7-letter words starting with w
- winglet — a little wing.
- wingman — Air Force. a pilot in a plane that flies just outside and behind the right wing of the leading aircraft in a flight formation, in order to provide protective support.
- wingmen — Plural form of wingman.
- wingnut — a nut having two flat, widely projecting pieces such that it can be readily tightened with the thumb and forefinger.
- wingtip — The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft or bird.
- wink at — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- winkers — Blocked leather eye shields attached to a (usually) harness bridle for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards, and partially sideways; blinders in (USA).
- winking — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- winkled — Simple past tense and past participle of winkle.
- winkler — a person who gathers periwinkles
- winkles — Plural form of winkle.
- winless — Having never won.
- winnard — a heron
- winners — Plural form of winner.
- winneth — Archaic third-person singular form of win.
- winning — a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- winnock — window.
- winnows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of winnow.
- winslet — Kate. born 1975, English film actress; her films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Titanic (1997), Iris (2001), Little Children (2006), and Revolutionary Road (2008)
- winslow — Edward, 1595–1655, English colonist and author in America: governor of the Plymouth colony 1633, 1639, 1644.
- winsock — Windows sockets
- winsome — sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging: a winsome smile.
- winston — a male given name.
- winters — the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
- wintery — wintry.
- wipe up — clean up by wiping
- wipeout — Informal. destruction, annihilation, or murder.
- wirable — able to be wired
- wire in — to set about (something, esp food) with enthusiasm
- wire up — connect to cables
- wireman — a person who installs and maintains electric wiring.
- wiremen — Plural form of wireman.
- wiretap — an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- wireway — a prefabricated, enclosed passage for electrical wiring, as in a building.
- wirilda — an acacia tree, Acacia retinoides, of SE Australia with edible seeds
- wirings — an act of a person who wires.
- wisbech — a town in E England, in N Cambridgeshire: market-gardening. Pop: 26 536 (2001)
- wisdome — Archaic spelling of wisdom.
- wisdoms — Plural form of wisdom.
- wise up — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- wiseass — Also, wise-assed. insolent; impertinent; smart-ass.
- wiseguy — Alternative spelling of wise guy.
- wiseman — Nicholas Patrick Stephen, 1802–65, Irish cardinal and author, born in Spain.
- wisened — Simple past tense and past participle of wisen.
- wisents — Plural form of wisent.
- wish on — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- wishers — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- wishest — Archaic second-person singular form of wish.
- wisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of wish.
- wishful — having or showing a wish; desirous; longing.