7-letter words starting with w
- wetbike — a small watercraft for one person, which skims across water on two skis that act as a hydrofoil
- wethers — Plural form of wether.
- wetland — Often, wetlands. land that has a wet and spongy soil, as a marsh, swamp, or bog.
- wetness — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- wetsuit — A close-fitting garment of neoprene or similar material typically covering most of the body but not designed to exclude water, worn for warmth in water sports or diving.
- wettest — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- wetting — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- wettish — Somewhat wet; damp, moist.
- wetware — (slang) A human brain or mind as a computing element. Coined as a parallel to hardware and software. Common in the cyberspace genre of science fiction.
- wexford — a county in Leinster province, in the SE Republic of Ireland. 908 sq. mi. (2350 sq. km).
- weygand — Maxime [mak-seem] /makˈsim/ (Show IPA), 1867–1965, French general.
- wh-word — an interrogative or relative word that usually, but not always, begins with wh-, as what, why, where, which, who, or how.
- whacked — exhausted; tired out.
- whacker — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- whalers — Plural form of whaler.
- whalery — the whaling industry
- whaling — the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- whammed — Simple past tense and past participle of wham.
- whample — a stroke; blow
- whangam — an imaginary creature
- whanged — Simple past tense and past participle of whang.
- whangee — a bamboo of the genus Phyllostachys, of China.
- whapped — Simple past tense and past participle of whap.
- whapper — something uncommonly large of its kind.
- wharfie — (Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
- wharton — Edith, 1862–1937, U.S. novelist.
- wharves — Spinning. a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley.
- what if — (used interrogatively before nouns): What news? What clothes shall I pack?
- what-ho — an expression used as a greeting or to attract attention
- what-if — hypothetical: a what-if scenario.
- whatcha — Nonstandard contraction of.
- whatevs — Whatevs is a rude way of saying 'whatever', and shows that the speaker does not respect what someone has just said to them.
- whatnot — a stand with shelves for bric-a-brac, books, etc.
- whatsis — a thing or object whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
- whatsit — whatsis.
- wheaten — made of wheat flour or grain.
- wheater — A small passerine bird, Oenanthe oenanthe.
- wheaton — a town in central Maryland.
- wheedle — to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
- wheeled — equipped with or having wheels (often used in combination): a four-wheeled carriage.
- wheeler — Burton Kendall, 1882–1975, U.S. political leader.
- wheelie — a small, usually folding, metal frame with wheels for carrying luggage or small packages.
- wheener — few.
- wheeple — Lb dialect To whistle.
- wheezed — Simple past tense and past participle of wheeze.
- wheezer — One who wheezes.
- wheezes — Plural form of wheeze.
- wheezle — to make a hoarse breathing sound
- whelked — ridged like the shell of a snail: a whelked horn.
- whelmed — to submerge; engulf.