# Short descriptions of words. Used e.g. by ConfusionProbabilityRule. # Format: word short_description # Keep descriptions shorter than 40 characters. # Use '#' as comment marker. #able abstruse difficult to understand accede give in, bow accept to agree, to endure accessed got, retrieved access obtain, retrieve, right to enter #acclamation #acclimation acts third person singular of 'act' actual taking place in reality, literal, real ad advertising adapted made fit adapters devices that make pieces compatible adapting making fit addition adding one thing to another additions adding one thing to another add make an addition adds makes an addition #adolescence #adolescents adopted followed, took over adopters persons who adopt a child adopting follow, take over ads advertisements adverse harmful advice noun advise verb affect experience of emotion affects experiences of emotion affluence richness ail rare name for garlic aisle long narrow passage aisles long narrow passages ale a type of beer alliterate exhibit alliteration allowed permitted allude make a disguised reference to alludes makes a disguised reference to allusion passing reference allusions passing references aloud using the voice altar e.g. table for religious purposes altars e.g. tables for religious purposes alter modify alters modifies alumni plural alumnus singular #and anecdote short story angel spiritual being angels spiritual being angle inclination measured in degrees angles inclination measured in degrees anti against antidote substance which can counteract poisoning ants insects apatite a common complex mineral appendices plural appendix singular appetite a feeling of craving appraise evaluate, value apprise advise, notify arc electric discharge ark a boat built by Noah arrant complete, thorough artesian rising to surface under pressure artisanal made by an artisan #as ascent rise, climb ash remains when something is burned aspect a distinct feature aspects distinct features assent agreement assessed evaluated assess evaluate #at ate past of 'to eat' auntie aunt aunts the sisters of someone's father or mother aural relating to the ears Australia the continent Austria country in Europe averse strongly disliking #avid #avoid #aw #awe axes plural axis singular ax tool to split wood bacteria plural bacterium singular #bade bad opposite of 'good' bail release after a security has been paid baize coarse woollen/cotton cloth #bale bale a large bundle balled formed into a ball ballet concert dance ballets concert dances ballots votes ballot vote bard a lyric poet barely hardly, just bare naked barley cereal grain baron a nobleman barred prevented from entering barren bare, bleak basal elementary #based base foundation, groundwork basil culinary herb bass lowest part of the musical range #baste baud data transmission rate #bawdily bawd prostitute bawled shouted loudly #bayed bays indentations of the shoreline bazaar a market #be bean large plant seed bear animal beau dandy beaus boyfriends bedding bed clothing bed place to sleep bee insect bees insects #been been past participle of 'be' begin start being living thing belief noun beliefs plural noun believes third person singular verb believe verb bellow very loud utterance below beneath, at a lower place benefactor person who helps people beneficiary recipient of benefits berths ties up berth tie up besot make dull besought pressed, conjured #best #bets betting stake on the outcome of an issue #bidder #bidders #bights billed being charged bin container birth act of bringing forth offsprings births plural of 'birth' #bit bite a mouthful #bites #bitter #bitters bizarre very strange blew past of 'blow' bloc a group of countries block city block, a solid piece of something blocks city blocks, solid pieces blocs groups of countries blue color blunt not sharp, frank board a committee #boated #boating #boded bode stayed #bodily #boding bold fearless or typeface with thick heavy lines bond a type of debt security bonds a type of debt security #bootees #booties bored tired borrow get temporarily borrows get temporarily bough branch of a tree bounce spring back bound edge, boundary bounds edges, boundaries bounds lines determining the limits of an area bow bend one's knee or body bowed bended one's knee or body bows bend one's knee or body braid a hairdo #braise braise cook in liquid #brake brakes mechanical device to stop motion brayed past of 'bray' brays cries of a donkey #braze breaches failure to perform some promised act breach failure to perform some promised act bread food made from dough #break breaks interruptions breathes verb breathe verb breath noun breaths plural noun bred past of 'breed' breeches rear of barrel breech rear of barrel brewed past