This page gathers the 1,271 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Uncommon” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 13 of 13: from “Walian” to “🪢”.
- Walian noun A Welsh person.
- wall slam verb To slam against a wall.
- wank bank noun A sperm bank.
- wardrobe noun Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
- warry adj Warlike, warrish.
- washing tab noun Synonym of laundry tab (“on certain cloth diapers, a tab (usually made from Velcro itself) to which the Velcro straps of the diaper can be…
- water twist noun An eddy or whirlpool in a stream.
- water-carrying adj Performing menial tasks; serving one's interests, performing someone's bidding.
- waterproof adj Not dependent on an aquatic environment to live; thus, able to live on dry land, or at least in a semiaquatic environment.
- wavey adj Uncommon form of wavy.
- we pron Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
- wealthy noun A rich person.
- webby adj Characteristic of the World Wide Web.
- websleuth noun An individual who investigates people, events, or crimes using online sources and tools, similar to an amateur detective on the Internet.
- Weinstein verb To accuse someone in an influential position of sexual harassment.
- well adj Prudent; good; well-advised.
- Western Union verb To send (money) by wire transfer, using the company Western Union.
- Westsplainer noun a person who condescendingly explains something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its…
- Westsplaining noun The act of condescendingly explaining something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its…
- wet pail noun Any diaper pail that contains water.
- wetware noun Organic or biological matter in general.
- wheal verb Synonym of wale.
- whelpday noun The birthday of a canid, especially a dog, or (furry fandom) a furry's canid fursona, typically a dog or a wolf.
- whirling noun An organized attack where a group of people, usually teenagers, surround and attack women, with sudden physical assaults or harassment.
- white adj Honourable, fair, decent, kind; generous.
- white blood noun Blood devoid of red blood cells, commonly found in invertebrates.
- whomper adj Large or intense; great; bumper.
- whyever adv For whatever reason.
- widespread adj Spread far apart.
- widow noun Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
- wigger noun A white person considered to be sincerely appreciative of black culture, as opposed to poseurs and wannabes.
- wild cat noun Alternative form of wildcat, (UK) the Old World wildcats (Felis silvestris) or (US) the bobcat (Lynx rufus) and other New World lynxes.
- wildcat noun Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
- wilkinsonite noun Synonym of Wilkinsonian (“supporter of someone named Wilkinson”).
- will verb To wish, desire (something).
- window-shop verb To browse for romantic partners by meeting new people without any intention of having a long-term relationship.
- wishcycle verb To dispose consumer waste in a recycling bin in the hope of it being recycled, when it cannot or is unlikely to be recycled.
- witching hour noun The hour between 3:00 and 3:59 a.m., associated with demons.
- wolven noun A wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.
- wooder noun A woodcutter or wood-gatherer.
- wordful noun An amount expressed in a word; (figuratively) a lot (of).
- wordnesia noun A phenomenon where one cannot recall the spelling of a common word, despite knowing its pronunciation and having previously written it…
- world literature noun The world's national literature collectively, especially the circulation and appreciation of works beyond their country of origin.
- worm month noun The month of July.
- wrap one's head around verb To crash into (something, especially a pole) messily and fatally while travelling in a motor vehicle.
- Wuhan virus noun Synonym of A/Wuhan/359/95, a strain of H3N2 influenza.
- Wyomingian adj Of, or pertaining to, the state of Wyoming.
- xeet noun Synonym of tweet.
- xenial adj Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
- xenochrony noun A studio technique where a guitar solo or other musical part is transposed into a completely different song.
- xenointoxication noun A form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite.
- xxx verb To delete; to cross out, especially to conceal or suggest vulgar language.
- yada yada yada phrase Blah blah blah.
- yard noun 100 dollars.
- yardroom noun Room (space) in a yard (such as a barnyard or rail yard): room (for movement, exercise, storage, etc.) supplied by a yard.
- yeet verb To move quickly; to dash, zoom.
- yellow dog noun Ellipsis of Yellow Dog Democrat.
- yellow-red noun The colour orange.
- yer pron Pronunciation spelling of you (plural or singular).
- yiffpile noun A furpile involving sexual activity.
- Yodaish adj Synonym of Yodalike
- Yodalike adj Of a speaking style, mimicking Yoda from Star Wars, where sentence structure is inverted.
- Zarathustrian adj Relating to or characteristic of Zarathustrianism (also known as Zoroastrianism).
- Zerzanite noun A follow or advocate of the ideas or theories of John Zerzan.
- zip code noun Uncommon form of zip code.
- zombie program noun Any computer program that has been revived or reinstalled by an operating system and is very difficult to uninstall.
- zombie state noun A country or nation that is entirely dependent on foreign aid or assistance in order to survive.
- zoon noun Any of the individuals of a compound organism.
- zoophilia noun Excessive fondness for animals.
- 🔜 symbol Soon.
- 🪢 symbol Not.