Welter (v. i.) To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
Welter (v. i.) To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
Welter (v. i.) To wither; to wilt.
Welter (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
Welter (n.) That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.
Welter (n.) A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
Welwitschia (n.) An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.
Wem (n.) The abdomen; the uterus; the womb.
Wem (n.) Spot; blemish; harm; hurt.
Wem (v. t.) To stain; to blemish; to harm; to corrupt.
Wemless (a.) Having no wem, or blemish; spotless.
Wem (n.) An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.
Wench (n.) A young woman; a girl; a maiden.
Wench (n.) A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
Wench (n.) A colored woman; a negress.
Wenched (imp. & p. p.) of Wench
Wenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wench
Wench (v. i.) To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
Wencher (n.) One who wenches; a lewd man.
Wenchless (a.) Being without a wench.
Wend () p. p. of Wene.
Wended (imp. & p. p.) of Wend
Went () of Wend
Wending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wend
Wend (v. i.) To go; to pass; to betake one's self.
Wend (v. i.) To turn round.
Wend (v. t.) To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively.
Wend (n.) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
Wende () imp. of Wene.
Wendic (a.) Alt. of Wendish
Wendish (a.) Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language.
Wendic (n.) The language of the Wends.
Wends (n. pl.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.
Wene (v. i.) To ween.
Wenlock group () The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.
Wennel (n.) See Weanel.
Wennish (a.) Alt. of Wenny
Wenny (a.) Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence.
Wenona (n.) A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae.
Went () imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go.
Went (n.) Course; way; path; journey; direction.
Wentletrap (n.) Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria.
Wep () imp. of Weep.
Wepen (n.) Weapon.
Wept () imp. & p. p. of Weep.
Werche (v. t. & i.) To work.
Were (v. t. & i.) To wear. See 3d Wear.
Were (n.) A weir. See Weir.
Were (v. t.) To guard; to protect.
Were () The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.
Were (n.) A man.
Were (n.) A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.
Weregild (n.) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.
Werewolves (pl. ) of Werewolf
Werewolf (n.) A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.
Werk (v.) Alt. of Werke
Werke (v.) See Work.
Wern (v. t.) To refuse.
Wernerian (a.) Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth's crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner's system.
Wernerite (n.) The common grayish or white variety of soapolite.
Weroole (n.) An Australian lorikeet (Ptilosclera versicolor) noted for the variety of its colors; -- called also varied lorikeet.
Werre (n.) War.
Werrey (v. t.) To warray.
Werst (n.) See Verst.
Wert () 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.
Wert (n.) A wart.
Weryangle (n.) See Wariangle.
Wesand (n.) See Weasand.
Wesh (imp.) Washed.
Wesil (n.) See Weasand.
Wesleyan (a.) Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
Wesleyan (n.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.
Wesleyanism (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.
West (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.
West (n.) A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.
West (n.) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.
West (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.
West (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.
West (adv.) Westward.
West (v. i.) To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.
West (v. i.) To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.
Westering (a.) Passing to the west.
Westerly (a.) Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.
Westerly (adv.) Toward the west; westward.
Western (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.
Western (a.) Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.
Westerner (n.) A native or inhabitant of the west.
Westernmost (a.) Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.
West India () Alt. of West Indian
West Indian () Belonging or relating to the West Indies.
West Indian () A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies.
Westing (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.
Westling (n.) A westerner.
Westminster Assembly () See under Assembly.
Westmost (a.) Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.
Westward (adv.) Alt. of Westwards
Westwards (adv.) Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
Westward (a.) Lying toward the west.
Westward (n.) The western region or countries; the west.
Westwardly (adv.) In a westward direction.