Word Collection

whatness

That which constitutes the fundamental nature of a thing: the essence or inherent quality.

wheel horse

wheelhouse

whelm

1. To submerge.

whereness

The condition or essence of being situated or existing in a specific place or location.

whicker

whinge

To whine or to complain.

whizbang

1. Someone or something extraordinarily successful.

willowy

adjective

wimple

1. A covering worn around the head and neck by women in medieval times and by some nuns.

windlass

A device for lifting or hauling, using a rope or cable wound around a cylinder.

windmill

1. A machine powered by wind.

winsome

Pleasing or charming, especially in a childlike or innocent manner.

wissenschaft

Knowledge, learning, and science or their systematic pursuit.

witching hour

Midnight.

wonky

woodshed

1. A place for storing firewood.

woolgathering

worrywart

One who worries excessively and unnecessarily.

wrangler

wrongous

Unfair, lacking propriety, illegal, etc.

xanthic

Yellow or yellowish.

xylophilous

Growing on or living in wood.

yahoo

A person who is boorish, loud, disruptive, etc.

Yarborough or yarborough

In a card game, a weak hand, especially one in which no card is above a nine.

Yarra-banker

yealing

Someone who is the same age as oneself.

yeanling

The young of an animal, especially of a sheep or a goat.

yestereve

Yesterday evening.

yesternight

Last night.

yesternoon

The afternoon of the previous day.

yesterweek

Last week.

yichus

Prestige, social status, or pedigree.

Yoda

A wise mentor, adviser, guru, etc.

zaftig

Full-figured; pleasingly plump; buxom.

zarf

A sleeve or holder designed to hold a hot cup.

Zen or zen

An activity, approach, state of mind, etc., emphasizing intuition and insights, instead of fixation ...

Zeno’s paradox

zenzic

Square of a number.

zephyr

zig

A sharp turn or angle in a zigzag course.

Zion or Sion

zoanthropy

The delusion that one is a beast.

zodiac

Zoilus

A harsh critic.

zoolatry

zoonosis

Any disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans.

zoophobia

zounds

Used to express surprise or indignation.

zygomorphic

Having a single plane of symmetry: divisible into two mirror-image halves along only one axis.