University Vocabulary
367,698 words and 113,531 expressions at the university level.
The use of a w-buffer.
In natural language processing, a set of unique "shingles" (contiguous subsequences of tokens in a document) that can be used to gauge the similarity of documents.
plural of w-shingling
Alternative form of Washixia.
Alternative form of wambulance.
Alternative form of wambulance.
A surname.
A settlement and civil parish (served by Waberthwaite and Corney Parish Council) in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SD1093).
A variety of grape used in wine-making.
plural of Wachenheimer
plural of Wachowiak
Of or relating to The Wachowskis, a pair of American film directors.
plural of Wachowski
A surname.
plural of wackadoodle
plural of wackaloon
A calcareous rock consisting of more than 10% grains, supported by a lime mud.
plural of wackestone
plural of wackiness
Alternative spelling of Wackypedia (“Wikipedia”).
plural of wackness
A notional device that measures wackiness.
plural of wackometer
simple past and past participle of wackyparse
third-person singular simple present indicative of wackyparse
present participle and gerund of wackyparse
plural of wackyparsing
Alternative form of Wathaurong.
A locality in the Bega Valley council area and the Snowy Monaro council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A village in Drakes Broughton and Wadborough parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9047).
plural of wadcutter
A surname.
Of or relating to Conrad Hal Waddington (1905–1975), biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher who laid the foundations for systems biology.
A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Characterised by a waddling gait.
With a waddling motion.
plural of waddywood
A system for transcribing the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese into the Latin alphabet; formally uses hyphens and the spiritus asper apostrophe.
A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).
Alternative form of Wade-Giles.
plural of Wadhamite
A surname.
plural of Wadlington
plural of wadsetter
present participle and gerund of wadset
An orthorhombic form of olivine produced under very high pressure
plural of wadsleyite
plural of Wadsworth
A county-level city of Dalian, Liaoning, China.
Very thin, as thin as a wafer.
a dimensional construction board product, composed of wood flakes compressed together into a flat panel with binder
plural of waferboard
On the scale of an entire silicon wafer.
Alternative form of waffle maker.
plural of waffle-maker
third-person singular simple present indicative of waffle-stomp
A restaurant specializing in waffles, breakfast, chicken, and soul food.
plural of wafflehouse
Alternative form of waffle maker.
plural of wafflemaker
Alternative form of waffliness.
Alternative form of waffle stomper.
Alternative spelling of waffliness.
The quality of being waffly.
In a waffling manner
Alternative form of waffliness.
plural of waffsicle
Someone who is likely to swing in a halter; someone likely to be hanged.
plural of wag-halter
Alternative form of wagpastie.
plural of wag-pastie
quaking grass: any of a genus, Briza, of grasses
plural of wag-wanton
plural of wagadash
plural of wage-cuck
Alternative form of wage earner.
plural of wage-earner
simple past and past participle of wage-slave
third-person singular simple present indicative of wage-slave
present participle of wage-slave
Worthy of receiving wages; deserving (of) pay.
The state or condition of being wageless.
plural of wagenboom
A municipality in Cochem-Zell district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
A city in Gelderland province, Netherlands.
A surname from German.
plural of Wagenknecht
A high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
plural of wager-boat
plural of wageslave
plural of wagetaker
A worker who earns a wage.
plural of wageworker
Working in order to earn a wage.
plural of waggadash
A locality in the Shire of Moira, northern Victoria, Australia.
plural of Waggarian
Archaic spelling of wag-wanton (“promiscuously”).
Waggish behaviour.
A mosquito larva.
plural of waggonage
plural of waggoneer
Alternative form of wagonette.
plural of waggonette
Alternative spelling of wagonload.
plural of waggonload
Alternative form of wagonwright.
plural of waggonwright
plural of waghalter
Reminiscent of the works of the composer Richard Wagner.
Synonym of Wagnerism (“the ideals of Richard Wagner”).
