W
Wabun ...
- 1 Wabun
- 2 Wabung Annung
- 3 Wade
- 4 Wade’s Boat
- 5 Wadham College (Oxford)
- 6 Wadman (Widow)
- 7 Wag Beards (To)
- 8 Wages
- 9 Wages of Sin (The)
- 10 Wagoner
- 11 Wahabites
- 12 Waifs and Strays
- 13 Waistcoat
- 14 Waiters upon Providence
- 15 Waits
- 16 Wake
- 17 “Waking a Witch.”
- 18 Walbrook Ward (London)
- 19 Walcheren Expedition
Waldemar’s Way ...
- 1 Waldemar’s Way
- 2 Waldenses
- 3 Waldo
- 4 Wales
- 5 Walk (in Hudibras)
- 6 Walk Chalks
- 7 Walk Spanish
- 8 Walk not in the Public Ways
- 9 Walk the Plank (To)
- 10 Walk through One’s Part (To)
- 11 Walker
- 12 Walker’s Bus
- 13 Walking Gentleman (A)
- 14 Walking Sword (A)
- 15 Walkyries (The)
- 16 Wall (The)
- 17 Wall
- 18 Wall-eyed
- 19 Walls have Ears
- 20 Wallace’s Larder
Wallflower ...
- 1 Wallflower
- 2 Walloons
- 3 Wallop
- 4 Wallsend Coals
- 5 Walnut [foreign nut]
- 6 Walnut Tree
- 7 Walpurgis Night
- 8 Walston (St.)
- 9 Walter Multon
- 10 Waltham Blacks
- 11 Walton
- 12 Walton Bridle (The)
- 13 Wamba
- 14 Wan means thin
- 15 Wand
- 16 Wandering Jew
- 17 Wandering Willie or Willie Steenson
- 18 Wandering Wood
- 19 Wans Dyke
- 20 Want or Went
Wants ...
- 1 Wants
- 2 Wantley
- 3 Wapentake
- 4 Wapping Great
- 5 War of the Meal-sacks
- 6 War of the Roses
- 7 Ward
- 8 Ward (Artemus)
- 9 Ward Money, Ward-penny, or Wardage
- 10 Warden-pie
- 11 Ware
- 12 Warlock
- 13 Warm Reception (A)
- 14 Warm as a Bat
- 15 Warming-pan (A)
- 16 Warming-pan
- 17 Warning Stone
- 18 Warp (To)
- 19 Warp and Weft, or Woof
- 20 Warrior Queen (The)
Warwick ...
- 1 Warwick
- 2 Warwick Lane (City)
- 3 Warwolf
- 4 Washed Out (I am thoroughly)
- 5 Washing
- 6 Washington of Columbia
- 7 Wassail
- 8 Wassailers
- 9 Wastlers
- 10 Wat
- 11 Wat’s Dyke (Flintshire)
- 12 Watch Night
- 13 Watch on Board Ship
- 14 Watchet
- 15 Water
- 16 Water
- 17 Water
- 18 Water-gall
- 19 Water-hole
- 20 Water-logged
Water-Poet ...
- 1 Water-Poet
- 2 Water-sky (A)
- 3 Water Stock (To)
- 4 Water of Jealousy (The)
- 5 Water Tasting like Wine
- 6 Waters (Sanitary)
- 7 Waterloo Cup (The)
- 8 Waterworks (The)
- 9 Watling Street
- 10 Watteau
- 11 Wave
- 12 Wax-bond End (A)
- 13 Way-bit
- 14 Ways and Means
- 15 Wayfaring Tree (The)
- 16 Wayland
- 17 Wayland Smith’s Cave
- 18 Wayland Wood (near Watton, Norfolk)
- 19 Wayleaves
- 20 Wayzgoose
We ...
- 1 We
- 2 We Three
- 3 We Left Our Country for Our Country’s Good
- 4 Weak as Water
- 5 Weak-kneed Christian or Politician (A)
- 6 Weapon Salve
- 7 Wear
- 8 Weasel
- 9 Weather Breeder (A)
- 10 Weather-cock
- 11 Weather-eye
- 12 Weather-gage
- 13 Weather-glass (The Peasant’s)
- 14 Web of Life
- 15 Wed
- 16 Wedding Anniversaries
- 17 Wedding Finger
- 18 Wedding Knives
- 19 Wednesday
- 20 Weed of Worcester (The)
Weeds ...
