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Found: 2,467 words.
A colloquial contraction of was not.
The grivet.
The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.
Wabble
2 defs
A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
Inclined to wabble; wabbling.
Alt. of Wacky
A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
Wad
7 defs
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Wadd
2 defs
An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varietie...
Wadding
3 defs
A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
Waddle
2 defs
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.
of Waddle
One who, or that which, waddles.
of Waddle
In a waddling manner.
Wade
6 defs
Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
Waded
2 defs
of Wad
Wader
2 defs
Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves.
of Wady
Wading
2 defs
a. & n. from Wade, v.
A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes.
A kind of pledge or mortgage.
One who holds by a wadset.
A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season.
A wave.
The kittiwake.
Wafer
4 defs
A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
of Wafer
A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner.
of Wafer
Waffle
2 defs
A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Waft
8 defs
A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.
Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water.
of Waft
Wafter
2 defs
A boat for passage.
of Waft
The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft.
Wag
6 defs
A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.
A small East Indian wild cat (Felis wagati), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat.
Wage
9 defs
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
of Wage
See Waggel.
A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.
Wager
5 defs
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 uncert...
of Wager
One who wagers, or lays a bet.
Wagering
2 defs
Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
of Wag