Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 45

Wrongless (a.) Not wrong; void or free from wrong.

Wrongly (adv.) In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives.

Wrongness (n.) The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault.

Wrongous (a.) Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.

Wrongous (a.) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment.

Wrong-timed (a.) Done at an improper time; ill-timed.

Wroot () imp. of Write. Wrote.

Wrote (v. i.) To root with the snout. See 1st Root.

Wrote () imp. & archaic p. p. of Write.

Wroth (a.) Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful.

Wrought () imp. & p. p. of Work.

Wrought (a.) Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude.

Wrung () imp. & p. p. of Wring.

Wry (v. t.) To cover.

Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.

Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.

Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.

Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

Wried (imp. & p. p.) of Wry

Wrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wry

Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.

Wrybill (n.) See Crookbill.

Wrymouth (n.) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish.

Wryneck (n.) 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 of the neck; torticollis.

Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.

Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.

Wryness (n.) The quality or state of being wry, or distorted.

Wrythen (p. p.) Writhen.

Wulfenite (n.) Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually tabular, and of a bright orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown color; -- also called yellow lead ore.

Wull (v. t. & i.) See 2d Will.

Wung-out (a.) Having the sails set in the manner called wing-and-wing.

Wurbagool (n.) A fruit bat (Pteropus medius) native of India. It is similar to the flying fox, but smaller.

Wurmal (n.) See Wormil.

Wurraluh (n.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).

Wust () Alt. of Wuste

Wuste () imp. of Wit.

Wyandots (n. pl.) Same as Hurons.

Wych-elm (n.) A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.

Wych-hazel (n.) The wych-elm; -- so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel.

Wyclifite (n.) Alt. of Wycliffite

Wycliffite (n.) A follower of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.

Wyd (a.) Wide.

Wyes (pl. ) of Wye

Wye (n.) The letter Y.

Wye (n.) A kind of crotch. See Y, n. (a).

Wyke (n.) Week.

Wyla (n.) A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo.

Wynd (n.) A narrow lane or alley.

Wynkernel (n.) The European moor hen.

Wynn (n.) A kind of timber truck, or carriage.

Wype (n.) The wipe, or lapwing.

Wythe (n.) Same as Withe, n., 4.

Wys (a.) Wise.

Wyte () Alt. of Wyten

Wyten () pl. pres. of Wit.

Wyvern (n.) Same as Wiver.

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