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# Unix, see: eunuchs

# URL, see: earl

# urn, see: earn

# use, see: ewes

# vain...........worthless
# vane...........flat piece moving with the air
# vein...........blood vessel

# vale...........valley
# veil...........gauzy fabric, fabric covering

# vary...........to change
# very...........extremely

# verses.........paragraphs
# versus.........against

# vial...........narrow glass container
# vile...........despicable
# viol...........stringed instrument

# vice...........bad habit
# vise...........bench-mounted clamp

# WACs...........members of the Women's Army Corps
# wax............candle stuff
# whacks.........several blows

# wade...........walk in shallow water
# weighed........past tense of weigh

# wail...........a cry
# wale...........welt; corduroy ridge
# whale..........large oceanic mammal

# wain...........a wagon
# wane...........decrease
# Wayne..........a man's name

# waist..........between ribs and hips
# waste..........make ill use of

# wait...........remain in readiness
# weight.........an amount of heaviness

# waive..........give up rights
# wave...........undulating motion

# waiver.........contract for giving up rights
# waver..........rocking motion

# Wales..........Western division of UK
# wales..........corduroy ridges
# whales.........a pod of ocean mammals

# walk...........perambulate
# wok............Chinese cooking pan

# walks..........moves by foot
# woks...........plural form of wok

# want...........desire
# wont...........accustomed

# war............large scale armed conflict
# wore...........past tense of wear

# ware...........merchandise
# wear...........attire
# where..........a place

# warn...........to advise of a hazard
# worn...........displaying evidence of use

# warrantee......one who is protected by a guarantee
# warranty.......a guarantee

# warship........naval implement of destruction
# worship........revere in a religious manner

# wary...........cautious
# wherry.........light row boat

# way............path or direction
# weigh..........to measure weight
# whey...........watery part of milk

# we.............first person plural
# wee............very small

# we'd...........contraction of "we would"
# weed...........like how our flowers won't grow

# we'll..........contraction of "we will"
# wheel..........what we keep reinventing

# we're..........contraction of "we are"
# weir...........a low dam, or a fence in a river for catching
fish
# we're..........contraction of "we are"
# were...........past tense plural of "to be"
# whir...........prolonged swish or buzz

# we've..........contraction of "we have"
# weave..........to make cloth

# weak...........not strong
# week...........seven days

# weal...........a skin welt
# wheel..........what we in Silicon Valley continually reinvent


# weald..........a rural area
# wheeled........having wheels
# wield..........to apply or use

# weather........meteorological conditions
# wether.........a castrated ram
# whether........if it be the case

# weld...........to join metal by melting its edges
# welled.........pouring forth

# wen............a benign skin tumor
# when...........at a specific time

# wet............watery
# whet...........prime

# which..........selection
# witch..........broomstick ridin' crones

# whig...........supporter of American revolution
# wig............false hairpiece

# while..........during
# wile...........craft

# whiled.........passing the time
# wild...........untamed

# whine..........annoying cry
# wine...........fermented grape juice

# whined.........past tense of whine
# wind...........what you do to a clockwork
# wined..........drank well of spirits

# whirled........rapidly rotated
# world..........Earth

# whirred........made a whizzing or buzzing sound
# word...........one of the basic elements of speech

# whit...........insignificant amount
# wit............cleverness; sense of humor

# whither........to which place, point, condition
# wither.........shrivel up

# who's..........contraction of "who is"
# whose..........belonging to whom

# whoa...........equestrian directive to stop
# woe............despair

# whole, see: hole

# wholly, see: holey

# whore, see: hoar

# whored, see: hoard

# why............how come?
# wye............the shape of the letter "Y"

# won, see: one

# won't..........contraction of "will not"
# wont...........accustomed

# wood...........what trees are made of
# would..........will do

# worst..........least best
# wurst..........sausage

# wrack, see: rack

# wrap, see: rap

# wrapped, see: rapped

# wreak, see: reek

# wreck, see: reck
# wrest, see: rest

# wretch, see: retch

# wright, see: right

# wring, see: ring

# write, see: right

# wrote, see: rote

# wrought, see: rot

# wry, see: rye

# xi, see: psi

# y'all..........Southern contraction of "you all"
# yawl...........two-masted sailboat with mizzenmast abaft the
tiller
# yack...........informal talk
# yak............long-haired Tibetan ox

# yew, see: ewe

# yews, see: ewes

# yoke...........oxen harness
# yolk...........yellow egg center

# yokes..........more than one harness
# yolks..........an omelet

# yore...........the past
# you're.........contraction of "you are"
# your...........belonging to you

# you, see: ewe

# you'll.........contraction of "you will"
# yule...........Christmas


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