir;
[water + berg (<OE beorgan 'save, preserve')]
water-wife n an additional wife (in a polygamous society, and a drought-ravaged one) married for the sole purpose of being able to walk to a well and return with water.;
[water + wife )]
waterleat n aqueduct;
[OE wætergelæt]
" All Wax and No Wick" phr all talk and no worth; a man of words, and not of deeds is like a field of weeds..; no show, no go.
[OE]
waygether vb to set or put apart into sections, groups, sets, units; cause to part; separate, disunite
[compound: 'way' (away) + 'gether' (together)]
waygo vb to go away; depart; leave;
[neologism: way + go]
wayleat n junction;
[way + leat 'course']
waymind vb to disregard deliberately, pay no attention to, refuse to consider; ignore
[compound: 'way' (away) + 'mind']
waysend vb to send away; deport; force to leave;
[neologism: way + send]

We[]

weal n prosperity;
[OE wela]
weaselflood n the growing accusations of sexual misconduct and harassment of women by prominent men.;
[OE weasel & flood.]
wearning n nihilism;
[OE wiernan 'refuse, reject']
weasand n the oesophagus; trachea; gullet,windpipe, the throat generally
[rare, OE weasend; OHG weisant]
webside n sides that are on the Web (a website); webstead, webbook
[web + side (of a book)]
wedyield n money or property given to a husband by his bride on their wedding day; dowry
[wed (marry) + yield (stock, supply)]
Weedmonth n the eighth month of the year, when the word "weed" meant all kinds of greenery; August
[Anglo-Saxon, from Wēod-Mōnath]
weed wise n The protection of "native weeds" like thistles that provide important habitat and food sources for native fauna. The nectar and pollen of native weeds (like thistles) provide a valuable food sources to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, etc.;
[OE (weed & wise)]
ween vb hope, expect, immagine;
[OE wenan]
welder n a person who's job is to join two pieces of metal together permanently by melting the parts that touch;
[CED]
well-wended adj well orientated;
[wend 'to direct (one's way or course) - pursue one's way - proceed upon some course or way'
~ We wended our weary way westward.]
welsting n shaft of an arrow;
[OE wealsteng]
wen n a lump or protuberance on the body; excresence on a tree, spot, stain; fig: moral stain, defilement; cyst, tumour, blemish
[OE (wen)]
we-ness n the sweet-symbiosis phase at the beginning of a love relationship, filled with love and passion and marked by the two partners merging into one identity.;
[OE (we & ness)]
wereweed n man (metaphorically) as an invasive weed colonising the planet destroying other species and bringing many more to the point of extinction.;
[OE were (man) & weed.]
werthe/worth v become, turn into;
[Old English "weorðan", Middle and Modern English "worth", not to be confused with "worth" as in value or price. Cognate with German "werden".]

Wh[]

whelm v surround, encircle, close in on something but not overtake, trap;
[Proto-Germanic "hwalbjan". Old English "hwielfan" Mercian "hwelfan" meaning to "cover over", altered by association with Old English "helmian" meaning "to cover". The beginning of the word "hwel" remained the same, but the "m" replaced the "f" and the suffix was dropped later on.]
whelp n young of the dog; the young of various wild animals, as the lion, bear, tiger, wolf. Also applied to the off-spring of noxious creatures; low fellow; suckling, pup,cub
[OE hwelp]
whence adv from what place or from which, (literally "from where"); what source
[OED (Formal/Archaic) , OE hwanon, ME Whenne & later Whannes/Whennes. Same logic as "thence" 'from then', "hence" 'from here']
whilen adj transitory;
[OE hwílen]
Whilom adv, adj adv: formerly, adj:former; erstwhile, in the past, previously
[OED, OE: hwīlum]

