| Meaning | Explication | As a source | As a target | Taxon | |
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| <weapon> | 2 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| <woman> | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| <wooden object> | 2 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| wagtail (Motacilla) | small passerine bird of the genus Motacilla | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| waist | part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach | 1 | 5 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| wall | substantial structure acting as side or division in a building | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| wampum | traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Native Americans | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| war | organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces. | 1 | 5 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts |
| warm | having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot | 7 | 1 | Tactile quality | Show all shifts |
| warp | 2 | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| warrior | person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant | 1 | 4 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| wart | type of deformed growth occurring on the skin | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| wasp | any of the members of the family Vespidae | 2 | 2 | Animals | Show all shifts |
| waste, trash | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| watch, clock | any device used to tell the time of day | 1 | 6 | Artifacts | Show all shifts |
| watchman | one set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| water | a substance (of molecular formula H2O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam | 18 | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts |
| water beetle | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| water jet | None | 1 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| water nymph | 1 | Human being | Show all shifts | ||
| water rail | bird Rallus aquaticus | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| water vole | rodent Arvicola amphibius | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| water with honey | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| water-melon (Cucurbita citrullus) | 4 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| waterfall | flow of water over the edge of a cliff | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| watering place (for animals) | place where animals come to drink | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| waterspout | whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wave | moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation | 4 | 2 | Natural objects | Show all shifts |
| wax | substance secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb | 2 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| weak | 13 | 12 | Evaluation | Show all shifts | |
| weak point | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| weakness | condition of being weak | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wealth | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| weapon | instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords; arm | 3 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| weasel (Mustella nivalis) | 2 | 4 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| weather | short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. | 5 | 9 | Natural objects | Show all shifts |
| website | collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same serve | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wedding | marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage | 2 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| wedge | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| Wednesday | day of the week that follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday | 4 | Time | Show all shifts | |
| weed | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| week | period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday | 5 | Time | Show all shifts | |
| weft, woof | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| well sweep | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| well-being | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| West | one of the four principal compass points, the direction of the setting sun at an equinox | 3 | 10 | Space | Show all shifts |
| western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) | 2 | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| western cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| western swamphen | bird Porphyrio porphyrio | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| Westerner | native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wet | 12 | 3 | Other physical | Show all shifts | |
| wet-nurse | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| whale | one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises | 3 | 4 | Animals | Show all shifts |
| what? | An interrogative pronoun. | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wheat | cereal grain of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery | 1 | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts |
| wheel | circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines | 4 | 4 | Artifacts | Show all shifts |
| wheeze | piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration | 1 | Perception | Show all shifts | |
| when | 2 | 3 | Grammatical markers | Show all shifts | |
| whip | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| whirlpool | swirling body of water | 1 | 3 | Natural objects | Show all shifts |
| whirlwind | violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| whisper | 1 | Human being | Show all shifts | ||
| white | 52 | 5 | Light and Colour | Show all shifts | |
| white (politics) | pertaining to monarchist or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| white caps (on sea waves) | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| white of an eye, sclera | the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| white-eye bream | Ballerus sapa, a fish species of the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread in many large rivers in Europe and Asia in drainages of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral Sea | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| whore | 2 | 17 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| wick | the cord used in a candle | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wickerwork | thing made of wicker | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wide, broad | 7 | 1 | Size | Show all shifts | |
| widow | woman whose spouse has died | 1 | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| width | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| wife | married woman, especially in relation to her spouse | 4 | 24 | Human being | Show all shifts |
| wife's brother | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| wife's father | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| wild (of a person) | Evaluation | Show all shifts | |||
| wild beast | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| wild boar | 2 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wild rosemary | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| wild sow | female wild pig | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wild strawberry | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| wild, untamed | 11 | 3 | Non-physical | Show all shifts | |
| will (legal document) | 1 | 5 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| will, intention | None | 4 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| willow | 5 | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| willow ptarmigan | bird Lagopus lagopus | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| willowherb | Chamaenerion angustifolium, perennial herbaceous flowering plant | 9 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wind | movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure | 21 | 3 | Natural objects | Show all shifts |
| window | opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle | 1 | 7 | Artifacts | Show all shifts |
| windowsill | horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wine | alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16% | 3 | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts |
| wineskin | bag, traditionally made from the skin of a goat (a goatskin), used for holding and dispensing wine | 1 | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts |
| wing | appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly | 29 | 3 | Body parts | Show all shifts |
| winnowing fan | instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away | 2 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| winter | one of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December to February in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region | 12 | 2 | Time | Show all shifts |
| winter solstice | The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wire (n.) | 1 | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| wise | 1 | Non-physical | Show all shifts | ||
| wishbone, merrythought | forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries | 4 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| witch, sorceress | 3 | 5 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| witchcraft, sorcery | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| with exception of | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| witness | 1 | 1 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| witty | ingenious, quick-witted person, having cuteness, smartness, wit | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wizard, magician | 2 | 1 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| woad (Isatis tinctoria) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| wolf | Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily | 17 | 16 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| wolverine | solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo | 1 | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| woman | adult female human | 11 | 9 | Human being | Show all shifts |
| womb, uterus | in female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth | 5 | 11 | Body parts | Show all shifts |
| wombat | any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wood shavings | thin slices of wood left after shaving | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wood small-reed | Calamagrostis epigejos, a species of grass in the family Poaceae which is native to Eurasia and Africa | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wood, timber | 3 | 3 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| wood-louse | terrestrial isopod crustacean of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark | 5 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| wooden object | 3 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| woodland spirit | 1 | 4 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| woodpecker | any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood | 1 | 3 | Animals | Show all shifts |
| wool | hair of an animal used to make clothing | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| word | smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes | 10 | 2 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts |
| work (n.) | 5 | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| world | 3 | 4 | Space | Show all shifts | |
| worm | 13 | 4 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| wormwood | an intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| wound (n.) | injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body | 3 | 1 | Physiology | Show all shifts |
| wrinkle | crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| wrist | complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense | 1 | Body parts | Show all shifts |