virtualiser
Alternative spelling of virtualizer.

virtualisers
plural of virtualiser

virtualizer
Software that provides virtualization services.

virtualizers
plural of virtualizer

vitascope
An early machine for exhibiting animated pictures.

vitascopes
plural of vitascope

voicepipe
A speaking tube.

voicepipes
plural of voicepipe

volcanotectonics
tectonics due to volcanism

volsellum
Alternative form of vulsellum.

volsellums
plural of volsellum

votometer
An early kind of voting machine.

votometers
plural of votometer.

vouge
Alternative form of voulge.

vouges
plural of vouge

voulge
A medieval poleaxe bearing resemblance to a glaive or a Lochaber ax, although the blade portion is somewhat more elongated.

voulges
plural of voulge

vrulja
A submarine karst spring.

vulsellum
A type of forceps with hooks at the tip of each blade, used in obstetrics and gynecology

vulsellums
plural of vulsellum

waggonette
Alternative form of wagonette.

waggonettes
plural of waggonette

waggonry
Dated form of wagonry.

waggonway
Alternative spelling of wagonway.

wagonbuilding
The construction of wagons.

wagonet
A small wagon.

wagonets
plural of wagonet

wagonette
A kind of four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, normally uncovered.

wagonettes
plural of wagonette

wagonmaking
The construction of wagons.

wagonry
Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.

wagonway
A railway designed for use by trams or wagons.

wagonways
plural of wagonway

wagonworks
A place where wagons are constructed.

wagonyard
An enclosed area for wagons and draught animals.

wagonyards
plural of wagonyard

wainbote
Wood allotted to a tenant for use in repairing wagons.

wainrope
A rope for binding a load on a wagon.

wainropes
plural of wainrope

wainwrighting
The work of a wainwright, building wagons.

waldhorn
A French horn.

waldhorns
plural of waldhorn

wallette
A small wall.

wallettes
plural of wallette

wallyball
A fast-paced sport, a version of volleyball played in a racquetball court, where it is legal to hit the ball off of the walls.
The ball used in this sport.

wallyballs
plural of wallyball

wammikin
A loggers' large raft with a shanty built on top for accommodation and cooking.

wammikins
plural of wammikin

warbot
A robot used in physical warfare.
A malicious bot (automated user) designed to disrupt other users' activity.

warbots
plural of warbot

washbowl
A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands.
A basin for washing the face and hands.

washbowls
plural of washbowl

washdish
A washbowl; a basin for washing.

washdishes
plural of washdish

washpan
A pan to hold water for washing.

washpans
plural of washpan

washpot
A pot which holds water for washing.

washpots
plural of washpot

watap
The root of the spruce, and sometimes also of the pine, split lengthwise into strips and used in the construction of baskets and canoes.

watape
Alternative form of watap.

wataps
plural of watap

watchchain
A securing chain affixed to a watch (a timepiece) to prevent its loss by the owner.

watchchains
plural of watchchain

waterbag
A bag for carrying water.
The bag-like compartment in a camel's hump in which the animal was once believed to store water; in fact it is fatty tissue.

waterbags
plural of waterbag

waterdrain
A channel or pipe that carries away excess water from an area.

waterpot
A pot or jug for holding water.

waterpots
plural of waterpot

waterwall
A panel on the side of a furnace consisting of multiple tubes that carry water.
An architectural feature consisting of a wall down which water flows.

waterwalls
plural of waterwall

wattape
Alternative form of watap.

waxlight
A wax candle.

waxlights
plural of waxlight

webmail
A service for sending, receiving, and/or storing email, usually on a remote web server, in such a way that it is accessible through a web browser.
The email thus stored.

webmails
plural of webmail

webware
software that is accessed online, typically via a browser

webwork
A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner.

webworks
plural of webwork

wedgewire
Wire formed in the shape of a wedge.

wedgewires
plural of wedgewire

weedeater
A string trimmer.

weedeaters
plural of weedeater

weighage
A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.

weighages
plural of weighage

weighment
The weighing of goods.

weighments
plural of weighment

weightism
Prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia).

wellpoint
A small well consisting of a tube hammered into the ground, that can drain water from a construction site.

wellpoints
plural of wellpoint

wellspring
The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.

wellsprings
plural of wellspring

whammer
A piton hammer

whammers
plural of whammer

wheelband
The tyre of a wheel.

wheelbands
plural of wheelband

wheelpants
fairings around the wheels of fixed landing gear

wheelset
A wheel and axle combination, such as the front and back bicycle wheels (with axles) sold as a ready-made set; or an axle and mounted left and right pair of railroad wheels.

wheelsets
plural of wheelset

wheelslide
A condition caused when railway vehicle wheels lose adhesion when the brakes are applied, due to slippery rails, and the train slides along the track instead of slowing down.

wheelsucker
A rider who sits on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.

wheelsuckers
plural of wheelsucker

whirlybird
A helicopter.
A samara.
A wind-powered roof turbine.

whirlybirds
plural of whirlybird

whiskin
A shallow drinking bowl.

whiskins
plural of whiskin

whorler
A potter's wheel.

whorlers
plural of whorler

wickerware
Articles made from wicker.

wickerwares
plural of wickerware

wicket
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
The job of a wicketkeeper while the team is bowling.
The period during which two batsmen bat together.
The pitch.
The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
An angle bracket when used in HTML.
A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.

wickets
plural of wicket

willowware
Articles made from willow.

windbore
The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.

windbores
plural of windbore

windcap
A covering for the reed in an instrument, limiting the range of playable notes and preventing overblowing.

windcaps
plural of windcap

windsock
A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.

windsocks
plural of windsock

winebottleful
Alternative form of wine-bottleful.

winebottlefuls
plural of winebottleful

wingsail
A variable-camber aerodynamic structure that may be fitted to a marine vessel in place of conventional sails.

wingsails
plural of wingsail

wirecutting
The cutting of wire.

wireglass
Wire mesh safety glass.

wirelength
The length of wire on an electronic chip.

wirelengths
plural of wirelength

witherband
A piece of iron fixed in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.

witherbands
plural of witherband

witherweight
A counterbalancing weight; counterweight.