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- welter
- turmoil; a bewildering jumble
- wend
- to go, proceed
- wheedle
- deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery; cajole; coax;
- whelp
- young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family); young wolf, dog, tiger, etc
- whet
- sharpen; stimulate
- whiff
- puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.); short-lasting smell; hint
- whim
- sudden capricious idea; fancy
- whimsical
- full of odd and fanciful ideas
- whimsy
- whim; tendency to behave amusingly strangely
- whine
- complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication)
- whinny
- neigh like a horse;
- whit
- small amount; smallest speck
- whittle
- pare; cut away thin bits (from wood); fashion in this way; reduce gradually; trim
- wholesome
- conducive to mental or physical health; healthful
- whorl
- ring of leaves around stem; ring; circular arrangement
- wiggle
- wriggle; move from side to side with irregular twisting motions
- willful
- intentional; headstrong
- willowy
- flexible; pliant; slender
- wilt
- loose freshness; droop
- wily
- crafty; cunning; artful
- wince
- show bodily or mental pain
- windfall
- fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event
- winnow
- sift; separate the chaff from grain by blowing; separate good parts from bad
- winsome
- charming (in a childlike way); agreeable; gracious; engaging
- wisp
- small bunch (of hair); faint streak (of smoke)
- wispy
- thin; slight; barely discernible
- wistful
- sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories); sadly pensive; vaguely longing
- withdrawn
- introverted; retiring; remote
- wither
- (of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture; lose freshness; shrivel; decay
- withhold
- refuse to give; hold back
- withstand
- stand up against; resist successfully
- witless
- lacking intelligence or wit; foolish; idiotic
- witticism
- witty saying; wisecrack (clever joking remark)
- wizardry
- sorcery; magic
- wizened
- shriveled; withered
- woe
- great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering
- woeful
- sad; (of something bad) deplorable; deplorably bad
- wont
- (the stated person's) habit or custom; habitual procedure
- woo
- try to win
- worldly
- engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual; of the material world
- wrangle
- quarrel noisily; obtain through arguing; herd cattle
- wrath
- anger; fury
- wreak
- inflict
- wrench
- twist; pull; strain
- wrest
- obtain by pulling violently; pull away; take by violence
- wretch
- miserable person; bad or despicable person
- wring
- twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands)
- wrinkle
- small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth)
- writ
- written order
- writhe
- twist in coils; contort in pain