Name Report For First Name WATT:

WATT

First name WATT's origin is Other. WATT means "hurdle". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with WATT below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of watt.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with WATT and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with WATT - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming WATT

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES WATT AS A WHOLE:

wattekinson wattesone wattikinson wattkins watts wattson wattik

NAMES RHYMING WITH WATT (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (att) - Names That Ends with att:

batt arnatt hiatt hyatt matt payatt platt wiatt wyatt

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (tt) - Names That Ends with tt:

villett dewitt burnett scott prewitt bridgett downett harriett izett abbott amett amott arnott ascott barrett bennett brett eliott elliott emmett emmitt everett garett garnett garrett hamlett haslett helmutt hewitt hewlett hewlitt huritt jarett jarrett jerett jerrett jett kaden-scott kellett lambrett padgett pruitt rhett talbott truett walcott woolcott hewett hackett leverett burkett wolcott witt westcott prescott merritt estcott birkett barnett arnett anett scarlett lynett alcott bartlett shalott burdett corbett

NAMES RHYMING WITH WATT (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (wat) - Names That Begins with wat:

wat watelford watford wathik watkins watson

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (wa) - Names That Begins with wa:

wa'il wacfeld wachiru wachiwi wacian wacleah wacuman wada wadanhyll wade wadi wadley wadsworth waed waefreleah waelfwulf waer waerheall waeringawicum waescburne wafa' wafeeq wafeeqa wafid wafiq wafiqah wafiya wafiyy wafiyyah wagaye wagner wahanassatta wahchinksapa wahchintonka wahed wahibah wahid wahkan wain wainwright wait waite wajeeh wajeeha wajih wajihah wakanda wake wakefield wakeley wakeman waki wakil wakiza wakler walborga walborgd walbridge walbrydge walby walcot walda waldburga waldemar waldemarr walden waldhramm waldhurga waldifrid waldmunt waldo waldon waldr waldrom waldron waleed waleis walford walfr walfred walfrid walid walidah walker wallace wallache waller wallis walliyullah wally walmond walsh walt walten

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH WATT:

First Names which starts with 'w' and ends with 't':

weallcot wemilat west westcot wilbart wilbert wilburt willaperht wilmot wilpert wirt wit wolfcot wright wulfcot wurt wyanet

English Words Rhyming WATT

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES WATT AS A WHOLE:

kilowattnoun (n.) One thousand watts.

twattlenoun (n.) Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.
 verb (v. i.) To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip.
 verb (v. t.) To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet.

twattlernoun (n.) One who twattles; a twaddler.

wattnoun (n.) A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.

wattmeternoun (n.) An instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used in measuring the energy of an electric current.

wattlenoun (n.) A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
 noun (n.) A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
 noun (n.) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.
 noun (n.) Barbel of a fish.
 noun (n.) The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.
 noun (n.) The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna.
 noun (n.) Material consisting of wattled twigs, withes, etc., used for walls, fences, and the like.
 noun (n.) In Australasia, any tree of the genus Acacia; -- so called from the wattles, or hurdles, which the early settlers made of the long, pliable branches or of the split stems of the slender species.
 verb (v. t.) To bind with twigs.
 verb (v. t.) To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.
 verb (v. t.) To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.

wattlingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wattle
 noun (n.) The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed.

wattlebirdnoun (n.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands.
 noun (n.) The Australian brush turkey.

wattledadjective (a.) Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Wattle

watteauadjective (a.) Having the appearance of that which is seen in pictures by Antoine Watteau, a French painter of the eighteenth century; -- said esp. of women's garments; as, a Watteau bodice.

wattlessadjective (a.) Without any power (cf. Watt); -- said of an alternating current or component of current when it differs in phase by ninety degrees from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH WATT (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (att) - English Words That Ends with att:


hallstattadjective (a.) Alt. of Hallstattian

mattnoun (n.) See Matte.

plattnoun (n.) See Lodge, n.

scattnoun (n.) Tribute.

slattnoun (n.) A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry.

turattnoun (n.) The hare kangaroo.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH WATT (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (wat) - Words That Begins with wat:


watchnoun (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
 noun (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
 verb (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
 verb (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
 verb (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
 verb (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
 verb (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
 verb (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
 verb (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
 verb (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
 verb (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
 verb (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
 verb (v. t.) To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
 verb (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

watchingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Watch

watchdognoun (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.

watchernoun (n.) One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.

watchesnoun (n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.

watchetadjective (a.) Pale or light blue.

watchfuladjective (a.) Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.

watchhousenoun (n.) A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
 noun (n.) A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.

watchmakernoun (n.) One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

watchmannoun (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
 noun (n.) Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

watchtowernoun (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

watchwordnoun (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password.
 noun (n.) A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.

waternoun (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
 noun (n.) A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
 noun (n.) Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
 noun (n.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
 noun (n.) The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.
 noun (n.) A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.
 noun (n.) To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
 verb (v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."
 verb (v. t.) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
 verb (v. t.) To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
 verb (v. t.) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.
 verb (v. i.) To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
 verb (v. i.) To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.

wateringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Water
  () a. & n. from Water, v.

wateragenoun (n.) Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water.

waterboardnoun (n.) A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.

waterboknoun (n.) A water buck.

waterernoun (n.) One who, or that which, waters.

waterfallnoun (n.) A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.
 noun (n.) An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.
 noun (n.) A certain kind of neck scarf.

waterfloodnoun (n.) A flood of water; an inundation.

waterfowlnoun (n.) Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.

waterhorsenoun (n.) A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.

waterienoun (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds.

waterinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

waterishadjective (a.) Resembling water; thin; watery.
 adjective (a.) Somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land.

waterishnessnoun (n.) The quality of being waterish.

waterlandernoun (n.) Alt. of Waterlandian

waterlandiannoun (n.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.

waterleafnoun (n.) Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.

waterlessadjective (a.) Destitute of water; dry.

watermannoun (n.) A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
 noun (n.) An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses.
 noun (n.) A water demon.

watermarknoun (n.) A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.
 noun (n.) A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.
 noun (n.) See Water line, 2.

watermelonnoun (n.) The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. of Melon.

water pheasantnoun (n.) The goosander.
 noun (n.) The hooded merganser.
  () The pintail. See Pintail, n., 1.

waterpotnoun (n.) A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.

waterproofnoun (n.) A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.
 noun (n.) Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; esp., an outer garment made of such material.
 adjective (a.) Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
 verb (v. t.) To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc.

waterproofingnoun (n.) The act or process of making waterproof.
 noun (n.) Same as Waterproof, n., 1.

waterscapenoun (n.) A sea view; -- distinguished from landscape.

watershednoun (n.) The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.
 noun (n.) The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.

watershootnoun (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
 noun (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.
 noun (n.) A trough for discharging water.

waterspoutnoun (n.) A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.

watertathnoun (n.) A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.

waterwaynoun (n.) Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed.

waterweednoun (n.) See Anacharis.

waterworknoun (n.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.
 noun (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.

waterwornadjective (a.) Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as, waterworn stones.

waterwortnoun (n.) Any plant of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.

wateryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.
 adjective (a.) Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
 adjective (a.) Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.
 adjective (a.) Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.

watercoursenoun (n.) One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through.

watermanshipnoun (n.) The business or skill of a waterman.
 noun (n.) Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH WATT:

English Words which starts with 'w' and ends with 't':

wadsetnoun (n.) A kind of pledge or mortgage.

waftnoun (n.) A wave or current of wind.
 noun (n.) A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
 noun (n.) An unpleasant flavor.
 noun (n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.
 verb (v. t.) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
 verb (v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.

wagonwrightnoun (n.) One who makes wagons.

waiftnoun (n.) A waif.

wailmentnoun (n.) Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing.

waimentnoun (v. & n.) See Wayment.

wainscotnoun (n.) Oaken timber or boarding.
 noun (n.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.
 noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.
 verb (v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall.

wainwrightnoun (n.) Same as Wagonwright.

waistnoun (n.) That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.
 noun (n.) Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.
 noun (n.) A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.
 noun (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.

waistcoatnoun (n.) A short, sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.
 noun (n.) A garment occasionally worn by women as a part of fashionable costume.

walletnoun (n.) A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
 noun (n.) A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
 noun (n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.

wallwortnoun (n.) The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus).

walnutnoun (n.) The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.

wandermentnoun (n.) The act of wandering, or roaming.

wantrustnoun (n.) Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.

wantwitnoun (n.) One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.

wapacutnoun (n.) The American hawk owl. See under Hawk.

wappetnoun (n.) A small yelping cur.

warimentnoun (n.) Wariness.

warrantnoun (n.) That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority.
 noun (n.) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.
 noun (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice.
 noun (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.
 noun (n.) That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.
 noun (n.) That which attests or proves; a voucher.
 noun (n.) Right; legality; allowance.
 noun (n.) To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.
 noun (n.) To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.
 noun (n.) To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.
 noun (n.) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.
 noun (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.
 noun (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.
 noun (n.) To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by it.

wartnoun (n.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.
 noun (n.) An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants.

wartwortnoun (n.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).

washoutnoun (n.) The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.

washpotnoun (n.) A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.
 noun (n.) A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.

wastebasketnoun (n.) A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.

wastethriftnoun (n.) A spendthrift.

wauchtnoun (n.) Alt. of Waught

waughtnoun (n.) A large draught of any liquid.

waveletnoun (n.) A little wave; a ripple.

waymentnoun (n.) Grief; lamentation; mourning.
 verb (v. i.) To lament; to grieve; to wail.

weathermostadjective (a.) Being farthest to the windward.

webfootnoun (n.) A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane.
 noun (n.) Any web-footed bird.

weetnoun (a. & n.) Wet.
 verb (v. i.) To know; to wit.

weftnoun (n.) A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.
 noun (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
 noun (n.) A web; a thing woven.
  () imp. & p. p. of Wave.

wehrgeltnoun (n.) See Weregild.

wellatnoun (n.) The king parrakeet See under King.

weltnoun (n.) That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
 noun (n.) A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down.
 noun (n.) A hem, border, or fringe.
 noun (n.) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
 noun (n.) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
 noun (n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
 noun (n.) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
 noun (n.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
 verb (v. t.) To wilt.

wentnoun (n.) Course; way; path; journey; direction.
  (imp.) of Go
  () of Wend
  () imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go.

werstnoun (n.) See Verst.

wertnoun (n.) A wart.
  () The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods, imperfect tense, of the verb be. It is formed from were, with the ending -t, after the analogy of wast. Now used only in solemn or poetic style.

westnoun (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east.
 noun (n.) A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.
 noun (n.) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.
 noun (n.) Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.
 adjective (a.) Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west.
 adjective (a.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir.
 adverb (adv.) Westward.
 verb (v. i.) To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.
 verb (v. i.) To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.

westernmostadjective (a.) Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.

westmostadjective (a.) Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.

wetadjective (a.) Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
 adjective (a.) Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
 adjective (a.) A dram; a drink.
 superlative (superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
 superlative (superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
 superlative (superl.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.
 superlative (superl.) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
 verb (v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Wet

whaleboatnoun (n.) A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.

whatnoun (n.) Something; thing; stuff.
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a question following.
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) As a relative pronoun
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative.
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely.
 adverb (pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.
 adverb (interrog. adv.) Why? For what purpose? On what account?

whatnotnoun (n.) A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere.

wheatnoun (n.) A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.

wheelwrightnoun (n.) A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.

wheftnoun (n.) See Waft, n., 4.
 noun (n.) A kind of streamer or flag used either as a signal, or at the masthead for ornament or to indicate the direction of the wind to aid in steering.

whereaboutnoun (n.) Alt. of Whereabouts
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Whereabouts

wherretnoun (n.) A box on the ear.

whetnoun (n.) The act of whetting.
 noun (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
 verb (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.
 verb (v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage.

whiffetnoun (n.) A little whiff or puff.

whinchatnoun (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.

whirlaboutnoun (n.) Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.

whirlbatnoun (n.) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers.

whirlpitnoun (n.) A whirlpool.

whisketnoun (n.) A basket; esp., a straw provender basket.
 noun (n.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.

whistnoun (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.
 adjective (a.) Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.
 verb (v. t.) To hush or silence.
 verb (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
  (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

whitnoun (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.

whitebaitnoun (n.) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.
 noun (n.) A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.

whitecoatnoun (n.) The skin of a newborn seal; also, the seal itself.

whitethroatnoun (n.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca).

whitewortnoun (n.) Wild camomile.
 noun (n.) A kind of Solomon's seal (Polygonum officinale).

whittretnoun (n.) A weasel.

whortnoun (n.) The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).

whotadjective (a.) Hot.

whurtnoun (n.) See Whort.

wicketnoun (n.) A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman.
 noun (n.) A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.
 noun (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top.
 noun (n.) The ground on which the wickets are set.
 noun (n.) A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc.
 noun (n.) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working.

wightnoun (n.) Weight.
 noun (n.) A whit; a bit; a jot.
 noun (n.) A supernatural being.
 noun (n.) A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.
 adjective (a.) Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.

wildebeestnoun (n.) The gnu.

wildermentnoun (n.) The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.

willetnoun (n.) A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.

windtightadjective (a.) So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind.

wingletnoun (n.) A little wing; a very small wing.
 noun (n.) A bastard wing, or alula.

wisketnoun (n.) A whisket, or basket.

wistitnoun (n.) A small South American monkey; a marmoset.

witnoun (n.) To know; to learn.
 verb (v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
 verb (v.) A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.
 verb (v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.
 verb (v.) A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.
  (inf.) of Wit

witchcraftnoun (n.) The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits.
 noun (n.) Power more than natural; irresistible influence.

witcraftnoun (n.) Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit.
 noun (n.) The art of reasoning; logic.

withdrawmentnoun (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawal.

withholdmentnoun (n.) The act of withholding.

wombatnoun (n.) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.

wondermentnoun (n.) Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder.

wontnoun (n.) Custom; habit; use; usage.
 adjective (a.) Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
 verb (v. i.) To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
 verb (v. t.) To accustom; -- used reflexively.
  (imp.) of Wont
  (p. p.) of Wont

woodchatnoun (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath.
 noun (n.) A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white.

woodcraftnoun (n.) Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods.

woodcutnoun (n.) An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.

woolenetnoun (n.) A thin, light fabric of wool.

woolertnoun (n.) The barn owl.

workbasketnoun (n.) A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like.

worrimentnoun (n.) Trouble; anxiety; worry.

worritnoun (n.) Worry; anxiety.
 verb (v. t.) To worry; to annoy.

worstnoun (n.) That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree.
 adjective (a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.
 adjective (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
 verb (v. i.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

wortnoun (n.) A plant of any kind.
 noun (n.) Cabbages.
 noun (n.) An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.

woundwortnoun (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys.

wrestnoun (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
 noun (n.) Active or moving power.
 noun (n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
 noun (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
 verb (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
 verb (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
 verb (v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key.

wrightnoun (n.) One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc.

wringboltnoun (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt.