This page gathers the 3,279 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Media”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 33 of 33: from “whiskering” to “◌̆”.
- whiskering noun A defect of gravure printing characterized by printed areas possessing hairlike tendrils of ink sticking out into non-image areas.
- white adj Not containing characters; see white space.
- white knight noun A hero, savior, or righteous individual.
- white lady noun A female ghost dressed in white, who is associated with local legends of tragedy.
- white out verb To space out a composition for printing.
- whiteletter noun A light roman and italic letterform favored by humanist scribes and typographers in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- whitesploitation noun A type of film that portrays white people in a stereotypical manner, intended to appeal to lurid or lowbrow tastes.
- whitewash verb To cast a white actor in a role for a person of colour in (a film, television programme, etc.).
- whorror noun A genre of horror movies, stories, or media that combine frightening material with sex, nudity, or eroticism.
- whydunit noun A type of detective story in which the focus is not on the person who committed the crime, but on the motives for committing it.
- wide shot noun A film or video recording made with the camera positioned to observe the most action in the performance.
- wide-angle adj Of or pertaining to a short focal length lens that has an angle of view greater than about 70°; of or pertaining to an image produced with…
- widescreen adj Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
- widow noun A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
- wigging noun The practice of male stuntmen performing for actresses.
- wigwag noun A red light near the door of a sound stage that flashes to indicate that cameras are rolling inside the stage and that all people and…
- wilamowitzianus noun a meter consisting of two choriambs, used in Attic tragedy and in Roman comedy, used by Plautus and Terence.
- wilco intj Indicates agreement and compliance.
- Wild Hunt noun A spectral hunting party of riders and hounds, often led by a supernatural huntsman, that sweeps noisily through the sky or countryside at…
- wild line noun A line of dialogue recorded outside of the normal recording session, sometimes to replace a line that was delivered poorly.
- wild man noun A mythic or legendary primitive man inhabiting forests or wilderness regions, typically depicted as hairy all over and unclothed.
- wild track noun A soundtrack that is not synchronized with the visuals and may be inserted at any point, such as the background sounds of a city or jungle.
- Wild Western adj Of a film, on the theme or subject of the Wild West.
- wild woman noun A type of female sprite, strikingly beautiful, with long, flowing hair, that live under hills and mounds.
- will o' the wisp noun A flickering light or lantern, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes, held by a supernatural creature who uses it to lure travelers at…
- wind up noun A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.
- windowing noun The scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home…
- wing noun A háček.
- wingding noun A dingbat (ornamental typographical symbol), especially one from the Wingdings font.
- wipe verb To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is…
- wire noun Clipping of wire service and/or newswire.
- wirehead noun A person who has an electronic brain implant.
- wireless cable noun A method of cable television distribution using prior wireless signal reception via a microwave antenna.
- wirework noun The use of wires to suspend actors in otherwise impossible positions.
- with privilege adv used to indicate a book has been legally published or is entitled to special privileges, e.g., due to a royal monopoly
- wood-child noun A fairy or elf that inhabits the woods.
- woodblock noun A wooden block used as a printing form.
- woodshed verb To practice or rehearse a script.
- woodwoman noun A female elf, nature spirit, or the like, that inhabits the woods.
- wordlist noun The section of a style guide that lists particular words and terms, arranged alphabetically, to show for each one the preferred…
- workshop verb To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
- worldbuilding noun The conception and description of a fictional world, often as the setting of a work of fiction, particularly in speculative fiction.
- worldizing noun Sounds adjusted such that they sound as if heard in an acoustic location other than where originally created, generally by playing…
- worm noun Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.
- wrap noun A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
- wraparound noun A segment where material featuring one person (such as a reporter) is introduced and concluded by another person.
- wrapping noun The breaking of a section of text into lines so that it will fit into the available width of a display area.
- write out verb To remove (a character in a fictional series such as a TV show) by writing the script so as to explain their disappearance (through death…
- writers' room noun The room in which the showrunner and the writers of a television series collaborate on the plot and develop the script.
- x-height noun The distance between the baseline and midline in a typeface, typically equal to the height of the lower-case letter x.
- X-ray vision noun The ability or superpower to see through most or all solid objects as if they were transparent.
- xenoarchaeology noun A fictional science concerned with the physical remains of alien cultures that may be found on planets which have been inhabited or visited…
- xenocide noun The genocide of an entire alien species.
- xenofiction noun Fictional stories about non-humans, especially extraterrestrials.
- xenology noun The study of alien life.
- xenopathology noun The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences among different sentient species of the galaxy.
- xenophile noun A human who is attracted to extraterrestrial aliens.
- xenophilia noun Love (especially sexual love) between humans and extraterrestrials.
- xenophobe noun One who hates or fears extraterrestial life.
- xenophobia noun A fear of aliens.
- xvideo noun A pornographic video or film; a porno.
- Yagi-Uda antenna noun A type of directional antenna with one driven element and one or more parasitic elements; a directional radio or TV antenna consisting of…
- yahoo noun One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, inhabiting the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.
- yandere noun A character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side regarding their crush, ready to use violent (if not murderous) means…
- yaoi noun A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between two or more men.
- yaoi hand noun A large (typically disproportionate) hand of a man or boy, associated with early yaoi (Japanese homoerotic fiction) manga.
- yaoi hole noun In Japanese homoerotic fiction, a supposed male sexual organ (resembling the vulva) distinct from the penis and anus, derived from…
- yellow adj Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
- yes and verb To go along with what is offered, especially in a performative context, and to accept and expand upon it; to go with the flow; to take it…
- yottaton noun A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many septillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- young adult noun An adolescent; a genre of writing aimed primarily at this readership.
- zettaton noun A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- zom-com noun A movie genre combining elements of zombie horror and comedy.
- zombie strip noun A newspaper or magazine strip cartoon that is continued by others following the retirement or death of its originator.
- zombify verb To turn into a zombie (a member of the living dead or undead).
- zoomorphism noun The use of animal figures in art and design or of animal symbols in literature.
- ◌́ character Used to show an unexpectedly stressed syllable, or where the choice of stress is metrically important, e.g. idiosyncratic caléndar; noun…
- ◌̄ character Placed over a vowel letter to indicate that the syllable is long. Also used alone to mark stress in a metrical foot or verse: see ⟨ˉ⟩.
- ◌̆ character Placed over a vowel letter to indicate that the syllable is short. Also used alone to mark a syllable without stress in a metrical foot or…