- 1 Weeds
- 2 Weeping Brides
- 3 Weeping Cross
- 4 Weeping Philosopher
- 5 Weeping Saint (The)
- 6 Weigh Anchor
- 7 Weighed in the Balance, and found Wanting
- 8 Weight
- 9 Weight-for-age Race (A)
- 10 Weissnichtwo (vice-neecht-vo)
- 11 Welcher
- 12 Weld or Wold
- 13 Well Begun is Half Done
- 14 Well-beloved
- 15 Well-founded Doctor
- 16 Well of English Undefiled
- 17 Well of St. Keyne [Cornwall]
- 18 Well of Samaria
- 19 Well of Wisdom
- 20 Wells (Somersetshire)
Weller (Sam) ...
- 1 Weller (Sam)
- 2 Wellington
- 3 Welsh Ambassador (The)
- 4 Welsh Main
- 5 Welsh Mortgage (A)
- 6 Welsh Rabbit
- 7 Welsher
- 8 Wench (A)
- 9 Werner
- 10 Werther
- 11 Werwolf (French, loup-garou)
- 12 Wesleyan
- 13 Wessex, or West Saxon Kingdom
- 14 Westmoreland [Land of the West Moors]
- 15 Wet
- 16 Wet-bob and Dry-bob
- 17 Wet Finger (With a)
- 18 Wetherell (Elizabeth)
- 19 Wexford Bridge Massacre
- 20 Weyd-monat
Whale ...
- 1 Whale
- 2 Whale
- 3 Whalebone
- 4 Wharncliffe
- 5 Wharton
- 6 What we Gave we Have, What we Spent we Had, What we Had we Lost
- 7 What’s What
- 8 Whately
- 9 Wheal
- 10 Wheatear (the bird)
- 11 Wheel
- 12 Wheel of Fortune (The)
- 13 Whelps
- 14 Whetstone
- 15 Whetstone of Witte (The)
- 16 Whig
- 17 Whiggism
- 18 Whip (A)
- 19 Whip
- 20 Whip-dog Day
Whip with Six Strings (The) ...
- 1 Whip with Six Strings (The)
- 2 Whipping Boy
- 3 Whiskers
- 4 Whisky
- 5 Whisky-drinker
- 6 Whist
- 7 Whistle (noun)
- 8 Whistle (verb)
- 9 Whistle Down the Wind (To)
- 10 Whistle for the Wind
- 11 White
- 12 White Bird (The)
- 13 White Brethren or White-clad Brethren
- 14 White Caps
- 15 White Caps
- 16 White Caps (1891)
- 17 White-coat (A)
- 18 White Cockade
- 19 White Company (The)
- 20 White Czar (The)
White Elephant ...
- 1 White Elephant
- 2 White Feather
- 3 White Friars
- 4 White Harvest (A)
- 5 White Hat
- 6 White Horse
- 7 White Horses
- 8 White House
- 9 White Ladies [Les Dames Blanches]
- 10 White Lies
- 11 White Moments of Life (The)
- 12 White Moon (Knight of the)
- 13 White Night (A)
- 14 White Poplar
- 15 White Rose
- 16 White Sheep [Ak-koin-loo]
- 17 White Squall
- 18 White Stone
- 19 White Stone (Rev. ii. 17)
- 20 White Surrey
White Tincture ...
- 1 White Tincture
- 2 White Water-lotus [Pe-lien-kaou]
- 3 White Widow
- 4 White Witch (A)
- 5 White as Driven Snow
- 6 White in the Eye
- 7 Whitebait Dinner
- 8 Whiteboys
- 9 Whitehall (London)
- 10 Whitewashed
- 11 Whit-leather
- 12 Whitsunday
- 13 Whittington
- 14 Whittle (A)
- 15 Whittle Down
- 16 Whitworth Gun
- 17 Whole Duty of Man
- 18 Whole Gale (A)
- 19 Whom the Gods Love Die Young [Herodotos]
- 20 Wick, Wicked
Wicked Bible ...
- 1 Wicked Bible
- 2 Wicked Prayer Book (The)
- 3 Wicked Weed (The)
- 4 Wicket-gate
- 5 Wicliffe (John)
- 6 Wide-awake
- 7 Widenostrils
- 8 Widow
- 9 Widow (in Hudibras)
- 10 Widow Bird
- 11 Widow’s Cap
- 12 Widow’s Piano
- 13 Widow’s Port
- 14 Wieland
- 15 Wife
- 16 Wig
- 17 Wig (A)
- 18 Wig
- 19 Wight (Isle of)
- 20 Wigwam
Wild (Jonathan) ...
- 1 Wild (Jonathan)
- 2 Wild Boar
- 3 Wild Boy of Hamelin
- 4 Wild Children
- 5 Wild-goose Chase
- 6 Wild Huntsman
- 7 Wild Oats
- 8 Wild Women [Wildë Frauën]
- 9 Wild Women
- 10 Wild as a March Hare
- 11 Wilde
- 12 Wile away Time (not While)
- 13 Wilfrid (St.)
