Palabras que empiezan por W — 625 entradas

Las 625 palabras del diccionario que empiezan por la letra W, en orden alfabético, cada una con su primera definición. Los acentos no alteran la ordenación —una inicial acentuada se coloca bajo su letra base—, pero la Ñ sí es una letra propia y tiene su propia sección.

• w9 acepcionesThe twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.
• W3 acepcionesThe twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.
• W.3 acepcionesWednesday.
• wa3 acepcionesA traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.
• Wa2 acepcionesAn ethnic group in Myanmar and China.
• wacko3 acepcionesAmusingly eccentric or irrational.
• wacky1 acepciónZany; eccentric.
• wad11 acepcionesAn amorphous, compact mass.
• wade7 acepcionesTo walk through water or something that impedes progress.
• Wade8 acepcionesA topographic surname from Old English.
• waffle14 acepcionesA flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
• wage7 acepcionesAn amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per…
• wager6 acepcionesA bet; a stake; a pledge.
• Wager1 acepciónA surname.
• wages1 acepciónone's total income for a time period
• Wagner7 acepcionesA surname from German.
• wagon9 acepcionesA heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
• Wagon1 acepciónA bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the…
• wah5 acepcionesA cry of fright, distress, etc. (especially of an infant or young child)
• Wah1 acepciónA surname.
• wai2 acepcionesA Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.
• wail9 acepcionesTo cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
• Wail1 acepciónA locality in the Rural City of Horsham, western Victoria, Australia.
• wailing1 acepciónA loud drawn out scream or howl.
• waist6 acepcionesThe part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
• wait14 acepcionesTo delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
• Wait1 acepciónA surname.
• waiter7 acepcionesA male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
• Waiters1 acepciónA surname.
• waiting3 acepcionesThe act of staying or remaining in expectation.
• waitress2 acepcionesA female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
• waits1 acepciónA group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.
• Waits1 acepciónAn English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Waite.
• wake18 acepciones(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
• Wake1 acepciónA surname.
• wakes1 acepciónA community holiday, particularly in northern England.
• waking2 acepcionesOccurring during wakefulness.
• Walden14 acepcionesA surname.
• waldo1 acepciónSynonym of telefactor.
• Waldo2 acepcionesA male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
• Wales14 acepcionesOne of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
• walk38 acepcionesTo move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least…
• Walk1 acepciónA surname.
• WalK1 acepciónA particular histidine kinase
• walker11 acepcionesThe agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
• Walker18 acepcionesA northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.
• walkie-talkie2 acepcionesA portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.
• walking5 acepcionesIncarnate as a human; living.
• Walks1 acepciónA nickname of the surname Walker.
• wall31 acepcionesA rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
• Wall13 acepcionesA surname.
• Wallace21 acepcionesA Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
• wallet6 acepcionesA small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
• wallpaper9 acepcionesDecorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
• walls1 acepciónThe vagina.
• Walls5 acepcionesA surname.
• wally3 acepcionesA fool.
• Wally2 acepcionesA diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.
• walnut5 acepcionesA hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
• Walnut12 acepcionesA number of places in the United States: A city in Los Angeles County, California.
• walrus6 acepcionesA large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
• Walsh5 acepcionesAn Irish surname from English.
• walt3 acepcionesTo roll; tumble
• Walt2 acepcionesA diminutive of the male given name Walter.
• Walter4 acepcionesA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• Walters4 acepcionesA surname transferred from the given name.
• Walton30 acepcionesA surname.
• waltz7 acepcionesA ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
• Waltz4 acepcionesA surname.
• wan5 acepcionesPale, sickly-looking.
• Wan1 acepciónA surname.
• wand8 acepcionesA hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
• Wand1 acepciónA surname.
• Wanda2 acepcionesA female given name from Polish.
• wander7 acepcionesTo move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
• Wander1 acepciónA surname.
• wanderer3 acepcionesOne who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
• Wanderer1 acepciónsomeone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.
• wandering7 acepcionesWhich wanders; travelling from place to place.
• wang3 acepcionesTo batter; to clobber; to conk.
• Wang4 acepcionesA surname from Chinese.
• wank7 acepcionesTo masturbate.
• Wank1 acepciónA surname.
• wanker8 acepcionesSomeone who wanks; masturbates.
• wanna2 acepcionesRepresents a contracted pronunciation of want to.
• wannabe2 acepcionesSomeone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.
• want18 acepcionesTo wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
• Want1 acepciónA personification of want.
• wanted2 acepcionesWished for; desired; sought.
• wanting6 acepcionesThat wants or desires.
• war13 acepcionesOrganized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving…
• War4 acepcionesPreceded by the: designating a particularly notable war. World War II.
• ward21 acepcionesProtection, defence. The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
• Ward18 acepcionesAn English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman.
• warden6 acepcionesA chief administrative officer of a prison.
• Warden2 acepcionesA surname originating as an occupation for a warden.
• wardrobe17 acepcionesA governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
• warehouse5 acepcionesA facility for storing large amounts of merchandise or products.
• warfare3 acepcionesThe waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
• warhead3 acepcionesThe part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive…
• warlock2 acepcionesA male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard.
