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Cobham Brewer, 1894 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Wabun Wabung Annung Wade Wade's Boat Wadham College Wadman Wag Beards Wages Wages of Sin Wagoner Wahabites Waifs and Strays Waistcoat Waiters upon Providence Waits Wake "Waking a Witch" Walbrook Ward Walcheren Expedition Waldemar's Way Waldenses Waldo Wales Walk Walk Chalks Walk Spanish Walk not in the Public Ways Walk the Plank Walk through One's Part Walker Walker's 'Bus Walking Gentleman Walking Sword Walkyries Wall Wall-eyed Walls have Ears Wallace's Larder Wallflower Walloons Wallop Wallsend Coals Walnut Walnut Tree Walpurgis Night Walston Walter Multon Waltham Blacks Walton Walton Bridle Wamba Wan Wand Wandering Jew Wandering Willie Wandering Wood Wans Dyke Want Wants Wantley Wapentake Wapping Great War of the Meal-sacks War of the Roses Ward Ward Money, Ward-penny Warden-pie Ware Warlock Warm Reception Warm as a Bat Warming-pan Warming-pan Warning Stone Warp Warp and Weft Warrior Queen Warwick Warwick Lane Warwolf Washed Out Washing Washington of Columbia Wassail Wassailers Wastlers Wat Wats Dyke Watch Night Watch on Board Ship Watchet Water Water-gall Water-hole Water-logged Water-Poet Water-sky Water Stock Water of Jealousy Water Tasting like Wine Waters Waterloo Cup Waterworks Watling Street Watteau Wave Wax-bond End Way-bit Ways and Means Wayfaring Tree Wayland Wayland Smith's Cave Wayland Wood Wayleaves Wayzgoose We We Three We Left Our Country for Our Country's Good Weak as Water Weak-kneed Christian Weapon Salve Wear Weasel Weather Breeder Weather-cock Weather-eye Weather-gage Weather-glass Web of Life Wed Wedding Anniversaries Wedding Finger Wedding Knives Wednesday Weed of Worcester Weeds Weeping Brides Weeping Cross Weeping Philosopher Weeping Saint Weigh Anchor Weighed in the Balance, and found Wanting Weight Weight-for-age Race Weissnichtwo Welcher Weld Well Begun is Half Done Well-beloved Well-founded Doctor Well of English Undefiled Well of St. Keyne Well of Samaria Well of Wisdom Wells Weller Wellington Welsh Ambassador Welsh Main Welsh Mortgage Welsh Rabbit Welsher Wench Werner Werther Werwolf Wesleyan Wessex Westmoreland Wet Wet-bob Wet Finger Wetherell Wexford Bridge Massacre Weyd-monat Whale Whalebone Wharncliffe Wharton What we Gave we Have, What we Spent we Had, What we Had we Lost What's What Whately Wheal Wheatear Wheel Wheel of Fortune Whelps Whetstone Whetstone of Witte Whig Whiggism Whip Whip-dog Day Whip with Six Strings Whipping Boy Whiskers Whisky Whisky-drinker Whist Whistle Whistle Down the Wind Whistle for the Wind White White Bird White Caps White-coat White Cockade White Company White Czar White Elephant White Feather White Friars White Harvest White Hat White Horse White Horses White House White Ladies White Lies White Moments of Life White Moon White Night White Poplar White Rose White Sheep White Squall White Stone White Surrey White Tincture White Water-lotus White Widow White Witch White as Driven Snow White in the Eye Whitebait Dinner Whiteboys Whitehall Whitewashed Whit-leather Whitsunday Whittington Whittle Whittle Down Whitworth Gun Whole Duty of Man Whole Gale Whom the Gods Love Die Young Wick, Wicked Wicked Bible Wicked Prayer Book Wicked Weed Wicket-gate Wicliffe Wide-awake Widenostrils Widow Widow Bird Widow's Cap Widow's Piano Widow's Port Wieland Wife Wig Wight Wigwam' Wild Wild Boar Wild Boy of Hamelin Wild Children Wild-goose Chase Wild Huntsman Wild Oats Wild Women Wild Women Wild as a March Hare Wilde Wile away Time Wilfrid Wilhelm Meister Will not when They may William William L Willie-Wastle Willow Willow Garland Willow