Graduate Vocabulary
123,635 words and 147,492 expressions at the graduate level.
Any eurypterid sea scorpion of the family †Waeringopteroidea.
plural of waeringopterid
Any member of the Waeringopteroidea superfamily of extinct eurypterids.
plural of waeringopteroid
simple past and past participle of waffle-stomp
Alternative form of waffle stomper.
plural of waffle-stomper
present participle and gerund of waffle-stomp
plural of wafflestomper
Having an exposed pendulum.
Alternative form of wag-at-the-wall.
plural of wagger-pagger-bagger
plural of wagonmistress
Any birds in the genus Stigmatura, of tropical South America.
An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, arsenic, and sulfur.
A retired wrestler who works with new recruits
plural of walkie-lookie
plural of walkie-talkie
plural of walking-stick
plural of wall-painting
A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada, formed in 2015 from the Rural Municipality of Wallace and Rural Municipality of Woodworth.
Any fungus of the class Wallemiomycetes
plural of wallemiomycete
Of or relating to Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019), US sociologist.
A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal dark red mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
Synonym of Walmarting.
Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
A town in Elmbridge borough, northern Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1066).
A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2254).
A small coastal town in Frinton and Walton parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2521).
A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2118).
Nauseated; also, feeling sick or unsettled in the stomach.
A nearly extinct Aboriginal language spoken in the New South Wales region of Australia.
Alternative spelling of Wangdue Phodrang.
plural of wantrepreneur
plural of wapinschawing
A local government area in north-west Tasmania, Australia, which includes the named places.
plural of warbler-finch
A woman who manages, or works in, a warehouse.
plural of warehousewoman
The process of commencing a patient on warfarin treatment.
Alternative spelling of warfarinisation.
the state of being warm-blooded
In a warm-hearted manner.
The quality of being warm-hearted.
Alternative form of warm-bloodedness.
comparative form of warm-blooded: more warm-blooded
superlative form of warm-blooded: most warm-blooded
the quality of being warmhearted
The quality of being warrantable.
The quality of being warrantable.
plural of warrantholder
The state or quality of being warrantless.
plural of Warringtonian
Synonym of washbasin.
plural of washhand-basin
Synonym of washstand (“table with a basin for washing”).
plural of washhand-stand
Dated form of washing machine.
plural of washing-machine
Objects, materials, or documents relating to George Washington (1732–1799), American political leader and Founding Father of the United States.
plural of Washingtonian
present participle and gerund of wastebasket
plural of wastefulness
plural of watchfulness
plural of watchglassful
plural of water-breaker
plural of water-carrier
That which physically moves or transports water from one location to another.
plural of water-lettuce
plural of water-parsnip
plural of water-parting
That allows water to permeate through its structure
Alternative form of water plantain.
plural of water-plantain
Porridge made by cooking rolled oats in water.
Alternative form of water primrose.
A plant of species Lythrum portula, native in Europe introduced in North America.
plural of water-purslane
plural of water-purslan
That does not absorb water or that prevents the absorption of water.
plural of water-repellent
That slows the penetration of water (but is not necessarily fully watertight).
Any salamander (Order Urodela) which habitually or permanently lives in water.
plural of water-salamander
Made slippery by water.
plural of water-splash
plural of water-witcher
Alternative spelling of water witching
The flower of Aponogeton distachyos.
A South African stew of meat, typically lamb, with waterblommetjies.
plural of waterblommetjie
plural of waterboarding
plural of watercolorist
The practice of painting in watercolours.
An artist who paints watercolours.
plural of watercolourist
plural of waterfrontage
plural of waterglassful
The quality of being waterlogged.
That causes waterlogging.
A margarita cocktail made with watermelon.
plural of watermelonrita
A martini cocktail made with watermelon.
plural of watermelontini
plural of waterplantain
Able to be made waterproof.
plural of waterproofing
The property of being waterproof.
The condition of being watertight
Alternative spelling of wattle and daub.
A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3019).
Of or relating to wave mechanics.
plural of wave-particle
A much-branched European shrub of large size (Viburnum lantana), with dense cymes of small white flowers, the foliage and young shoots thickly covered with soft mealy down.
plural of wayfaring-tree
suffering from a leaky or overactive bladder
The quality of being weak-handed
Alternative form of weakheartedly.
Alternative form of weakheartedness.
The state or quality of being weak-minded.
The state or quality of being weakhearted.
Alternative form of weak-mindedness.
The state of being wealthless.
The quality of being weaponizable.
Absence of weapons.
plural of weaponshawing
plural of weaponshowing
plural of weaponsmaster
A specialized profession that involves the forging of weapons (especially edged weapons such as swords) out of metals.
plural of wearisomeness
Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn or damaged by exposure to the weather or the outdoors, especially to severe weather.
