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1. [**wad**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wad.md) noun (a wad, wads); verb (wad, wads, wadded, wadding) A wad is a thick soft lump or roll of material, such as cotton wool, paper or chewing gum.
2. [**waddle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waddle.md) verb (waddle, waddles, waddled, waddling); noun (a waddle) To walk with short steps, swaying from side to side, like a duck or penguin.
3. [**wade**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wade.md) verb (wade, wades, waded, wading); noun (a wade — rare) To wade is to walk through water or mud, where it is hard to move.
4. [**wafer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wafer.md) noun (a wafer, wafers) A wafer is a very thin, light, crisp biscuit, often eaten with ice cream or with cream between layers.
5. [**waffle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waffle.md) noun (a waffle, waffles; waffle — uncountable for talk); verb (waffle, waffles, waffled, waffling) A waffle is a crisp flat cake made of batter, cooked in a hot iron that gives it a grid of little squares.
6. [**waft**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waft.md) verb (wafts, wafted, wafting) To waft is to move gently through the air, like a light breeze carrying something along.
7. [**wag**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wag.md) verb (wag, wags, wagged, wagging); noun (a wag — a wave of the tail; a joker, old-fashioned) To move quickly from side to side or up and down, especially a dog's tail.
8. [**wage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wage.md) noun (a wage, wages); verb (wage, wages, waged, waging — wage war, wage a campaign) A wage is the money a worker is paid for their work, usually counted by the hour, day or week.
9. [**waggle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waggle.md) verb (waggle, waggles, waggled, waggling); noun (a waggle) To move something quickly from side to side or up and down: waggle your fingers.
10. [**waggon**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waggon.md) noun (waggons) 1) A waggon is a heavy cart with four wheels, pulled by horses to carry goods. 2) (old spelling) The same as "wagon".
11. [**waggoner**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waggoner.md) noun (waggoners) 1) A waggoner is a person who drives a waggon, especially a farm worker long ago. 2) (old spelling) The same as "wagoner".
12. [**wagon**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wagon.md) noun (a wagon, wagons; UK also «waggon» — old) A vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen, used to carry heavy loads or people.
13. [**wahoo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wahoo.md) noun (wahoos) A wahoo is a North American tree whose inner bark was used for weaving and making rope.
14. [**waif**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waif.md) noun (a waif, waifs) A waif is a homeless, neglected child or animal, often thin and with nobody to care for it.
15. [**wail**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wail.md) verb (wail, wails, wailed, wailing); noun (a wail, wails) To wail is to cry out with a long, loud, high sound because of pain, sadness or anger.
16. [**wailing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wailing.md) noun (wailing, uncountable); verb, -ing form of wail (wail, wails, wailed, wailing); adjective (wailing) A long, loud, high cry of pain, sadness or anger.
17. [**waist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waist.md) noun (waist, waists) Your waist is the middle part of your body, between your ribs and your hips, usually the narrowest part, where a belt goes.
18. [**waistband**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waistband.md) noun (waistbands) 1) A waistband is the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a skirt, where small things can be tucked.
19. [**waistcoat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waistcoat.md) noun (a waistcoat, waistcoats) A short jacket with buttons and no sleeves, worn over a shirt and often under a suit jacket; in the USA and Canada it is called a vest.
20. [**wait**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wait.md) verb (wait, waits, waited, waiting); noun (a wait) To wait means to stay where you are, or not do something, until something happens or someone comes.
21. [**waiter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waiter.md) noun (a waiter, waiters) 1) A waiter is a person whose job is to bring food and drinks to people in a restaurant or café. 2) Rarely, a waiter is someone who waits.
22. [**waitress**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waitress.md) noun (a waitress, waitresses) 1) A waitress is a woman or girl whose job is to bring food and drinks to customers' tables in a café or restaurant and take their orders.
23. [**waive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waive.md) verb (waive, waives, waived, waiving) 1) To waive a rule, fee or right is to choose not to use it or not to demand it (formal).
