| weightlifting |
the action or sport of lifting dumbbells or barbells, either competitively or for exercise. |
| weighty |
heavy. [4 definitions] |
| Weimaraner |
any of a German breed of hunting dog having a smooth silver or gray coat, a cropped tail, and blue or amber eyes. |
| Weimar Republic |
the German republic created at Weimar in 1919 and dissolved by Hitler in 1933. |
| weir |
a fence, as of brush, set in a stream to catch fish. [2 definitions] |
| weird |
strange, odd, or unconventional; puzzlingly unusual. [2 definitions] |
| weirdo |
(slang) an abnormal or odd person. |
| Welch |
variant of Welsh. |
| welcome |
used to express warm or hospitable greetings to one recently arrived. [9 definitions] |
| welcome mat |
a doormat. |
| weld |
to fuse metal or plastic by the application of heat, followed either by pressure or by addition of a molten filler material. [5 definitions] |
| weldable |
combined form of weld. |
| welding torch |
a tool that uses heat to join two metal things together. |
| welfare |
the health and happiness of a person or group, or the degree of such. well-being. [2 definitions] |
| welfare state |
a social system in which the state assumes the responsibility for the welfare of its citizens in housing, medical care, employment, and the like. |
| welfare work |
the organized efforts of a community, agency, or organization to improve the living conditions and job opportunities of its needy citizens. |
| welkin |
in literature, the sky or skies; arch of heaven. |
| well1 |
in a good, proper, or satisfactory way. [16 definitions] |
| well2 |
a deep hole dug in the ground for obtaining water, oil, gas, or other natural resources. [7 definitions] |
| we'll |
contracted form of "we will." |
| well-adjusted |
without serious emotional or psychological problems, esp. when such problems might be expected due to difficult circumstances. |