The quality of being weather-beaten.
plural of weather-glass
plural of weather-gleam
A person who foretells the weather, especially without modern meteorological aids or knowledge.
plural of weather-prophet
plural of weatherability
The quality or degree of being weatherable.
Alternative form of weather-beatenness.
simple past and past participle of weatherboard
A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
plural of weatherboarding
plural of weathercaster
present participle and gerund of weathercock
Fickle or changeable in one's views.
plural of weatherglass
plural of Weatherholtz
plural of Weatherington
The process of weatherizing.
plural of weatherization
Absence of weather.
plural of weatherloach
A meteorologist.
plural of weatherologist
plural of weatherometer
plural of weatherperson
simple past and past participle of weatherproof
Agent noun of weatherproof; someone or something that weatherproofs.
plural of weatherproofer
The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something protecting the interior of a building or similar from weather and wind
The quality or degree of being weatherproof.
simple past and past participle of weatherstrip
a piece of weatherstrip material
plural of weatherstripping
plural of webcartoonist
plural of webconference (alternative spelling of web conferences).
The action of conducting a web conference.
plural of webliography
A method of representing the three-dimensional structure of a molecule in which simple lines represent bonds in the plane of the image, wedge-shaped lines represent bonds towards the viewer, and dashed lines represent bonds away from the viewer.
plural of wedge-writing
plural of wedge-and-dash
A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
The operation of adding an extra parameter to the exponent of a density or distribution function.
Of or relating to Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), German mathematician.
plural of Weierstrassian
Any of the family †Weigeltisauridae of gliding neodiapsid reptiles with long, hollow rod-shaped bones.
plural of weigeltisaurid
A man who operates a weighbridge.
plural of weighbridgeman
The ability to bear weight.
Alternative form of weightlifting.
A person who monitors their body weight, especially when wanting to slim.
plural of weight-watcher
plural of weightlessness
plural of weiselbergite
A dry white wine from Germany and Austria
plural of weissburgunder
The houseleek.
A social program designed to wean those receiving government benefits back into employment.
A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1452).
Chiefly of accommodation: properly supplied with a complete set of whatever furniture, equipment, etc., is needed; fully equipped or fitted-out; also, beautifully decorated.
The state or quality of being well aware.
In a well-behaved manner.
The quality or condition of being well-behaved.
Having been taught during childhood to exhibit good manners and pleasant behaviour.
Having close connections with people of wealth or social standing
The quality of being well-covered.
The quality of being well-defined.
Developed to a great extent, highly developed.
The state of being well-disposed
Having extensive documentation and evidence.
Having been established for a long period of time.
The property of being well-formed.
The state or quality of being well-founded.
Furnished with all necessary equipment; well-equipped
Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results.
In a well-meaning manner; with good intentions
The state, quality, or condition of being well-meaning.
Synonym of well-fed.
Capable of being well-ordered.
plural of well-ordering
The condition of being well-posed
In an advantageous position.
Having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality.
healthy and ageing gracefully
Having good and pleasing proportions.
Given a great amount of publicity.
Alternative form of well-publicised.
Having the necessary qualifications or expertise for a particular vocation or task.
A preorder where every infinite sequence has an infinite increasing subsequence.
plural of well-quasi-ordering
Orderly, properly maintained, and efficiently managed.
held in high respect; esteemed
Somewhat fat.
Highly esteemed; well regarded.
Well-planned; with much forethought.
Having travelled extensively.
Fat.
Alternative spelling of well-formedness.
A market town with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8967).
plural of Wellingtonian
A small coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9143).
A person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview.
plural of weltanschauung
plural of weltanschauung
plural of welter-weight
An alkaloid extracted from certain blue-green algae that may be active against drug resistance; it has a structure similar to that of hapalindole with a cyclobutane ring
A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area and the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
plural of were-elephant
plural of werealligator
plural of werecrocodile
plural of wereporcupine
A city in western Germany.
Quality of being wertrational.
Rationality in accordance with moral demands instead of organizational and technical demands.
Alternative form of west-northwest.
The compass point halfway between west and northwest; specifically at a bearing of 292.5°.
plural of west-northwesterly
Coming from the west-northwest.
Of, in or pertaining to the west-northwest.
Situated toward or in the direction of the west-northwest.
Towards or in the direction of the west-northwest.
Alternative form of west-southwest.
The compass point halfway between southwest and west; specifically at a bearing of 247.5°.
plural of west-southwesterly
Coming from the west-southwest.
Of, in or pertaining to the west-southwest.
Situated toward or in the direction of the west-southwest.
