Four Letter Words Starting with a "W"

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. wade
    walk through relatively shallow water
  2. wadi
    a gully that remains dry except during the rainy season
  3. wads
    a large number or amount
  4. waft
    a long flag; often tapering
  5. wage
    payment for work
  6. waif
    a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
  7. wail
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  8. wain
    large open farm wagon
  9. wait
    stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
  10. wake
    stop sleeping
  11. wale
    a raised mark on the skin
  12. walk
    use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
  13. wall
    an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
  14. wand
    a thin supple twig or rod
  15. wane
    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  16. wank
    get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
  17. want
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  18. ward
    a person who is under the protection of another
  19. ware
    articles of the same kind or material
  20. warm
    having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
  21. warn
    notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
  22. warp
    bend or twist out of shape
  23. wart
    any small rounded protuberance
  24. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  25. wash
    clean with some chemical process
  26. wasp
    a flying insect with a narrow waist and smooth body
  27. watt
    a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second
  28. waul
    make high-pitched, whiney noises
  29. wave
    (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
  30. wavy
    (of hair) having waves
  31. wawl
    make high-pitched, whiney noises
  32. waxy
    made of or covered with wax
  33. ways
    structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
  34. weak
    wanting in physical strength
  35. weal
    a raised mark on the skin
  36. wean
    gradually deprive of mother's milk
  37. wear
    put clothing on one's body
  38. weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
  39. week
    any period of seven consecutive days
  40. weep
    shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
  41. weft
    the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
  42. weir
    a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
  43. weka
    flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting
  44. weld
    a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing
  45. well
    in a good or satisfactory manner or to a high standard
  46. welt
    a raised mark on the skin
  47. wend
    direct one's course or way
  48. west
    the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
  49. wham
    hit hard
  50. whap
    hit hard
  51. whet
    sharpen by rubbing
  52. whey
    the watery part of milk that separates from cheese curds
  53. whim
    an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
  54. whin
    very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
  55. whip
    an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash
  56. whir
    the sound of something in rapid motion
  57. whit
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  58. whiz
    a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
  59. whop
    hit hard
  60. wick
    a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
  61. wide
    having great extent from one side to the other
  62. wife
    a married woman; a partner in marriage
  63. wild
    wild, free, and not controlled or touched by humans
  64. wile
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  65. will
    the capability of conscious choice and decision
  66. wilt
    become limp
  67. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  68. wimp
    a person who lacks confidence or is scared
  69. wind
    air moving from high pressure to low pressure
  70. wine
    fermented juice (of grapes especially)
  71. wing
    a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
  72. wink
    a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
  73. wino
    a chronic drinker
  74. winy
    having the taste of wine
  75. wipe
    rub with a circular motion
  76. wire
    ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
  77. wiry
    lean but strong
  78. wise
    having intelligence and discernment
  79. wish
    an expression of some desire or inclination
  80. wisp
    a thin tuft, piece, or amount of something
  81. wits
    the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
  82. wive
    take (someone) as a wife
  83. woad
    any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
  84. wold
    a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
  85. wolf
    any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
  86. womb
    a hollow muscular organ in which a developing fetus grows
  87. wonk
    a student who is ridiculed as being boringly studious
  88. wont
    an established custom
  89. wood
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
  90. woof
    the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
  91. wool
    the outer coat of an animal, especially sheep and yaks
  92. word
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
  93. work
    activity directed toward making or doing something
  94. worm
    any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
  95. worn
    affected by wear; damaged by long use
  96. wort
    unfermented or fermenting malt
  97. wrap
    cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
  98. wren
    a small active brown bird of the northern hemisphere
  99. writ
    a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
  100. wuss
    a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
Created on Sat Mar 02 02:52:41 EST 2013

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