List of Old English Words in the OED/WE

We	prn	Plural pronoun, possessive our or ours, objective us. 2. nominative plural of (used to denote oneself and another or others): "we have two children." 4. used to denote people in general. 5. (used to indicate a particular profession, nationality, etc., that includes the speaker or writer): We, as individual, have moral responsibilities. 6. Also called the royal we. (used by a sovereign, or by other high officials and dignitaries, in place of I in formal speech): We do not wear this crown without humility.
We	phr	"We Are Only Here for the Beer" - we won't pretend to be presence in order to help, show goodwill.
We	phr	"We Shall See, What We Shall See" - a particular outcome cannot be foretold.
Weak	adj	C.1300, from Old Norse veikr "weak," cognate with Old English wac "weak, pliant, soft," from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz "yield," *wikanan "bend" (cf. Old Saxon wek, Swedish vek, Middle Dutch weec, Dutch week "weak, soft, tender," Old High German weih "yielding, soft," German weich "soft," from PIE root *weik- "to bend, wind" 2. not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail. 2. lacking in bodily strength or healthy vigor, as from age or sickness; feeble; infirm. 3. not having much political strength, a weak ruler. 4. lacking in force, potency, or efficacy; impotent, ineffectual, or inadequate: weak sunlight. 5. lacking in rhetorical or creative force or effectiveness: one of the author's weakest novels. 6. breakable, delicate. 2. senile, sickly, unwell, invalid. 7. decrepit, feeble, weakly imply a lack of strength or of good health. 8. not physically strong, because of extreme youth, old age, illness. 9. old and broken in health to a marked degree. 10. connotes being pitiable or inferior: feeble and almost senile. 11. ineffective. 12. unsound, ineffective, inadequate, illogical, inconclusive, unsustained, unsatisfactory, lame, vague. 13. unintelligent, simple, foolish, stupid, senseless, silly. 14. wavering, unstable, irresolute, fluctuating, undecided, weak-kneed. 15. slender, slim, inconsiderable, flimsy, poor, trifling, trivial. 16. wanting, short, lacking.
Weak	phr	"Go Weak at the Knees" - temporarily weak, trembling, perhaps hardly able to stand.
Weakness	phr	"Have a Weakness for" - have an (irresistible) fondness for.
Weak	phr	"The Weakest Link" - the part of a system that is most likely to fail or cause problems.
Weak	phr	"Weak in the Head" - stupid, misguided. 2. soft in the head
Weak-backed	adj	Having a weak back; lacking physical strength.
Weak-brained	adj	Foolish, silly, feeble-minded, stult-like.
Weak-breach	n	Of a fortified place not possessed of sound defence, esp. in some part or on a particular side (a weak side), as that by the Mongols in 1550 when breaching a weak point of the Great Wall of China.
Weak-built	adj	Poorly or jerry built. 2. of slender, sickly or thin frame.
Weaken	vb	To make weak. 2. to become weak.
Weaken	phr	"Weaken the Hand of " - fig. to reduce the effectiveness of (a person or body of persons). 2. to hinder, discourage, to enfeeble or decrease the vigour of the mind or body.
Weak-ending	adj	In a prosody an unstressed syllable in a normally stressed place at the end of a verse-line. 2. in prosody, feminine ending, an unaccented syllable. 3. an extra unaccented syllable.
Weakener	n	One who or something which weakens.
Weakening	n	Something which weakens or enfeebles.
Weak-eyed	adj	Having poor or dim eyesight.
Weakfish	n	The marine fish of the genus, Cynoscion, used as food.
Weak-handed	adj	Weak or feeble of hand. 2. fig. not capable of effective exertion.
Weak-headed	adj	Lacking strength of mind or purpose. 2. easily overcome by strong liquor.
Weak-headness	n	State or condition of lacking strength of mind, feebleness, stupidity.
Weak-hearted	adj	Lacking fortitude, faint-hearted. 2. tender-hearted, soft-headed.
Weak-heartedly	adv	In a faint-hearted, weak manner.
Weak-heartedness	n	The state or quality of being faint-hearted, cowardly
Weakish	adj	Somewhat weak or feeble.
Weak-kneed	adj	Having weak knees or power of locomotion. 2. fig. wanting in resolution, unassertive, or irresolute. 3.lacking resolution.
Weak-kneedness	n	A want in resolution or strength. 2. easily frightened, intimidated.
Weakliness	n	State or quality of being weak or feeble.
Weakling	n	One who is not strong physically, mentally or emotionally. 2. an effeminate man
Weak-looking	adj	Feeble of appearance; puny.
Weakly	adj	Weak in constitution, not strong or robust, delicate. 2. of a tree: not in full growth or vigour. 3. of a person: characterized by moral weakness.
Weakly	adv	With little energy, strength or force. 2. with gentle action, gently, softly. 3. in a weak or enfeebled condition; with weakness of condition. 4. insecurely, unsubstantially. 5. with slight deficiency in strength.
Weak-minded	adj	Having a weak mind. 2. lacking strength of purpose. 3. indecisive in opinion, unable to say no. 2. feeble minded; half-witted, mentally deficient.
Weak-mindness	n	The state or quality of being weak-minded.
Weakness	n	The condition of being weak. 2 of inadequate quality. 3. a special fondness or desire. 4. a disadvantage, vulnerability.
Weakness	phr	"Have a Weakness for" - have an (irresistible) fondness for.
Weakside	n	Partiality; a vulnerable side of a person's character.
Weak-sighted	adj	Being weak of sight. 2. fig. lacking foresight or vision.
Weak sister	n	A person or thing which is the least robust. 2. a least dependable member of a group; the weakest. 3. a person who is cowardly and indecisive.
Weak-willed	adj	Weak of will; easily swayed, irresolute, indecisive.
Weak-witted	adj	Weak of mind or intellect.
Weaky	n	A slang term for someone who is weak both physically and emotionally.
Weal	n	Well-being, prosperity, or happiness: the public weal; weal and woe. 2. wealth or riches, prosperity. 3. a sound or healthy state of person or things. 4. the body politic; the state; contextually, the welfare of the country or community. 5. wealth, riches, passion; worldly weal. 6. pomp, splendor, rich array. 7. welfare, well-being, happiness, prosperity, good fortune. 8. applied to a person, as a source of felicity or an object of delight. 9. goodness, virtuous behavior. 10. good or honorable reputation.
Weal	vb	To mark the flesh with weals (ridges).
Weal	phr	"In Weal and Woe" - in good times and bad. 2. in happiness and sadness. 3. for richer or poorer.
Weald	n	The name of a tract of country, formerly wooded, including the portions of Sussex, Kent and Surrey which lie between North and South Downs. 2. a wooded district or open country.
Weald-clay	n	Beds of clay, sandstone, limestone and limestone, forming the top of Wealden strata, with abundant fossil remains.
Wealden	adj	Pertaining to the Weald.
Wealding	n	Inhabitant of the Weald.
Wealdish	adj	Having the characteristics of uncultivated ground.
Wealdsman	n	Inhabitant of the Weald.
Wealful	adj	Happy, prosperous, fortunate, blessed, gladsome.
Wealfully	adv	In a wealful manner: prosperously, happily, blessedly, gladsomely.
Wealfulness	n	The state or quality of being prosperous, rich, happy, gladsome, blessed.
We-all	prn	We - used in the place of "we" as a pronoun.
We-all's	prn	Our, ours.
Wealsman	n	Devoted to public weal; a commonwealth's man. 2. a statesman.
Wealness	n	Luxuriousness.
Wealsome	adj	Happy, prosperous, fraught with happiness. 2. promising welfare and prosperity. 3. wealthy and rich.
Wealsomely	adv	In a happy, prosperous manner. 2. prosperously, wealthily. 3. healthily.
Wealth	n	Condition of being happy, happy and prosperous. 2. of a person - well-being. 3. an instance or kind of prosperity; felicity, happiness. 4. spiritual well-being: "The Wealth of the Soul". 5. antonym: woe, andreth.
Wealth	phr	"Wealth of Something" - a great quantity or amount.
Wealthily	adv	In a wealthy way, richly, with prosperity.
Wealthiness	n	The sate or quality of possessing riches, prosperity, happiness, health.
Wealthless	adj	Without wealth, devoid of wealth; having no money or wealth.
Wealth-making worshipper	n	One who worships wealth above all things. 2. an extreme capitalist.
Wealth-monger	n	"If the question should be put to all those wealth-mongers and honor-mongers, these are saucy truths to obtrude on the power-mongers, wealth-mongers and pleasure-mongers of the world. 2. wealth-making worshiper; one who wealth worships.
Wealth-worship	n	"Plato was not a man to preach king-worship or wealth-worship.
Wealthy	adj	Possessing well-being, happy, prosperous. 2. of conditions of life: comfortable, luxurious. 3. of the body: thriving, healthy. 4. of cattle, livestock: well fed. 5. of persons: having means at hand, rich, opulent. 6. of a country: prosperous, flourishing, commanding riches. 7. rich in some possession or advantage, plentiful in something. 8. abundant, copious.
Wealth-yielding	n	Giving forth or bringing forth riches and wealth. 2. "rich as igneous rocks in wealth-yielding minerals veins and ores, they are destitute of fossils.
Wealy	adj	Wealthy, prosperous, happy. 2. a good condition, healthy. 3. luxurious, indulgent, self-indulgent.
Wean	n	A young animal or child.
Wean	vb	To accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than (esp. its mother's) milk. 2. to detach or alienate (a person, his desires or affections) from some accustomed object or pursuit or enjoyment. 3. to deprive someone of something. 4. to dissuade successfully or unsuccessfully. 5. to remove or abate gradually a desire.
Weaned	ppl	Lit. and fig. in the sense of the verb.
Weaned-ness	n	The state or condition of spiritual detachment.
Weaner	n	One who takes care of a young person. 2. a calf or lamb weaned.
Weaning	n	The action of the verb "to wean".
Weanling	n	A child or animal newly weaned.
Weapon	n	Any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon. 2. anything used against an opponent, adversary, or victim: the deadly weapon of satire. 3. with animals, any part or organ serving for attack or defense, as claws, horns, teeth, or stings. 4. a slang word for penis.
Weapon	vb	Old English wǣpen; cognate with German Waffe. 2. to supply, furnish or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weapon aircraft with heat-seeking missiles.
Weapon-bearer	n	One who bears or takes up arms.
Weaponed	adj	Armed or furnished with weapons. 2. bearing arms.
Weaponer	n	One who has charge of a weapon or weaponry of war prior to it's dep[loyment. 2. a expert or specialist in the development of weapons of war.
Weapon-free	adj	In air defence, a weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired at any target not positively recognized as friendly.
Weapon-hoard	n	A person's or nation's weaponry; weapon-pile.
Weaponless	adj	Without weapons, unarmed, not containing a weapon. 2. of an animal without natural means of defence.
Weapon-like	adj	Resembling a weapon.
Weapon-salve	n	A salve said to cure wounds by sympathy; applied not to the wound but the instrument which gave the wound. The direction "bind the wound and grease the nail' is still common. Sir Kenelm Digby says the salve is sympathetic , and quotes several instances to prove that "as the sword is treated the wound inflicted by it feels. Thus, if the instrument is kept wet, the wound will feel cool; if held by the fire, it will feel hot; if held by the fire, it will feel hot", etc
Weapon-smith	n	A forger or maker of weapons and arms.
Wear	vb	To carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a disguise. 2. to have or use on the person habitually: to wear a wig. 3. to bear or have in one's aspect or appearance: to wear a smile. 4. to cause (garments, linens, etc.) to deteriorate or change by wear. 5. to impair, deteriorate, or consume gradually by use or any continued process. 6. to undergo gradual impairment, diminution, reduction, etc., from wear, use, attrition, or other causes (often followed by away, down, out, or off). 7. to retain shape, color, usefulness, value, etc., under wear, use, or any continued strain. 8. (of time) to pass, especially slowly or tediously (often followed by on or away). 9. to have the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate, especially after a relatively long association. 10. (of a vessel) to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. 11. to tire, fatigue, drain.
