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- wagenoun
A fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis.
- wagernoun
A bet; something risked on an uncertain outcome.
- wagesnoun
Regular payments for work, especially manual or unskilled labor, typically paid weekly.
- wagonnoun
A four-wheeled vehicle used for transporting goods, typically pulled by horses or oxen.
- waifnoun
A homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child.
- wailverb
To cry out or grieve with a prolonged high-pitched sound.
- waistnoun
The part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips.
- waitverb
To stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens.
- waiternoun
A person whose job is to serve food and drinks at tables in a restaurant or hotel.
- waitingnoun
The action of staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time.
- waitressnoun
A woman whose job is to serve food and drinks at tables in a restaurant or hotel.
- waiveverb
To refrain from insisting on or using a right or claim.
- waivernoun
An act or instance of voluntarily giving up a right or claim.
- wakeverb
To stop sleeping; to become awake.
- wakefulnessnoun
The state of being unable to sleep; the condition of remaining awake.
- wakingadjective
In a state of being awake; not sleeping.
- walkverb
To move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
- walkingnoun
The activity of going on foot for exercise or pleasure.
- walkwaynoun
A passage or path for walking, especially a paved path in a garden or park.
- wallnoun
A continuous vertical structure of brick, stone, or concrete that encloses or divides an area.
- walletnoun
A small flat folding case for holding money, credit cards, and identification.
- wallflowernoun
A European plant with fragrant flowers, often growing on old walls or rocks.
- wanderverb
To walk or move without a fixed purpose or direction.
- wantverb
To have a desire to possess or do something.
- wantedadjective
Desired or wished for.
- warnoun
A state of armed conflict between different nations or groups.
- warehousenoun
A large building where goods are stored before being sold or distributed.
- warfarenoun
The activity of fighting a war, especially using military forces.
- warmadjective
Having a moderate degree of heat.
- warmthnoun
The quality or state of being warm.
- warnverb
To inform someone in advance of possible danger or problems.
- warningnoun
A statement or event that indicates a possible or impending danger or problem.
- warrantnoun
A document issued by a legal authority allowing police to make an arrest or search.
- warriornoun
A brave or experienced fighter or soldier.
- wasverb
First and third person singular past tense of "be."
- washverb
To clean with water and typically soap or detergent.
- wasncontraction
Contraction of "was not."
- wastenoun
Material that is no longer wanted or needed.
- watchverb
To look at or observe attentively over a period of time.
- waternoun
A colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain, and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
- wavenoun
A ridge of water moving across the surface of the sea.
- waynoun
A method, style, or manner of doing something.
- waysnoun
Plural of "way"; multiple methods, routes, or manners.
- wepronoun
Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together.
- weakadjective
Lacking physical strength or energy.
- weaknessnoun
The state or condition of lacking strength.
- wealthnoun
An abundance of valuable possessions or money.
- weaponnoun
An object designed for inflicting harm.
- wearyadjective
Feeling or showing extreme tiredness.
- weathernoun
The state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time regarding temperature, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, and rain.