vain - worthless vane - flat piece moving with the air vein - blood vessel vale - valley veil - gauzy fabric vary - to change very - extremely verses - paragraphs versus - against vial - narrow glass container vile - despicable viol - stringed instrument vice - bad habit vise - bench-mounted clamp
WACs - members of the Women's Army Corps wax - candle stuff whacks - several blows wade - walk in shallow water weighed - weight was measured wail - a cry wale - welt; corduroy ridge whale - large oceanic mammal wain - a wagon wane - decrease Wayne - a man's name waist - between ribs and hips waste - make ill use of wait - remain in readiness weight - an amount of heaviness waive - give up rights wave - undulating motion waiver - contract for giving up rights waver - rocking motion Wales - Western division of UK wales - corduroy ridges whales - a pod of ocean mammals walk - perambulate wok - Chinese cooking pan walks - moves by foot woks - salient feature of a Chinese kitchen want - desire wont - accustomed war - large scale armed conflict wore - past tense of wear ware - merchandise wear - attire where - a place warn - to advise of a hazard worn - displaying evidence of use warrantee - one who is protected by a guarantee warranty - a guarantee warship - naval implement of destruction worship - revere in a religious manner wary - cautious wherry - light row boat way - path or direction weigh - to measure weight whey - watery part of milk we - us wee - very small We'd - contraction of "we would" weed - like how our flowers won't grow we'll - contraction of "we will" wheel - what we keep reinventing we're - contraction of "we are" weir - a low dam - or a fence in a river for catching
fish we're - contraction of "we are" were - past tense plural of "to be" whir - prolonged swish or buzz we've - contraction of "we have" weave - to make cloth weak - not strong week - seven days weal - a skin welt wheel - what we in Silicon Valley continually reinvent
weald - a rural area wheeled - having wheels wield - to apply or use weather - meteorological conditions wether - a castrated ram whether - if it be the case weld - to join metal by melting its edges welled - pouring forth wen - a benign skin tumor when - at a specific time wet - watery whet - prime which - selection witch - broomstick ridin' crones whig - supporter of American revolution wig - false hairpiece while - during wile - craft whiled - passing the time wild - untamed whine - annoying cry wine - fermented grape juice whined - past tense of whine wind - what you do to a clockwork wined - drank well of spirits whirled - rapidly rotated world - Earth whirred - made a whizzing or buzzing sound word - a speech sound whit - insignificant amount wit - cleverness; sense of humor whither - to which place - point - condition - etc.?
wither - shrivel up who's - contraction of "who is" whose - belonging to whom whoa - equestrian directive to stop woe - despair
whole - see: hole
wholly - see: holey
whore - see: hoar
whored - see: hoard why - how come? wye - the shape of the letter "Y"
won - see: one won't - contraction of "will not" wont - accustomed wood - what trees are made of would - will do worst - least best wurst - sausage
wrack - see: rack
wrapped - see: rapped
wreak - see: reek
wreck - see: reck
wrest - see: rest
wretch - see: retch
wright - see: right
wring - see: ring
write - see: right
wrote - see: rote
wrought - see: rot
wry - see: rye