| wage earner |
someone who earns wages, esp. one whose wages support a family. |
| wageless |
combined form of wage. |
| wager |
an act of betting; bet. [5 definitions] |
| wage scale |
a schedule of the wages paid to workers in a given industry or locality, or paid by a given employer. |
| waggery |
the humor, attitude, or action characteristic of a wag; drollery. [2 definitions] |
| waggish |
characteristic of or resembling a wag. [2 definitions] |
| waggle |
to sway, shake, or move unsteadily from side to side; wobble. [3 definitions] |
| wagon |
a vehicle with a sturdy, rectangular body and four wheels, usu. drawn by horses. [6 definitions] |
| wagoner |
one who drives a wagon. [2 definitions] |
| wagonette |
a light carriage or wagon having a crosswise seat in front for the driver and two lengthwise seats in back that face each other. |
| wagon-lit |
bed car (French); in European trains, a sleeping car. |
| wagonload |
the load that a wagon holds or can hold. |
| wagon train |
a convoy or line of wagons, used esp. in the old American West for transporting such things as military supplies or pioneers. |
| wagtail |
any of various small European birds with long tails that wag up and down continuously. [2 definitions] |
| Wahhabi |
a member of a Muslim sect, founded in the eighteenth century and now found mainly in Saudi Arabia, that believes in strict adherence to the Koran. |
| wahine |
a Polynesian or Hawaiian woman or girl. |
| wahoo1 |
a cork elm of the southeastern United States. [2 definitions] |
| wahoo2 |
any of various shrubs or small trees of eastern North America that bear purple flowers and red fruits. |
| wahoo3 |
a large swift game fish found in tropical seas. |
| wah-wah |
an instrumental effect produced by closing and opening the bell of a horn with the hand or a hand-held mute. [2 definitions] |
| waif |
a homeless or friendless person, esp. an orphaned or abandoned child. [2 definitions] |