• warlord1 acepciónA military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak.
• warm21 acepcionesOf a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
• warmed2 acepcionesAt a higher temperature.
• warmer3 acepcionesSomething that warms (something else) by providing some small amount of heat, such as a hot water bottle or a soup.
• warming2 acepcionesA small rise in temperature.
• warmth4 acepcionesA moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
• warn7 acepcionesTo make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
• Warn1 acepciónA surname.
• warner1 acepciónOne who warns.
• Warner11 acepcionesA surname. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" +…
• warning3 acepcionesAn instance of warning someone.
• Warning1 acepciónA surname.
• warp26 acepcionesThe state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out…
• warped2 acepcionesDistorted by warping; twisted out of shape
• warrant15 acepcionesAuthorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
• warren6 acepcionesA system of burrows in which rabbits or other animals live.
• Warren42 acepcionesA surname from Old French.
• warrior3 acepcionesA person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
• Warrior1 acepciónA surname.
• warsaw3 acepcionesAny of several species of grouper, subfamily Epinephelinae
• Warsaw8 acepcionesThe capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
• warship2 acepcionesAny ship built or armed for naval combat.
• Warship1 acepciónA British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late 1950s.
• wartime1 acepciónA period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
• Warwick22 acepcionesA town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).
• wary4 acepcionesCautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
• was1 acepciónUsed in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
• Was1 acepciónA surname.
• wash40 acepcionesTo clean with water.
• Wash2 acepcionesA bay with multiple estuaries of great ecological importance in eastern England, dividing Lincolnshire from Norfolk.
• washer6 acepcionesSomething that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
• Washer1 acepciónA surname.
• washing8 acepcionesThe action of the verb to wash.
• washington1 acepciónSynonym of agawan base (a team game)
• Washington52 acepcionesA state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Olympia. Largest city: Seattle.
• washroom2 acepcionesA room intended to wash the face and hands.
• wasp5 acepcionesAny of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
• waste29 acepcionesExcess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
• wasted6 acepcionesNot profitably used.
• wasteland4 acepcionesA place with no remaining resources; a desert.
• wasting3 acepcionesCausing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
• watch21 acepcionesA portable or wearable timepiece.
• watched2 acepcionesWearing a watch.
• watches1 acepciónThe species Sarracenia flava (so-called because its leaves look similar to a clock face).
• watching1 acepciónThe act of one who watches.
• watchman1 acepciónA man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; (loosely) any such person of any…
• Watchman1 acepciónA surname.
• water28 acepcionesAn inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found…
• Water4 acepcionesA hamlet in Manaton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7580).
• waterfall11 acepcionesA flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
• Waterfall7 acepcionesA barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
• waterfront2 acepcionesThe land alongside a body of water.
• watering2 acepcionesAn act of watering, that is, pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.
• Waterloo43 acepcionesA village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815.
• watermelon6 acepcionesA plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
• waters1 acepciónAmniotic fluid (see note at water (“amniotic fluid”)).
• Waters3 acepcionesA surname originating as a patronymic.
• Watkins7 acepcionesA surname transferred from the given name.
• Watson18 acepcionesA northern English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
• Watts4 acepcionesA surname transferred from the given name.
• wave23 acepcionesTo move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
• WAVE1 acepciónA members of the WAVES; a member of the US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve).
• waved3 acepcionesHaving a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
• Waves1 acepciónA census-designated place and unincorporated community in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
• waving2 acepcionesThe motion of something that waves.
• wax21 acepcionesBeeswax.
• Wax1 acepciónA surname.
• way22 acepcionesTo do with a place or places. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
• Way5 acepcionesChristianity.
• Wayne7 acepcionesA surname originating as an occupation.
• ways1 acepciónA distance.
• wayward4 acepcionesGiven to a wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.
• we16 acepcionesTwo or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s). Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.)
• weak25 acepcionesLacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
• weaken2 acepcionesTo make weaker or less strong.
• weakened1 acepciónReduced; made less strong.
• weaker1 acepciónSaid of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.
• weakly2 acepcionesFrail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.
• weakness3 acepcionesThe condition of being weak.
• wealth3 acepcionesRiches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
• wealthy4 acepcionesPossessing financial wealth; rich.
• Wealthy1 acepciónA certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota.
• weapon7 acepcionesAn instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
• weaponry1 acepciónWeapons collectively
• wear19 acepcionesTo have on: To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
• Wear1 acepciónA river in the counties of County Durham and Tyne and Wear, north east England. The cities of Durham and Sunderland are situated upon its grand banks.
• wearing7 acepcionesIntended to be worn.
• Wearing1 acepciónA surname.
• weary5 acepcionesHaving the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
• Weary1 acepciónA surname.
• weasel8 acepcionesAny of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light…
• weather15 acepcionesThe short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind,…
• weave9 acepcionesTo form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
• weaver6 acepcionesA person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
• Weaver8 acepcionesA surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
• weaving4 acepcionesThe process of making woven material on a loom.
• Weaving1 acepciónA surname.
• web29 acepcionesThe silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
• Web1 acepciónThe World Wide Web.