Pattern Willy-nilly Wilmington Wil't Wiltshire Winchester Wind Egg Winds Windfall Windmills Windmill Street Window Wine Wine-month Wine Mingled with Myrrh Winfrith Wing, Wings Wings of Azrael Winged Rooks Winifred Winkle Wint-monath Winter, Summer Winter's Tale Wipple-tree Wisdom-tooth Wisdom of Many and the Wit of One Wise Wise as a Serpent Wise as Solomon Wise as the Mayor of Banbury Wise as the Women of Mungret Wise Men Wise Men of Greece Wise Men of the East Wise Men of Gotham Wiseacre Wisest Man of Greece Wish-wash Wishy-washy Wishart Wishing-bone Wishing-cap Wishing-coat Wishing-rod Wisp Wisp of Straw Wit Wits Witch Witch-finder Witch Hazel Witch of Endor Witch's Bridle Witches' Sabbath Witchcraft Witenagemot Witham Withe Withers of a Horse Within the Pale Witney Wittington Witwold Wives of Literary Men Wo! Woo' Woosh Woo-tee Dynasty Woden Woe to Thee, O Land Woful Wokey Wolf Wolf Men Wolf-month Wolf's-bane Wolves Wonder Wonder-worker Wood Wood's Halfpence Woodbind Woodbine Woodcock Wooden Horse Wooden Horse of Troy Wooden Mare Wooden Spoon Wooden Sword Wooden Wall Wooden Wedge Woodfall Woodwardian Professor Wool Wool-gathering Woolen Woolsack Woolwich Infant Worcester Worcester College Word Word to the Wise Words Working on the Dead Horse World Worm Worms Wormwood Worse than a Crime Worship Worsted Worth Worthies Wound Wraith Wrangler Wrath's Hole Wraxen Wright of Norwich Write Write Like an Angel Wrong Wrong End of the Stick Wrong Side of the Blanket Wrong Side of the Cloth Wrong Sow by the Ear Wrongun Wroth Money Wulstan Wunderberg Wyn-monath Wynd Wyoming Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. 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Cobham Brewer, 1894 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Wabun Wabung Annung Wade Wade's Boat Wadham College Wadman Wag Beards Wages Wages of Sin Wagoner Wahabites Waifs and Strays Waistcoat Waiters upon Providence Waits Wake "Waking a Witch" Walbrook Ward Walcheren Expedition Waldemar's Way Waldenses Waldo Wales Walk Walk Chalks Walk Spanish Walk not in the Public Ways Walk the Plank Walk through One's Part Walker Walker's 'Bus Walking Gentleman Walking Sword Walkyries Wall Wall-eyed Walls have Ears Wallace's Larder Wallflower Walloons Wallop Wallsend Coals Walnut Walnut Tree Walpurgis Night Walston Walter Multon Waltham Blacks Walton Walton Bridle Wamba Wan Wand Wandering Jew Wandering Willie Wandering Wood Wans Dyke Want Wants Wantley Wapentake Wapping Great War of the Meal-sacks War of the Roses Ward Ward Money, Ward-penny Warden-pie Ware Warlock Warm Reception Warm as a Bat Warming-pan Warming-pan Warning Stone Warp Warp and Weft Warrior Queen Warwick Warwick Lane Warwolf Washed Out Washing Washington of Columbia Wassail Wassailers Wastlers Wat Wats Dyke Watch Night Watch on Board Ship Watchet Water Water-gall Water-hole Water-logged Water-Poet Water-sky Water Stock Water of Jealousy Water Tasting like Wine Waters Waterloo Cup Waterworks Watling Street Watteau Wave Wax-bond End Way-bit Ways and Means Wayfaring Tree Wayland Wayland Smith's Cave Wayland Wood Wayleaves Wayzgoose We We Three We Left Our Country for Our Country's Good Weak as Water Weak-kneed Christian Weapon Salve Wear Weasel Weather Breeder Weather-cock Weather-eye Weather-gage Weather-glass Web of Life Wed Wedding Anniversaries Wedding Finger Wedding Knives Wednesday Weed of Worcester Weeds Weeping Brides Weeping Cross Weeping Philosopher Weeping Saint Weigh Anchor Weighed in the Balance, and found Wanting Weight Weight-for-age Race Weissnichtwo Welcher Weld Well Begun is Half Done Well-beloved Well-founded Doctor Well of English Undefiled Well of St. Keyne