Name Report For First Name WEST:

WEST

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

First Names Rhyming WEST

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES WEST AS A WHOLE:

weston westbroc westcot westen westin westleah westley westun westcott westbrook westby

NAMES RHYMING WITH WEST (According to last letters):

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

ernest tempest emest forest forrest kohkahycumest earnest priest

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

cyst bast amethyst drust clust gilchrist biast emst gikhrist ocumwhowurst ocunnowhurst rust vokivocummast jurgist anst ernst preost hurst gust hengist list

NAMES RHYMING WITH WEST (According to first letters):

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

wes weslee wesley weslia wessley

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

wealawo wealaworth weallcot weallere weard weardhyll weardleah weatherby weatherly weayaya web webb webbe webbeleah webber webbestre weber webley webster weddell weeko wegland weifield weiford weirley wekesa welbo welborn welborne welburn welby welch welcome welda weldon welford wellburn welles wellington wells welsa welsh welsie welss welton wematin wemilat wenda wendale wendall wendel wendell wendi wendleso wendlesora wendy wenhaver wenona wenonah wentworth weolingtun weorth werian werner weth wetherby wetherly wethrby wethrleah wevers weyland weylin weylyn

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH WEST:

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

wainwright wait walcot walcott waldmunt walt wat watt wiatt wilbart wilbert wilburt willaperht wilmot wilpert wirt wit witt wolcott wolfcot woolcott wright wulfcot wurt wyanet wyatt

English Words Rhyming WEST

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES WEST AS A WHOLE:

northwestnoun (n.) The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
 adjective (a.) Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
 adverb (adv.) Toward the northwest.
northwesternoun (n.) A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.
northwesterlyadjective (a.) Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.
northwesternadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.
southwestnoun (n.) The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
southwesternoun (n.) A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.
 noun (n.) A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.
southwesterlyadjective (a.) To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
southwesternadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.
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.
westeringadjective (a.) Passing to the west.
westerlyadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.
 adverb (adv.) Toward the west; westward.
westernadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean.
 adjective (a.) Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.
westernernoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of the west.
westernmostadjective (a.) Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.
westingnoun (n.) The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.
westlingnoun (n.) A westerner.
westmostadjective (a.) Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.
westwardnoun (n.) The western region or countries; the west.
 adjective (a.) Lying toward the west.
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Westwards
westyadjective (a.) Dizzy; giddy.
westnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.
 noun (n.) A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season.

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


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


abdestnoun (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
acquestnoun (n.) Acquisition; the thing gained.
 noun (n.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
alcahestnoun (n.) Same as Alkahest.
alkahestnoun (n.) The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
almagestnoun (n.) The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.
anapestnoun (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests.
 noun (n.) A verse composed of such feet.
apprestadjective (a.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,
arbalestnoun (n.) Alt. of Arbalist
archpriestnoun (n.) A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
arestnoun (n.) A support for the spear when couched for the attack.
attestnoun (n.) Witness; testimony; attestation.
 verb (v. t.) To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.
 verb (v. t.) To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.
 verb (v. t.) To call to witness; to invoke.
barghestnoun (n.) A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune.
behestnoun (n.) That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
 noun (n.) A vow; a promise.
 verb (v. t.) To vow.
bequestnoun (n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.
 noun (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.
 verb (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.
bestnoun (n.) Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
 adjective (a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
 adjective (a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
 adjective (a.) Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
 superlative (superl.) In the highest degree; beyond all others.
 superlative (superl.) To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.
 superlative (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
 verb (v. t.) To get the better of.
bird's nestnoun (n.) Alt. of Bird's-nest
blestadjective (a.) Blessed.
  () of Bless
brestnoun (n.) Alt. of Breast
  (3d sing.pr.) for Bursteth.
cestnoun (n.) A woman's girdle; a cestus.
chestnoun (n.) A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
 noun (n.) A coffin.
 noun (n.) The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
 noun (n.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
 noun (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
 noun (n.) Strife; contention; controversy.
 verb (v. i.) To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
 verb (v. i.) To place in a coffin.
chiefestadjective (a.) First or foremost; chief; principal.
conquestnoun (n.) The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
 noun (n.) That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
 noun (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
 noun (n.) The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
contestnoun (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
 noun (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
 verb (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
 verb (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
 verb (v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
 verb (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
crestnoun (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
 noun (n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.
 noun (n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.
 noun (n.) The upper curve of a horse's neck.
 noun (n.) The ridge or top of a wave.
 noun (n.) The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
 noun (n.) The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
 noun (n.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
 noun (n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
 verb (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
 verb (v. i.) To form a crest.
dishonestadjective (a.) Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
 adjective (a.) Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.
 adjective (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.
 adjective (a.) Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
 verb (v. t.) To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.
disinterestnoun (n.) What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.
 noun (n.) Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness.
 adjective (p. a.) Disinterested.
 verb (v. t.) To divest of interest or interested motives.
earnestnoun (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
 noun (n.) Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.
 noun (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.
 adjective (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.
 adjective (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
 adjective (a.) Serious; important.
 verb (v. t.) To use in earnest.
eldestadjective (a.) Oldest; longest in duration.
 adjective (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.
ernestnoun (n.) See Earnest.
estnoun (n. & adv.) East.
festnoun (n.) The fist.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Feste
firecrestnoun (n.) A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.
forestnoun (n.) An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
 noun (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with trees or wood.
funestadjective (a.) Lamentable; doleful.
geestnoun (n.) Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.
gestnoun (n.) A guest.
 noun (n.) Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.
 noun (n.) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
 noun (n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.
 noun (n.) Gesture; bearing; deportment.
 noun (n.) A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.
 noun (n.) A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.
goldcrestnoun (n.) The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.
guestnoun (n.) A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.
 noun (n.) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
 noun (n.) An inquiline.
 verb (v. t.) To receive or entertain hospitably.
 verb (v. i.) To be, or act the part of, a guest.
hangnestnoun (n.) A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
 noun (n.) A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
hartbeestnoun (n.) A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white.
harvestnoun (n.) The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.
 noun (n.) That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.
 noun (n.) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
 verb (v. t.) To reap or gather, as any crop.
hestnoun (n.) Command; precept; injunction.
honestadjective (a.) Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
 adjective (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
 adjective (a.) Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
 adjective (a.) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
 adjective (a.) To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
immanifestadjective (a.) Not manifest.
immodestadjective (a.) Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
 adjective (a.) Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.
imprestnoun (n.) To advance on loan.
 verb (v. t.) A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment.
incestnoun (n.) The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
indigestnoun (n.) Something indigested.
 adjective (a.) Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.
inquestnoun (n.) Inquiry; quest; search.
 noun (n.) Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death.
 noun (n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand.
 noun (n.) The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.
interestnoun (n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
 noun (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
 noun (n.) To cause or permit to share.
 noun (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
 noun (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
 noun (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
 noun (n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
 noun (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
 noun (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

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


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


wesandnoun (n.) See Weasand.
wesilnoun (n.) See Weasand.
wesleyannoun (n.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
wesleyanismnoun (n.) The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH WEST:

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.
watchetadjective (a.) Pale or light blue.
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.
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.
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