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Words beginning with W

The letter W

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workforce

/ˈwɝk.foɹs/

All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.

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workman

/ˈwɝkmən/

A man who labours for wages.

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Workman Publishing

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workplace

/ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/

The place where someone works.

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worksheet

/ˈwɝkˌʃit/

A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded.

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world

/wɝld/

The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.

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World American

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World Finance

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World's Best

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worldwide

/ˈwɝldˌwaɪd/

Spanning the world; global.

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worm

/wɝm/

A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.

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worn

/woɹn/

Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.

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worsen

/ˈwɝsn̩/

To make worse; to impair.

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worth

/wɝθ/

Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

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worthington

/ˈwɝðɪŋtən/

A civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD579102).

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worthwhile

/ˈwɝθˈwaɪl/

Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

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worthy

/ˈwɝði/

Having worth, merit, or value.

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would

/wʊd/

Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.

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wound

/ˈwund/

An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

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Wow Kids

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wrangler

/ˈɹæŋɡəlɚ/

Someone who wrangles or corrals.

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wrapper

/ˈɹæpɚ/

Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.

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wrath

/ɹæθ/

Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.

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Wrath of Man

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wray

/ɹeɪ/

A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067).

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Wreak Havoc

/ɹiːk ˈhæv.ək/

To cause damage, disruption, or destruction.

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wreath

/ɹiθ/

Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

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wriothesley

/ˈraɪəθsli/Accent not specified by source

A surname.

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Writ of Certiorari

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a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case

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writhed

/ɹɪθd/

simple past and past participle of writhe

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