Wi[]

wifthing n an affair or matter relating to a wife or woman. 2. wedding nuptials. 3. sexual intercourse;
[OE wife & thing.]
wight n animal, beast, being, creature;
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wildernesslike adj naturalistic, feral;
[wilderness + -like]
windfellow n ghost, spirit, phantom; ghost, shade, walking-dead
[OE: wind & fellow]
wileman n robot;
[ONN: vél + NE: man]
wineberry n juicy fruit of the genus Vitis; grape
[OE winberige]
wine-month n the tenth month of the year, when wine-drinking is common; October
[Anglo-Saxon, from Wīn-Mōnath]
winkeler n haberdashery;
[Dutch word; OE wincel = corner, nook]
Winterfulth n October;
wis adj, adv absolute in certainty; sure, certainly
[archaic and rare, from OE gewis "that which is known"]
wit v to know;
[obsolete, from OE witan to know, be aware of]
witcraft n logic;
[wit + craft]
witcraftlike adj logical;
[witcraft + -like]
witship n science;
[from Dutch wetenschap and German wissenschaft]
withache n pity or compassion felt for another's troubles, suffering, etc; sympathy
[calque from german 'mitleid']
witherling n opponent;
[wither + -ling]
witherlawwritly adv anticonstitutionally;
[forbinding]
withwin vb to bring to belief, consent, action etc,by overcoming the doubts or hesitations of; convince
[with+win (part calque)]

Wl[]

wlit noun looks, appearance; aspect, visage
[OE. wlite]
wlitty adj beautiful/ fair looking; beauteous
[OE. wlitig]

Wo[]

woath n voice;
[OE wóþ]
wolderbee vb to crown, coronate; to kinhelm, crown, coronate
wolfmonth n the first month of the year (so called when the bitter cold of winter brought the wolves into the villages to forage for food); January
[Anglo-Saxon, from Wulf-Mōnath]
wome n noise;
[OE wóma]
word-beginning n prefix;
[O.E. word + beginning]
wordbirth n etymology;
[O.E. word + birth]
wordbook n a book containing all, or a subsection of, the words in a language, with their meanings; a lexicon, dictionary.;
[revival, word + book]
wordbook-maker n lexicographer; wordherder
[revival, word + book maker]
wordbook-worthy n a word included, or about to be included in a dictionary, because it is widely used.;
[word + book+'worthy]
word-drunk adj prone to use obscure words or inkhorn terms;
[neologism: word + drunk]
word-ending adj suffix;
[neologism: word + ending.]
word-herder n lexicographer. 2. a newspaper writer.; wordbook-maker
[O.E. word + herder]
wordhoard n lexicon; vocabulary; wordstock
[neologism: word + hoard]
wordlike adj linguistic;
[word + -like]
word-middle n infix;
[neologism: word +middle]
wordshard n lexeme;
[neologism: word + shard]
wordstock n vocabulary; lexicon; wordhoard
[neologism: word + stock]
wordwander n a word that goes on a voyage (into a new language); wanderword; world-wide word
['word' + wander']


work bed n the workplace of a sex worker;
[O.E. work + bed]
worldkenning n encyclopedia;
[world + kenning]
world-soul n a concept found in place as far apart as Egypt, modern Greenland, and ancient greece where words were held to embody the nature of things.;
[world + soul]
worldswink n earthly toil; misery;
[OE woruldġeswinc]
worm monger n one who breeds worms to compost and reduce household organic waste, particularly in an urban environment.; {{{synonyms}}}
[OE: worm & monger]
wort n plant, herb; the small green living but non-sentient things that grow from the ground;
[O.E. "wyrt" Proto-Germanic "wurtaz" Modern German "Wurzel"]
wortcraft n the growing of plants and flowers, the craft and lore about growing plants; horticulture
[compound of wort 'plant, herb' + -craft]
worthdeem n judgement of worth by poll; {{{synonyms}}}
[OE: worth & deem]
wortsmith n a rearer, grower, and seller of plants and flowers.; nursery-man
[compound of wort 'plant, herb' + smith]
wough n a wall of a house a partition; in mining, the side of a vein;
[OE archaïsm]

Wr[]

wrathmonger n Chaos Warriors whose absolute devotion to Khorne sets them apart, lunatic murdersmiths who are revered and feared by their bloodthirsty kin in equal measure;
[O.E. wrath & monger]
wryneck n a small woodpecker that can turn its head round almost 180°;
[OE wrīġian to turn, twist]

Wu[]

wulder n glory;
[OE wuldor]
wun n norm;
[OE gewunelic]
wunlingly a normative;
[OE gewunelic]

Wy[]

wyrm n a small creeping animal with more or less slender, elongated bodies, and without limbs or with very short ones; worm, snake, serpent
[revival, wyrm]
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