Wear	n	The act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear. 2. the state of being worn, as on the person. 3. clothing or other articles for wearing; especially when fashionable or appropriate for a particular function (often used in comb): travel wear; sportswear. 4. gradual impairment, wasting, diminution, etc., as from use. 5. the quality of resisting deterioration
Wear	phr	"Have to Wear Something" - have to put up with something.
Wear	phr	"In Wear" - being regularly worn.
Wear	phr	"Wear a Hair Shirt" - to practice self-discipline.
Wear	phr	"Wear and Tear" - gradual deterioration through use. 2.damaged sustained from continual use.
Wear	phr	"Wear Away" - to diminish by attrition.
Wear	phr	"Wear Down" - to reduce or impair gradually, make weaker by long wearing. 2. to make weary, tire. 3. tp prevail by persistent, overcome. 4. become, or make shorter or lower, through continuous pressure, friction, etc.
Wear	phr	"Wearing of the Green" - an Irish patriotic and revolutionary song dating from 1798. Green (Emerald Isle") was the emblematic of the Irish patriots.
Wear	phr	"Wear Off" - to diminish slowly or gradually. 2. to diminish in effect; disappear through constant previous, friction. 3. no longer effect; lose effectiveness or intensity; fade.
Wear	phr	"Wear On" - proceed slowly or tediously.
Wear	phr	"Wear One's Heart on one's Sleeve" - to be very transparent emotionally; open and forthright about about one's emotions.
Wear	phr	"Wear One's Learning Lightly" - not be self-important about, nor try to impress others with, how much one knows.
Wear	phr	"Wear One's Year's Well" - remain young-looking.
Wear	phr	"Wear Out" - to make unusable or become unfit or useless through hard or extended use or handling. 2. to expend, consume or remove. 4. to exhaust, as by continued strain.
Wear	phr	"Wear Sackcloth and Ashes" - humbly to demonstrate repentance.
Wear	phr	"Wear Something" - have to put up with something.
Wear	phr	"Wear the Horns " - to be a cuckold.
Wear	phr	"Wear Thin" - to lessen or weaken over time, as from over use. 2. deteriorate through use over time;begin to fail. 3. of patience: to become less and less patient.
Wear	phr	"Worse for Wear" - in a bad state because of prolonged effort, use; drunk.
Weariedly	adv	In a weary manner; wearily.
Weariful	adj	That causes weariness; that tires one's endurance or patience.
Wearifulness	n	In a manner or way weariful. 2. state or condition of being weary or exhausted.
Wearihood	n	Wearifulness.
Weariless	adj	Indefatigable; tireless.
Wearily	adv	In a tired, fatigued, exhausted manner.
Weariness	n	Weary condition; state of fatigue, tiredness from exertion, endurance of pain, want of sleep.
Weariness	n	Exhaustion, fatigue, tedium or tiredness. 2. a lack of interest or excitement; tedium.
Wearing	adj	Intended to be worn. 2. causing tiredness. 3. causing erosion.
Wearingly	adv	In a tiresome, tedious manner.
Wearish	adj	Somewhat tired or weary.
Wearisome	adj	Tiresome, tedious, or causing fatigue.
Wearisomely	adv	Jade, tire, fatigue, fag, dispirit, debilitate, harass.
Wearisomeness	n	The state or quality of being weary. 2. tiresomeness, tediousness, fatigueness.
Wear-out	n	The point where boredom begins for a viewer or listener of an advertisement.
Weary	adj	Fatigued, tired, exhausted; bored. 2. jaded, tiresome, irksome; wearisome.
Weary	vb	To become weary, to long for.
Weary	phr	"Weary of" - no longer be interested in or attracted by. 2. become irritated by. 3. tire of.
Weasand	n	The oesophagus or gullet. 2. trachea or windpipe. 3. the throat generally.
Weasel	n	Any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents. 2. any of various (weasel-like) similar animals of the family Mustelidae. 3. a cunning, sneaky person, a weasel. 4. a tracked vehicle resembling a tractor, used in snow. 5. slang. an informer; stool pigeon.
Weasel	n	An equivocal statement or claim, esp. one used in an intentionally misleading advertisement.
Weasel	vb	To render (a word, phrase etc.) ambiguous or equivocal, to remove or detract from it's meaning. 3. to equivocate, prevaricate, to use weasel words. 4. to escape from, or extricate oneself out of. 6. to evade an obligation, duty, or the like; renege (often followed by out ):I'd like to weasel out of. 5. to welsh on, dishonourably fail to meet one's obligations. 6. slang. to inform.
Weasel	phr	"Be Bit by the Barn Weasel" - to be drunk, intoxicated.
Weasel	phr	"Weasel One's Way Out of" - fig. to squeeze or wheedle one way out of a difficult or unfavourable situation. 2. fig. to evade or avoid a job or responsibility.
Weasel-eyed	adj	Sharp of sight, alert, extremely watchful.
Weaseling	vb	To equivocate or quibble.
Weaselly	adv	Deviously, misleadingly.
Weasel-like	adj	Characteristic or resembling a weasel. 2. sharp, watchful alert in a manner. 3. deviously, misleadingly.
Weasel-minded	adj	Devious, cunning, misleading, sneaky, opportunistic, street-wise, weasely.
Weasel-monger	n	One who hunts rats, etc. with weasels. (Monger of rats using weasels).
Weaselship	n	A mock title for a person who has the so-called negative characteristics of a weasel.
Weasel word	n	An equivocating or ambiguous word which takes away the force of meaning of thhe concept being explained. 2. intentionally evasive or misleading speech; equivocation. NB: alluding to the wesel's supposed ability to suck an egg out of it's shell without seeming to break the shell.
Weather	n	The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. 2. a strong wind or storm or strong winds and storms collectively.
Weather	vb	To expose to the weather; dry, season, or otherwise affect by exposure to the air or atmosphere: to weather timber. 2. to discolor, disintegrate, or affect injuriously, as by the effects of weather, as weathered by the centuries. 3. to bear up against and come safely through (a storm, danger, trouble, illness etc.). 4. (of a ship, mariner, etc.) to pass or sail to the windward of: to weether a cape. 5. to cause to slope, so as to shed water. 6. to undergo change, especially discoloration or disintegration, as the result of exposure to atmospheric conditions. 7. to endure or resist exposure to the weather: something that weathers well. 8.to go or come safely through a storm, danger, trouble, etc.
Weather	phr	"A Bit Under the Weather" - intoxicated or drunk. 2. suffering from a hangover. 3. indisposing, ill, ailing.
Weather	phr	"Fair Weather Friend" - one to be friend who offers no support in difficult times
Weather	phr	"In All Weathers" - through changes or vicissitudes in one's lot or fortunes: we remained a good friend in all weathers.
Weather	phr	"Keep/Have my Weather eye Open" - have my wits about me. 2. keep a careful look out.
Weather	phr	"Lovely Weather for Ducks" - wet weather.
Weather	phr	"Lovely Weather We're Having" - we are having very bad weather (meant ironically).
Weather	phr	"Make Fair Weather of" - to be conciliatory, make a show of friendship (to or with a person). 3. to make a specious show of goodness. 4. to gloss over or represent the state of things as better than they are. 5.
Weather	phr	"Make Heavy Weather of" - of a vessel: to roll and pitch in heavy seas. 2. to carry out with great difficulty or unnecessarily great effort. 3. make a burden of something.
Weather	phr	"Run into Heavy Weather" - to encounter difficulties.
Weather	phr	"Stretch Wings to the Weather" - to fly.
Weather	phr	"Under the Weather" - slightly unwell. 2. in low spirits. 3. drunk.
Weather	phr	"Weather Along " - to sail or make headway in spite of the wind and weather, (also fig.)
Weather	phr	"Weather Away" - to wear away from exposure.
Weather	phr	"Weather Breaks" - good weather changes for the worse.
Weather	phr	"Weather Breeder" - a day of unusual fineness coming suddenly after a series of damp, dull days, especially at the times of year when such a genial day is not looked for. Such a day is generally followed by foul weather.
Weather	phr	"Weather Holds" - weather of any kind holds.
Weather	phr	"Weather the Storm" - endure and survive a storm. 2. fig. surmount opposition, criticism, difficult circumstances or crisis without be seriously affected; ride out a crisis.
Weather-beaten	adj	Beaten by the weather. 2. worn or damaged by exposure to the weather or the outdoors.
Weather-bitten	adj	Eaten into, defaced or worn, by exposure to the weather.
Weatherboard	n	The windward side of a vessel. 2. planks placed over an opening to keep out driven water. 3. clapboard: series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of timber-framed building.
Weatherboarding	n	Feather-edged boards fixed horizontally so that the thick edge of one overlaps the thin edge of another - used for fencing or roofing.
Weather-burnt	adj	Scorched, burnt by over-exposure to the sun.
Weather-candle	n	The candle of the open air: "the Sun".
Weathercock	n	A vane in the shape of a cock. 2. a mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object, such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind. 2. by a Papal enactment made in C9tha figure of a cock was set up on every church steeple as the emblem of St Peter. The emblem is an allusion to his denial of the Lord thrice before the cock crew twice.
Weathercock	phr	"Upon the Weather Cock" - inclined to turn and vary.
Weather-driven	adj	Something propelled by or driven forward by the action of the wind upon sails of a ship, water, or a windmill.
Weather-eaten	adj	Consumed, rotted or eroded by the weather.
Weathered	adj	Worn, or weather-beaten by the weather, as of rocks, stone, complexion.
Weather-eye	n	One with a keen eye for observing the weather.
Weather-eye	phr	"Keep One's Weather-eye Open" - to be watchful and alert and keep one's wits about them.
Weather forecast	n	A prediction in the Media, on TV,or on the radio of future weather conditions, often for a specific locality.
Weather-forecaster	n	A person, sometimes a meteorologist, who forecast the weather.
Weather-forecasting	n	The science of using meteorology to predict future weather.
Weather-gall	n	Something applied to other appearances in the ? to which the same significance is attributed.
Weatherglass	n	An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, esp. changes of atmospheric pressure; and, hence changes of weather, such as barometers or baroscopes.
Weather-hardened	adj	Acclimatized or inured by frequent exposure to the weather.
Weather-headed	adj	Light-headed, foolish.
Weather-helm	n	A condition where a ship has its helm kept a little to the windward to prevent her head coming up in the wind.
Weathering	n	Obs: especially favourable or fair weather. 2. mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by the weather and other causes. 3. in architecture: a slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable to throw off water.
Weathering	phr	"Weathering of Time" - the effect of time on life.
Weatherless	adj	Without weather.
Weatherlike	adj	Resembling the weather in some way: changeable, unpredictable, following a seasonal pattern, etc.
Weatherliness	n	The quality of being weatherly.
Weatherlore	n	Meteorology. 2. a non-scientific popular beliefs, relating to weather forecasting.
Weatherly	adv	Of or pertaining to the weather. 2. to the windward. 3. capable of keeping close into the wind without drifting to the leeward.
Weatherman	n	Meteorologist; weatherwoman.
Weather-monger	n	One (not always a professional meteorologist) who foretells the weather; one who is weather wise. 2. one engaged in predicting the weather. 3. weather diviner or long-range weather forecaster; (a monger of weather)
Weather-rotted	adj	Rotted by exposure to rain and heat.
Weather ship	n	A ship used by the Weather Bureau to assist in the compilation of the official weather forecasts.
Weather shore	n	A shore to weather or windward, placing the vessel in the lee of the land. 2. any kind of protection creating a relative calm.
Weather-sick	adj	Made sick by over exposure to certain kinds of weather.
Weather side	n	The windward side or weatherside of a vessel, a building, a tree, a mountain, that is most exposed to damage or injury from the weather.