In a Wagnerian manner
plural of Wagnerian
plural of Wagnerist
plural of Wagnerite
The process of Wagnerizing.
simple past and past participle of Wagnerize
third-person singular simple present indicative of Wagnerize
present participle and gerund of Wagnerize
Alternative form of wagonload.
plural of wagon-load
Alternative form of wagonmaster
plural of wagon-master
Alternative form of wagonsheet.
plural of wagon-sheet
A craftsman who builds wagons or a manufacturer of wagons.
plural of wagonbuilder
The construction of wagons.
plural of wagonette
plural of wagonload
A craftsman who makes wagons or a manufacturer of wagons.
plural of wagonmaker
The construction of wagons.
The man in charge of a wagon.
plural of wagonmaster
The woman in charge of a wagon.
plural of wagon-lit
A large cloth, usually canvas, that covers the bed of a wagon to keep dust off the load.
plural of wagonsheet
A maker of wagons, wainwright.
plural of wagonsmith
A man employed to repair wagonways.
plural of wagonwayman
A place where wagons are constructed.
A builder of wagons.
plural of wagonwright
plural of wagonyard
plural of wagpastie
A surname.
plural of Waguespack
present participle and gerund of wah-wah
Alternative form of Wahhabitism.
Alternative form of Wahhabism.
plural of Wahhabist
plural of Wahhabite
The religious beliefs and practices of the Wahhabites.
Process of making Wahhabi
plural of Wahlquist
plural of Wahlstrom
Alternative form of wambulance.
The state or condition of being waifish.
A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.
Belonging or relating to a certain proposed branch of the hypothetical Penutian phylum.
Any of several viruses, of the genus Waikavirus, that are transmitted by leafhoppers and infect rice and other plants
plural of waikavirus
A small coastal town north of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
plural of waileress
A large river in Canterbury, New Zealand.
present participle and gerund of waiment
plural of Wainright
simple past and past participle of wainscoat
Obsolete form of wainscoting
plural of wainscoating
plural of wainscoat
Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
plural of wainscoting
Having a wainscot.
Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
plural of wainscotting
plural of Wainscott
A town in the City of Lower Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand.
The work of a wainwright, building wagons.
plural of wainwright
The largest town in Central Hawke's Bay district, Hawke's Bay region, North Island, New Zealand.
a category of people and their descendants who fled mainland China for Taiwan after 1945 in response to the Nationalists losing the Chinese Civil War; sometimes regarded as an ethnic group.
As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
As high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
plural of waistache
Having a waistband.
plural of waistband
plural of waistbelt
plural of waistboat
A cloth or garment worn around the waist.
plural of waistcloth
Wearing a waistcoat.
Someone wearing a waistcoat; especially, a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a whore.
plural of waistcoateer
A fabric designed for waistcoats, often with a multicoloured pattern of different yarns.
plural of waistcoating
Without a waistcoat.
plural of waistcoat
Absence of a waist.
Having the specified kind of waistline.
plural of waistline
plural of waistwrap
Senegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia)
plural of wait-a-bit
Synonym of wait-a-bit
Synonym of wait-a-bit.
plural of wait-a-while
Tending to observe events before coming to a decision.
Alternative form of wait-a-while.
simple past and past participle of wait-list
present participle and gerund of wait-list
plural of wait-list
Alternative form of wait a minute in rapid speech.
The role or status of a waiter.
Without a waiter.
Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.
The role or status of a waiter.
plural of waitership
Dated form of waiting room.
plural of waiting-room
simple past and past participle of waitlist
A person on a waiting list.
plural of waitlister
present participle and gerund of waitlist
plural of waitperson
plural of waitperson
simple past and past participle of waitress
plural of waitress
present participle and gerund of waitress
Resembling or characteristic of a waitress.
A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.
plural of waitstaff
plural of waitstate
A surname.
Synonym of waivable.
Alternative spelling of voivodeship.
plural of waiwodeship
A member of parliament who switches parties.
plural of waka-jumper
The act of switching parties as a member of parliament.
plural of wakadash
Alternative form of waka gashira.
A sexual act involving drinking alcohol from a woman's body, wherein the woman presses her legs together tightly enough that the triangle between the thighs and mons pubis forms a cup and then pours sake down her chest into this triangle, from which her partner then drinks the sake.
