Name Report For First Name WAT:

WAT

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

Rhymes with WAT - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming WAT

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES WAT AS A WHOLE:

effiwat talawat wathik usk-water attewater fitzwater kwatoko nawat sewati watelford wattekinson wattesone wattikinson wattkins watts wattson watt watson wattik watkins watford atwater

NAMES RHYMING WITH WAT (According to last letters):

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

hayat najat ni'mat sirvat anat maat tamirat sadaqat ameretat beat dat nhat astolat cat desirat enat feenat gilat gobnat gubnat kat keenat kinnat omat rinat akshat ayawamat benat etlelooaat gilmat lamorat nat pat payat plat skeat wemilat xabat siolat carlat donat ailat angharat khayyat rahimat ronat efrat

NAMES RHYMING WITH WAT (According to first letters):

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 walcott 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 walter walthari walton waluyo walworth

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH WAT:

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

weallcot west westcot westcott wiatt wilbart wilbert wilburt willaperht wilmot wilpert wirt wit witt wolcott wolfcot woolcott wright wulfcot wurt wyanet wyatt

English Words Rhyming WAT

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES WAT AS A WHOLE:

backwaternoun (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.
 noun (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
 noun (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

blendwaternoun (n.) A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected.

breakwaternoun (n.) Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

catchwaternoun (n.) A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.

cutwaternoun (n.) The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
 noun (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.
 noun (n.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.

deathwatchnoun (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.
 noun (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.
 noun (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

dishwaternoun (n.) Water in which dishes have been washed.

dogwatchnoun (n.) A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m.

enswathementnoun (n.) The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.

eyewaternoun (n.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

forswatadjective (a.) Spent with heat; covered with sweat.

headwaternoun (n.) The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in the plural; as, the headwaters of the Missouri.

inswatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inswathe

kilowattnoun (n.) One thousand watts.

limewaternoun (n.) Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.

pomewaternoun (n.) A kind of sweet, juicy apple.

pomwaternoun (n.) Same as Pomewater.

saraswatinoun (n.) The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.

shearwaternoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.

sheerwaternoun (n.) The shearwater.

swatchnoun (n.) A swath.
 noun (n.) A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth.

swathingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swathe

swathenoun (n.) To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
 noun (n.) A bandage; a band; a swath.

swathernoun (n.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.

sweetwaternoun (n.) A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; -- also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.

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.

teeswaternoun (n.) A breed of cattle formerly bred in England, but supposed to have originated in Holland and to have been the principal stock from which the shorthorns were derived.
 noun (n.) An old English breed of sheep allied to the Leicester.

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.

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (at) - English Words That Ends with at:


acrobatnoun (n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

aegrotatnoun (n.) A medical certificate that a student is ill.

aerostatnoun (n.) A balloon.
 noun (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut.
 noun (n.) A passive balloon; a balloon without motive power.

amadavatnoun (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill.

annatnoun (n.) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.

aristocratnoun (n.) One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.
 noun (n.) One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.
 noun (n.) One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.

assignatnoun (n.) One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.

attentatnoun (n.) An attempt; an assault.
 noun (n.) A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.
 noun (n.) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.

autocratadjective (a.) An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).
 adjective (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

avadavatnoun (n.) Same as Amadavat.

avocatnoun (n.) An advocate.

aeroboatnoun (n.) A form of hydro-aeroplane; a flying boat.

aeronatnoun (n.) A dirigible balloon.

aleuronatnoun (n.) Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.

alternatnoun (n.) A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

baccaratnoun (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

bakemeatnoun (n.) Alt. of Baked-meat

banatnoun (n.) The territory governed by a ban.

batnoun (n.) A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
 noun (n.) Shale or bituminous shale.
 noun (n.) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
 noun (n.) A part of a brick with one whole end.
 noun (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.
 noun (n.) Same as Tical, n., 1.
 noun (n.) In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
 noun (n.) A stroke; a sharp blow.
 noun (n.) A stroke of work.
 noun (n.) Rate of motion; speed.
 noun (n.) A spree; a jollification.
 noun (n.) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
 verb (v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
 verb (v. i.) To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To wink.

beatnoun (n.) A stroke; a blow.
 noun (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
 noun (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
 noun (n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
 noun (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
 noun (n.) One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.
 noun (n.) The act of one that beats a person or thing
 noun (n.) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop.
 noun (n.) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
 noun (n.) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
 adjective (a.) Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
 verb (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.
 verb (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.
 verb (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
 verb (v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
 verb (v. t.) To tread, as a path.
 verb (v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
 verb (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
 verb (v. t.) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
 verb (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
 verb (v. i.) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
 verb (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
 verb (v. i.) To be in agitation or doubt.
 verb (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
 verb (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
 verb (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
 verb (v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
 verb (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
 verb (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
 verb (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.
  (imp.) of Beat
  (p. p.) of Beat

bedagatnoun (n.) The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah.

bellycheatnoun (n.) An apron or covering for the front of the person.

blackcoatnoun (n.) A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.

bleatnoun (n.) A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.
 verb (v. i.) To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.