24. [**wake**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wake.md) verb (wake, wakes, woke, woken, waking); noun (a wake — rare) 1) To wake, or wake up, means to stop sleeping. 2) To wake someone is to make them stop sleeping. 3) The wake of a boat is the line of…
25. [**wakeful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wakeful.md) adjective (wakeful) 1) Not able to sleep, or awake when you would normally sleep. 2) Watchful and alert.
26. [**wakefulness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wakefulness.md) noun (wakefulness — uncountable) 1) Wakefulness is the state of being awake. 2) Wakefulness also means being unable to sleep when you want to.
27. [**waken**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waken.md) verb (wakens, wakened, wakening) 1) To waken is to wake up, or to wake someone from sleep.
28. [**wakening**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wakening.md) adjective (a wakening heart); verb form of waken Wakening means beginning to wake up or to become aware of something.
29. [**walk**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walk.md) verb (walk, walks, walked, walking); noun (a walk, walks) To walk means to move by putting one foot in front of the other, slower than running.
30. [**walkabout**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walkabout.md) noun (a walkabout, walkabouts) A walkabout is a traditional journey on foot through the bush made by some Aboriginal Australians, linked to culture, country and learning.
31. [**walker**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walker.md) noun (walker, walkers) A walker is a person who walks, often for fun or sport.
32. [**walkover**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walkover.md) noun (a walkover, walkovers) A very easy win in a game or contest, where the other side hardly fights back.
33. [**walkway**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walkway.md) noun (a walkway, walkways) 1) A walkway is a path or passage for people to walk along, often raised, covered or built between buildings.
34. [**wall**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wall.md) noun (wall, walls); verb (wall in, wall off — rare) A wall is one of the sides of a room or building.
35. [**wallaby**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wallaby.md) noun (a wallaby, wallabies; the Wallabies) A wallaby is an Australian animal like a small kangaroo that hops and carries its baby (a joey) in a pouch.
36. [**wallah**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wallah.md) noun (a wallah, wallahs) A person who does a particular job or is connected with a particular thing, as in chai-wallah (a tea seller) or rickshaw-wallah.
37. [**wallet**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wallet.md) noun (wallet, wallets) A wallet is a small flat case, usually folded, for keeping money, cards and tickets.
38. [**wallop**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wallop.md) verb (wallop, wallops, walloped, walloping); noun (a wallop, wallops) To wallop means to hit something or someone very hard.
39. [**wallow**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wallow.md) verb (wallow, wallows, wallowed, wallowing); noun (a wallow, wallows) To roll about in mud or water, as pigs, hippos and buffalo do to cool down.
40. [**wallpaper**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wallpaper.md) noun (wallpaper — uncountable; a wallpaper, wallpapers); verb (wallpaper, wallpapers, wallpapered, wallpapering) Wallpaper is paper with patterns or colours that is stuck on walls to decorate a room.
41. [**wally**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wally.md) noun (a wally, wallies) A silly or foolish person; a mild, often friendly insult.
42. [**walnut**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walnut.md) noun (a walnut, walnuts; walnut — the wood, uncountable) A walnut is a nut with a wrinkly brown shell and a wrinkly seed inside that looks a bit like a little brain.
43. [**walrus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walrus.md) noun (a walrus, walruses) A walrus is a very large sea mammal of the Arctic with long white tusks, whiskers, flippers and a thick layer of fat.
44. [**waltz**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waltz.md) noun (a waltz, waltzes); verb (waltz, waltzes, waltzed, waltzing) A smooth ballroom dance for two people who turn round and round together, with three beats in each bar of music.
45. [**wampanoag**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wampanoag.md) noun (Wampanoag, the Wampanoag people); adjective (Wampanoag) 1) A Native American people of what is now Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the USA. 2) Their language, also called Wôpanâak.
46. [**wampum**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wampum.md) noun (wampum — uncountable) Small beads made from white and purple shells, strung together or woven into belts by Native American peoples of eastern North America.
47. [**wan**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wan.md) adjective (wan, wanner, wannest) 1) Wan means pale and looking ill or tired. 2) A wan smile is a weak, tired or sad smile. 3) (old, poetic) Wan light is faint and weak. 4)…
48. [**wand**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wand.md) noun (a wand, wands) A wand is a thin stick used by a magician, wizard or fairy to do magic tricks or spells.