Weather speak	n	A phatic conversation about the weather.
Weather-stained	adj	Disfigured by the action of the weather.
Weather-tight	adj	A proof against the rain and wind.
Weather-tough	adj	Acclimatized or inured by frequent exposure to the weather. 2. weather-hardened; inured.
Weather-vane	n	Weather-fane, a weathercock.
Weather window	n	Interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as launching a satellite.
Weather wisdom	n	The traditional lore of weather prognostics.
Weather-withstanding	adj	Resistant against the extremes of the weather.
Weather-wise	adj	Skilled in prognostics of the weather.
Weather-worn	adj	Destitute of herbs or vegetation, as the wild, without herb, weather-worn promontory.
Weave	n	A method or pattern of weaving.
Weave	vb	To form (a fabric) by interlacing (yarn, etc), esp on a loom. 2. to make or construct by such a process: to weave a shawl. 3. to make or construct (an artifact, such as a basket) by interlacing a pliable material, such as cane. 4. (of a spider) to make a web. 5. to construct by combining separate elements into a whole. 6. often followed by in, into, through, etc . to introduce: to weave factual details into a fiction. 7. to create a way, etc by moving from side to side: to weave through a crowd 8. of a stabled horse: to swing the head, neck, and body backwards and forwards.
Weave	phr	"Get Weaving" - begin working, hurry, moving.
Weave	phr	"Weave In and Out" - advance by moving sideways around obstacles.
Weave	phr	"Weave Into" - make thread into cloth by weaving them together.
Weave	phr	"Weave One's Spell" - have a magical effect. 2. charm interest or influence somebody or something in its own special way.
Weave	phr	"Weave Up" - make threads into cloth from threads by weaving them together.
Weaved	adj	Woven or plaited.
Weaver	n	One who weaves clothes, materials, carpets etc. for a living.
Weaverbird	n	Any of the various Old World (passerine) birds resembling finches, that build complex, communal nests.
Weavercraft	n	The art or technique of weaving. 2. towcraft.
Weaver's bottom	n	Inflammation of the bursa that separates the gluteus maximus muscle of the buttocks from the underlying bony prominence of the bone that a person sits on (ischial tuberosity). See 'Housemaid's knee'
Weaver's knot	n	A sheet bend in weaving.
Weaving	n	The process of making woven material on a loom. 2. pieces of woven material. 3. towcraft 4. an unsteady motion backwards and forward.
Weaving	phr	"Get Weaving" - to hurry; start to do something.
Weavingly	adv	In a weaving pattern or motion.
Weazen	vb	To make wizened; to wizen.
Weazened	adj	Wizened.
Weazeny	adj	Alteration of wizened: shrivelle, wrinkled, shrinkish in appearance.
Web	n	Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things. 2. the World Wide Web (also spelled Web). 3. the part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing. 4. a latticed or woven structure. 5. interconnection between flanges. 6. the thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top and bottom of the rail. 7. a fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds. 8. a continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing. 9. a long sheet of paperweb (third-person singular simple present webs, present participle webbing, simple past and past participle webbed)
Web	vb	To construct or form a web; to weave. 2. to cover with a web or network. 3. to ensnare or entangle. 4. to provide with a web.
Web	phr	"The Web of Life" - the destiny of an individual from the cradle to the grave; from "Womb to Doom'.
Web aware	adj	Designating an application, device, etc., capable of accessing or interacting with websites independently of a web browser. 2. having an up-to-date or thorough understanding of the web.
Web-beacon	n	A web beacon is an object embedded in a web page or email, which unobtrusively (usually invisibly) allows checking that a user has accessed the content. Common uses are email tracking and page tagging for web analytics.
Web-beam	n	In a loom, the beam or roller to which the warp threads are attached and which are wrapped around the woven cloth.
Webbed	adj	Having ones toes or fingers united by a web or fold of skin. 2. covered with or as if with a web.
Webber	n	A weaver.
Webbing	n	A strong hemp fabric woven in narrow strips of about 3mm wide used for chairs. 2. toes united by a web of skin.
Web-book	n	A class of laptop computer. 2. a book that is available in HTML on the web.
Webby	adj	Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.
Webcast	n	"Broadcasting" over the internet distribution of audio and/or video content - or other messages to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communication media.
Webcaster	n	A person or organization that transmits a webcast over the internet.
Webcasting	n	Broadcasting over the World Wide Web, using a webcam. 2. spreading information over the Internet using push technology.
Web-diver	n	A person skilled in web-diving.
Web-diving	n	The act of viewing the less known part of the Internet (in contrast to web-surfing).
Web-eye	n	A disease of the eye arising from a film suffusing it. 2. in computing, an abundant mass of tissue arising from conjunctivitis of the inner corner of the eye that blurs vision by growing over the eye.
Web-feed	n	On the World Wide Web, a web-feed (a news feed) ia s a data format for providing users with frequently updated content.
Web-foot	n	A foot that has toes connected by folds of skin. 2. a web-footed animal.
Web-footed	adj	Having ones toes united by a web of skin. 2. with web-feet; having the toes connected by webs.
Web head	n	A person in charge of a radio or television broadcasting network. 2. an avid and enthusiastic user of the World Wide Web
Web-headed	adj	Characteristic of the behavior of an avid user of the Web.
Webbing	n	A strong, narrow closely woven fabric used specifically for seat belts and harness in upholstery.
Webbish	adj	Webby, consisting of a web, resembling a web, palmated.
Webless	adj	Without a web or webbing.
Weblike	adj	Having open interstices or resembling a web. 2. lacey, net-like, netted, webbed, reticular.
Web-link	n	A hyperlink, a printed address of a website in a book, newpaper, etc.
Webmaster	n	A webmaster is someone who creates and manages the content and organization of a website, manages the computer server and technical programming aspects of a website or does both.
Web-ring	n	A number of websites with related content, offering links to one another in such a way, that one may view each of them without referring to a single referring site.
Web-root	n	An Internet term: the topmost directory in which the files making up a web site are located on a web server
Web-shop	n	A sales outlet which supplies goods or services over the Internet.
Web-spinner	n	The order Embioptera, commonly known as webspinners, are a small group of mostly tropical and subtropical insects, classified under the subclass Pterygota. The order has also been referred to as Embiodea or Embiidina.
Webster	n	A female weaver.
Web-stream	n	A streaming media delivery method which uses the Internet to deliver audio or video playback to the end-user.
Web-toed	adj	Having feet with webbing; webfooted.
Web-toed	adj	Having ones toes united by a web of skin.
Webwheel	n	A wheel having a plate or disc instead of spokes or with rim,spokes, and centre in one piece as in the balance wheel of a clock or watch..
Webwork	n	A mesh or network of links as connecting pieces. 2. a network of things interlinked in a manner resembling a web. 3. an elevated network of roads and overpasses. 4. a network of broken tiny veins, often on the nose or face.
Webworm	n	Any one of the various caterpillars of diverse families, that spin a web.
Wecche	vb	To rouse from sleep. 2. to stir up, excite, (wind, fire, passion, strife). 2. see awecche.
Wecht	n	An instrument for winnowing grain.
Wed	vb	To marry (another person) in a formal ceremony. 2. to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry. 3. to bind by close or lasting ties; attach firmly. 4. to blend together or unite inseparably: a nove that weds style and content perfectly. 5. to contract marriage; marry. 6. to become united or to blend.
Wed	phr	"Wedded to (Something)" - be so attached to, or absorbed in, something that one finds no room for anything else. 2. to be utterly dedicated to a proposal.
Wed	phr	"Wed to" - combine one thing or quality to another.
Wedand	n	One who rages and/or raves, weeds, wood, wedes. cf: almightend, fiend, friend, halend, milciend, shapend, waldend, stycan etc.
Wedbreach	n	Breaking of the wedding covenant. 2. wedbreak; wed-break.
Wedbreaker	n	An adulterer.
Wedcast	n	A wedcast of a wedding.
Wedded	adj	Married, joined in matrimony, or wedlock.
Wedded-bliss	n	Lit. the happiness of being married; marriage.
Wedding	n	The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed, wedding ceremony, nuptials. 2. the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; marriage ceremony.
Wedding	phr	"No Herring no Wedding" - a bad fishing season discourages marriage among fisher-folk.
Wedding-breakfast	n	A celebratory meal eaten just after a wedding (at any time of day) and before the honeymoon by a couple and their guests.
Wedding-cake	n	A rich, iced-cake, portions of which are given to kin and kith attending the wedding, and to absent kith and kin who are absent.
Wedding-day	n	The day and ceremony when people wed or an anniversary of the day.
Wedding-finger	n	The fourth finger on the left hand.
Weddingless	adj	Without a wedding; as a weddingless marriage.
Wedding-like	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a wedding
Wedding-monger	n	One, a wedding monger, actively engaged in organization of weddings.
Wedding-night	n	The night after the wedding (especially with reference to is consummation).
Wedding ring	n	A plain gold ring used in the marriage ceremony. 2. a a ring worn by a married person.
Weddingy	adj	Or, of pertaining, to a wedding.
Wede	vb	To be or to become mad; cf. woody; mad. 2. to be wild with rage or desire; to rage against something. 3. of waves, pestilence: to be furious.
Wed-free	adj	Free from the bounds of marriage.
Wedge	n	One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering, as a wedge under the door. 2. a piece (of food etc.) having this shape: a wedge of cheese. 3. geom. a five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends. 4. (fig.) something that creates a division, gap or distance between things. 5.(archaic) - flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation. 6. a type of iron, golf club used for short, high trajectories. 7. a group (a skein) of geese or swans when they are in flight in a V formation. 9. colloq. in UK - a quantity of money. 10. phonetics - IPA character <ʌ>, which denotes an open-mid back rounded vowel.
Wedge	vb	To support or secure using a wedge; to wedge open a window. 2. to force into a narrow gap. 3. to work wet clay by cutting or kneading.
Wedge	phr	"Drive a Wedge Between" - set out to cause two persons to confront each other.
Wedge	phr	"Thin Edge of the Wedge" - a thing unimportant in itself that implies the state of growing much larger. 2. insignificant start of worsening situation. 3. an action or procedure of little importance in itself, but likely to lead to more serious developments.
Wedge	phr	"Wedge Out" To thin out into a wedge.
Wedge	phr	"Wedge their Way" - to little by little moved forward towards their aim or goal.
Wedge-bone	n	The sphenoid, wedged-shaped bone, or compound bone at the base of the skull.
Wedged	adj	Cuneiform.
Wedge-like	adj	Resembling or similar to a wedge.
Wedge-shaped	adj	Shaped like a solid wedge. 2. V-shaped.
Wedged-shaped writing	n	Cuneiform writing or script.
Wedge-wise	adj	After the manner, in the form of a wedge.
Wedgy	adj	Having the form or uses of the wedge; cuneal.
Wedhood	n	The marriage of married state. 2. marriage, matrimony, wedlock.
Weding	adj	Raging, raving, weedy.
Wedlock	n	Marriage, matrimony, (slang): shackledom. 2. the married state.
Wedlock	phr	"Born Out of Wedlock" - brn of unmarried parents.
Wedlock	phr	"Wedlock it" - to get married, become hitched, walk down the aisle.
Wedlock breaker	n	An adulterer.
Wedlockhood	n	The marriage state. matrimony, (slang):shackledom.
Wed-man	n	A married man.
Wednesday	n	The fourth day of the week, following Tuesday. Origin: before 950; Middle English Wednesdai, Old English Wēdnesdæg, mutated variant of Wōdnesdæg Woden's day; cognate with Dutch Woensdag, Danish onsdag; translation of Latin Mercuriī diēs day of Mercury
Weed	n	An article of clothing, a garment. 2. an article of mourning clothes, weeds: mourning clothes or garb.
