warfront
Synonym of battlefront (“region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat”).

warfronts
plural of warfront

warlott
waste ground; common land

warmhouse
A warm state in global climate, but less hot than a greenhouse state.

warnoth
An ancient custom whereby, if a tenant of Dover Castle in Kent, England failed in pay rent on the assigned day, he would have to pay double, and, on the second failure, treble, etc.

warpfield
A field associated with the warping of spacetime

warpfields
plural of warpfield

warpland
Undulating land, built up by river alluvium, particularly in Britain.

warplands
plural of warpland

warpower
The capacity of a nation or other institution to wage war.

washaway
The washing away of earth, a road, structure etc. by flood, or the channel caused by this.

washaways
plural of washaway

washeries
plural of washery

washery
The place in the above-ground part of a coal mine where coal is washed.
Synonym of laundromat, launderette.

washitsu
A Japanese room with tatami flooring and usually sliding doors.

washitsus
plural of washitsu

washland
Any land that is flooded by a river from time to time.

washlands
plural of washland

washroom
A room intended to wash the face and hands.
A room with a toilet, particularly a public toilet.

washrooms
plural of washroom

wasteland
A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
Any barren or uninteresting place.
A devastated, uninhabitable area.
Unused land.

wastelands
plural of wasteland

wastelot
A plot of wasteground.

wastelots
plural of wastelot

wasteweir
A weir that allows the escape of excess water from a canal or reservoir

wasteweirs
plural of wasteweir

wasteyard
A yard for refuse or rubbish.

wasteyards
plural of wasteyard

watchbox
A sentry hut.

watchboxes
plural of watchbox

watchhouse
A small prison attached to a police station, usually used on a temporary basis.

watchhouses
plural of watchhouse

watchkeeping
The duties of a watchkeeper, i.e. keeping a lookout.

watchpost
A watchtower

watchtower
An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.

watchtowers
plural of watchtower

waterbar
A barrier built across a steeply sloping road or trail in order to direct the flow of water and prevent erosion; waterbreak.
Waterstop.

waterbars
plural of waterbar

watercourse
Any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.

watercourses
plural of watercourse

waterfilling
The situation where each channel in a communication network is amplified to a sufficient level to compensate for impairments.

waterfoot
An estuary at the mouth of a river.

waterfoots
plural of waterfoot

waterfront
The land alongside a body of water.
The land alongside a body of water.

waterfrontage
The space or land that makes up a waterfront; territory adjacent to, and facing, a body of water.

waterfrontages
plural of waterfrontage

waterfronts
plural of waterfront

watergang
A mill race.

watergangs
plural of watergang

waterpoint
A place (such as a watering hole) where water is available to local wildlife.

waterpoints
plural of waterpoint

waterport
A port connected to a body of water; a seaport or riverport.

waterports
plural of waterport

waterquake
An earthquake that happens underwater, usually in an ocean or lake.

waterquakes
plural of waterquake

watersmeet
A confluence of two rivers.

waygate
The tailrace of a mill.

waygates
plural of waygate

wayhouse
An inn for travellers.

wayhouses
plural of wayhouse

waywarden
Someone elected to take care of highways in a parish.

waywardens
plural of waywarden

weald
A forest or wood.
An open country.

wealds
plural of weald

webinar
An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

webinars
plural of webinar

webocracies
plural of webocracy

webocracy
The online participation of citizens in democratic processes such as in online voting during parliament elections.
Online users' joint participation in the creation of the Web content.

weedbed
The lower region of the water, where many weeds grow.

weedbeds
plural of weedbed

weldmesh
A kind of barrier fencing manufactured in square or rectangular mesh from steel wire, welded at each intersection.

wellhead
The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well.
The source of something; a fountainhead.
The surface structure of an oil well etc.

wellheads
plural of wellhead

wellhouse
A small building that houses a well.

wellhouses
plural of wellhouse

wellside
The area beside a well.
The side of a well.

wellsides
plural of wellside

wellyard
A yard in which a well (water source) is located.

wellyards
plural of wellyard

weltschmerz
Alternative letter-case form of Weltschmerz.

wenchhood
The quality, state, or condition of a wench

westernism
Something that is characteristic of the western part of a region.

westernisms
plural of westernism

westwork
The vaulted monumental structure at the western end of a church constructed in some medieval styles, flanked by two towers and containing the entrance.

westworks
plural of westwork

wetland
Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

wetlands
plural of wetland (“An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh”)

wetscape
A wetland landscape

wetscapes
plural of wetscape

whare
A Maori house or other building.
A rough shack or hut built (by Europeans) using traditional Maori techniques; a workman's shack.

wharekai
The dining hall in a marae.

wharepuni
A large building in Maori communities for communal sleeping or for group meetings; a meeting house.

wharepunis
plural of wharepuni

whares
plural of whare

wharfage
A dock, quay, or pier.
Wharfs collectively.
A fee charged for using a wharf.

wharfages
plural of wharfage

wharfhead
The portion of a wharf that extends farthest into the water.

wharfheads
plural of wharfhead.

wharfland
The land area surrounding a wharf.

wharflands
plural of wharfland

wharfmaster
The supervisor in charge of a wharf.

wharfmasters
plural of wharfmaster

wharfside
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.

wharfsides
plural of wharfside

whateverness
Apathetic meaninglessness; a state in which something does not matter or is not cared about.

wheatland
An area where wheat is produced.

wheatlands
plural of wheatland

wheelpit
A pit in the ground, in which the lower part of a flywheel runs.

wheelpits
plural of wheelpit

whereness
Location or position.

wherenesses
plural of whereness

whinmill
A mill for grinding gorse (whin) for use as feed for horses.

whinmills
plural of whinmill

whitetopia
A white or white-majority suburb or community.

whitetopias
plural of whitetopia

whitopia
Alternative spelling of whitetopia.

whorage
A place full of whores.

whorages
plural of whorage

wickie
Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light.

wihara
Alternative form of vihara (“Buddhist monastery”).

wiharas
plural of wihara

wihare
Alternative form of vihara (“Buddhist monastery”).

wihares
plural of wihare

wikistorming
A collaborative effort to inject a certain viewpoint (such as a feminist perspective) into a wiki website.

wilamowitzianus
a meter consisting of two choriambs, used in Attic tragedy and in Roman comedy, used by Plautus and Terence.