bloatnoun (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
 adjective (a.) Bloated.
 verb (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.
 verb (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
 verb (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
 verb (v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

bluecoatnoun (n.) One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc.

bluethroatnoun (n.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.

boatnoun (n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
 noun (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
 noun (n.) A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
 verb (v. t.) To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
 verb (v. t.) To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
 verb (v. i.) To go or row in a boat.

bratnoun (n.) A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.
 noun (n.) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
 noun (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.
 noun (n.) The young of an animal.
 noun (n.) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

brickbatnoun (n.) A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4.

buatnoun (n.) A lantern; also, the moon.

buckwheatnoun (n.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.
 noun (n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.

bumboatnoun (n.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

bureaucratnoun (n.) An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.

bodhisatnoun (n.) Alt. of Bodhisattwa

callatnoun (n.) Same as Callet.

caratnoun (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
 noun (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

catnoun (n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
 noun (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
 noun (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
 noun (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
 noun (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
 noun (n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.
 verb (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.

catboatnoun (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix.

caveatnoun (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.
 noun (n.) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
 noun (n.) Intimation of caution; warning; protest.

cedratnoun (n.) Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.

cervelatnoun (n.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.

chatnoun (n.) Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
 noun (n.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.
 noun (n.) A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
 noun (n.) Small stones with ore.
 verb (v. i.) To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
 verb (v. t.) To talk of.

cheatnoun (n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
 noun (n.) One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
 noun (n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
 noun (n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
 noun (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
 noun (n.) To beguile.
 noun (n.) Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
 verb (v. i.) To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.

chitchatnoun (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

chopboatnoun (n.) A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.

cleatnoun (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
 noun (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.
 verb (v. t.) To strengthen with a cleat.

coatnoun (n.) An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.
 noun (n.) A petticoat.
 noun (n.) The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
 noun (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
 noun (n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
 noun (n.) Same as Coat of arms. See below.
 noun (n.) A coat card. See below.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

cockboatnoun (n.) A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.

combatnoun (n.) A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.
 noun (n.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.
 verb (v. i.) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
 verb (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.

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


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


waagnoun (n.) The grivet.

waahoonoun (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.

wabblenoun (n.) A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
 verb (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.

wabblyadjective (a.) Inclined to wabble; wabbling.

wackenoun (n.) Alt. of Wacky

wackynoun (n.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.

wadnoun (n.) Woad.
 noun (n.) A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
 noun (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
 noun (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Wadd
 verb (v. t.) To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
 verb (v. t.) To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.

waddingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wad
 noun (n.) A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
 noun (n.) Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.

waddnoun (n.) An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.
 noun (n.) Plumbago, or black lead.

waddlingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waddle

waddlernoun (n.) One who, or that which, waddles.

wadenoun (n.) Woad.
 noun (n.) The act of wading.
 verb (v. i.) To go; to move forward.
 verb (v. i.) To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
 verb (v. i.) Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
 verb (v. t.) To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.

wadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wade
  () a. & n. from Wade, v.

wadernoun (n.) One who, or that which, wades.
 noun (n.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves.

wadmolnoun (n.) A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes.

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

wadsetternoun (n.) One who holds by a wadset.

wadynoun (n.) A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season.

waenoun (n.) A wave.

waegnoun (n.) The kittiwake.

wafernoun (n.) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
 noun (n.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.
 noun (n.) An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.
 verb (v. t.) To seal or close with a wafer.

waferingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wafer

waferernoun (n.) A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner.

wafflenoun (n.) A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.
 noun (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.

waftingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waft

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.

waftagenoun (n.) Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water.

wafternoun (n.) One who, or that which, wafts.
 noun (n.) A boat for passage.

wafturenoun (n.) The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft.

waggingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wag

wagatinoun (n.) A small East Indian wild cat (Felis wagati), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat.

wagingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage

wagelnoun (n.) See Waggel.

wagenboomnoun (n.) A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.

wageringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wager
 adjective (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.

wagerernoun (n.) One who wagers, or lays a bet.

wagesnoun (n.) A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
 noun (n. pl.) The share of the annual product or national dividend which goes as a reward to labor, as distinct from the remuneration received by capital in its various forms. This economic or technical sense of the word wages is broader than the current sense, and includes not only amounts actually paid to laborers, but the remuneration obtained by those who sell the products of their own work, and the wages of superintendence or management, which are earned by skill in directing the work of others.

waggelnoun (n.) The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species.

waggerynoun (n.) The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy.

waggienoun (n.) The pied wagtail.

waggishadjective (a.) Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome.
 adjective (a.) Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick.

wagglingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waggle

wagneritenoun (n.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms.

wagonnoun (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.
 noun (n.) A freight car on a railway.
 noun (n.) A chariot
 noun (n.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.
 verb (v. t.) To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.
 verb (v. i.) To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.

wagoningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wagon

wagonagenoun (n.) Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.
 noun (n.) A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.

wagonernoun (n.) One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon.
 noun (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa.

wagonettenoun (n.) A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver.

wagonfulnoun (n.) As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload.

wagonloadnoun (n.) Same as Wagonful.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH WAT:

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.