Weed	n	An herbaceous plant, usually a wild plant not wanted where it is growing. 2. a thin looking, feeble person. 3. an inferior horse (slang). 4. tobacco; marijuana.
Weed	vb	To clear an area of weeds. 2. sort out inferior parts for removal. 3. rid of or remove of inferior or unwanted members (of a council or committee etc).
Weed	phr	"Weed (something) Out" - get rid of parts or an element that weakens or injures the whole. 2. improve the whole by doing something.
Weedbusters	n	Techniques and chemical sprays collectively used to eradicate weeds.
Weedeater	n	A whipper-snipper, string-trimmer, weed-whip. 2. an insecticide that kills weeds.
Weeded	adj	Free from weed, weed-free, weedless. 2. of a crop: thin out, sparse of weeds.
Weeder	n	One who weeds for work.
Weed-grown	adj	Overgrown with weeds.
Weed-head	n	One addicted to marijuana.
Weedful	adj	Covered with weeds; weed-ridden, weedful, abounding in weeds.
Weedgrown	adj	Overgrown with weeds.
Weedily	adv	In a weedy manner.
Weediness	n	The state or condition of a being weedy.
Weeding	n	The action of removing weeds.
Weedless	adj	Free of weeds.
Weedlike	adj	resmbling or characteristic of weeds in some aspect.
Weedliness	n	The quality or state of being weedy; lack of physical presence; feebleness.
Weedling	n	A small, thin, weakly person.
Weeds	n	Widow's weeds garments, clothing worn by mourners.
Weeds	phr	"In Full Widow's Weeds" - deep mourning clothing worn by widows.
Weed tree	n	Applied to a tree of little timber value.
Weedy	adj	Full of or having many weed, overgrown with weeds. 2. lankly and weedy. 3. weak-looking; of poor physique. 4. feeble, lacking strength.
Weedy	adj	Mad, raging, furious.
Weedy	adj	Of a woman: wearing or clad in widows weeds or mourning clothes.
Week	n	A period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday. 2. a period of seven successive days that begins with or includes an indicated day: the week of June 3. 3. a period of seven successive days devoted to a particular celebration, honor, cause, etc. 4. the working days or working portion of the seven-day period; workweek.
Week	adv	Seven days before or after a specified day: He left yesterday week.
Week	phr	"Any Day of the Week" - at any time.
Week	phr	"At Week's End" - on Friday.
Week	phr	"Be in by the Week's End" - to be caught, ensnared, fig. to be deeply (very quickly) in love.
Week	phr	"Go to It By the Week" - to commit oneself thoroughly.
Week	phr	"Knock Somebody into the Middle Of Next Week" - hit somebody very hard.
Week	phr	"Week in, Week out" - continually, unremittingly.
Week	phr	"Week of Sundays" - a long time; an indefinite period.
Week	phr	"Week to Week" - continuing or recurring in successive weeks; continual.
Weekday	n	A day of the week. 2. (pl) days of the weeks
Weekend	n	Saturday and Sunday.
Weekend	vb	To spend the weekend away on holiday.
Week-ending	n	The habit of spending the weekend away from home.
Week-ending	adj	Suggestive of the week end.
Weekender	n	One who spends their weekends away from home. 2. a home which one owns and occupies usually, only at weekends.
Week-long	adv	Continuing or lasting for a week.
Weekly	n	A publication issued once weekly.
Weekly	adj	A pertaining of a week. 2. happening once a week.
Weekly	adv	Happening once a week.
Weeknight	n	A night of the week.
Week-old	adv	Seve days old; being seven days ago.
Week work	n	In OE. law, work done for the lord by unfree tenant for so many days of the week, usually three days.
Weel	n	A deep pool; a deep place in a river or the sea, an eddy or whirlpool.
Weel	n	A wicker trap for catching fish or eels. 2. a basket in which fish are keep; a creel.
Ween	n	Doubt; conjecture.
Ween	vb	To think, fancy. 2. to imagine, believe; suppose, guess, have an opinion.
Weep	vb	To express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage. 2. to let fall drops of water or other liquid; drip; leak. 3. to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore. 4.to weep for (someone or something); mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow: he wept his dead brother. 5. to shed (tears); pour forth in weeping: to weep tears of gratitude. 6. to let fall or give forth in drops: trees weeping an odorous gum. 7. to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually followed by away, out, etc.): to weep one's eyes out.
Weep	n	Weeping, or a fit of weeping. 2. the exudation of water or liquid.
Weep	phr	"Weep Away" - To spend,consume in tears and lament. 2. to remove or wash away with tears of commiseration.
Weep	phr	"Weep One's Fill" - sorrow of the heart; deepness of a wound (fig.)
Weep	phr	"Weep Out" - utter with tears.
Weep	phr	"Weep Over" - express regret at something or for somebody. 2. cry over.
Weeper	n	One who weeps; a mourner at a funeral, esp. one hired to do so. 2. a small image of a mourner on a monument. 3. a man's crepe hatband for funerals. 4. a widow's black crepe veil or white cuffs. 5. a notion long prevailing in England that it augured ill for future happiness if the bride did not weep profusely at the wedding.
Weepers	n	Long black streamers hanging from the hatband of male mourners during the C19th.
Weepily	adv	In a tearful, weeping, sad manner.
Weeping	n	The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); crying, weeping, tears.
Weeping	adj	Showing sorrow, dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful. 2. having branches or flower heads that bend downward; cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping.
Weeping-dale	n	Vale or valley of tears.
Weeping-hole	n	An opening through which moisture percolates; a weep-hole. 2. a hole to allow collected water to escape, as condensation on the inside of a window.
Weepingly	adv	In a weeping manner.
Weeping-pine	n	Pinus excelsa, so called because of long dropping needle or leaves.
Weeping-ripe	adj	Ready to weep, or ripe for weeping.
Weeping-room	n	Opportunity for weeping.
Weeping-time	n	A time when one weeps or may weep. 2. of climate, weather, sky: dripping, drizzling.
Weeping willow	n	A decorative variety of willow tree with esp. pendulous branches. 2. used of a cultivar of Peking willow (saliva babylonica) as well as it's hybrid.
Weeply	adj	Lamentable tearful, inclined to tears.
Weepy	adj	Weeping, mournful, lugubrious. 2. exuding moisture, damp, oozy.
Weese	vb	To ooze, drip or distil gently.
Weevil	n	OE. "wifel" - a beetle. 2. a common name given to thousands of different kinds of small beetles, all distinguished by heads lengthened out to resemble beaks. 2. any insect damaging stored grain.
Weevilled	adj	Infested with weevils.
Weevily	adv	Infested with weevils.
Weezle	n	The trachea or windpipe (cf:weasand). 2. epiglottis.
Weft	n	USU 2. the threads. 2. strips of cane, straw, etc. used as the filling in weaving baskets, mats, etc. 3. yarn used as weft threads. 3. that which is spun or woven. 4. film over the eye. 5. a mat of hairs on the stem or leaf of a plant. 6.streak of cloud, a thin layer of smoke or mist.
Weft	vb	To form a weft or web. 2. to interlace the weft with the warp.
Weft	phr	"The Weft of the World" - (the weft of the world was untorn): the fabric of the world.
Weft-finger	n	The forefinger.
Wefting	n	The act or practice of form a web or weave.
Weftwise	adv	Of, or relating to the weft running across the warp; crosswise.
Wefty	adj	Of the nature of a weft or thread, plants, vapour.
Weigh	vb	To determine the weight of an object. 2. often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight. 3. fig. to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. 4. fig. to judge; to estimate. 5. to consider a subject. 6. to have a certain (body) weight. 7. to have weight; to be heavy; to press down. 8. to be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. 9. to raise an anchor free of the seabed. 10. to weigh anchor. 11. to bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.  12.(obsolete) to consider as worthy of notice;
Weigh	vb	To shake, toss, agitate, move about.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh Against" - tend to make people disfavor or reject somebody. 2. to tell against.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh Anchor" - raise the anchor . 2. prepare to leave the docking berth or moorings.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh Down" - to cause to bend or sag by overburdening (lit and fig.). 2. to oppress, burden, overload. 3. to be too much to cope with. 4. lower somebody's spirits; make somebody sad and anxious.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh In" - to undergo a weigh-in: two days before the fight, boxers weigh in in order to meet the weight limit of their division; jockeys finishing in the first three placing weigh in to see that their "weight " is correct 2. to subject to a weigh-in at the loading dock. 3. to weigh. He weighs in at upwards of 250 pounds. 4. to bear on an issue: everyone wanted to weigh in on what kind of car he should buy. 5. join in.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh in With" - lend one's weight. 2. bring something along. 3. to produce a strong argument.
Weigh	phr	"Weigher of Souls" - God; as "Like a skillful weigher of souls (God), put into the balance pleasure and pain.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh One Somebody's Mind" - worry, make anxious.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh One's Words" - speak, or write with deliberate care in choosing one's words, either for stylistics or make one's meaning perfectly clear. 2. avoid giving verbal offence to others.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh Out" - measure a quantity of something by weight.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh Up" - assess, judge, consider carefully before forming a judgement. 2. consider alternatives carefully before choosing one of them. 3. evaluate or consider something; weigh something up.
Weigh	phr	"Weigh With" - be regarded as important by somebody, be seriously considered by somebody.
Weigh-bridge	n	A public place with equipment to which commodities are brought to be weighed. 2. a weigh-house.
Weigh	vb	To act as a ballast.
Weighed	adj	Measured or apportioned (a certain quantity) by weight. 2. determined of weight by scales.
Weigher	n	One who weighs or performsthe duty of weighing things.
Weigher	n	The Equator.
Weigher	phr	"Weigher of Souls" - "Like a skillful weigher of souls (God), put into the balance pleasure and pain.
Weigh house	n	A public office where certificates guaranteeing the accuracy of weight of loads are issued.
Weigh-in	n	The act or procedure of a jockey, boxer etc
Weighing	n	The undergoing of a weigh-in: two days before the fight, as boxers who weigh in in order to meet the weight limit of their division; or jockies who finish in the first three placings weigh in to see that their "weight " is correct.
Weighing	adj	That weighs. 2. that weighs on or burdens.
Weighman	n	A man whose work is to weigh goods or articles.
Weighmaster	n	A company employees or licensed public official who verifies the weight of goods, as ore, coal, grain.
Weight	n	The amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs. 2. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass. 3. a system of units for expressing heaviness or mass: avoirdupois weight. 4. a unit of heaviness or mass: the pound is a common weight in English-speaking countries. 5. a body of determinate mass, as of metal, for using on a balance or scale in weighing objects, substances, etc.
Weight	vb	To add weight to; load with additional weight: to weight sacks before dumping them overboard. 2. to load (fabrics, threads, etc.) with mineral or other matter to increase the weight or bulk. 3. to burden with or as if with weight (often followed by down): as in financial worries . 4. to give a statistical weight to: to bias or slant toward a particular goal or direction; manipulate.
Weight	phr	"Be a Weight off Someone's Mind" - to be a great relief.
Weight	phr	"Bring in One's Weight" - metaphorically speaking, to bear on an issue; frequently construed with on or with.
Weight	phr	"By Weight" - according to measurement of heaviness or mass: rates are determined by weight.
Weight	phr	"Lend One's Weight to" - to use one's influence to support some cause.
Weight	phr	"Pull one's Weight" :to contribute one's rightful share of work to a project or job: We will finish in time if we each pull our weight; also, pull one's own weight.
Weight	phr	"Put on Weight" - increase one's weight.
Weight	phr	"Take the Weight of Someone's Shoulders" - assist some one by relieving them of a responsibility.
Weight	phr	"Throw One's Weight About" - to use one's power and influence, especially beyond the bounds of propriety, to secure some personal gain.
Weight	phr	"Weight of Years" - aged, advanced in years, aging.
Weight	phr	"Worth One's Weight in Gold" - highly valued as an employee, member of a team, etc. 2. be very desirable; helpful; useful.
Weighted	adj	Determined by value or importance.
Weightful	adj	Full of weight or heaviness.
Weightfully	adv	In a weightly manner. 2. with or as weight.
Weightiness	n	The quality of being weighty.
Weighting	n	Fig. weights, as "higher weighting was assigned to data from double-blind studies."
Weightless	adj	Which has no weight. 2. which is not being affected by gravity
Weightlessness	n	The state of being free from the effects of gravity. 2. an experience or instance of being free from gravity or weightless 3. the state of being free from stress.
Weightlessly	adv	In a weightless manner.
Weight-like	adj	Resembling or characteristic of weight.
Weightloss	n	The loss of bodily weight. 2. the amount of bodily weight lost through diet and exercise.
Weightness	n	Weightiness: the quality of being weighty.
Weight-watcher	n	One who follows the methods and philosophy of the company "Weight Watchers" of losing weight by forming helpful habits, eating smarter and healthier and getting more exercise.
Weightwise	adj	In terms of weight.
Weighty	adj	Of great gravity or significance; requiring earnest thought, condition or application. 2. highly important, serious, grave, momentous. 3. ranking high in respect of importance or value. 4. of an argument, utterance etc. producing a powerful effect, adopted to influence or convince, potent; adopted to turn the balance of the mind. 5. rigorous, severe, afflictive.
Weine	vb	OE. wone. 2. to lament, wail.
Weir	n	A dam in a river to raise and control water for irrigation, navigation, power or ornament . 2. a weel or fence of stakes set in a stream for catching fish.
Weir	vb	To provide with a weir.
Weird	adj	Involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights. 2. fantastic; bizarre: a weird getup. 3. archaic. concerned with or controlling fate or destiny. 4. unnatural, preternatural. weird, eerie, unearthly, uncanny refer to that which is mysterious and apparently outside natural law. (Weird refers to that which is suggestive of the fateful intervention of supernatural influences in human affairs: one's weird adventures. (Eerie refers to that which, by suggesting the ghostly, makes one's flesh creep). (Unearthly refers to that which seems by its nature to belong to another world. Uncanny refers to that which is mysterious because of its apparent defiance of the laws established by experience; an uncanny ability.
Weird	n	Archaic: fate or destiny. 2. one of the Fates
Weird	vb	To ordain by the decree of fate, esp. to be destined or divinely appointed to, into or unto. 2. to assign to a person his fate; to wierd. 3. to apportion as one's destiny or lot. 4. to advise or warn by the knowledge of coming fate. 5. to destine or ordain.
Weird	phr	"Dree One's Weird" - to surrender to one's fate.
Weird	phr	"Weird and Wonderful" - strange but wonderful and clever.
Weird	phr	"Weird Out" - make uneasy , bewildered or disquieted by something considered very strange, as a film.
Weird-dom	n	The supernatural world; weird-dom.
Weirdish	adj	Somewhat weird.
Weirdless-ness	n	A state or condition of being weirdless.
Weird-light	n	The light of destiny.
Weird-like	adj	Suggestive of the supernatural, ominous, eery, uncanny of a person.
Weirdly	adj	Favoured by fate, happy, prosperous. 2. pertaining to or suggestive of witchcraft or the supernatural.
Weirdly	adv	In a weird or fantastic manner.
Weird-man	n	A wizard, soothsayer, warlock, astrologer.
Weirdness	n	The fact or quality of being weird.
Weird Sisters	n	The Fates. 2. the witches of Macbeth.
Weirdsome	adj	Uncanny, mysterious.
Weird-woman	n	A witch.
Weirdy	adj	Fateful.
Weir-hatch	n	A sluice or flood of a weir.
Weir house	n	A trap for salmon
Weiring	n	The construction of a weir or weirs. 2. the materials used for building weirs.
Wel-begone	adj	Surrounded with happiness or prosperity,
Welch	vb	See; "Welsh"
Welcome	n	A greeting or reception. 2. salutation to a newcomer. 3. kind reception of a guest or newcomer. 4. A hearty welcome. 5. one who comes so as to please the will of another.
Welcome	vb	To accept gladly. 2. bid welcome to; greet upon arrival, receive with professions of kindness. 3. to salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor.
Welcome	adj	Giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted. 2. received with gladness; admitted willingly - to a house, entertainment. 2. producing gladness; grateful; as, welcome news. 4. free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to.
Welcome	phr	"Be Welcome to" -be(willingly) allowed to.
Welcome	adj	"Made Welcome" - gladly received.
Welcome	phr	"Make Welcome" - receive hospitably.
Welcome	phr	"Wear Out One's Welcome" - to come so often or to linger so long as no longer to be welcome. 2. outstay one's welcome
Welcome	phr	"Welcome Back" - greet somebody enthusiastically on his return on their return.
Welcome	phr	"You're Welcome" - There is no need for thanks. 2. I'm was pleased to do it.
Welcomeless	adj	Without a welcome or greeting. 2. unwelcomed.
Welcomeness	n	The state of being welcomed or greeting.
Welcomer	n	One who welcomes or greeting.
Welcome-to-our-house	n	A plant, a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias).
Welcoming	n	The action of greeting or making welcome. 2. that welcomes or gives welcome. 3. a welcome.
Welcomingly	adv	In or with a welcomingly manner.
Welcomingness	n	The state or quality of being welcomed or made welcome.
Weld	n	Ruler: see 'wald'.
Weld	n	The plant "Reseda Luteola" which yields a yellow dye. 2. weldwort.
Wel-dede	n	A good deed, a benefit, a good or well deed.
Welder	n	A ruler, governor.
Weldworts	n	Plants (welds) of the N.O. Resedaceae named by Lindley.
Wele	n	See "Weal"
Welfare	n	Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need; public assistance. 2. something that aids or promotes well-being; benefit. 3. a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; wellbeing, well-being, upbeat, eudaemonia. 4. well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness
Welfare	phr	"On Welfare" - receiving money, goods, clothing free from governmental agencies.
Welfare-queen	n	A pejorative term with refer to women who allegedly collect excessive welfare payments through fraud or manipulation.
Welfare-to-work	adj	A social program designed to wean those receiving government benefits back to employment.
Welfare work	n	Organized effort for the welfare of the poor, disabled.
Welfare-worker	n	Someone employed to provide social services, esp. to the disadvantaged.
Welfaring	adj	Faring well, prosperous, thriving.
Welful	adj	Productive of happiness.
Welfulness	n	Happiness, health, prosperity.
Welkin	n	A cloud; the sky, the sun's-dwelling. 2. the apparent arch or vault of heaven, overhead, the sky. 3. the sky, firmament, sun's-dwelling. 4. the abode of the devil, or of mythology the gods of heaven. 5. the upper atmosphere. 6. the region of the air on which are the clouds; where birds fly, the sky, the sun's-dwelling. 6. the moons way, land of the stars, moon land, sun's land.
Welkin	phr	"Make the Welkin Ring" - descriptive of loud sound, such as thunder, in the sky.
Welkin	phr	"Rend the Welkin" - tearing of the sky.
Welkin	phr	"To the Welkin" - to the sky.
Welkin-eye	n	A heavenly or blue eye.
Welkin-high	adj	Sky high; very high.
Welkin-wise	adj	After the fashion of the welkin.
Welkin-wizard?	n	An administrative maker who makes astrological forecasts. 2. an astrologer.
Well	adv	In a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard '`good' is a non-standard variant for `well'). 2. thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form; "well-done meat". 3. indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "I might well do it". 4. (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully;"a book well worth reading". 5. to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree; "the job was well underway". 6. favorably; with approval; "he thought well of the book". 7. to a great extent or degree; as, "well over budget". 8. with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well". 9. with prudence or propriety; "you would do well to say nothing". 10. with skill or in a pleasing manner; "he writes well". 11. in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; advantageously. 12. in financial comfort; "they live well"; comfortably. 13. without unusual distress or resentment; with good humour. 13. in a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly. 14. suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly. 15. fully, approximately or about; -- used with numbers; obs. "Well a ten or twelve." 16. in such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently. "It boded well to you." 17. considerably; not a little; far. Note: Well is sometimes used elliptically for it is well, as an expression of satisfaction with what has been said or done, and sometimes it expresses concession, or is merely expletive; as, well, the work is done; well, let us go; well, well, be it so.
Well	adj	In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury. 2. resulting favorably; as all's well that ends well" 3. wise or advantageous and hence advisable. 4.good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy. 5. being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man. 6. being in favor; favored; fortunate.
Well	n	A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine. 2. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid. 3. an abundant source; as a well of information; wellspring, fountain, fountainhead. 4. an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway); an opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole 5. an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish, gear, pumping equipment or for protecting something. 6. an issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. 7. a pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. 8. military, a hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. 9. the lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
Well	vb	To come up, as of a liquid; "tears well in her eyes"; swell. 2. to pour forth, as from a well. 3. to boil, seethe.
Well	phr	"All's Well that Ends Well" - even though something may have it's problems or unexpected steps or development, all will all tun out well in the end.
Well	phr	"As Well As" - in addition to, besides,
Well	phr	"As Well As" - and also; together with; not less than; one as much as the other; as, a sickness long, as well as severe; London is the largest city in England, as well as the capital.
Well	phr	"Be as Well" - be advisable, prudent.
Well	phr	"Be Well Out of" - be fortunate not to be involved in or with.
Well	phr	"Do Well Out of" - profit by.
Well	phr	"Go Back to the Well" - go to the original source.
Well	phr	"Leave/Let Well Enough Alone" - well or good in a moderate degree; so as to give satisfaction, or so as to require no alteration. 2. to avoid attempts to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient 2. if it ain't broke, don't fix it; never change a running system.
Well	phr	"Stand Well With" - to be in the good graces of.
Well	phr	"Well and Good" - that is all right. 2. that is good or satisfactory. 3. all well and good.
Well	phr	"Well and Truly" - completely, thoroughly.
Well	phr	"Well Aware of Something" - fully informed, conscious of something, of something.
Well	phr	"Well Away" - to bear or submit to something.
Well	phr	"Well Done" - comment, or exclamation, of approvzal and congratulations.
Well	phr	"Well I'll Never Did" - exclamation of pleased or displeased surprize.
Well	phr	"Well Met" - comment that is fortunate, or convenient, ocassion of meeting.
Well	phr	"Well Off" - in fortunate condition; especially, in good condition as to property or any advantages; thriving; prosperous, wealthy.
Well	phr	"Well off" - in a fortunate situation, or wealthy.
Well	phr	"Well Out of" - lucky not to be concerned with.
Well	phr	"Well Thought Out" - carefully worked out.
Well	phr	"Well to Do" - well off; prosperous;- used also adjectively."The class well to do in the world."
Well	phr	"Well Up" - rise up like water in a well. 2. to fill up or gush with, as 'well up with tears'. 3.(of sound) grow louder.
Well	phr	"Well Up On(Something) - well informed about something.
Well	phr	"Well to Live" - in easy circumstances; well off; well to do.
Well	phr	"Well, Well, Well" - intrjection indicating pondering, or consideration of something, sometimes with sarcasm or mock surprize.
Well	phr	"Well Worth" - certainly worth.
Wella	Intj	Alas, well then.
Wella	adv	Also prefix, intensifier: very, exceeding.
Welladay	Excl	An exclamation expressing sorrow, lament or lamentation, alas. 2. the utterance of this exclamation. 3. wellaway.
Well-armed	adj	Armed with a number of weapons.
Wellaway	excl	An exclamation of sorrow or lamentation. 2. woe is me.
Wellaway	adv	For and away, much.
Well-beaten	adj	A much trodden way or path or region, etc.
Well-be'coming	adj	(ppl)Highly befitting or suitable.
Well-be'gone	adj	(ppl)Well-contented, cheerful, joyous.
Well-be'gun	adjl	Well started, fortunate or favourably started.
