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waterfall |
Noun
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a steep descent of the water of a river |
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water gap |
Noun
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a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows |
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water hole |
Noun
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a natural hole or hollow containing water |
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waterside |
Noun
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land bordering a body of water |
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water table |
Noun
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underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water |
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weakener |
Noun
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that which weakens or causes a loss of strength |
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weakly interacting massive particle |
Noun
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a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation |
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wetland |
Noun
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a low area where the land is saturated with water |
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whinstone |
Noun
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any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) |
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whin |
Noun
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any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) |
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whin |
Noun
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small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye |
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whin |
Noun
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very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers |
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white dwarf |
Noun
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a faint star of enormous density |
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white dwarf star |
Noun
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a faint star of enormous density |
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white water |
Noun
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frothy water, usually describing rapids or waterfalls |
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whitewater |
Noun
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frothy water, usually describing rapids or waterfalls |
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wind gap |
Noun
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a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it |
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wormcast |
Noun
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fossil trail of a worm |
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wormcast |
Noun
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cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm |
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wormhole |
Noun
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hole made by a burrowing worm |
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wadi |
Noun
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gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season |
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werewolf |
Noun
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a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again |
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wolfman |
Noun
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a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again |
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witch |
Noun
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a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil |
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witch |
Noun
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a female sorcerer or magician |
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witch |
Noun
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an ugly evil-looking old woman |
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witch |
Noun
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a believer in Wicca |
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witch |
Verb
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cast a spell over someone or something |
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wyvern |
Noun
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a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry |
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wivern |
Noun
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a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry |
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water spirit |
Noun
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a fairy that inhabits water |
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wood nymph |
Noun
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a deity or nymph of the woods |
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water sprite |
Noun
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a fairy that inhabits water |
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water sprite |
Noun
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aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums |
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water nymph |
Noun
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(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water |
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water nymph |
Noun
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a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water |
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water nymph |
Noun
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submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers |
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water nymph |
Noun
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a fairy that inhabits water |
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withstander |
Noun
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a fighter who holds out against attack |
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withstander |
Noun
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an opponent who resists with force or resolution |
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weird sister |
Noun
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(Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny |
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wrongdoer |
Noun
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a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
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wop |
Noun
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offensive term for a person of Italian descent |
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wetback |
Noun
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(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent |
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white man |
Noun
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a man who is White |
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white woman |
Noun
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a woman who is White |
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white trash |
Noun
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(slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished |
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whitey |
Noun
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(slang) offensive names for a White man |
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WASP |
Noun
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a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination |
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white Anglo-Saxon Protestant |
Noun
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a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination |