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Words beginning with W

The letter W

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W.E.B. DuBois

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wabash

/ˈwɔbæʃ/

An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.

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WACC

/wæk/Accent not specified by source

Acronym of weighted-average cost of capital.

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waco

/ˈweɪkoʊ/

A Southern Plains Native American Wichita tribe that formerly inhabited northeastern Texas.

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waddell

/wɑˈdɛl/

A surname from Old English.

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wadi

/ˈwɑˌdi/

A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

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Wadi Cherith

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Wael

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Waelder

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wafer

/ˈweɪ̯fɚ/

A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.

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Wagga Wagga

/ˌwɒɡə ˈwɒɡə/Accent not specified by source

A city in southern New South Wales, Australia.

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wagyu

/ˈwæɡ.juː/Accent not specified by source

Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginou…

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Wagyu Beef

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wahl

/wɑl/

A surname

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wahunsonacock

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Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)

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wainscoting

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Alternative spelling of wainscotting.

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wakayama

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A prefecture of Japan.

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wale

/weɪl/

A ridge or low barrier.

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walid

/wɑˈlid/

A male given name from Arabic.

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walk

/wɔk/

To 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) forwa…

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walker

/ˈwɔkɚ/

The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

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wallachia

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A historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania.

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wallet

/ˈwɑl.ət/

A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

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wallis

/ˈwɔlɪs/

An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Welsh ancestry.

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Wallowa Mountains

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walls

/wɔlz/

plural of wall

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walpurgisnacht

/vɑːlˈpɜːɡɪsnɑːxt/Accent not specified by source

Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.

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walrus

/ˈwɑl.ɹəs/

A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

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walter

/ˈwɔltɚ/

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

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Walter Iooss

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