Well-be'hated	adj	Disliked, unloved, not-liked.
Well-be'haved	adj	Displaying a good or manner decorum.
Well-being	n	A state or condition of welfare, health, happiness and/or prosperity. 2. state of being well; healthy, contented.
Well-be'known	adj	Well known.
Well-believing	adj	Easy of belief, believable, credulous.
Well-be'loved	adj	One dearly loved and cherished.
Well-be'seen	adj	Good looking, attractive, fair, fetching, of good appearance. 2. well appointed or unparalleled; well furnished with, versed or accomplished in.
Well-be'spoke	adj	Fair or well-spoken, of courteous in speech.
Well-be'teeming	adj	To be well stocked to overflowing; prolific, abounding.
Well-boat	n	(Nautical) a fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or well.
Well-boden	adj	Well furnished, well provided. 2. fully armed or equipped.
Well-bodied	adj	Having good bodily development.
Well-boned	adj	Having long and/or strong bones. 2. having a sound structure or frame.
Well boring	n	The art or process of boring an artesian well.
Well-born	adj	Of good birth or lineage. 2. of gentle blood. 3. having the personal qualities associated with good birth or breeding. 4. noble in nature or characteristic.
Well-bought	adj	Valiantly won; dear or dearly bought or achieved. 2. bought at a fair price. 4. worth the price bought.
Well-breathed	adj	Sound or strong of breathe or wind. 2. exercised so as to be of strong breathe or good wind. 3. not out of breathe.
Well-bred	adj	Well mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education. 2. of animals: of a good breed.
Well-breeched	adj	Prosperous, happy, successful.
Well-to-do	adj	Prosperous, well-off, rich, successful.
Well-built	adj	Of a house or building well constructed. 2. of a poem: soundly written or composed. 3. of a person:strong and robust.
Well-cared-for	adj	Looked after and tended to in a careful and proper manner or way.
Well-chosen	adj	Well-chosen words: words carefully and discreetly chosen and crafted in speaking and writing. 2. short and telling, succinct in speech in a piece of writing also used (ironically).
Well-clothed	adj	Well and neatly dressed.
Well-corned	adj	Exhilarated or excited with liquor; as opposed to barley-hood (drunk and mean).
Well-crafted	adj	Skilfully crafted, as a sentence in writing; a piece of furniture or carving.
Wellcrest	n	Watercress: Nasturtium officinale.
Well-dealing	adj	Fair and honest in dealing or in business dealing.
Well-deeded	adj	Characterised by good deeds.
Well-deemed	adj	Of good reputation or report; wellaccounted of.
Well-doer	n	One who does well. 2. one who lives virtuously acts uprightly. 3. a performer of moral and social duties.
Well-doing	n	The action or practice of doing good; virtuous life and behaviour. 2. good deeds or actions. 3. valour, martial prowess. 4. thriving conditions, health, prosperity, welfare, success.
Well-doing	adj	That does good oe equips oneself well. 2. valiant, diligent in performance of work or duty. 3. well-behaved; respectable. 4. well-to-do, prosperous.
Well-done	adj	Wise, prudent, virtuous. 2. skillfully or correctly performed or executed. 3. an exclamation, expression, approval of what someone has done. 4.an expression of commendation. 5. that is well done. 6. of meat, food, etc. : well or thoroughly cooked.
Well drain	n	A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land. 2. a drain conducting to a well or pit.
Well-drawn	adj	Skilfully delineated; also of the human body or form: well prportioned or modeled. 2. strongly ; straightened.
Well-earned	adj	Deserved; hard but honestly earned.
Welled	adj	Of metal, molten cast welled together. 2. of milk: boiled, curdled. 3. of curds: coagulated. 4. filled.
Welled	adj	Having a well or hollow on the surface. 2. having a tank, cistern in which fish are carried or preserved alive.
Well-edged	adj	Having a sharp edge.
Well-eyed	adj	Having good eyes or good sight. 2. keen-sighted.
Well-faring	adj	Of handsome or well-favoured appearance; attractive. 2. good-looking, robust. 3. healthy, 4. couched in appropriate terms. 5. doing well, prosperous.
Well-fed	adj	Well-nourished. 2. plump, fat, chubby. 3. sleek.
Well-feeling	adj	Sensible, intelligent.
Well-fledged	adj	Well-feathered.
Well-fleshed	adj	Well furnished with flesh. 2. plump. 3. inured, become accustomed to or eager for bloodshed.
Well-fletched	adj	Well-feathered; covered by feathers.
Well-fore'warned	adj	Warned in advance of some potential or likely danger.
Well-fought	adj	Inured or accustomed to fighting. 2, valiantly contested.
Well-framed	adj	Well-shaped, constructed, fashioned, composed.
Well-girt	adj	In good trim for walking. 2. strenuously bestowed. 3. firmly encircled or secured by a girdle.
Well-given	adj	Well disposed.
Well-going	adj	Said of an animal or machine: operating smoothly and effectively. 2. moving or proceeding with ease.
Well-gotten	adj	Obtained by good means, honourably obtained. (antonym of ill-gotten)
Well-groomed	adj	Well dressed down to the smallest detail.
Well-grounded	adj	Having a competent knowledge of the elements of some study; authentic.
Well-grown	adj	Showing satisfactory growth or development.
Well-haled	adj	Pulled up properly. 2. drawn tight. 3. causing through pressure or necessity by physical, moral or intellectual means.
Well-handled	adj	Clever, dexterous.
Well-hardened	adj	Innured or thoroughly conditioned.
Well-head	n	The place at which a spring breaks out of the ground. 2. the head-spring or source of a stream or a river. 3. a spring in a marsh or morass. 4. the chief source or fountain-head of anything. 4. the top of a draw-well; also, a more or less elaborate structure erected over this. 5. the structure surrounding a gas or oil well.
Well-hearted	adj	Stout-hearted, courageous. 2. well-disposed, kind-hearted, generous.
Well-heeled	adj	Prosperous in appearance in fact. 2. having plenty of money.
Well-heling	n	Good concealment or covering; cf: hill, hell.
Well-hewn	adj	Well cut or sculptured.
Well-hoarded	adj	Well-stocked, stored. saved and put away for later use.
Well-hole	n	A shaft; an opening through a floor or series of floors, for a staircase, chimney stack or for the admission of light. 2. the empty space round which the stairs of a winding staircase turn. 3. a vertical passage-way (for machinery, a lift, light etc.)
Well-hued	adj	Of a pleasing colour, complexion or shade.
Well-hung	adj	Furnished with large pendulous organs; spec. of a man having large genitals. 2. decorated with rich hangings or tapestry. 3. of the tung: working readily and freely, glib, fluent. 4. of meat or game: hung up for a sufficient time . 5. suspended or attached to as to hang well; said; esp. of a window-sash, carriage, a gate or lady's skirt.
Welling	n	The action of boiling or scalding water. 2. the boiling up of a liquid in a pot. 3. the melting or founding of metals. 4. the bubbling up and overflowing (of water). 5. the flowing forth of a stream. 6. the swelling of flood waters, the sea.
Welling	n	The action of making or digging a well or a shaft.
Welling	adj	Boiling, said of liquid or molten metal. 2. of springs, tears- flowing abundantly, surging. 3. that which pours out of a stream or streams. 4. of a wound: bleeding copiously.
Welling-hot	adj	Boiling hot.
Welling-lead	n	A cauldron.
Welling woe	n	Of Hell: (lit and fig) -boiling (hot) hot, infernal.
Welling wood	adj	Raging mad.
Wellish	adj	Somewhat well, fairly well to do, wellish off.
Well-kempt	adj	Well dressed, neat and tidy; esp. used of hair; well-groomed: kempt (combed); well-kept.
Well-kenned	adj	Well-known, familiar; well-kenned.
Well-kept	adj	Carefully preserved or stored. 2. faithfully observed or guarded. 3. maintained in good order or condition; well kept. 4. well-kempt.
Well-knit	adj	Firmly conjoined or compacted; closely linked or compacted. 2. of a person's frame: strongly and compactly built; not loose-jointed.
Well-knowledged	adj	Furnished with sound knowledge.
Well-known	adj	Known to many; widely or generally known. 2. intimately or thoroughly known.
Well-knownness	n	State of being well-known; well known; somewhat famous. 2. familiarity; intimacy.
Well-laid	adj	The state or property of being clearly and well laid or set out. 2. lucid.
Well-leared	adj	Well learned.
Well-learned	adj	Having sound knowledge or instruction. 2. deeply read or versed in a subject.
Well-leaved	adj	Full of foliage.
Well-led	adj	Effectively and efficiently managed and directed.
Well-left	adj	Financially comfort from the benefits of a bequest or inheritance.
Well-liked	adj	Regarded with much affection or approval.
Well-liking	adj	Favourably regard; fondness, approbation or love of.
Well-liking	adj	In good condition and of lusty appearance; thriving, healthy, plump. 2. pleasant agreeable.
Well-lit	adj	Not dark, clearly lit, visible at night.
Well-living	adj	That leads a good life.
Well-looking	adj	Of a person, plant, animal, building etc., good or of attractive appearance, good looking. 2. of an idea: specious, attractive.
Well-lost	adj	Lost for or in a good cause; as 'a well-lost life'
Well-loved	adj	Muchly loved, well loved and beloved.
Well-made	adj	Of a person or animal; well-proportioned of a good build. 2. of things: skillfully fabricated, well made or constructed.
Well-marked	adj	Clearly defined or outlined. 2. easy to recognize or distinguish.
Well-matched	adj	Of comparable strength or power. 2. to be equal with, be on a par with. 3. to be compatible with, harmonious with in a social and economic sense. 4. fit, suitable, go well with, gowell together.
Well-meaned	adj	Furnished with considerable means or assets. 2. kindly disposed.
Well-meaner	adj	One who means well or is of good intentions.
Well-meaning	adj	Disposed to do what is right and good intended.
Well-meaningness	n	Good intentions, well-meaning, disposition to kindness and helpfulness.
Well-met	adj	Welcome.
Well-minded	adj	Having or actuated by a good disposition or intention; well minded. 2. right-minded; loyal; generous or favouraly disposed, benevolent. 3. wishful or determined to do something.
Well-mingled	adj	(OE: mengan): to mix as to unite or combine a well-mixed, well mingled and compatible composition - "of well-mingled loves and woes well-mingled could improve his bliss."
Well-mouthed	adj	Having a good mouth in various senses: articulate, fluent etc.
Well-near	adv	Near, close, nearby; well near.
Wellness	n	The state of being well or in good health.
Well-nigh	adv	Very near, nearly, well nigh almost wholly or entirely.
Well-nosed	adj	Keenly scented or fragrant.
Well-off	adj	Fortunate, comfortable, somewhat prosperous or rich. 2. favourably circumstanced, fortunately situated. 2. well provided for, having no lack. 3. in easy circumstance; well to do.
Well-offness	n	In a fortunate state; prosperity, well-to-do circumstances.
Well-plucked	adj	Plucky, fearless.
Well-read	adj	Well-informed by reading, well read. 2. learned in a subject. 3. of a book- attentively perused; read well in a proper or profitable manner
Well-risen	adj	Of a horse or deer: having an erect and well-covered neck. 2. of bread and paste: risen high.
Well room	n	A room where a well or spring is situated; especially, one built over a mineral spring. 2. a depression in the bottom of a boat, into which water may run, and whence it is thrown out with a scoop.
Well-rooted	adj	Having good and strong roots. 2. firmly fixed or grounded (lit. and fig.)
Well-seeing	adj	Sharp or keen of sight.
Well-seen	adj	Well provided or furnished. 2. skilled, versed, proficient in some study or action. 3. plainly, visible, evident.
Well-set	adj	Of the Sun: longly set or gone down.
Well-shape	adv	Shapeliness, beauty of a figure.
Well-shaped	adj	Having a good shape, form or figure. 2. well-shapen.