of 'brew' brews drinks bridal of or relating to a wedding bridle headgear for a horse brood the young of an animal browse shop around, surf brows eyebrows bruise injury #bruit brunt main force of a blow #brute build construct, make bullet projectile fired from a gun bused sent around by bus bussed sent around by bus bust female chest #but #butt buy purchase #by bye goodbye #bytes byte sequence of 8 bits cached stored for future use caller person starting a phone call callers person starting a phone call capital money or property, seat of government capitol building carat unit of weight career occupation caret the '^' character carpals wrist bone carpal wrist bone carpel a simple pistil carpels simple pistils case event, lawsuit, instance cases events, lawsuits, instances cashed exchanged for cash cast cast of characters in a movie caste social class #caught cause reason #causes #cawed ceases stops cease stop, discontinue cedes surrenders cede surrender celebrate have a celebration celebrates have a celebration celery cultivated herb celibates voluntarily being unmarried celibate voluntarily being unmarried cellar basement #cells cell the functional basic unit of life censer container for burning incense censor someone who censures censors people who censure censure harsh criticism census count of the population cent monetary unit cereal food grain cereals food grains chance opportunity change alteration, modification chard leafy green vegetable charred burnt to charcoal chased went after to catch chaste morally pure #Chicago #Chicano choral choir, musical ensemble of singers #chord chord combination of notes chords combinations of notes citing mention, refer clack a noise clamber climb awkwardly clambers climb awkwardly clamor a loud harsh noise clamors a loud harsh noise claque a group hired to applaud click mouse click, short metallic sound climactic forming a climax climatic relating to climate climb go upward climbs go upward clime climate climes climate clique ingroup close shut clothes dresses coal fossil fuel coarse rough-cut, harsh coat clothing coats clothing coax coax cable #coco #cocoa coffer a chest for storing valuables #coif #coir cokes carbon fuel, Coca Cola #cold cole cabbage collaborates work together collaborate work together collar part of clothing collars part of clothing coma state of deep unconsciousness comber person who separates the fibers of cotton comma punctuation character ',' #compete #competes complacently in a self-satisfied manner complacent self-satisfied complain express discontent (verb) complains 3rd person of 'complain' complaint expression of grievance (noun) complaints plural of noun 'complaint' complaisantly willing to please complaisant obliging complement to add to so as to improve #complete #completes compliment an admiring remark con an argument opposed to a proposal conch a shell concur agree conjecture speculation, guess conjuncture combination of events conk hairdo, colloquial for 'nose' conquer suppress conscience moral sense conscious knowing coo speak softly coos speak softly copes third person singular of 'cope' copse a dense growth of bushes #cor coral marine invertebrates cord a line made of twisted fibers cord line made of twisted fibers cords lines made of twisted fibers #core cored removed the core from corroborate confirm corroborates confirm cosign sign jointly cosigns sign jointly cosines trigonometric function of an angle cosine trigonometric function of an angle #cot cote shelter for domestic animals cotes shelter for domestic animals cougher person who coughs #could coup putsch, takeover coups putsch, takeover courier messenger course class, path, track #court cousins the child of your aunt or uncle cousin the child of your aunt or uncle coward a person who shows fear cowered huddled #coyer #cozen #cozens craft skilled practice #crate #crates #create #creates crewel surface embroidery using wool crews plural of 'crew' = persons who man a vehicle crises plural crisis singular crochet create by looping or crocheting crotchet a sharp curve or crook cruel brutal, barbarous cruise an ocean trip cue a clue current occurring in the present time #cued dairy business processing animal milk dam constructed barrier damn expletive dear address at the beginning of a letter deceased dead decent nice, correct deducible capable of being deduced deductible acceptable as a tax deduction deer animal defamation a false accusation defamations a false accusation defiantly in a rebellious manner definitely without question deformation distortion deformations distortion defuse remove the triggering device defuses remove the triggering device demure overmodest demur take exception to descent a movement downward descent downward