A linguist who specialises in studying Wakashan languages.
plural of Wakashanist
A networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message.
plural of wake-over
Alternative form of wakerobin.
plural of wake-robin
plural of wakeathon
simple past and past participle of wakeboard
Someone who takes part in wakeboarding.
plural of wakeboarder
A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
plural of wakeboard
Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.
plural of wakefieldite
plural of wakefield
Alternative spelling of wakefulness.
plural of wakefulness
Absence of waking; a state of endless sleep.
plural of waker-upper
plural of wakerobin
Someone who takes part in wakeskating.
plural of wakeskater
plural of wakeskate
A water sport that employs a board like that used for wakeboarding, manufactured from maple or fibreglass.
simple past and past participle of wakesurf
One who takes part in wakesurfing.
plural of wakesurfer
A watersport in which a rider trails behind a boat, riding the boat's wake without being directly pulled by the boat.
plural of wakizashi
simple past and past participle of Wal-Mart
present participle and gerund of Wal-Mart
plural of Walachian
A coastal village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4974).
plural of Walbridge
A locality in the Greater Hume council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
A surname.
Reminiscent of Walden, an 1854 novel by Henry David Thoreau that is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings.
Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.
The religious beliefs of the Waldenses.
plural of Waldensian
A surname from German.
plural of waldflute
plural of waldgrave
Any of the extinct brachiopod genus †Waldheimia, now a subgenus of Terebratus.
plural of waldheimia
A WalK inhibitor present in some Streptomyces strains
A herb used (particularly in Germany and central Europe) for flavouring wines and liqueurs, Galium odoratum.
Of or relating to Waldorf education.
plural of Waldridge
A surname from German.
plural of Waldschmidt
A surname.
The northwestern region of the northeast Austrian state of Lower Austria.
plural of Waldvogel
A type of stringed instrument, a cittern of German origin, with nine strings in five courses.
plural of waldzither
An orthorhombic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
An isometric orange mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tellurium.
A small village and civil parish (served by Hatherton and Walgherton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6948).
Vanda sanderiana, a species of orchids endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines
A prison inmate who is kept apart from the other prisoners for their own safety.
plural of walk-alone
plural of walk-away
plural of walk-mill
plural of walk-over
That can be walked through.
plural of walk-through
plural of walkability
The quality of being walkable.
plural of walkabout
A moving walkway (a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.)
plural of walkalator
plural of walkalong
A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century.
plural of walkaround
plural of walkathon
plural of walkboard
Someone who wanders aimlessly; a flaneur.
plural of walke-street
A surname from German.
plural of Walkenhorst
A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT3637).
A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2865).
A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7692).
plural of Walkerism
A suburban area in Brough with St Giles parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2098).
A village and civil parish (served by Burrator Parish Council) in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5369).
An early portable television camera.
A portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.
Alternative spelling of walking stick.
Alternative form of walking stick.
plural of walkingstick
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9937).
A walkway.
plural of walkingway
A surname.
Alternative form of waulkmiller.
plural of walkmiller
plural of Walkowiak
plural of Walkowski
Alternative form of walk-through.
plural of walkthrough
plural of walky-talky
Alternative form of walkie-talkie.
something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces
plural of wall-crawler
Alternative form of wallflower.
plural of wall-flower
Alternative form of wall kisser
plural of wall-kisser
Mounted on a wall; attached to a wall.
A work of art created directly on a wall, ceiling, etc.
Alternative form of wallpaper.
Someone who wallpapers
plural of wall-paper
A person who participated in bringing down the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
plural of wall-pecker
Alternative spelling of wall rocket.
plural of wall-rocket
A bracket attached to a wall, bearing a candle or lamp protected by a candle-shade.
plural of wall-shade
Having sides nearly perpendicular, rather than flaring or tumbling home.
simple past and past participle of wall-slam
present participle and gerund of wall-slam
plural of wall-slam
Alternative spelling of wall table.
plural of wall-table
plural of wall-wart
A locality in the Liverpool Plains council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the Shire of Glenelg and the Shire of Moyne, south western Victoria, Australia
The evolutionary theory of Alfred Russel Wallace.