Towards or in the direction of the west-southwest.
A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7114).
A suburb in the north of Bristol, England, named after the River Trym.
A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5048).
A civil parish in Fylde district, Lancashire, England, that includes Westby, Great Plumpton and Little Plumpton.
A person from Westchester County, New York, United States.
plural of Westchesterite
A suburb of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8685).
A municipality of Groningen, Netherlands.
plural of westernisation
plural of westernization
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3170).
A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
A rural municipality in central Manitoba, Canada.
Of or relating to Westminster or Westminster Abbey.
the Low German dialect of the Westmünsterland
A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5318).
A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4028).
A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1241).
A seaside town and civil parish with a town council, on the Bristol Channel coast of North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3261).
A village in Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8010).
A civil parish in Shropshire, England, to the east of Wem; the largest settlement is Weston (OS grid ref SJ5628).
The adoption of Western lifestyle (e.g. consumerism, materialism) and technology without the adoption of Western values such as equality of opportunity.
Of or relating to Westrobothnia.
plural of Westrobothnian
A municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.
Alternative form of wet behind the ears.
present participle and gerund of wet-blanket
A civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England.
Alternative form of Wemotaci
Alternative spelling of whatchamacallit.
plural of whachamacallit
A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
plural of whaddayacallit
Alternative form of wham, bam, thank you ma'am.
plural of what's'ername
plural of what's'isname
Alternative form of what's-her-face.
Alternative form of what's-her-name.
plural of what's-'er-name
Alternative form of what's-his-face.
Alternative form of what's-his-name.
plural of what's-'is-name
plural of what's-her-name
plural of what's-his-name
Alternative form of whatsitsname.
plural of what's-its-name
plural of what's-his-face, what's-'is-face, what's-her-face, what's-'er-face, and what's-their-face
plural of what's-his-name, what's-'is-name, what's-her-name, what's-'er-name, and what's-their-name
plural of what'shername
plural of what'shisname
Alternative form of what's-their-face.
plural of what'shisface, what's'isface, what'sisface, what'sherface, what's'erface, what'serface, and what'stheirface
Alternative form of what's-their-name.
plural of what'shisname, what's'isname, what'sisname, what'shername, what's'ername, what'sername, and what'stheirname
whatchamacallit
plural of what-d'ye-call-'em
whatchamacallit
plural of what-d'ye-call-it
Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
plural of what-do-you-call-it
The qualitative character of consciousness.
Alternative form of what the butler saw
Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
plural of what-you-call-it
Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
plural of what-you-may-call-it
Alternative form of what you see is what you get.
plural of whataboutery
plural of whatchacallem
plural of whatchacallit
plural of whatchamacallit
Alternative form of whatchamacallher.
Alternative form of whatchamacallhim.
plural of whatchamacallit
plural of whatchamacallem
Alternative form of whatchamacallher.
Alternative form of whatchamacallhim.
plural of whatchamacallit
plural of whatchamahoozie
plural of whatdoyoucallit
plural of whatdyecallem
plural of whateversexual
Alternative form of what's-their-face.
plural of whatshisface, whats'isface, whatsisface, whatsherface, whats'erface, whatserface, and whatstheirface
Alternative form of what's-their-name.
plural of whatshisname, whats'isname, whatsisname, whatshername, whats'ername, whatsername, and whatstheirname
plural of wheat-eddish
A village and civil parish in City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1713).
present participle and gerund of wheel-clamp
plural of wheelbarrower
The amount that can fit in a wheelbarrow.
plural of wheelbarrowful
The loss of control caused by excessive forward pressure on the elevator control of an aeroplane with a nosewheel during takeoff or landing.
Resembling or characteristic of a wheelbarrow.
plural of wheelbarrowful
Alternative spelling of wheelchairbound.
Alternative form of wheelchair user.
plural of wheelchair-user
Needing a wheelchair consistently (as contrasted with using one sometimes but not always).
plural of wheeler-dealer
The act or practice of a wheeler-dealer.
plural of wheelerdealer
The trade of a wheelwright.
The process or result of whiggifying.
plural of whimsicality
plural of whimsicalness
plural of whimsy-whamsy
superlative form of whip-creamy: most whip-creamy
Alternative form of whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus)
plural of whip-poor-will
A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native to the West Indies and Florida.
