# 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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