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# W

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1. [**wrecked**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrecked.md) adjective (wrecked); also past form of the verb wreck (wreck, wrecks, wrecked, wrecking) Wrecked means badly damaged or destroyed: a wrecked car, a wrecked ship.
2. [**wren**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wren.md) noun (a wren, wrens) A wren is a tiny brown bird with a short tail that sticks up; it has a very loud song for its size.
3. [**wrench**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrench.md) noun (a wrench, wrenches); verb (wrench, wrenches, wrenched, wrenching) A metal tool for gripping and turning nuts and bolts; in the UK it is usually called a spanner.
4. [**wrestle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrestle.md) verb (wrestle, wrestles, wrestled, wrestling) To fight by holding and pushing someone, trying to get them to the ground, as a sport or in play.
5. [**wrestler**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrestler.md) noun (wrestlers) A wrestler is a person who fights by gripping an opponent and trying to throw him to the ground, in a sport or contest.
6. [**wrestling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrestling.md) noun (wrestling — uncountable); verb, -ing form of «wrestle» (wrestle, wrestles, wrestled, wrestling) Wrestling is a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to throw or pin the other to the ground, without punching.
7. [**wretch**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wretch.md) noun (wretches) 1) A wretch is a bad or mean person, used as an insult or in anger. 2) A wretch can also be a poor, unhappy person who is to be pitied.
8. [**wretched**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wretched.md) adjective (wretched, more wretched, most wretched); adverb (wretchedly); noun (wretch) Very unhappy, ill or miserable: «I felt wretched with flu.».
9. [**wretchedly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wretchedly.md) adverb 1) Wretchedly means in a very unhappy, miserable way. 2) Wretchedly means very badly or poorly.
10. [**wretchedness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wretchedness.md) noun (no plural) 1) Wretchedness is great misery, sadness or unhappiness.
11. [**wriggle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wriggle.md) verb (wriggle, wriggles, wriggled, wriggling); noun (a wriggle, wriggles) To wriggle means to twist and turn your body quickly from side to side: "the worm wriggled in my hand".
12. [**wriggling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wriggling.md) verb, -ing form of «wriggle» (wriggle, wriggles, wriggled, wriggling); adjective (a wriggling worm) Wriggling means twisting and turning your body with quick small movements.
13. [**wriggly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wriggly.md) adjective (wriggly, wrigglier, wriggliest) Wriggly describes something that twists and turns its body a lot, like a worm or a fish.
14. [**wright**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wright.md) noun (a wright — old, mostly in compound words); proper name (Wright) A wright is an old word for a person who makes or builds things, used now mostly at the end of words: playwright, shipwright, wheelwright.
15. [**wring**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wring.md) verb (wring, wrings, wrung, wringing) To wring something is to twist and squeeze it hard to get water out of it, as with a wet cloth.
16. [**wrinkle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrinkle.md) noun (a wrinkle, wrinkles); verb (wrinkle, wrinkles, wrinkled, wrinkling) A wrinkle is a small line or fold in skin, cloth or paper.
17. [**wrinkly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrinkly.md) adjective (wrinkly, wrinklier, wrinkliest); noun (a wrinkly, wrinklies — UK, slang, rude-ish) Having many wrinkles or creases: wrinkly skin, a wrinkly shirt.
18. [**wrist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrist.md) noun (a wrist, wrists) 1) Your wrist is the joint between your hand and your arm. 2) A wrist is also the part of a sleeve that covers this joint.
19. [**wristband**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wristband.md) noun (a wristband, wristbands) 1) A wristband is a band of cloth, plastic, rubber or paper worn around the wrist, for example to soak up sweat, show you have paid for…
20. [**wristwatch**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wristwatch.md) noun (wristwatch, wristwatches) 1) A small clock you wear on a strap or band around your wrist.
21. [**writ**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/writ.md) noun (writs); also old past form of write 1) A writ is a formal written order from a court of law. 2) (old use, in tales and rhymes) Writ means written, the old past form of write.
22. [**write**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/write.md) verb (write, writes, wrote, written, writing) To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen.
23. [**writer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/writer.md) noun (a writer, writers) A writer is a person who writes books, stories, poems, articles or scripts, especially as a job.
24. [**writhe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/writhe.md) verb (writhes, writhing, writhed) 1) To writhe is to twist and turn the body, often in pain. 2) To writhe can mean to wriggle hard to get free of a hold.
25. [**writhed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/writhed.md) verb (past form of writhe: writhe, writhes, writhing, writhed) 1) Writhed means twisted and turned the body, in pain or in a struggle. 2) Writhed can mean wriggled hard to get free.
26. [**writhing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/writhing.md) verb, -ing form of writhe (writhe, writhes, writhed, writhing); adjective (writhing) Twisting and turning the body, usually because of pain, or wriggling like a snake or worm.
27. [**writing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/writing.md) noun (writing; a writing — rare; writings); verb, -ing form of write (write, writes, wrote, written, writing) The activity or skill of putting words on paper or a screen.
28. [**written**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/written.md) verb form of write (write, writes, wrote, written, writing); adjective (written) Written means put down in words or numbers on paper or a screen.
29. [**wrong**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrong.md) adjective (wrong); adverb (wrong, wrongly); noun (a wrong, wrongs); verb (wrong, wrongs, wronged, wronging) 1) Wrong means not right or not correct. Two plus two is five is a wrong answer. 2) Wrong means not the one you wanted or needed: the…
30. [**wrongdoer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrongdoer.md) noun (a wrongdoer, wrongdoers) A wrongdoer is a person who does something bad or against the law.
31. [**wrongdoing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrongdoing.md) noun (wrongdoing — usually uncountable; a wrongdoing) 1) (formal) Bad or illegal behaviour; doing something wrong.
32. [**wrongful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrongful.md) adjective 1) Wrongful means unfair, unjust or against the law (formal, law).
33. [**wrongfully**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrongfully.md) adverb 1) Wrongfully means unfairly or against the law (formal, law).
34. [**wrongly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrongly.md) adverb (wrongly) 1) In a way that is not correct; by mistake (spelled wrongly). 2) In a way that is unfair or morally wrong (wrongly blamed).
35. [**wrongness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrongness.md) noun (wrongness; uncountable) 1) The quality of being morally wrong or unfair. 2) The quality of being incorrect or not as it should be: «a feeling of wrongness».
36. [**wroth**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wroth.md) adjective (old use; no comparative in use) 1) Wroth means very angry. (old use, in fairy tales)
37. [**wrought**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrought.md) adjective; verb (old past form of «work») An old past form of «work», meaning made, shaped or caused: «The storm wrought great damage.».
38. [**wry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wry.md) adjective (wrier, wriest) A wry smile or wry face is a twisted smile or face that shows dislike, doubt or mixed feelings.
39. [**wu**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wu.md) word (Mandarin, pinyin «wǔ», «wù», «wú»); proper noun (Wu — a Chinese surname and dialect group) 1) (Mandarin, pinyin) «Wǔ» means «five»: «wǔ» 五. It sounds like «woo» to an English ear. 2) (Mandarin, pinyin) «Wǔ» can also mean «dance»…
40. [**wuss**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wuss.md) noun (wuss, wusses); adjective (wussy, informal) 1) (slang, mildly rude) A person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave. 2) Wuss is an old country way of saying worse.
41. [**www**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/www.md) abbreviation (www) www stands for «World Wide Web», the system of linked pages and sites you visit on the internet with a web browser.

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