49. [**wander**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wander.md) verb (wander, wanders, wandered, wandering); noun (a wander — informal, UK) To walk around slowly without a clear plan or without going anywhere in particular.
50. [**wanderer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wanderer.md) noun (a wanderer, wanderers) A wanderer is a person or animal that travels from place to place with no fixed home or no clear plan.
51. [**wandering**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wandering.md) noun (wanderings); adjective (a wandering knight) 1) A wandering is a journey taken from place to place with no fixed aim. 2) Wandering means moving from place to place with no fixed home.
52. [**wane**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wane.md) verb (wane, wanes, waned, waning); noun (on the wane) Of the Moon: to look smaller each night after the full moon, as less of its lit side faces the Earth.
53. [**waning**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waning.md) verb form (wane, wanes, waned, waning); adjective (a waning moon) Waning is the -ing form of «wane»: getting smaller or weaker little by little.
54. [**want**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/want.md) verb (want, wants, wanted, wanting); noun (wants — the things people want) To want means to wish to have or do something.
55. [**war**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/war.md) noun (a war, wars; war — uncountable for the idea) A war is a long fight between countries or large groups using soldiers and weapons.
56. [**warble**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warble.md) verb (warble, warbles, warbled, warbling); noun (a warble) Of a bird: to sing with a sweet, trembling, changing sound.
57. [**warbler**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warbler.md) noun (a warbler, warblers) 1) A warbler is one of many kinds of small, often greenish or brownish songbirds that eat insects and sing quick, trilling songs, such as…
58. [**ward**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ward.md) noun (a ward, wards); verb (ward off) 1) A room in a hospital with beds for patients. 2) An area of a town or city that votes for its own councillor. 3) A child who is looked…
59. [**warden**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warden.md) noun (a warden, wardens) A warden is a person whose job is to look after a place or the people in it, like a park, a hall of residence or a nature reserve.
60. [**warder**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warder.md) noun (a warder, warders) 1) (UK, old) A person who guards prisoners in a prison; a prison guard. 2) (old) A person who guards a gate or a building.
61. [**wardrobe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wardrobe.md) noun (a wardrobe, wardrobes) A wardrobe is a tall cupboard where you hang clothes.
62. [**ware**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ware.md) noun (wares) 1) (old use) Wares are goods or things made to be sold. 2) A ware is a kind of article made from a material, such as crockery-ware or…
63. [**warehouse**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warehouse.md) noun (a warehouse, warehouses) A warehouse is a large building where goods are stored before they are sold or sent to shops.
64. [**warfare**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warfare.md) noun (warfare — uncountable) 1) Warfare is fighting in a war, or the way a war is fought.
65. [**warlike**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warlike.md) adjective (warlike) 1) Warlike means ready for war, fond of fighting, or having to do with war.
66. [**warlock**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warlock.md) noun (warlocks) 1) A warlock is a man believed to have magic powers, a wizard, usually a wicked one. This is an old use, found in fairy tales.
67. [**warlord**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warlord.md) noun (a warlord, warlords) 1) A warlord is a military leader who controls an area by force with his own army, usually when there is no strong government.
68. [**warm**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warm.md) adjective (warm, warmer, warmest); verb (warm, warms, warmed, warming) A little hot, pleasantly not cold: "warm water".
69. [**warmer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warmer.md) adjective (comparative of warm: warm, warmer, warmest); noun (a warmer, warmers — a thing that warms) Warmer means more warm, having a higher temperature than something else.
70. [**warmly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warmly.md) adverb (warmly, more warmly, most warmly) Warmly means in a way that keeps you warm: dress warmly.
71. [**warmth**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warmth.md) noun (warmth, uncountable) Warmth is the state of being warm, a gentle heat: the warmth of the fire.
72. [**warn**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warn.md) verb (warn, warns, warned, warning); noun warning (a warning, warnings) To warn someone means to tell them about a danger or problem before it happens, so they can be careful or avoid it.
73. [**warning**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warning.md) noun (a warning, warnings); verb form (-ing of warn: warn, warns, warned, warning); adjective (a warning sign) Something said, written or shown to tell people about a danger or a problem so they can avoid it.
