Parole che iniziano con W — 625 voci

Le 625 parole del dizionario che iniziano con la lettera W, in ordine alfabetico, ciascuna con la sua prima definizione. Gli accenti non alterano l'ordinamento: un'iniziale accentata sta sotto la sua lettera di base.

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