Nouns starting with W

• westernization — Noun – English ～ assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
• westinghouse — Noun – English ～ United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914)
• westland pine — Noun – English ～ timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood
• Westminster Abbey — Noun – English ～ a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery; "Westminster Abbey is the scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs"; "Distinguished English subjects are buried in Westminster Abbey"
• westminster — Noun – English ～ a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
• Weston — Noun – English ～ United States photographer(1886-1958)
• Weston cell — Noun – English ～ a standard voltaic cell (trademark Weston)
• westward — Noun – English ～ the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
• wet blanket — Noun – English ～ someone who spoils the pleasure of others
• wet — Noun – English ～ wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"
• wet cell — Noun – English ～ a primary voltaic cell having a liquid electrolyte
• wet-nurse — Noun – English ～ a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
• wet-bulb thermometer — Noun – English ～ a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity
• wet lung — Noun – English ～ acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.
• wet fly — Noun – English ～ fisherman's fly that floats under the surface of the water
• wet bar — Noun – English ～ a bar for mixing drinks that has a sink with running water
• wet nurse — Noun – English ～ a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
• wet dream — Noun – English ～ an erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen
• wet suit — Noun – English ～ a close-fitting garment made of a permeable material; worn in cold water (as by skin divers) to retain body heat
• wetback — Noun – English ～ (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent

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