74. [**warp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warp.md) verb (warp, warps, warped, warping); noun (warp — the threads; a warp — a bend) To warp is to bend or twist out of shape, often because of heat or water.
75. [**warrant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warrant.md) noun (a warrant, warrants); verb (warrant, warrants, warranted, warranting — formal) An official paper from a judge that lets the police do something, such as search a house or arrest someone.
76. [**warren**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warren.md) noun (a warren, warrens); name (Warren) A group of connected underground holes and tunnels where rabbits live.
77. [**warring**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warring.md) adjective (warring); verb (form of war: war, wars, warred, warring) 1) Fighting a war against each other. 2) Quarrelling or arguing strongly, like two sides who will not agree.
78. [**warrior**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warrior.md) noun (a warrior, warriors) A warrior is a brave fighter or soldier, especially in old times or in stories.
79. [**warship**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warship.md) noun (a warship, warships) A warship is a ship built and armed for fighting in a war, run by a navy.
80. [**wart**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wart.md) noun (a wart, warts) A wart is a small, hard, rough lump that grows on the skin, often on hands or feet, caused by a virus.
81. [**warthog**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warthog.md) noun (a warthog, warthogs) 1) A warthog is a wild pig of the African grasslands with a big flat head, long curved tusks, a thin mane and lumpy bumps on its face that…
82. [**wartime**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wartime.md) noun (wartime — uncountable); adjective (wartime) 1) Wartime is a period when a country is at war. 2) As an adjective, wartime means happening in or belonging to such a time: «wartime food».
83. [**warty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warty.md) adjective (warty, wartier, wartiest) 1) Warty means covered with warts, small hard lumps on the skin. 2) Warty means having a lumpy, bumpy surface like warts.
84. [**wary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wary.md) adjective (wary, warier, wariest) Careful and a little worried because something might be dangerous or tricky.
85. [**wash**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wash.md) verb (wash, washes, washed, washing); noun (a wash, washes; the wash) To clean something or someone with water and usually soap.
86. [**washable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washable.md) adjective 1) Washable means it can be washed without being damaged.
87. [**washboard**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washboard.md) noun (a washboard, washboards) A board with ridges on it, once used for scrubbing clothes when washing them by hand.
88. [**washed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washed.md) verb, past form of wash (wash, washes, washed, washing); adjective Washed means made clean with water, often with soap.
89. [**washer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washer.md) noun (a washer, washers) A small flat ring of metal, rubber or plastic put under a nut or a screw, or inside a tap, to make it tight or stop leaks.
90. [**washerman**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washerman.md) noun (washermen) A washerman is a man whose job is washing other people's clothes.
91. [**washerwoman**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washerwoman.md) noun (a washerwoman, washerwomen) A woman whose job, in the past, was washing other people's clothes and sheets by hand, for money.
92. [**washing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washing.md) noun (washing); verb, -ing form of wash (wash, washes, washed, washing) Washing is cleaning something with water, often with soap.
93. [**washroom**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washroom.md) noun (a washroom, washrooms) 1) (Canada, US) A room with toilets and washbasins; a toilet or restroom. 2) A room for washing, or for laundry in some buildings.
94. [**wasp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wasp.md) noun (a wasp, wasps) A wasp is a flying insect with a thin waist and yellow and black stripes; it can sting.
95. [**wastage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wastage.md) noun (wastage; uncountable) 1) The amount of something that is wasted or lost. 2) The act of wasting.
96. [**waste**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waste.md) noun (waste, wastes); verb (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (waste) Waste is rubbish: things that are thrown away because they are not wanted.
97. [**wasted**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wasted.md) verb (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasted) Wasted means used badly or carelessly, or lost without being useful.
98. [**wasteful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wasteful.md) adjective 1) Wasteful means using more of something than is needed, or using it carelessly so that some is lost or thrown away.
99. [**wasteland**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wasteland.md) noun (a wasteland, wastelands; wasteland, uncountable) An area of land that is empty, ruined or not used, such as land with rubble, weeds and rubbish.
100. [**wasting**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wasting.md) verb form of waste (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasting) Wasting means using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting time, water, food or money.

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