- 14 Wilhelm Meister
- 15 Will not when They may
- 16 William
- 17 William L
- 18 Willie-Wastle (the child’s game)
- 19 Willow
- 20 Willow Garland
Willow Pattern ...
- 1 Willow Pattern
- 2 Willy-nilly
- 3 Wilmington
- 4 Wilt or Welk
- 5 Wiltshire
- 6 Winchester
- 7 Wind Egg
- 8 Winds
- 9 Windfall
- 10 Windmills
- 11 Windmill Street
- 12 Window. (Norwegian, vindue.)
- 13 Wine
- 14 Wine
- 15 Wine-month. (Anglo-Saxon, Win-monath.)
- 16 Wine Mingled with Myrrh (Mark xv. 23)
- 17 Wintrith
- 18 Wing, Wings
- 19 Wings of Azrael (The)
- 20 Winged Rooks
Winifred (St.) ...
- 1 Winifred (St.)
- 2 Winkle (Rip van)
- 3 Wint-monath [Wind-month]
- 4 Winter, Summer
- 5 Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare)
- 6 Wipple-tree or Whipultre
- 7 Wisdom-tooth
- 8 Wisdom of Many and the Wit of One (The)
- 9 Wise (The)
- 10 Wise as a Serpent
- 11 Wise as Solomon
- 12 Wise as the Mayor of Banbury
- 13 Wise as the Women of Mungret
- 14 Wise Men or Wise Women
- 15 Wise Men of Greece
- 16 Wise Men of the East
- 17 Wise Men of Gotham (The)
- 18 Wiseacre
- 19 Wisest Man of Greece
- 20 Wish-wash
Wishy-washy ...
- 1 Wishy-washy
- 2 Wishart (George)
- 3 Wishing-bone
- 4 Wishing-cap
- 5 Wishing-coat
- 6 Wishing-rod (The)
- 7 Wisp
- 8 Wisp of Straw (A)
- 9 Wit
- 10 Wits
- 11 Witch
- 12 Witch-finder
- 13 Witch Hazel
- 14 Witch of Endor
- 15 Witch’s Bridle
- 16 Witches Sabbath
- 17 Witchcraft
- 18 Witenagemot
- 19 Witham
- 20 Withe
Withers of a Horse (The) ...
- 1 Withers of a Horse (The)
- 2 Within the Pale
- 3 Witney (Oxfordshire)
- 4 Wittington
- 5 Witwold
- 6 Wives of Literary Men
- 7 Wo
- 8 Woo or Wooe
- 9 Woosh
- 10 Woo-tee Dynasty
- 11 Woden
- 12 Woe to Thee, O Land
- 13 Woful
- 14 Wokey
- 15 Wolf (in music)
- 16 Wolf
- 17 Wolf
- 18 Wolf Men
- 19 Wolf-month or Wolf-monath
- 20 Wolf’s-bane
Wolves ...
- 1 Wolves
- 2 Wonder
- 3 Wonder-worker
- 4 Wood
- 5 Wood
- 6 Wood’s Halfpence
- 7 Woodbind
- 8 Woodbine
- 9 Woodcock (A)
- 10 Wooden Horse (The)
- 11 Wooden Horse (To ride the)
- 12 Wooden Horse of Troy
- 13 Wooden Mare (The)
- 14 Wooden Spoon
- 15 Wooden Sword
- 16 Wooden Wall
- 17 Wooden Wedge
- 18 Woodfall
- 19 Woodwardian Professor
- 20 Wool
Wool-gathering ...
- 1 Wool-gathering
- 2 Woollen
- 3 Woolsack
- 4 Woolwich Infant (The)
- 5 Worcester (Woost-er)
- 6 Worcester College (Oxford)
- 7 Word
- 8 Word (The)
- 9 Word to the Wise (A)
- 10 Words
- 11 Working on the Dead Horse
- 12 World
- 13 World (The)
- 14 Worm
- 15 Worms
- 16 Wormwood
- 17 Worse than a Crime
- 18 Worship
- 19 Worsted
- 20 Worth
Worthies (The Nine) ...
- 1 Worthies (The Nine)
- 2 Wound
- 3 Wraith
- 4 Wrangler
- 5 Wrath’s Hole (Cornwall)
- 6 Wraxen
- 7 Wright of Norwich
- 8 Write
- 9 Write Like an Angel (To)
- 10 Wrong
- 11 Wrong End of the Stick (You have got hold of the)
- 12 Wrong Side of the Blanket (The)
- 13 Wrong Side of the Cloth (That is the)
- 14 Wrong Sow by the Ear (You have the)
- 15 Wrongun (A)
- 16 Wroth Money or Wroth Silver
- 17 Wulstan (St.)
- 18 Wunderberg
- 19 Wyn-monath [Wine-month]
- 20 Wynd
Wyoming ...
- 1 Wyoming
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