7-letter words starting with w
- willful — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- william — ("the Sailor-King") 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1830–37 (brother of George IV).
- willies — a male given name, form of William.
- willing — disposed or consenting; inclined: willing to go along.
- willkie — Wendell Lewis, 1892–1944, U.S. executive, lawyer, and political leader.
- willows — any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaves and dense catkins bearing small flowers, many species having tough, pliable twigs or branches used for wickerwork, etc. Compare willow family.
- willowy — pliant; lithe.
- wilting — to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower; wither.
- wimbled — Simple past tense and past participle of wimble.
- wimbles — Plural form of wimble.
- wimpier — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- wimping — Present participle of wimp.
- wimpish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- wimpled — a woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns.
- wimples — Plural form of wimple.
- win out — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- win-win — advantageous to both sides, as in a negotiation: a win-win proposal; a win-win situation.
- winched — Simple past tense and past participle of winch.
- wincher — One who winches.
- winches — Plural form of winch.
- wincing — to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
- wind up — the act of winding.
- windage — the influence of the wind in deflecting a missile.
- windaus — Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1876–1959, German chemist: Nobel prize 1928.
- windbag — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- winders — Plural form of winder.
- windgun — an air gun
- windham — a town in NE Connecticut.
- windier — accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
- windies — Plural form of windy.
- windigo — (in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
- windily — accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
- winding — the act of winding.
- windore — a window
- windows — an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
- windowy — resembling a window
- windoze — Microsloth Windows
- windrow — a row or line of hay raked together to dry before being raked into heaps.
- windsor — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- windups — Plural form of windup.
- windway — a passage for air.
- winesap — a red variety of apple that ripens in the autumn.
- winesop — A piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.
- winfred — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “peaceful friend.”.
- winfrey — Oprah [oh-pruh] /ˈoʊ prə/ (Show IPA), born 1954, U.S. television talk-show host and producer and actress.
- wing it — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- wingate — Orde (Charles) (ɔːd). 1903–44, British soldier. During World War II he organized the Chindits in Burma (Myanmar) to disrupt Japanese communications. He died in an air crash
- wingbow — a distinctive band of colour marking the wing of a bird
- wingers — Plural form of winger.
- winging — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.