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Wordlessadjectiveexpressed without speechcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wordsworthianadjectivein the manner of William WordsworthcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wordyadjectiveusing or containing too many wordscandidateMay 18, 2026

Work-Shyadjectivedisinclined to work or exertioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Workableadjectivecapable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they arecandidateMay 18, 2026

Workadayadjectivefound in the ordinary course of eventscandidateMay 18, 2026

Worked UpadjectiveMWE(of persons) excessively affected by emotioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Workingadjectiveserving to permit or facilitate further work or activitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Working-Classadjectiveof those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborerscandidateMay 18, 2026

Workmanlikeadjectiveworthy of a good workmancandidateMay 18, 2026

Worldadjectiveinvolving the entire earthcandidateMay 18, 2026

World-Classadjectiveranking above all otherscandidateMay 18, 2026

World-Shakingadjectivesufficiently significant to affect the whole worldcandidateMay 18, 2026

World-Shatteringadjectivesufficiently significant to affect the whole worldcandidateMay 18, 2026

World-Wearyadjectivetired of the worldcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worldlyadjectivecharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual worldcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worldly-Mindedadjectivemarked by materialismcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worldly-Wiseadjectiveexperienced in and wise to the ways of the worldcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worldwideadjectivespanning or extending throughout the entire worldcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worm-Eatenadjectiveinfested with or damaged (as if eaten) by wormscandidateMay 18, 2026

Worm-Shapedadjectiveresembling a wormcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wormlikeadjectivetotally submissivecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wormyadjectiveinfested with or damaged by wormscandidateMay 18, 2026

Wornadjectiveshowing the wearing effects of overwork or care or sufferingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worn OutadjectiveMWEdrained of energy or effectivenesscandidateMay 18, 2026

Worriedadjectiveafflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or griefcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worrisomeadjectivecausing distress or worry or anxietycandidateMay 18, 2026

Worryingadjectivecausing distress or worry or anxietycandidateMay 18, 2026

Worseadjectivecomparative of 'bad,' inferior to another in quality or condition or desirabilitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Worsenedadjectivechanged for the worse in health or fitnesscandidateMay 18, 2026

Worseningadjectivechanging for the worsecandidateMay 18, 2026

Worshipfuladjectiveshowing great reverence for godcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worshippedadjectiveregarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)candidateMay 18, 2026

Worstadjective(superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or conditioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Worthadjectiveworthy of being treated in a particular waycandidateMay 18, 2026

Worthfuladjectivehaving worth or merit or valuecandidateMay 18, 2026

Worthlessadjectivelacking in usefulness or valuecandidateMay 18, 2026

Worthwhileadjectivesufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interestcandidateMay 18, 2026

Worthyadjectivehaving qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some waycandidateMay 18, 2026

Would-Beadjectiveunfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambitioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Woundadjectiveput in a coilcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wound UpadjectiveMWEbrought to a state of great tensioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Woundedadjectivesuffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battlecandidateMay 18, 2026

Woundingadjectivecausing physical or especially psychological injurycandidateMay 18, 2026

Wovenadjectivemade or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a wholecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wraithlikeadjectivelacking in substancecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrappedadjectivecovered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloakcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrapped UpadjectiveMWEdeeply devoted tocandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrathfuladjectivevehemently incensed and condemnatorycandidateMay 18, 2026

Wreckedadjectivedestroyed in an accidentcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrenchingadjectivecausing great physical or mental sufferingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wretchedadjectiveof very poor quality or conditioncandidateMay 18, 2026

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

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

Wrinkle-Resistantadjectiveof fabric that does not wrinkle easilycandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrinkledadjectiveof linens or clothes, not ironedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrinklelessadjectivenot wrinkled or creasedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrinkleproofadjectiveof fabric that does not wrinkle easilycandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrinklyadjectivemarked by wrinklescandidateMay 18, 2026

Writ LargeadjectiveMWEmade more obvious or prominentcandidateMay 18, 2026

Writhedadjectivetwisted (especially as in pain or struggle)candidateMay 18, 2026

Writhenadjectivetwisted (especially as in pain or struggle)candidateMay 18, 2026

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

Writtenadjectivewritten as for a film or play or broadcastcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrongadjectiveused of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inwardcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrong-Side-Outadjectivewith the inside surface on the outsidecandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrongfuladjectiveunlawfully violating the rights of otherscandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrongheadedadjectiveobstinately perverse in judgment or opinioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrothadjectivevehemently incensed and condemnatorycandidateMay 18, 2026

Wrothfuladjectivevehemently incensed and condemnatorycandidateMay 18, 2026

Wroughtadjectiveshaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)candidateMay 18, 2026

Wryadjectivehumorously sarcastic or mockingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Wysiwygadjectiverelating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screencandidateMay 18, 2026