wilderness
Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
Unrefinedness; wildness.
Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things.
A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost.
Preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; (specifically, politics) of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of office.

wildernesse
Obsolete spelling of wilderness.

wildernesses
plural of wilderness
plural of wildernesse

wildland
Land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area.

wildlands
plural of wildland

wildmat
A pattern matching library for matching strings with certain wildcards, used in NNTP. Also refers to its own format.

wildmats
plural of wildmat

wilja
Alternative spelling of wiltja.

wiljas
plural of wilja

wiltja
A semicircular Aboriginal dwelling, intended as a temporary shelter from the heat of the sun.

wiltjas
plural of wiltja

windshaft
The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.

windshafts
plural of windshaft

windwatt
A mudflat exposed as a result of wind action on water.

wingnuttery
Craziness; lunacy.

wingpit
The location under and at the base of the wing, where the axillary feathers are found (analogous to the armpit of an arm).

wingpits
plural of wingpit

winterim
A period in a winter term in which students work on projects away from their normal school.

winterims
plural of winterim

winze
A steep shaft for such purposes as: to join two levels in a mine; or to explore greater depths when considering whether to open a new level; or to permit forced ventilation of deeper levels.

winzes
plural of winze

wipebreech
Synonym of toilet paper.

wipebreeches
plural of wipebreech

wireroom
A room in which wires (telegrams or their modern equivalent) are received and acted on

wirerooms
plural of wireroom

witchcamp
A Wiccan or pagan workshop or retreat.

witchcamps
plural of witchcamp

wolse
A lease in the South Korean real estate market in which rent is paid monthly.

womanhouse
A chamber or building where female servants would work in early modern Scotland

womanhouses
plural of womanhouse

wonderland
A place full of wonder or marvels.
Synonym of headspace.

wonderlands
plural of wonderland

wonderworld
A place full of delights or marvels.

wonderworlds
plural of wonderworld

woodgeld
An exemption to the fee for the cutting or taking of wood from a forest.

woodgelds
plural of woodgeld

woodhen
Any of the species Hypotaenidia sylvestris (syns. Gallirallus sylvestris, Tricholimnas sylvestris, Ocydromus sylvestris) of rails in the family Rallidae endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia.

woodhenge
A prehistoric monument composed of a ring of timber (typically surviving as a ring of postholes)

woodhenges
plural of woodhenge

woodhens
plural of woodhen

woodhole
A place where wood is stored, e.g. a woodshed.

woodholes
plural of woodhole

woodjam
An accumulation of wood and debris from vegetation that slows the flow of a river or stream.

woodjams
plural of woodjam

woodkern
In medieval Ireland, a bandit operating in the forest.

woodkerns
plural of woodkern

woodline
A line of trees on the edge of a field or other open space marking the beginning of a woods or forest.

woodlines
plural of woodline

woodlore
Skills relating to living in a woodland environment; woodcraft.

woodreeve
A forest steward.

woodreeves
plural of woodreeve

woodshop
A woodworking workshop.
A vocational course or class in woodworking.

woodshops
plural of woodshop

woodway
A road or path through the forest.
A path for pedestrians paved in wood; boardwalk.

woodways
plural of woodway

woonerf
A street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists.

woonerfs
plural of woonerf

woonerven
plural of woonerf

workcamp
A camp in which volunteers visit another region and work on a project to benefit the region or its inhabitants.
Any camp built for workers, such as when constructing something in a wilderness area.

workcamps
plural of workcamp

workface
The exposed surface, that is currently being worked, of an underground mine.

workfaces
plural of workface

workforce
All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.

workforces
plural of workforce

workfulness
The quality, condition, or state of being workful; employment.

workhome
A place where people both live and are given a job.

workhomes
plural of workhome

workplace
The place where someone works.

workplaces
plural of workplace

workshed
A shed where work is carried out.

worksheds
plural of workshed

workshoppe
A fanciful spelling of workshop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.

workshoppes
plural of workshoppe

worksite
A site where work occurs; usually used in reference to construction work.

worksites
plural of worksite

workspace
An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.
A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.
An empty portion of the screen or window that serves as a container for other windows or objects.
Any of the screens that can be switched between in a virtual desktop.
The set of points that can be reached by the end-effector of a robotic manipulator.

workspaces
plural of workspace

workstead
Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.
Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.
Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.

worksteads
plural of workstead

workyard
A yard where physical labour is carried out.

workyards
plural of workyard

worral
a monitor lizard of Egypt, either a Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) or a desert monitor (Varanus griseus).

worrals
plural of worral

worrel
Obsolete form of worral (“monitor lizard”).

worrels
plural of worrel

worriedness
worry, the state of being worried

wranglership
The honor or position of being a wrangler (at the University of Cambridge, England)

wretchedness
An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

wretchednesse
Obsolete spelling of wretchedness.

wretchednesses
plural of wretchedness

wu
A Chinese shaman.

xenodochea
plural of xenodocheum

xenodocheia
plural of xenodocheion

xenodocheion
Alternative form of xenodochium.

xenodocheum
Alternative form of xenodochium.

xenodochia
plural of xenodochium

xenodochion
Alternative form of xenodochium.

xenodochions
plural of xenodochion

xenodochium
A room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims.

xenodochiums
plural of xenodochium

xenophyophore
A giant unicellular organism found in deep parts of the ocean.

xenophyophores
plural of xenophyophore

xerification
The drying of a region.

xerogarden
A garden needing little or no watering and irrigation.

xerogardens
plural of xerogarden

xerosere
The succession of ecological communities which originated in an extremely dry habitat such as a desert or sand dunes.

xeroseres
plural of xerosere

xinisteri
Alternative spelling of xynisteri.

xynisteri
A white grape indigenous to the island of Cyprus.

xynistery
Alternative spelling of xynisteri.