Well-shot	adj	Well grown or developed.
Well-sighted	adj	Having good sight or mental discernment.
Well sinker	n	One who sinks or digs wells.
Well sinking	n	The art or process of sinking or digging.
Well-smelling	n	Fragrant.
Well-speaking	n	Eloquence, good delivery in speaking, well-spoken-ness.
Well-speaking	adj	Eloquent, well-spoken.
Well-spent	adj	Of a purchase giving value for money.
Well-spoken	adj	Eloquenct, good delivery in speaking, wellspoken; well spoken.
Well-spokenness	n	The art of eloquence.
Well-spring	n	Source or head-spring of a stream; a fountain. 2. (fig.) a source of perennial emanation or supply.
Well-starred	adj	Born under a lucky star, fortunate, propitious.
Well-stocked	adj	Copious, full furnished with, supplied.
Wellstead	n	A site for a well. 2. an old name for the bed of a river or riverbed.
Well-strained	adj	coming of a good stock or breed.
Well-strand	n	A small stream flowing from a spring. 2. a well-stream.
Well-stream	n	A stream flowing from a spring. 2. a well-strand.
Well-stocked	adj	Filled with a plentiful supply of something.
Well-taken	adj	Skilfully executed as taking a catch in a sporting contest. 2. of an argument : readily accepted.
Well-tanned	adj	Of skin, hide etc. - properly tanned. 2. now chiefly with the sense "tanned by the sun" or made brown by the sun; sunburnt.
Well-thewed	adj	Being of good character or disposition. 2. well-conducted, well-mannered, virtuous.
Well-thinking	adj	Judging rightly and fairly.
Well-thought-of	adj	Considered worthy, good, virtuous.
Well-thought-of-ness	n	The state or condition of being considered worthy in various senses and situation.
Well-thought-out	adj	Planned and considered carefully.
Well-thumbed	adj	Bearing marks of frequent handling.
Well-timed	adj	Occurring, done or made of a good or fitting time; timely, opportune. 2. at the right moment or period.
Well-to-do	adj	Prosperous, well-off, rich, successful.
Well-to-do	n	"The Well-to-Do" - the rich, the well-heeled, those thriving, successful or prosperous; the well-off.
Well-to-do	adj	Possessed of a competency. 2. in easy circumstances; successful. 3. thriving, prosperous.
Well-to-do	phr	"Well to do in the World" - prosperous, rich, successful. 2. "Well to live in the World"
Well-to-do-ness	n	The state or quality of being prosperous, thriving, rich.
Well-told	adj	Fluently, articulately spoken or narrated. 2. well-written, versed or composed.
Well-tongued	adj	Gifted with good speech, eloquent.
Well-towen	adj	Well-trained or instructed. 2. well-conditioned. 3. modest.
Well-trodden	adj	Frequently walked on or traversed. 2. fig. flowing a familiar path or pattern of action or behavior.
Well-turned	adj	Elegantly expressed of an ankle, body shape etc.
Well-understood	adj	Grasped with clarity and precision.
Well-water	adj	Water issuing or drawn from a well or spring. 2. the water that flows into a well from subterraneous springs.
Well-watered	adj	Plentifully supplied or moistened with water.
Well-weaponed	adj	Furnished with a vast weaponry or arsenal.
Well-wearing	adj	Remaining fit and workable despite constant or frequent use.
Well-weighed	adj	Carefully estimated; duly pondered or considered. 2. of person displaying deliberate purpose and balanced judgement.
Well-will	n	Benevolence.
Well-will	vb	To wish one well; to regard something or someone with favour.
Well-willed	adj	Kindly or favourably disposed.
Well-willer	n	A benevolent person or one who bears goodwill or well wishes to another or to a cause. 2. one who is disposed to be kindly or friendly . 3. one who is addicted or devoted to a study, esp astrology.
Well-willing	n	Act of wishing well (to another). 2. goodwill, benevolence, favour, kind regard. 3. one's good pleasure; what seems good to a person to do; intend to do. 4. right or virtuous intentions. 5. willing what is good.
Well-willing	adj	Well-wishing, disposed to kindness and friendliness; benevolent, loyal. 2. ready or desiring to do something well to another.
Well-willingness	n	Benevolence; the act of behaving kindly, benevolently, generously, friendly to another.
Well-willy	adj	Benevolent.
Well-wish	n	An act of wishing well to another; a good wish.
Well-wish	vb	To wish well to another.
Well-wished	adj	Affected to good wishes and intentions.
Well-wisher	n	One who wishes well to another.
Well-wishing	n	The act of wishing well to another.
Well-witted	adj	Gifted with good wits or senses.
Well-witter	n	One gifted with good wits or senses; highly intelligent; well witted.
Well woman	n	Designating a clinic etc providing health advice and check-ups for problems specific to woman.
Well-won	adj	Gained by honourable effort.
Well-wooded	adj	Covered with growing trees.
Well-word	vb	To praise, eulogise (with well words)
Well-worded	adj	Couched in proper terms or words; well worded.
Well-worn	adj	Worn thredabare; trite, common, commonplace.
Well-worth-it	n	Something that has value in various way; as, 'It was a must-have well-worth-it that cost only $770."
Well-worthy	adj	Worthy in a high degree.
Well-wreathed	adj	Skilfully twisted.
Wellwright	n	The maker of winding gear for wells.
Well-written	adj	Competently composed or written.
Well-wrought	adj	Well made or fashioned, skillfully constricted or put together (of material things.) 2. o immaterial things- esp. of lit. or music composition. 2. of ale: thorough worked or fermented.
Welly-nigh	adv	Almost, nearly.
Welsh	n	Of persons: originally belonging to the native population of England in contrast to the Anglo-Saxons. 2. of things pertaining to Wales; the British race in Anglo-Saxon times. 3. the inhabitants of Wales. 4. language of the Welsh people.
Welsh	phr	"It's All Welsh to Me" - strange language, speech that one does not understand-
Welsh	phr	"Welsh On" - leave a race-course without paying winning to those who have placed bets with one. 2. repudiate an obligation or agreement previously entered upon.
Welsh harp	n	The musical instrument of the ancient welsh minstrels and gleemen.
Welshland	n	Wales.
Welshman/Welshwoman	n	A native Britain..
Welshness	adj	Of the welsh character.
Welsome	adj	Prosperous, well off, in good condition.
Welt	n	OE. weltan; walter: to roll about in various ways. 2. the rolling of the sea in a storm. 3. the act of wallowing (in mire). 4. upset, upheaval, overthrow. 5. confusion, turmoil.
Welt	adj	Found only in unwealt: steady; of a ship: unsteady, rolling about, cranky.
Welter	vb	To roll about, tumble about. 2. also alternative spelling to roll to and fro, move from side to side, to tumble, toss about, to lie sprawling on the ground (in mire). 2. of a ship: to be tossed on the waves. 3. of the stomach: to be disturbed or upset.to wallow in slime, blood.
Weltering	adj	Unsteady, rolling, tumbling.
Wem	vb	To disfigure, mutilate (a person or thing). 2. to impair (the mind); to injure (a thing). 3. to desecrate or violate; hurt, harm. 4. to spot or stain with sin or impurity. 5. to stain, mark with spots, blemish, mark with spots, maculate
Wemless	adj	Without stain of sin; undefiled, immaculate. 2. free from material blemish or imperfection; spotless. 3. free from hurt or harm; uninjured.
Wemming	n	Defilement, injury.
Wemod	adj	Passionate, angry.
Wen	adj	A lump or protuberance on the body. 2. a knot, bunch, wart; a sebaceous cyst; a tumour under the skin, occurring on the head. 3. pertaining to a swelling on the throat, characteristic of a goiter. 4. an excrescence or tumour on the body of a horse. 5. excresence on a tree. 6. spot, blemish, stain (lit. and fig.)
Wen	n	'The Great Wen' is a disparaging nickname for London. The term was coined in the 1820s by William Cobbett, the radical pamphleteer and champion of rural England. Cobbett saw the rapidly growing city as a pathological swelling on the face of the nation. ("wen" a sebaceous cyst.) The term is quoted in his 1830 work Rural Rides: "But, what is to be the fate of the great wen of all? The monster, called, by the silly coxcombs of the press, 'the metropolis of the empire'"
Wen	n	The Old English rune 'wyn' ᚹ (joy) replaced by 'w'
Wench	n	C1250–1300; ME, back formation from wenchel, OE. wencel - child, akin to wancol tottering, said of a child learning to walk; akin to German: wankeln - to totter. 2. a country lass or working girl. 3. usually facetious: a girl or young woman. 4. archaic: a strumpet, a prostitute. 5. a girl or young woman, esp. a buxom or lively one: now used facetiously. 6. archaic: a female servant.
Wench	vb	To associate, especially habitually, with promiscuous women. 2. archaic: to frequent the company of prostitutes.
Wenchel	n	A child (of either sex); also a servant or a ; a common woman.
Wencher	n	One who associates with common women.
Wenching	n	The action of association with common woman. 2. fornication, copulation, swiving.
Wenching	adj	That habitually associates with common women.
Wenchless	adj	Unprovided with a wench or wenches.
Wend	vb	To alter the position or direction of. 2. to turn sometime round or over. 3. revolve, turn over (thoughts of the mind). 4. to turn a ship's prow or head to the opposite tack. 5. to turn one's mind, etc.) thoughts, will in a new direction; to alter or change one's mind or intention. 6. to turn a person from one course, condition etc.; to alter or change one's mind, will or purpose. 7. to change the character of another. 8. to turn from one language to another; to translate. 9. to change the form or nature of; transform, transmute, turn into or to. 10. to bring into a certain state. 11. to turn, direct, or betake oneself. 12. of a vane: to revolve in the wind. 13. to take a certain course, to happen, come about. 14. of the wind: to change direction or form. 15. to change, turn one condition into another. 16. of persons: to change or vary one's purpose (said of the heart). 17. to turn from side to side; twist or turn the body. 18. to go off, depart, got out or away. 19. to depart by death, die, pass away (a soul wends it's way to heaven). 20. disappear, decay, perish. 21. proceed, go forward, journey, travel, to make one's way. 22. to move run, flow in a specific direction or course; to go up and down. 23. of a road: to extend or stretch in a continuous line. 24. of a period of time, a season: past, elapsed oer ended.
Wend	phr	"Wend Adown" - to overthrow, destroy.
Wend	phr	"Wend Again" - to urn back, to return.
Wend	phr	"Wend Away"- to turn away, or become turned away. 2. to take away, remove.
Wend	phr	"Wend from One's Life" - to die, pass away, depart; wend to or into heaven. Cf "To Wend from This World"
Wend	phr	"Wend from This World" - to die, pass away, depart; to wend to or into heaven. cf "To Wend from This Life"
Wend	phr	"Wend One's Way" - to go in or journey in a certain way or direction.
Wend	phr	"Wend To Ground" - to fall from a horse.
Wendagains-lane	n	A cul-de-sac in London.
Wenday	n	A day allowed a tenant for repairing his wain (wen) in order to carry grain in harvest.
Wending	n	Action of turning or changing ; a change or turn. 2. the action of going, proceeding; esp. of going away; departure, journey. 3. a translation. 4. returning: "backward-wending."
Wendling	n	A wanderer, vagabond, rambler, tramp.
Wenlike	adj	Beautiful, excellent, worthy.
Wenman	n	A city dweller; a townfolk; (wenman from London; the "Great Wen").
Wennish	adj	Of the nature or appearance of a wen.
Wenny	adj	Of the nature or similar to a wen. 2. afflicted with wens; goitrous.
Went	n	Related to "Wend." 2. a course, path, way or passage. 3. a journey, course of movement. 3. a course of action or plan for attaining some end. 4. a turn or change of direction; a turning about. 5. a turning or winding of stairs.
Weorne	vb	To wither.
Wept	ppl	Of tears: shed; also fig. of poetry. 2. mourned for, lamented, with tears.