movement, origin desert arid land dessert last course of a meal deviant noun, adjective, or verb deviants noun, adjective, or verb deviate noun or adjective deviates noun or adjective device a constructed tool devise contrive, invent dhows sailing vessels diagnoses plural diagnosis singular dialogue a conversation diary a daily written record #died die decease, pass away dies plural of 'dice', third person of 'die' diffuse spread over a wide area diffuses spread over a wide area dire desperate discreet marked by modesty discrete distinct discussed past of 'discuss' discuss verb: talk about diseased pathological disgust strong feelings of dislike disinterested unaffected by self-interest dissent a difference of opinion #do does third person of 'do' dos colloquial plural of 'do' #dose dosed treated with some kind of application dozed slept lightly dragged pulled drug substance used as a medicine dual double, two-fold duel a prearranged fight dues a payment that is due dye color with dye #dyed dyer someone whose job is to dye cloth dyes third person of 'dye' #ear earn gain, make earns 3rd person of 'earn' (gain) #ears #eat #eats editions versions, variants edition version, variant effect outcome, result effects outcomes, results effluence outflow eight the number '8' #either elicit call forth emotions ellipses plural ellipsis singular elude escape elude escape, physically or mentally eludes escapes em 1/6 inch eminent standing above others emit give out emits give out emitting giving out emphases plural emphasis singular #end endemic present in a particular locality ensured guarantee, assured entomology study of insects envelope flat container for a letter envelop enwrap, enclose envelopes flat containers for a letter envelops enwraps, encloses epic epic poem, heroic, larger-than-life epics epic poem epidemic widespread outbreak epitaph inscription on a tombstone epithet descriptive word or phrase epoch a period of time epochs periods of time ere before (archaic) errant straying from the right course ether a substance/medium etymology a history of a word exact accurate exceed surpass excepts take exception to except with the exception of exist form of 'exist' = be, have an existence #existing #exiting exit way out expect regard something as likely expects regard something as likely #expert #export extend verb extent noun extract pull out fain having made preparations fair noun: trade fair, adj: just #fairs fairy a small being with magical powers fare money paid for transportation #fares farther more distant #fast father male parent, dad #fats fazed unsettled, bothered feat effort #fee #feel #feels #fees feet plural feet plural of 'foot' feign pretend fermenting fermentation ferry ferryboat feted celebrated fetid foul, smelly #field #fill #filled finds third person of 'find' #fine fines money penalties #fir #firs #first fiscal related to financial matters #fist #five #fives flea insect fleas insect flecks small fragment flee run away quickly flees run away quickly flew past of 'fly' flex flex a muscle flocks move as a crowd flour powder made by grinding cereal grains flower part of a plant flu influenza #foe fomenting agitate, stir up foot singular #for foreword preface #form for preposition as in 'something for you' #forth forward directed toward the front foul violation of rule in sports found past form of 'find' four the number '4' fourth in the fourth place fowl a bird fraud intentional deception fraught marked by distress frays rubs, scratches #free freeze turn to ice frieze an architectural ornament #from #full #fur #furs further more distant gait pace gate barrier in a fence geese plural gild club, guild gilled provided with gills #give #gives gnawed bite or chew on with the teeth gnu large African antelope #god #gods gold metallic element #good #goods goose singular gored wounded by piercing with a sharp object gourd bottle grade course, class graft transplant, bribery graphed plotted upon a graph grayed made gray grays colors graze a superficial abrasion guessed past of 'guess' guest invited person guise pretense guys informal for 'men' had past of 'have' hail a form of solid precipitation hair grows from the skin of mammals hairs plural of 'hair' hale force, squeeze #half half noun/adjective halves one of two equal parts (plural) halve verb hare animals similar to rabbits hares rabbits has form of 'have' hat head covering #have haves rich persons #he heal cure #hear heard past of 'hear' hear perceive with the ears #hears #heart #hearts heel bottom of a shoe or boot heir person to inherit the estate of another herd group of e.g. cattle here this place heroin drug heroine female hero hew make or shape as with an axe hews make or shape as with an axe hide conceal hied moved hurridly higher comparative of 'high' him personal pronoun hire employ his belonging to him hoard save up as for future use #hoping #hopping horde a vast multitude hostel inexpensive hotel hostels inexpensive hotel hostiles enemy's troops hostile unfriendly hours period of time hues the quality of a color hue the quality of a color hymn anthem illicit unlawful illiterate person unable to read illude dilude, fool illusion an erroneous mental representation illusions erroneous mental representations imminent close in time imply suggest indirectly improved made better improvised performed without preparation #in incites moves, motivates inc short for 'incorporated' infer draw a conclusion ink a liquid used for printing or writing inn a hostel inns hotels insights clear perception of a situation ins short for 'inch' insured covered by insurance #is isle small island isles small islands its belonging to it juggler a performer who juggles objects jugular jugular vein #just #juts khan title given to rulers #kind #kinds #king #kings knead massage kneads massage knew past of 'know' knight person of noble birth trained to arms known past participle of 'know' knows third person singular of 'know' know to be aware of kraft Kraft paper lacks third person of 'lack' land ground lands plural of 'land' lapse oversight laps upper side of the thighs of a seated person latter the second of two lax lacking in strictness lay to put something down lead take somebody somewhere leans 3rd person of 'lean' lean thin leased past of 'lease' least to the lowest degree #leave leaved having leaves #leaves led past of 'lead' #lees left past of 'leave' lend give temporarily lends 3rd person of 'lend' lends give temporarily lends past of 'lend' lens optical device #less lessen decrease lesson unit of instruction letter written message, alphabetic character liable subject to legal action liar person not telling the truth libel malicious publication lichen skin diseases lichens skin diseases lien a form of security interest liens a form of security interest #lies lie to be in or put yourself into a flat position lieu position as in 'in lieu of' life noun like find enjoyable liken describe as similar likens describe as similar (3rd person) limb appendage of a human or animal limbs appendages of a human or animal limns traces the shape of limn trace the shape of #lines links connection between things literal actual, real literals misprints littorals the regions of the shore littoral the region of the shore #live #lives live verb, adjective, or adverb #lo loan temporary provision of money loch Scottish word for a lake lock e.g. door lock locks plural of noun or third person of verb 'lock' lode deposit of valuable ore lone alone loo a toilet loose not tight loos plural of 'loo' (toilet) loot plunder lose cease to have lose opposite of win lost past of 'lose' = cease to have lots lots of: many #love lowed mooed low less than normal in amount lox brined salmon lumbar abdominal segment of the torso (adj.) lumber processed wood lute musical instrument lynx wildcat lyre instrument mach the Mach number made past of 'make' maid housemaid mail postal service maize cereal male gender manners style, mode manner style, mode manor mansion of a wealthy person manors mansion of a wealthy person man singular marital relating to the state of marriage marry get married martial soldierlike massed joined together into a mass mast vertical spar for sails matrices plural matrix singular maze labyrinth mean noun: average, verb: intend, imply, entail meat the flesh of animals median median value medium a means for storing or communicating meet get together memoranda plural memorandum singular men plural merry jolly, festive mewl cry weakly mice plural mice plural of 'mouse' might modal verb, power militate have force or influence militates have force or influence mi nautical mile minces food chopped into small bits mince soften, moderate mind brain minding being bothered by minds brain mined past of 'mine' mines 3rd person of 'mine' mining extracting coal etc from the earth mints plants minuet piece of music and dance minuets pieces of music and dance minute 60 seconds minutes 60 seconds missed past of 'miss' mist fog mist thin fog mite tiny invertebrate animal mitigate make less severe mitigates make less severe mock imitate mode manner, modality mood psychological state mooed past of 'moo' (the cow noise) morale principles of right and wrong morale psychological well-being morales psychological well-being moral ethics, significance of a story morals ethics, significance of a story morel edible mushrooms morning early time of the day morn morning #most #mot mourn feel sadness mourning lamentation mouse