With whipped cream.
comparative form of whipped-creamy: more whipped-creamy
superlative form of whipped-creamy: most whipped-creamy
A slut or slattern.
plural of whipper-ginnie
Alternative form of whippersnapper.
plural of whipper-snapper
plural of whippersnapper
plural of whippomorphan
The quality of something that whispers, or makes a soft, breathy sound.
plural of whistle-blower
The action of a whistleblower.
plural of whistle-blowing
simple past and past participle of whistle-stop
present participle and gerund of whistle-stop
From the start to the end of a live sporting event; denoting a period in which gambling advertising may be banned.
plural of whistleblower
The disclosure to the public or to authorities, such as by an employee, of wrongdoing.
plural of whistleblowing
simple past and past participle of whistlestop
present participle and gerund of whistlestop
A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6377).
A town in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
plural of white-currant
In a manner characteristic of a white-handed individual.
The quality of being white-handed.
simple past and past participle of white-knight
present participle and gerund of white-knight
simple past and past participle of white-knuckle
third-person singular simple present indicative of white-knuckle
present participle and gerund of white-knuckle
present participle and gerund of white-label
simple past and past participle of white-label
present participle and gerund of white-label
Taking place between white people.
Alternative form of white supremacist.
plural of white-supremacist
Characteristic of the Italian genre of film called white telephone; suggesting consequence-free lives of privilege.
Alternative form of white trashery.
plural of Whitefieldite
plural of whitefishery
present participle of whiteknight
A village and civil parish (without a council) in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3815).
plural of whitenization
plural of whitesplainer
present participle and gerund of whitesplain
A type of film that portrays white people in a stereotypical manner, intended to appeal to lurid or lowbrow tastes.
present participle and gerund of whitestream
A small village and civil parish (served by Eardisley Group Parish Council) in west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2747).
plural of Whitsun-night
Of or relating to Dick Whittington, a stage character based on the English merchant and politician Sir Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), famed for travelling to London to seek his fortune.
A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5821).
Alternative form of what's-her-face.
Alternative form of what's-her-name.
Alternative form of what's-his-face.
Alternative form of what's-his-name.
With one's whole hand or hands; (figuratively) comprehensively.
Dated form of wholeheartedly.
Alternative form of wholeheartedness.
In a wholehearted (“showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment”) manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly.
the condition of being wholehearted
plural of wholesomeness
plural of whoop-dee-doo
Alternative form of whooping cough.
Alternative form of whooping crane.
plural of whooping-crane
plural of whoopsie-daisy
An accident or a mistake.
plural of whoremistress
The behaviour of a whoremonger; lewd licentiousness; pimping.
plural of whortleberry
Alternative form of whosiewhatsit
plural of whosie-whatsit
plural of whosiewhatsit
simple past and past participle of wibble-wobble
third-person singular simple present indicative of wibble-wobble
present participle and gerund of wibble-wobble
A transliteration of the Sinhalese surname වික්රමසිංහ (wikramasiṁha).
A transliteration of the Sinhalese surname වික්රමසිංහ (wikramasiṁha).
The quality of being wide-handed.
The quality of being widespread.
plural of widgeongrass
A nickel analogue of hydromagnesite discovered in Western Australia.
A surname from German
Alternative spelling of Widmanstätten.
Alternative form of Wiener schnitzel.
plural of wienerschnitzel
Alternative form of wiffle-woffles.
Of or relating to Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947), British evangelist.
Suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia.
plural of Wikipediholic
An addiction to editing Wikipedia.
plural of Wikipedophile
plural of wikiphilosophy
A philosophy or system of thought pertaining to the editing of Wikipedia.
a meter consisting of two choriambs, used in Attic tragedy and in Roman comedy, used by Plautus and Terence.
A firefighter trained in fighting wildfires.
plural of wildfire-fighter
A monoclinic-prismatic blackish green mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and zinc.
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal bluish gray mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, sodium, sulfur, and thallium.
A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
The religious beliefs and practices of the Quaker preacher Jemima Wilkinson, known as the Public Universal Friend, and of the Society of Universal Friends.
Obsolete form of will o' the wisp.
Alternative spelling of will o' the wisp.
Of or pertaining to a potential coupling between two people who share romantic chemistry, but whose relationship is threatened by uncertainty, external obstacles or internal strife.
Alternative form of will-they-won't-they.
Obsolete form of will o' the wisp.
A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.
Alternative form of willy-nilly.
A native or inhabitant of Williamsburg.
plural of Williamsburger
Of or relating to the Williamsoniaceae.
Alternative form of willie wagtail.
plural of willie-wag-tail
Having a willing attitude.
Alternative form of willie wagtail.
plural of willy-wag-tail
plural of Willy-Wagtail
plural of Wilmingtonian
plural of winding-sheet
A kind of spinning top.
Alternative form of window cleaner.
plural of window-cleaner
simple past and past participle of window-dress
Alternative form of window dresser.
plural of window-dresser
third-person singular simple present indicative of window-dress
Alternative form of window dressing.