Werde	vb	To harm. injure, hurt, damaged.
Were	n	A male person, man and husband.
Were	vb	To check or restrain, ward off, repel; to make a defence, offer resistant. 2. to defend, guard, or act as a shield, protect from assault; to defend or guard oneself. 3. to defend, uphold or give support to (a course, etc.); to maintain one's opinion. 4. to protect: saved by removing. 5. to keep or hold (a means of entrance or exit) to have or possess as one's own.
Wered	n	A band, troop, company, host, werd.
Werewall	n	A bulwark, rampart.
Werewolf	n	An exceptionally large and ferocious wolf. 3. a member of a right-wing paramilitary German underground resistance movement.
Were-wolfdom	n	The state of condition of being a werewolf.
Werewolf-girdle	n	The enchanted girdle by means of which a man could turn himself into a wolf; a werewolf-nail.
Werewolfiish	adj	Somewhat or rather like a werewolf.
Wergild	n	Among the Saxon and other Teutonic races, a kind of fine to expiate manslaughter or other heinous against the person; wergeld.
Werve	n	OE:(weort): a beast of burden; a beast for riding on.
Werver	n	A defender, guardian.
Wesan	vb	OE: to be; to exist.
We-ship	n	"His We-ship" - a mock title applied to a writer who has used the impersonal, royal "we."
Wessex	n	One of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, existing between the C6th and C9th centuries and comprising most of England south of the Thames and at one time supreme oer rhe other kingdoms of the Heptarchy..
Wessex saddleback	n	The Wessex Saddleback or Wessex Pig is a breed of domestic pig originating in the West Country of England, (Wessex), especially in Wiltshire and the New Forest area of Hampshire. It is black, with white forequarters. In Britain it was amalgamated with the Essex pig to form the British Saddleback, and it is extinct as a separate breed in Britain. However, the Wessex Saddleback survives in Australia and New Zealand.
West	n	Cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. 2. the direction in which this point lies. 3. (usually initial capital letter ) a region or territory situated in this direction, especially the western part of the U.S., as distinguished from the East. 4. (initial capital letter ) the western part of the world, as distinguished from the East or Orient; the Occident. 5. (initial capital letter) the non-Communist countries of Western Europe and the Americas.
West	adj	Directed or proceeding toward the west. 2. coming from the west: "a west wind." 3. lying toward or situated in the west. 4. ecclesiastical . designating, lying toward, or in that part of a church opposite to and farthest from the altar.
West	adv	To, toward, or in the west. 2. from the west: "he wind blew west."
West	vb	To move towards the west: chiefly of the sun. 2. to draw near to the west. 3. to sink in the west.
West	phr	"Go West" - to die, depart.
West	phr	"Go West Young Man" - go settle in 'unsettled' western regions of the United states; a land of little competition and unusual opportunity; advice usually attributed to Horace Greely.
West	phr	"Sink Slowly in the West" - to fail gradually.
West-by-north	n	One point north on the mariner compass.
West-by-south	n	One point north on the mariner compass.
Westdeal	n	The western part or district; the west.
Weste	n	Reduced form of "Westen" - (see western) - a desert, wilderness, wasteland.
Weste	adj	Of places: uninhabited. 2. uncultivated or untended, desolate, waste.
Weste	vb	To lay waste.
Westen	n	A desert, wilderness.
West End	n	"The West End" - part of London lying westward of Charing Cross and Regent St; Cf: "The East End." 2. generally the western extremity of anything. 3. the theatre precinct of The West End. 4. the fashioanable aristocratic quarter of a town or other place.
Westender	n	One who lives in the West End.
West-endish	adj	Characteristically of The West End.
Westene	adv	From the west.
Wester	adj	Lying more towards the west, westerly.
Westering	adj	Of the sun when it is nearing the western horizon. 2. that moves in a westerly direction, as of a wind that shifts to the west.
Westerliness	n	A westerly situation.
Westerly	adj	Coming from the West. 2. situated in or towards the west. 3. of a person dwelling in the west. 4. situauted near the western horizon. 5. extending towards the west; directed or progressing towards the West. 6. the prevailing westerly found in certain latitude. 7. blowing from the west.
Western	n	(Often initial capital letter ) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century. 2. a film, book, etc, concerned with life in the western states of the US, esp. during the era of exploration and early development. 3. a person or thing from a western region or country. —
Western	adj	Situated in or towards or facing the west. 2. going or directed to or towards the west. 3. (of a wind, etc) coming or originating from the west. 4. native to, inhabiting, or growing in the west. 5. music - country and western 6. of, relating to, or characteristic of the West as opposed to the Orient 7. (formerly) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Americas and the parts of Europe not under Communist rule. 8. of, relating to, or characteristic of the western states of the US
Westerner	n	Belonging to the western race as distinguish from an Oriental.
Westernly	adv	Situated in or towards the west; mostly westernly.
Western man	n	Men shaped by the culture and civilization of Western Europe and north America.
Westernmost	adj	Most western or westerly; farthest west.
Westerner	n	A native or inhabitant of the West, esp. of the western USA.
Westerness	n	The quality of belonging to a western country or having western attributes and ideas.
Western Wall	n	A wall in Jerusalem where Jews. on certain occasions, assemble for prayer or lamentation; traditionally believed to be the remains of the wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.
Western World	n	Also known as "the West" and the Occident (from Latin: occidens "sunset, West"; as contrasted with the Orient), is a term referring to different nations depending on the context. There are many accepted definitions about what all they have in common.
Westing	n	Distance accomplished towards the west. 2. the amount by which a ship has increased heer west longitude from a specified meridian.
Westminster	n	The House of Commons part of the parliament under the Westminister system of parliamentary democracy of the UK (also Canada).
West-north-west	adv	In or from the direction situated midway between west and north-west.
West Saxon	n	The division of the Saxon in England occupying the area south of the Thames and weatwards from Surrey and Sussex. 2. individual belonging to this group. 3. the dialect of Old English used by the West Saxons. 4. of or pertaining to, characteristics of the West Saxons or their speech.
West-side	n	The side situated in or lying towards the west.
West Side	n	"The West Side" the district of New York which lies on the west side of Manhattan. 2. also attributively the USA.
West-sider	n	A resident of Manhattan's West Side.
West-south-west	adv	In or from the direction situated midway between west and south-west.
Westward	adv	Towards the west; westwards.
Westwardliness	n	State or fact of being towards the west.
Westwardly	adj	Blowing from the west (of wind). 2. situated in or moving towards the west.
Westwardly	adv	In a westwardly direction.
Westy	adj	Desolate, wasteful
Wet	adj	Moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands. 2. in a liquid form or state, as of wet paint. 3. characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid. 4. moistened or dampened with rain; rainy, as in a wet street. 5. allowing or favoring the sale and serving of alcoholic beverages, as in a wet town. 6. the most liberal faction of the British Tory party.
Wet	n	Something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture. 2. damp weather; rain: stay out of the wet as much as possible. 3. a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Wet	vb	To make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes followed by through or down) 2. to urinate on or in, as in the dog had wet the carpet. 3. to become wet (sometimes followed by through or down) to cause dampness; to wet through. 4. wet out, to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.
Wet	n	"A Wet" - a politician with liberal or middle road views on controversial issues.
Wet	n	"A Wet" - a quaker not very strict in the observances of the denomination.
Wet	n	"A Wet" a drink or draught of some alcohol beverage; a glass of liquor.
Wet	phr	"Be All Wet" - to be mistaken; completely wrong.all wet.
Wet	phr	"Be Pretty Wet" - be fairly stupid.
Wet	phr	"Be Wet Behind the Ears" - wet behind the ears, immature; naive; green, as he was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities. 2. to be excessively naive and inexperienced.
Wet	phr	"Do With a Wet Finger" - do easily or ease, with little effect.
Wet	phr	"Don't Talk Wet" - do talk nonsense or foolishness.
Wet	phr	"Get One's Feet Wet" - to do the necessary but unpleasant or menial parts of a task.
Wet	phr	"Get Someone Wet" - to gain the upper hand over; to have at one's mercy.
Wet	phr	"Go Wet" - to loose one's temper; become angry.
Wet	adv	"In Wet" to be in fresco.
Wet	phr	"Talk Wet" - make foolish conersation.
Wet	phr	"Wet Behind the Ears" - immature, inexperienced, naive, (from the state of young animals after birTh)
Wet	phr	"Wet One's Line" - to go fishing.
Wet	phr	"Wet One's Weasand" - to take a drink.
Wet	phr	"Wet One's Whistle" - to take an (alcoholic) drink.
Wet	phr	"Wet Oneself" - to lose control of one's bladder and involuntary urinating into one's underwear.
Wet	phr	"Wet Out" - to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.
Wet	phr	"Wet Through" - wet one's clothes completely, soaked or drenched.
Wet	phr	"With a Wet Finger" - do easily. with little effect.
Wetback	n	An illegal immigrant from South or Central America who reaches the United States by swimming across the Rio Grande River. 2. an offensive or disparaging person.
Wetbird	n	The chaffinch because its cry of could foretell the coming of rain.
Wete	n	Moisture, liquid, drink, liquor.
Wet-eyed	adj	Tearful, lachrimous.
Wet-fish	n	Inept, ineffectual, effete person.
Wet-fly	n	An artificial fly used under water by an angler.
Wet-goods	n	Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
Wether	n	A male sheep, a ram; a castrated ram. 2. of a man: a eunuch. 3. cf: 'bell-wether' - first indication.
Wethers	n	"Grey Wethers" - boulders of sandstone found lying on the surface of the Downs of Wiltshire and Devon.
Wethers	n	Fleece obtained from the second of any subsequent shearing of a sheep.
Wetland	n	Area of land usu. saturated with water, often a marsh or swamp.
Wet look	n	A shiny surface given to clothing materials. 2. a shiny or wet appearance achieved by applying a type of gel to the hair.
Wet look	adj	Having or givvven a wet or shiny appearance.
Wetly	adv	In a wet manner or state.
Wet mill	n	A saw mill where logs are stored in water.
Wetness	n	The fact or condition of being wet or with moisture. 2. a wet patch or wet spot on the ground. 3. rainy or damp weather.
Wet rot	n	A brown rot affecting any timber. 2. the fungus causing brown rot.
Wetshod	adj	Having wet feet. 2. fig. or fig. context: "wet-shod eyes."
Wet steam	n	Steam in which part condensation has taken place.
Wet-time	n	In the building trade, time lost through wet weather.
Wetting	n	The act of making something wet. 2. the act of accidental urination on or in something (bedwetting).
Wettish	adj	Somewhat wet; humid, damp.
Wettishness	n	State or condition of being somewhat wet.
Wetware	n	Based on "Software and Hardware", computer scientists have lately been talking about "Wetware", which is the human brain; hence, chemical materials organized so as to perform arithmetic and logical brain operations. 2. intelligence, the brain.
Wet weather	adj	For use in wet weather. 2. occurring in wet weather.
Wet-white	n	Liquid white theatrical make-up.
Wet-woaded	adj	Strengthening and highlighting the depth of blueness of the woad.
Weve	vb	O.E. - seems to be an earlier form of the word "To Weave." 2. of persons; to go from one place to another; wander, pass. 3. of things: to go, to pass about. 4. to move to and fro; to toss about. 5. to move or convey from one place to another; to convey or bring; to strike down. 6. to wave or brandish (a sword). 7. to beckon, signal, call. 8. to toss about.
Weve	phr	"To Weve Off" - to throw off (a garment)
Weve	phr	"To Weve Up" - to open a gate, window
Weved-board	n	An altar, an idol table.
Wey	n	Pl: weys. old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds. 2. an old Scotch-Irish unit of capacity equal to 40 U.S. bushels. (origin: before 900; ME; OE. wǣge weight. see weigh
Weye	vb	To decieve, lead astray, go astray.