| Meaning | Explication | Aliases | Taxon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <weapon> | Artifacts | Show shifts | ||
| <woman> | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| <wooden object> | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| wagtail (Motacilla) | small passerine bird of the genus Motacilla | N/a | Show shifts | |
| waist | part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wall | substantial structure acting as side or division in a building | Artifacts | Show shifts | |
| wampum | traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Native Americans | N/a | Show 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. | Abstract entities | Show shifts | |
| war | armed conflict | Abstract entities | Show shifts | |
| warm | having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot | Tactile quality | Show shifts | |
| warp | Artifacts | Show shifts | ||
| warrior | person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wart | type of deformed growth occurring on the skin | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wasp | any of the members of the family Vespidae | Animals | Show shifts | |
| watch, clock | any device used to tell the time of day | Artifacts | Show 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 | Abstract entities | Show 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 | Natural objects | Show shifts | |
| water beetle | Animals | Show shifts | ||
| water jet | None | Human being | Show shifts | |
| water nymph | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| water rail | bird Rallus aquaticus | Plants | Show shifts | |
| water vole | rodent Arvicola amphibius | N/a | Show shifts | |
| water with honey | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| water-melon (Cucurbita citrullus) | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| waterfall | flow of water over the edge of a cliff | N/a | Show shifts | |
| watering place (for animals) | place where animals come to drink | Natural objects | Show shifts | |
| wave | moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation | Natural objects | Show shifts | |
| wax | substance secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb | Natural objects | Show shifts | |
| weak | Evaluation | Show shifts | ||
| weak point | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| weakness | condition of being weak | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wealth | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| weapon | Artifacts | Show shifts | ||
| weasel (Mustella nivalis) | Animals | Show shifts | ||
| weather | short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. | Natural objects | Show 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 | N/a | Show shifts | |
| website | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| wedding | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| wedge | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| Wednesday | day of the week that follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday | Time | Show shifts | |
| weed | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| week | period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday | Time | Show shifts | |
| weft, woof | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| well sweep | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| well-being | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| West | one of the four principal compass points, the direction of the setting sun at an equinox | Space | Show shifts | |
| western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| western swamphen | bird Porphyrio porphyrio | N/a | Show shifts | |
| Westerner | native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wet | Other physical | Show shifts | ||
| wet-nurse | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| whale | Animals | Show shifts | ||
| what? | An interrogative pronoun. | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wheat | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| wheel | Artifacts | Show shifts | ||
| wheeze | piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration | Perception | Show shifts | |
| when | Grammatical markers | Show shifts | ||
| whip | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| whirlpool | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| whirlpool | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| whirlwind | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| whisper | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| white | Light and Colour | Show shifts | ||
| white (politics) | pertaining to monarchist or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements | N/a | Show shifts | |
| white caps (on sea waves) | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| white of an eye, sclera | the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea | N/a | Show 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 | N/a | Show shifts | |
| whore | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| wick | the cord used in a candle | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wickerwork | thing made of wicker | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wide, broad | Size | Show shifts | ||
| widow | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| width | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| wife | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| wife's brother | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| wife's father | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| wild (of a person) | Evaluation | Show shifts | ||
| wild beast | Animals | Show shifts | ||
| wild boar | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| wild rosemary | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| wild sow | female wild pig | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wild strawberry | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| wild, untamed | Non-physical | Show shifts | ||
| will (legal document) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| will, intention | None | N/a | Show shifts | |
| willow | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| willow ptarmigan | bird Lagopus lagopus | N/a | Show shifts | |
| willowherb | Chamaenerion angustifolium, perennial herbaceous flowering plant | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wind | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| window | Artifacts | Show shifts | ||
| windowsill | horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wine | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| wing | Body parts | Show shifts | ||
| winnowing fan | instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away | N/a | Show shifts | |
| winter | Time | Show 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 | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wire (n.) | Artifacts | Show shifts | ||
| wise | Non-physical | Show 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 | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wit, smart | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| witch, sorceress | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| witchcraft, sorcery | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| with exception of | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| witness | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| witty | ingenious, quick-witted person, having cuteness, smartness, wit | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wizard, magician | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| woad (Isatis tinctoria) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| wolf | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| wolverine | solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo | N/a | Show shifts | |
| woman | adult female human | Human being | Show shifts | |
| womb, uterus | in female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth | Body parts | Show shifts | |
| wombat | any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wood shavings | thin slices of wood left after shaving | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wood small-reed | Calamagrostis epigejos, a species of grass in the family Poaceae which is native to Eurasia and Africa | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wood, timber | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| wood-louse | Animals | Show shifts | ||
| wooden object | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| woodland spirit | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| woodpecker | any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood | Animals | Show shifts | |
| wool | hair of an animal used to make clothing | N/a | Show shifts | |
| word | smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes | Abstract entities | Show shifts | |
| work (n.) | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| world | Space | Show shifts | ||
| worm | Animals | Show 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 | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wound (n.) | Physiology | Show shifts | ||
| wrinkle | crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue | N/a | Show shifts | |
| wrist | Body parts | Show shifts |