Waaf - n. Brit. hist. a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-48). [initials...

walpaper - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

wallaper - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

workut - n. a session of physical exercise or training. ...

wicth - n. & v. 1 a sorceress, esp. a woman supposed to have dealings with the devil or...

wainscot - n. & v. 1 boarding or wooden panelling on the lower part of a room-wall. 2

whrilpool - n. a powerful circular eddy in the sea etc. often causing suction to its centre....

wey - n. a former unit of weight or volume varying with different kinds of goods, e.g....

woo - v.tr. (woos, wooed) 1 court; seek the hand or love of (a woman). 2 try to win (fame,...

wad - n. & v. 1 a lump or bundle of soft material ...

wheather - n. & v. 1 the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness,...

wimp - orig. uncert.]...

weasel - n. & v. 1 a small reddish-brown flesh-eating mammal, Mustela nivalis, with a slender...

weater - n. & v. 1 the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness,...

wharrantible - adj. 1 able to be warranted. 2 (of a stag) old enough to be hunted (5 or 6 years)....

wistler - n. 1 any bird of the genus Pachycephala, with a whistling cry. 2 a kind of marmot....

wallpaer - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

wallaroo - n. a large brownish-black kangaroo, Macropus robustus. [Aboriginal wolaru]...

wllpaper - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

wichester - n. 1 propr. a breech-loading repeating rifle. 2 (in full Winchester disk) Computing...

wallpper - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

wraith - orig. unkn.]...

warrantable - adj. 1 able to be warranted. 2 (of a stag) old enough to be hunted (5 or 6 years)....

wanton - adj., n., & v. 1 licentious; lewd; sexually promiscuous. 2 capricious; random; arbitrary;...

whack - v. & n. colloq. tr. 1 strike or beat forcefully...

whater - also called SMARTWEED. water-pipe 1 a pipe for conveying water. 2 a hookah. water-pistol...

waistline - n. the outline or the size of a person's body at the waist. ...

whilpool - n. a powerful circular eddy in the sea etc. often causing suction to its centre....

wacko - adj. & n. US sl. crazy. (pl. -os or -oes) a crazy person. [WACKY + -O]...

weathr - n. & v. 1 the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness,...

waif - n. 1 a homeless and helpless person, esp. an abandoned child. 2 an ownerless object...

wink - cf. WINCE(1), WINCH]...

weltanschaung - n. a particular philosophy or view of life; a conception of the world. [G f. Welt...

wank - orig. unkn.]...

wallaby - n. (pl. -ies) 1 any of various marsupials of the family Macropodidae, smaller

warorse - n. 1 hist. a knight's or trooper's powerful horse. 2 colloq. a veteran soldier,...

warhorse - n. 1 hist. a knight's or trooper's powerful horse. 2 colloq. a veteran soldier,...

weaher - n. & v. 1 the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness,...

warrandible - adj. 1 able to be warranted. 2 (of a stag) old enough to be hunted (5 or 6 years)....

weather - n. & v. 1 the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness,...

washday - n. a day on which clothes etc. are washed. ...

wallpapel - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

weding - n. a marriage ceremony (considered by itself...

weaten - adj. made of wheat. ...

wep - v. & n. (past and past part. wept) 1 intr. shed...

womam - n. (pl. women) 1 an adult human female. 2 the female sex; any ...

windlass - n. & v. a machine with a horizontal axle for hauling...

wicket - n. 1 Cricket a a set of three stumps with the bails in position defended by a batsman....

wallflower - n. 1 a a fragrant spring garden-plant, Cheiranthus cheiri, with esp. brown, yellow,...

whirlpoor - n. a powerful circular eddy in the sea etc. often causing suction to its centre....

whallpaper - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

wishbone - when broken between two people the longer portion...

wather - n. & v. 1 the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness,...

wallpapr - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

wallpaper - n. & v. 1 paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration. 2...

wale - n. & v. 1 = WEAL(1). 2 a ridge on a woven fabric, e.g. corduroy. 3 Naut. a broad...

wreath - n. (pl. wreaths) 1 flowers or leaves fastened in a ring esp. as an ornament for...

weltanschuung - n. a particular philosophy or view of life; a conception of the world. [G f. Welt...

wrhorse - n. 1 hist. a knight's or trooper's powerful horse. 2 colloq. a veteran soldier,...

wiked - adj. (wickeder, wickedest) 1 sinful, iniquitous, given ...

waker - n. 1 a person or animal that walks. 2 a a wheeled or footed framework in which a...

wham - int., n., & v. colloq. expressing the sound of a forcible impact. such a sound....

wrasse - n. any bright-coloured marine fish of the family Labridae with thick ...

withers - second element obscure]...

winch - cf. WINCE(1)]...

wainwright - n. a wagon-builder. ...

westing - n. Naut. the distance travelled or the angle...

withdawal - n. 1 the act or an instance of withdrawing or...

Walkman - n. (pl. -mans) propr. a type of personal stereo equipment. ...

weimaraner - n. a usu. grey dog of a variety of pointer used as a gun dog. [G, f. Weimar in Germany,...