singular #mow mowed past of 'mow' (cut down) mule animal mustard an often spicy condiment mustered gathered together must have to #my nays archaic form of no (plural) near close to neat clean or organized need require needs require neighs sounds made by a horse #new new having just been made #news nice pleasant night opposite of day #nit #no nod nodding the head noes plural of 'no' no negation none not at all nose the organ of smell #not #note #now now at the present moment now in this moment nun religious woman #nut #oar oases plural oasis singular obtuse between 90 and 180 degrees oh interjection to express surprise ohs interjection (plural) omit exclude omits exclude omitting excluding #on #one oohs utterings of 'ooh' ooze slime, goo #or oral relating to the mouth #ore #our #ours ours belonging to us #out #outs overdo exaggerate overdue past due overhead operating cost overheard listen owe be obliged to pay owes third person singular of 'owe' #own paced walked packed full pact written agreement pail bucket pails buckets pairs a set of two (plural) palate roof of the mouth pales turns pale palette range of colours pale very light colored pare pare down, strip the skin off pares pares down, strips the skin off passed paste tense of 'to pass' paste glue past past times patience tolerance of delay patients person who gets medical care peace absence of war peaked reached the highest point peak extremum, summit, top pealed sounded loudly peal sound peals sound pear fruit pears fruit pea seed of a pea plant peek a secret look peeked took a brief look peeks take a brief look peek take a brief look peeled stripped the skin off peel skin peels strip the skin off peers persons in a group pee urine perquisites fringe benefit, perk phased arrange in phases phlox a flower phrase sequence of words physical related to physics picnic outdoor social gathering piece a portion of a natural object pieced joined the pieces of piers wharfs, docks piqued offended pique offend, cloth weaving style piques offend, cloth weaving style piste a ski run placed past of verb 'place' places noun, third person verb plains flat areas plain simple #plan plane airplane planes airplanes #plans #plant #plants pleaded appealed please adverb used in polite request pleas noun: requests pleated pleated into a ruffle #pointed #pointer pole a long (usually round) rod poled propel with a pole polled vote in an election or survey poll opinion poll #pooling pools swimming pools pool swimming pool populace the public populous densely populated pores tiny holes pore tiny hole #port portable easily transportable portables small typewriter portrait noun portraits noun portrays verb portray verb #post potable beverage potables beverage pour cause to run pours causes to run praised expressed approval of prayed addressed an object of worship prays addresses an object of worship pray say a prayer precede come before preceded came before precedence priority precedents example used to justify similar occurrences precedes comes before preceding coming before prerequisites requirement presence state of being present presents gifts prey animal hunted for food preyed hunted preys hunts prince son of a sovereign principal school principal principals school principals principle fundamental rule or belief principles fundamental rules or beliefs prints printed publications probably likely proceed continue proceeded continued proceeding continuing proceeds continues profit net income profits net income proof often noun, also 'proofread' properly in the right way prophet someone who speaks by divine inspiration prophets persons who speak by divine inspiration pros an argument in favor of a proposal prose ordinary writing prostate prostate gland (noun) prostrate bow down (verb) prove verb: show, testify, demonstrate psi Greek letter, unit of pressure pulling gerund of 'pull' pull move something toward purse bag (noun), contract one's lips into a rounded shape (verb) pursue prosecute, follow up on #pulls #put pyknic having a squat and fleshy build #quaff #queued queue waiting line quiet free of noise quite completely, to a degree quit stop, give up quot abbreviation for 'quotation' quote citation racking stretching to the limits raise increase the level or amount rampant violent rampart wall rap rap music raps rap music rapt strike sharply ray beam rays beam (of light) #re reach arrive at reaches arrive at read something that is read reads thing that are read real occurring in reality recede retreat, pull back red a color reeds tall woody perennial grasses reeked smelled reek stink, stench reel a roll of photographic film remainder something left after other parts have been taken away reminder message that helps remember something