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Well-Triedadjectivetested and proved useful or correctcandidateMay 18, 2026

Well-Turnedadjective(of language) aptly and pleasingly expressedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Well-Wishingadjectiveextending good wishes for successcandidateMay 18, 2026

Well-Wornadjectiveshowing signs of much wear or usecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wellbornadjectiveof good or upper-class lineagecandidateMay 18, 2026

Welshadjectiveof or relating to a characteristic of Wales, its people, or their languagecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wesleyanadjectiveof or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of WesleycandidateMay 18, 2026

Westadjectivesituated in or facing or moving toward the westcandidateMay 18, 2026

West AfricanadjectiveMWEof or relating to the countries or cultures or people of West AfricacandidateMay 18, 2026

West-Centraladjectiveof a region of the United States usually including ColoradocandidateMay 18, 2026

Westboundadjectivemoving toward the westcandidateMay 18, 2026

Westerlyadjectivemoving toward the westcandidateMay 18, 2026

Westernadjectiverelating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental partscandidateMay 18, 2026

Westernmostadjectivefarthest to the westcandidateMay 18, 2026

Westmostadjectivefarthest to the westcandidateMay 18, 2026

Westsideadjectiveof the western part of a citycandidateMay 18, 2026

Westwardadjectivemoving toward the westcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wetadjectivesupporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beveragescandidateMay 18, 2026

Whackedadjective(British informal) exhausted or worn outcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whackingadjective(British informal) enormouscandidateMay 18, 2026

Whackyadjectiveinformal or slang terms for mentally irregularcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whateveradjectiveone or some or every or all without specificationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whatsoeveradjectiveone or some or every or all without specificationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wheatenadjectiveof or relating to or derived from wheatcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wheel-Likeadjectiveround like a wheelcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wheeledadjectivehaving wheelscandidateMay 18, 2026

Wheellessadjectivehaving no wheels or having no wheeled vehiclescandidateMay 18, 2026

Wheezingadjectiverelating to breathing with a whistling soundcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wheezyadjectiverelating to breathing with a whistling soundcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whimsicaladjectivedetermined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reasoncandidateMay 18, 2026

Whineyadjectivehabitually complainingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whinyadjectivehabitually complainingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whiplikeadjectivehaving or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)candidateMay 18, 2026

Whippingadjectivesmart and fashionablecandidateMay 18, 2026

Whippyadjectivebending and snapping back readily without breakingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whirringadjectivelike the sound of rapidly vibrating wingscandidateMay 18, 2026

Whiskeredadjectivehaving hair on the cheeks and chincandidateMay 18, 2026

Whiskerlessadjectivehaving no beardcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whiskeryadjectivehaving hair on the cheeks and chincandidateMay 18, 2026

Whisperedadjectivespoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cordscandidateMay 18, 2026

Whisperingadjectivemaking a low continuous indistinct soundcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whiteadjectiveof summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely setscandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Blotchedadjectivehaving blotches of whitecandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Breadadjectiveof or belonging to or representative of the white middle classcandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Collaradjectiveof or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workerscandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Edgedadjectivehaving a white bordercandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Floweredadjective(of plants) having white flowerscandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Hairedadjectiveshowing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white haircandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Hotadjectiveintensely zealous or fervidcandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Lippedadjectivehaving white lips from fear or terrorcandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Liveredadjectiveeasily frightenedcandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Pinkadjectiveof pink tinged with whitecandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Ribbedadjectivehaving white ribscandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Seededadjectivehaving white seedscandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Shoeadjectivedenoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservativecandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Streakedadjectivehaving white streakscandidateMay 18, 2026

White-Tieadjectiverequiring white ties and tailcoats for mencandidateMay 18, 2026

Whitenedadjective(of hair) having lost its colorcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whitewashedadjectivecoated with whitewashcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whitishadjectiveof something having a color tending toward whitecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wholeadjectiveacting together as a single undiversified wholecandidateMay 18, 2026

Whole-Souledadjectivewith unconditional and enthusiastic devotioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Whole-Wheatadjectiveof or relating to or derived from wheatcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wholeheartedadjectivewith unconditional and enthusiastic devotioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Wholemealadjectiveof or relating to or derived from wheatcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wholesaleadjectiveignoring distinctionscandidateMay 18, 2026

Wholesomeadjectiveconducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-beingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Whoppingadjective(used informally) very largecandidateMay 18, 2026

Whorledadjectiveforming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)candidateMay 18, 2026

Wiccanadjectiveof or relating to WiccacandidateMay 18, 2026

Wickedadjectiveintensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or qualitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Wideadjectivehaving great (or a certain) extent from one side to the othercandidateMay 18, 2026

Wide of the MarkadjectiveMWEnot on targetcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wide-Angleadjectiveof or relating to a fisheye lenscandidateMay 18, 2026

Wide-Awakeadjectivefully alert and watchfulcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wide-Cutadjectivehaving ample fabriccandidateMay 18, 2026

Wide-Eyedadjectiveexhibiting childlike simplicity and credulitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Wide-Openadjectivelax in enforcing lawscandidateMay 18, 2026

Wide-Rangingadjectivewidely differentcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wide-Screenadjectiveprojected on a screen with much greater width than heightcandidateMay 18, 2026

Widebandadjectiveresponding to or operating at a wide band of frequenciescandidateMay 18, 2026

Widely DistributedadjectiveMWEgrowing or occurring in many parts of the worldcandidateMay 18, 2026

Widespreadadjectivedistributed over a considerable extentcandidateMay 18, 2026

Widowedadjectivesingle because of death of the spousecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wieldyadjectiveeasy to handle or use or managecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wifelikeadjectivebefitting or characteristic of a wifecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wifelyadjectivebefitting or characteristic of a wifecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wiggedadjectivewearing a wigcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wigglyadjectivemoving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Wiglessadjectivenot wearing a wigcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wildadjectiveintensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied withcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wild-Eyedadjectivenot sensible about practical matterscandidateMay 18, 2026

Wildcatadjective(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productivecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wilfuladjectivehabitually disposed to disobedience and oppositioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Willfuladjectivehabitually disposed to disobedience and oppositioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Willingadjectivenot brought about by coercion or forcecandidateMay 18, 2026

Willing and AbleadjectiveMWEnot reluctantcandidateMay 18, 2026

Willowyadjectiveslender and gracefulcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wilsonianadjectiveof or relating to or suggestive of Woodrow WilsoncandidateMay 18, 2026

Wiltedadjectivenot firmcandidateMay 18, 2026