woodchip
A small mechanically produced piece (chip) of wood, generally from 0.5 to 10 cm in diameter, used primarily as raw material for pulp, paper and construction boards, as well as fuel and mulch.
A small fibre of wood; especially such material as used to make ingrain wallpaper, aka woodchip wallpaper.

woodchipper
A machine for reducing wood to woodchips.

woodchippers
plural of woodchipper

woodchips
plural of woodchip

woodcrete
A building material made from sawdust and lime, typically used to make nestboxes

woodies
plural of woody
plural of woodie

woodpulp
Alternative form of wood pulp.

woodpulps
plural of woodpulp

woodskin
Bark used for making canoes.
A canoe made from bark.

woodskins
plural of woodskin

woolcomb
A comb used for wool.

woolcombs
plural of woolcomb

woolder
A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.
One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it.

woolders
plural of woolder

wordmark
A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is often text with unique typographic or graphical treatment.
A bit in each memory location on some variable-word-length computers (e.g. IBM 1401, IBM 1620) used to mark the end of a word.

wordmarks
plural of wordmark

wordprocessor
Alternative spelling of word processor.

wordprocessors
plural of wordprocessor

workbag
A bag containing tools or material used for work, especially needlework.

workbags
plural of workbag

workbasket
A basket used to hold materials for needlework, etc.

workbaskets
plural of workbasket

workbox
A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task.
A set of skills and approaches.

workboxes
plural of workbox

worklog
A log used to keep track of work that has been done.

worklogs
plural of worklog

workloom
A tool or implement.

worklooms
plural of workloom

workstand
A worktable.
A device designed to lift and securely hold at a comfortable height something one is working on.
A raised platform on which to stand while working, often with a hydraulic lift.

workstands
plural of workstand

worksurface
A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.

worksurfaces
plural of worksurface

worktool
Alternative form of work-tool.

worktools
plural of worktool

worktop
A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.

worktops
plural of worktop

wormer
Dewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal.
Vermicide, any substance used to kill worms.

wormers
plural of wormer

wriggler
Anything that wriggles (literally or figuratively).
Anything that wriggles (literally or figuratively).
Anything that wriggles (literally or figuratively).

wrigglers
plural of wriggler

wristphone
A mobile phone that is built into a wristwatch.

wristphones
plural of wristphone

wristwarmer
An accessory used to keep wrists and most of the hands warm while keeping the fingers free. They can be made of cotton or fleece, knitted or crochet.

wristwarmers
plural of wristwarmer

writeprint
A forensic linguistic method used to identify authors by analyzing distinctive writing styles, serving as a digital fingerprint.

writeprints
plural of writeprint

wychert
A natural blend of white chalk and clay, traditionally mixed with straw and used to build walls.

wydes
plural of wyde

wyn
Alternative spelling of wynn.

wynn
A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.

wynns
plural of wynn

wyns
plural of wyn

wysiwyg
Alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG.

xanthylium
The aromatic cation composed of two benzene rings fused to one of pyrylium

xanthyliums
plural of xanthylium

xeroxer
A xerox machine, or generically a term for a photocopier
One who xeroxes; a person who does photocopying.

xeroxers
plural of xeroxer

xipamide
A sulfonamide diuretic drug used to treat oedema and hypertension.

xor
The logic function exclusive OR (as opposed to inclusive OR), whose output is true only when exactly one of its inputs is true.

xors
plural of xor

xylolite
A compressed wood product used for flooring.

xylolites
plural of xylolite

xylometer
An instrument used to determine the specific gravity of wood.

xylometers
plural of xylometer

xylophene
pentachlorophenol (when used to preserve wood from boring insects).

xylospongia
plural of xylospongium

xylospongium
A Greek and Roman utensil consisting of a sea sponge fixed to the end of a wooden stick, typically thought to have been used for anal hygiene or as a toilet brush.

xylospongiums
plural of xylospongium

xyster
A surgical instrument used to scrape bones.

xysters
plural of xyster

yardpersons
plural of yardperson

yardrope
Alternative form of yard-rope.

yardropes
plural of yardrope

yarnwindle
A device for winding yarn into a ball.

yarnwindles
plural of yarnwindle

yarth
earth

yatalase
A commercial enzyme preparation used to digest fungal cell walls

yawmeter
An instrument that measures an aircraft's yaw.

yawmeters
plural of yawmeter

yearth
Obsolete form of earth.

yearths
plural of yearth

yedda
A type of straw used to make straw hats

yeldrock
Alternative form of yeldrin.

yeldrocks
plural of yeldrock

yelm
A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.

yelms
plural of yelm

yelve
A fork used to carry dung; such a fork used as a garden tool.

yelves
plural of yelve

yeopersons
plural of yeoperson

yerba
Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.

yerbas
plural of yerba

yerth
earth

yestereen
Alternative form of yestreen.

yestreen
The night before; last night.

yestreens
plural of yestreen

yett
Gate.
A gate made of iron bars, used for defensive purposes in castles and other buildings, which is hinged to open like a door, rather than being raised and lowered like a portcullis.

yetts
plural of yett

yiffsuit
Synonym of murrsuit.

yiffsuits
plural of yiffsuit

yiros
Alternative form of gyro (Greek sandwich)

yiroses
plural of yiros

yod
Alternative form of yodh.
A palatal approximant, /j/.
A significant astrological alignment, see Yod in Wikipedia.

yodh
The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
A tool used to read a Torah.

yodhs
plural of yodh

yods
plural of yod

yoficator
A computer program or person tasked with restoring the Cyrillic letter yo ⟨Ё⟩ in Russian texts where it is replaced by the letter ye ⟨Е⟩.
A person who supports the usage of the letter yo ⟨Ё⟩ in Russian.

yoficators
plural of yoficator

yogh
A letter of the Middle English alphabet (capital Ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the Old English shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds.

yoghs
plural of yogh

yok
Alternative form of yock.

yokukansan
An Asian herbal traditional medicine, used to treat restlessness and agitation.

yud
Alternative spelling of yodh.

yuds
plural of yud

zabiba
prayer bump

zabibas
plural of zabiba

zafu
A round cushion used for sitting during meditation.

zafus
plural of zafu

zakaah
Alternative spelling of zakat.

zakah
Alternative spelling of zakat.

zakat
Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam.

zakats
plural of zakat

zamboni
Alternative letter-case form of Zamboni.

zambonis
plural of zamboni

zamindari
In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to ryotwari, where revenues were collected directly.
The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar.
The land possessed by a zamindar.

zamindaries
plural of zamindary