relay pass along rely depend, count on reseed seed again respect an attitude of admiration respects third person singular of 'respect' rested not moving (past) review critique revue a variety show riches wealth rich wealthy rigger someone who rigs ships riggers someone who rigs ships right correct right opposite of 'left' rights laws rigor hardship, validity rigors hardship, validity ringing sound of a bell ringing rite established ceremony or practice rite religious rite rites religious rites role function, character roles functions, characters roll rotary motion rolls rotary motion rooted originated root underground organ of a plant rose past of 'rise', a plant rote memorization by repetition rot state of decay route an established line of travel routed sent to destinations roux mixture of fat and flour rows arrangement of thing side by side rude ill-mannered rued feel sorry for rue plant sacks paper bags sacred holy sails used to propel a sailing vessel sail used to propel a sailing vessel salary wage, pay sale an instance of selling sales the activity of selling #same same identical #sand #sands sane mentally healthy saner more sane, mentally healthier #sank #sat #sate saver someone who saves savers someone who saves savor flavor, take pleasure in savors flavor, take pleasure in sawed cut with a saw saw past form of 'see' sax saxophone scared frightened scene place where some action occurs scent perfume seamen men who serve as sailors sea ocean seas divisions of an ocean #seat #seats sects religious sects seed an embryonic plant seeds embryonic plants seen past participle of 'see' sees third person singular of 'see' see to look at seiner boat for seine fishing seizes takes hold of seize take hold of seller someone who sells goods or services sell exchange for money #sells semen ejaculate sense conscious awareness senses perceptions like sight and hearing sensor detector sensors detectors sent past of 'send' serge a type of twill fabric serial sequential serials plural of 'serial' (sequential) servers plural of 'server' serves third person of 'serve' #set #sets sever break up, cut off severe extremely bad or unpleasant sex sexual activity shall a verb shear cut with shears sheer absolute shell hard outer covering of many animals short lacking in length #shot showed past of 'show' shown past participle of 'show' show present shows plural and 3rd person of of 'show' sick ill sic used to mark an intentionally so written word sight ability to see sighting the act of observing sigh utterance sign mark, subscribe, ratify since from a specified time in the past sine trigonometric function #sing #sink sire noun: title, verb: make by reproduction site location slay murder, remove slays murder, remove sleigh sled, sledge sleighs sled, sledge slew batch, heap slough necrotic tissue soared past of 'soare' (rise upward) soar rise upward soars rise upward sod turf sole solitary, only #some some a few son a male human offspring sonny little son sons male human offsprings soon in the near future soot carbon black sore hurting, painful sores open skin infection sort noun: kind, verb: classify soul the immaterial part of a person sowed past of 'sow' sown past participle of 'sow' sow place seeds in the ground spilt past of 'spill', also written 'spilled' split separate into parts spoors trail left by a person spoor trail left by a person spore single-celled reproductive body spores single-celled reproductive body stairs step stair step stake interest #stand #stands stared past of 'stare' (to look) stare gaze stares gaze staring gerund of 'stare' (to look) starred past of 'star' starring gerund of 'star' #start #starts #stat #state stationary standing still stationery letter paper #stats steak slice of meat steal take without the owner's consent steel an alloy of iron stem noun: root, verb: have roots in step footstep steppe grassland plains straight directly, heterosexual strait narrow channel of the sea subsided died down subside die down subsides die down subsidized supported through subsidies subsidizes support through subsidies subsidize support through subsidies #sue suede suede leather suite musical composition or hotel rooms suit lawsuit, suit of clothes sum amount sunny like the sun sun our solar system's star suns plural of 'sun' #sure sure certain surge rush, upsurge swayed shaken sweet candy sword weapon tails the rear ends of animals' bodies #taking tales stories #talking taper convex shape that narrows toward a point tapers convex shape that narrows toward a point tapir animal tapirs animal taught past of 'teach' taunt harass with persistent criticism taut tight teak a wood teaming forming a team teared ruptured, snapped tear rupture, snap tease annoy persistently teas plural of 'tea' (beverage) teeming filled with living things tees golf tees teeth plural tense grammatical category tents portable shelters #than than used in comparisons #that #the their as in 'It’s not their fault.' #them #then then next in order there as in 'Is there an answer?' theses plural thesis singular #they #thin #thing thing noun things plural noun #think thinks verb think usually a verb though however thought past of 'think' threw past of 'throw' throe severe spasm of pain throes severe spasms of pain throne chair of a monarch through preposition, e.g. 