This page gathers the 4,340 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dated” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 44 of 44: from “wrong number” to “◌͞◌”.
- wrong number noun An incorrect notion or understanding concerning a person or situation.
- wryneck noun A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles.
- Wuhan pneumonia noun A form of pneumonia due to infection by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which is genetically similar to SARS and MERS.
- wynd noun A stack of hay.
- x adj Suitable only for those aged sixteen or (later) eighteen years and over.
- xanthochroid adj Pertaining to the Xanthochroi; having fair hair and a pale complexion.
- xir noun A humorous term of address to someone assumed to use or be tolerant to neopronouns, as a form of mockery.
- xylidic adj Of or pertaining to either of two acids derived from xylic acid and related compounds, metameric with uvitic acid.
- yankee verb to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something
- Yankee Doodle noun An American citizen born on the 4th of July.
- yap noun A fool.
- yardarm verb To be close or nearby each other.
- yardroom noun Room (space) in a yard (such as a barnyard or rail yard): room (for movement, exercise, storage, etc.) supplied by a yard.
- yea adv Yes, indeed.
- yearn verb To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
- yed noun A self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.
- yellow adj Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
- Yellow Dog Democrat noun A Democrat, especially a Southern one, who votes a straight party ticket; one who invariably votes for Democratic candidates.
- yellow fever noun A lust for gold; an obsession with seeking gold ore.
- yessum contraction Used to express agreement with a woman (and, somewhat less commonly, a man): yes, ma'am.
- yeuk noun An administrative division.
- yon det Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
- Yougoslav adj Dated form of Yugoslav.
- Yougoslavian adj Dated form of Yugoslavian.
- young man noun A male lover; a sweetheart.
- youngman noun A younger lover or sexual partner.
- yuletide noun The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.
- Yvette noun A term of derision used by Quebec separatists to refer to Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewives.
- zerg verb To attack an opponent with a large swarm of low-level units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.
- ziff noun A beard.
- zinc noun A zinc countertop.
- Zionite noun A Zionist.
- zip coon noun A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.
- zipper noun An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
- zoism noun A reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups.
- zone noun A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk (an obsolete networking protocol).
- Zulu noun Any black person.
- ǣ symbol An orthographic ⟨æ⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as representing the close front unrounded vowel /i/.
- ◌̈ character Used to indicate that two identical vowels occur in separate morphemes and are pronounced separately: coöperate, reënter, reëstablish…
- ◌͞◌ character Ties together the pronunciation-key digraphs a͞a, a͞e, a͞o, e͞w, c͞i, s͞i, t͞h, t͞i.