A suburb of Ayr, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3422).
A person from Wallachia or of Wallachian descent.
plural of Wallachian
A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
plural of Wallander
A locality in the Carrathool council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
Alternative form of Walla Walla.
Capable of letting bullets go through.
simple past and past participle of wallbang
Synonym of Harvey Wallbanger.
plural of wallbanger
present participle and gerund of wallbang
plural of wallboard
Alternative form of Lombard (“cannon”).
plural of wallchart
plural of wallclock
A covering for a wall, such as wallpaper
plural of wallcovering
something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces
plural of wallcrawler
Having the ability to crawl upon vertical surfaces.
A passerine bird of species Tichodroma muraria, closely related to the nuthatches, breeding in temperate Asia, found more widely in much of temperate Eurasia.
plural of wallcreeper
A discontinuous change across a codimension wall of marginal stability.
plural of wallcrossing
A toxic metabolite of the wallemiomycetes
A toxic metabolite of the wallemiomycetes
A locality in the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A surname.
A town in the City of Lithgow, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the Coolamon council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
plural of walleteer
plural of walletful
Without a wallet.
Resembling a wallet.
plural of walletful
simple past and past participle of wallflower
present participle and gerund of wallflower
Socially awkward or shy.
plural of wallflower
Socially awkward or shy.
simple past and past participle of wallhack
A player who uses wallhacks.
plural of wallhacker
The use of wallhacks.
Alternative spelling of wall hanging.
plural of wallhanging; alternative form of wall hangings
A particular steroid glycoside found in Pteris wallichiana.
A particular steroid glycoside.
A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).
plural of Wallingford
A suburban town in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ294645).
plural of Wallington
A municipality in Bülach district, Zürich canton, Switzerland.
plural of Wallisian
A Mapuche nationalist political party in Chile.
plural of Wallonian
plural of walloping
present participle and gerund of wallop
So as to wallow.
plural of wallowing
Characterised or marked by wallowing
Alternative form of wall-painting.
plural of wallpainting
simple past and past participle of wallpaper
One who hangs wallpaper.
plural of wallpaperer
present participle and gerund of wallpaper
Resembling or characteristic of wallpaper.
plural of wallpaper
Resembling or characteristic of wallpaper.
Sedum acre, a stonecrop.
plural of wallpepper
plural of wallpiece
plural of wallplant
plural of wallplate
plural of wallpress
past participle of wallride
present participle and gerund of wallride
Alternative spelling of wall rocket.
plural of wallrocket
plural of wallscape
A process or act of creating a wallscape: painting it or attaching it onto a wall.
plural of wallscaping
A wall-mounted screen display.
plural of wallscreen
simple past and past participle of wallslam
present participle and gerund of wallslam
plural of wallstead
plural of wallstone
plural of wallyball
A feeble or underdeveloped person or animal.
plural of wallydraigle
Alternative spelling of Wally World.
A Ngumbin Australian Aboriginal suffixing language spoken in and around Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
plural of Walmarter
Of or related to Walmart.
plural of Walmartian
The process of coming to resemble a chain-superstore business model.
To undergo or cause to undergo Walmartization.
Alternative spelling of Walmajarri.
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8013).
plural of Walmersley
plural of Walmesley
plural of Walmisley
The wood of the walnut tree.
Alternative form of valuevite.
A hydrated arsenate/oxide of bismuth and uranium.
plural of walpurgite
resembling a walrus
present participle and gerund of walrus
A small statutory city, the county seat of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States.
A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham (OS grid ref TF9336).
plural of Walsingham
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing barium, calcium, oxygen, and silicon.
plural of Walsworth
A city, the county seat of Colleton County, South Carolina, United States.
A surname from German.
plural of Waltermire
The principal town of the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London, England, and the borough's administrative headquarters. (OS grid ref TQ3789).
A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
A municipality in Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.