Well of Samaria Well of Wisdom Wells Weller Wellington Welsh Ambassador Welsh Main Welsh Mortgage Welsh Rabbit Welsher Wench Werner Werther Werwolf Wesleyan Wessex Westmoreland Wet Wet-bob Wet Finger Wetherell Wexford Bridge Massacre Weyd-monat Whale Whalebone Wharncliffe Wharton What we Gave we Have, What we Spent we Had, What we Had we Lost What's What Whately Wheal Wheatear Wheel Wheel of Fortune Whelps Whetstone Whetstone of Witte Whig Whiggism Whip Whip-dog Day Whip with Six Strings Whipping Boy Whiskers Whisky Whisky-drinker Whist Whistle Whistle Down the Wind Whistle for the Wind White White Bird White Caps White-coat White Cockade White Company White Czar White Elephant White Feather White Friars White Harvest White Hat White Horse White Horses White House White Ladies White Lies White Moments of Life White Moon White Night White Poplar White Rose White Sheep White Squall White Stone White Surrey White Tincture White Water-lotus White Widow White Witch White as Driven Snow White in the Eye Whitebait Dinner Whiteboys Whitehall Whitewashed Whit-leather Whitsunday Whittington Whittle Whittle Down Whitworth Gun Whole Duty of Man Whole Gale Whom the Gods Love Die Young Wick, Wicked Wicked Bible Wicked Prayer Book Wicked Weed Wicket-gate Wicliffe Wide-awake Widenostrils Widow Widow Bird Widow's Cap Widow's Piano Widow's Port Wieland Wife Wig Wight Wigwam' Wild Wild Boar Wild Boy of Hamelin Wild Children Wild-goose Chase Wild Huntsman Wild Oats Wild Women Wild Women Wild as a March Hare Wilde Wile away Time Wilfrid Wilhelm Meister Will not when They may William William L Willie-Wastle Willow Willow Garland Willow Pattern Willy-nilly Wilmington Wil't Wiltshire Winchester Wind Egg Winds Windfall Windmills Windmill Street Window Wine Wine-month Wine Mingled with Myrrh Winfrith Wing, Wings Wings of Azrael Winged Rooks Winifred Winkle Wint-monath Winter, Summer Winter's Tale Wipple-tree Wisdom-tooth Wisdom of Many and the Wit of One Wise Wise as a Serpent Wise as Solomon Wise as the Mayor of Banbury Wise as the Women of Mungret Wise Men Wise Men of Greece Wise Men of the East Wise Men of Gotham Wiseacre Wisest Man of Greece Wish-wash Wishy-washy Wishart Wishing-bone Wishing-cap Wishing-coat Wishing-rod Wisp Wisp of Straw Wit Wits Witch Witch-finder Witch Hazel Witch of Endor Witch's Bridle Witches' Sabbath Witchcraft Witenagemot Witham Withe Withers of a Horse Within the Pale Witney Wittington Witwold Wives of Literary Men Wo! Woo' Woosh Woo-tee Dynasty Woden Woe to Thee, O Land Woful Wokey Wolf Wolf Men Wolf-month Wolf's-bane Wolves Wonder Wonder-worker Wood Wood's Halfpence Woodbind Woodbine Woodcock Wooden Horse Wooden Horse of Troy Wooden Mare Wooden Spoon Wooden Sword Wooden Wall Wooden Wedge Woodfall Woodwardian Professor Wool Wool-gathering Woolen Woolsack Woolwich Infant Worcester Worcester College Word Word to the Wise Words Working on the Dead Horse World Worm Worms Wormwood Worse than a Crime Worship Worsted Worth Worthies Wound Wraith Wrangler Wrath's Hole Wraxen Wright of Norwich Write Write Like an Angel Wrong Wrong End of the Stick Wrong Side of the Blanket Wrong Side of the Cloth Wrong Sow by the Ear Wrongun Wroth Money Wulstan Wunderberg Wyn-monath Wynd Wyoming Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related Content Allusions Foreign Words and Phrases Latin and Greek Word Elements Names: Their Origins and Meanings Old Testament Names Mythology Ancient Greek Literature & Mythology The Bible (King James version) The Koran (translation by J. M. Rodwell) Shakespeare's Plays Tales from Shakespeare (Charles and Mary Lamb) Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language