'go through the door' thrown participle of 'throw' throw propel through the air throws propel through the air #ti ticks metallic tapping sounds tics habitual twitching esp. in the face tide rise and fall of sea levels tied past of 'tie' tiered arranged in tiers/level tier level tightens makes tight timber wood timbre tone quality tired needing sleep titans behemoths, giants #to toad toad frog tocsin alarm bell tocsins alarm bells toed having a toe of a specified kind toe part of the foot #toll #too #tool tooth singular tough strong and resilient tow drag behind towed dragged behind toxin poisonous substance toxins poisonous substances tracked past of 'track' tract piece of land trail a track left by something that has passed trails tracks left by something that has passed tray shallow platform for carrying things trays shallow platform for carrying things trey a three in playing cards treys a three in playing cards trials the acts of testing something trial the act of testing something tried past of 'try' tuns measure of liquid capacity turns third person of verb 'turn' tweak pinch or squeeze sharply two the number '2' uninterested not interested urn a vase urns plural of 'urn' (vase) #us #using vague not clearly expressed or understood vain fruitless, futile vale valley vane wind vane vantage advantage vary change, alter veil head covering vein blood vessel verses plural of 'Verse' versus against very to a great extent vial small bottle that contains a drug vicious cruel vile despicable, ugly vintage classic viol stringed instrument viscous like syrup vogue as in 'in vogue' wades walk through shallow water wade walk through shallow water waist body part between the ribs and hips waists body part between the ribs and hips wait anticipate or expect something waited anticipated or expected something waive do without waives dispenses with, forgos #wand wandered walked around wandering walking around wanders move about aimlessly wander to walk around want desire war armed conflict #warm warming becoming warmer #warms #warn warning a message informing of danger warn notify of danger #warns warship combat ship wary marked by caution #was wastes worthless material waste worthless material watt a unit of power wave oscillation of e.g. water waves signals with the hands #wax #way ways plural of way #we weak opposite of strong weather atmospheric conditions wee small, a short time week a period of seven days weighed determined the weight of weigh have a certain weight weighs 3rd person of verb 'weigh' weighted measured the weight weight mass weights determine the weight of weld join together by heating welled swelled were second-person singular simple past of 'be', e.g. 'you were' #what wheeled having wheels where at what place, e.g. 'Where are you?' wherry light rowboat whether as in 'whether or not' whey milk whey #which #while whiled past of 'while' (to pass time idly) whirred made a soft swishing sound #whole widow woman whose husband is dead wield exert, maintain wild untamed #window witch female sorcerer or magician #with wit humor woman singular women plural #won wondered questioned wondering questioning wonders inquires, questions (verb) wonder to question word unit of language wore past of verb 'wear' worn past of verb 'wear' #worse worship love uncritically #worth wracking breaking forcefully wrap a cover for protection wrapped wrapped up, enclosed wraps covers for protection wreak cause to happen wreaked caused to happen wrested obtain by seizing forcibly #wright wright someone who makes or repairs something #wring wringing twisting out of shape #wrings write communicate or express by writing writes expresses by writing #wrong #wrongs wrote past of 'write' wrought worked yoke become joined together yolk egg yolk you personal pronoun your belonging to you agenda plan for matters to be attended to antique piece of furniture or object produced in a former period huts small shelter domestic concerning the internal affairs of a nation folder brochure, leaflet opinion a personal belief or judgment wall surface that limits a space or hollow body whit a tiny amount thins third person singular of verb 'thin'