ABSP - Defined 4 Letter Words

Defined 4 Letter Words

waac+	A member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp > WAACS.
wabs	(Pl.) WAB, a web.
wack	Crazy > WACKER, WACKEST; an eccentric, mad, or crazy person; a crackpot > WACKS.
wadd	An earthy ore of manganese > WADDS. Also WAD, WADT.
wade	To walk through water > WADES, WADING, WADED.
wadi	(Arabic) the dry bed of a torrent; a river valley > WADIS. Also WADY.
wads	(3rd.) WAD, to form into a wad.
wadt	An earthy ore of manganese > WADTS. Also WAD, WADD.
wady	(Arabic) the dry bed of a torrent; a river valley > WADIES. Also WADI.
waes	(Pl.) WAE, woe.
waff	To bark > WAFFS, WAFFING, WAFFED. Also WAUGH.
waft	To carry lightly over air or water > WAFTS, WAFTING, WAFTED.
wage	To engage in or carry on > WAGES, WAGING, WAGED.
wags	(3rd.) WAG, to move from side to side.
waid	(Obs.) weighed. Also WAIDE.
waif	(Verb) to cast up as a waif > WAIFS, WAIFING, WAIFED.
wail	To utter a long, mournful cry > WAILS, WAILING, WAILED.
wain	A farm wagon; (verb, obs.) to carry, convey > WAINS, WAINING, WAINED.
wair	To spend > WAIRS, WAIRING, WAIRED.
wais+	(Pl.) WAI, water.
wait	To stay in expectation of > WAITS, WAITING, WAITED.
waka	1. (Japanese) a Japanese verse-form > WAKAS. 2. (Maori) a traditional Maori canoe, usu made of a hollowed tree trunk.
wake	To rouse from sleep > WAKES, WAKING, WAKED or WOKE, WOKEN.
wakf	(Arabic) the donation of land, property or money for charitable or pious purposes > WAKFS. Also WAQF.
wald	(Scots) = WELD, wild mignonette > WALDS.
wale	(Noun) a raised mark on the skin left by a blow. Also WEAL, WHEAL. (Verb) to choose > WALES, WALING, WALED.
wali	(Turkish) a governor, esp. of a vilayet > WALIS. Also VALI.
walk	To advance on foot > WALKS, WALKING, WALKED.
wall	To provide with a wall (an upright structure built to enclose an area) > WALLS, WALLING, WALLED.
waly	1. (Scots) alas.
wame	(Obs.) womb > WAMES, WAMED. Also WEM, WEMB, WEAMB.
wand	A slender rod > WANDS.
wane	To decrease in size or extent > WANES, WANING, WANED.
wang	(Obs.) the cheek; a WANG tooth is a molar > WANGS.
wank	To masturbate > WANKS, WANKING, WANKED.
wans	(3rd.) WAN, to make wan.
want	To have a desire for > WANTS, WANTING, WANTED.
wany	Waning > WANIER, WANIEST. Also WANEY.
waps	(3rd.) WAP, to throw off quickly.
waqf	(Arabic) the donation of land, property or money for charitable or pious purposes > WAQFS. Also WAKF.
warb+	(Aust. sl.) a dirty or insignificant person > WARBS.
ward	To turn aside > WARDS, WARDING, WARDED.
ware	(Verb) to beware of > WARES, WARING, WARED.
wark	(Scots) to work > WARKS, WARKING, WARKED.
warm	Moderately hot > WARMER, WARMEST; WARMLY; (verb) to make warm > WARMS, WARMING, WARMED.
warn	To make aware of impending or possible danger > WARNS, WARNING, WARNED.
warp	To turn or twist out of shape > WARPS, WARPING, WARPED.
wars	(3rd.) WAR, to make war.
wart	A small hard excrescence on the skin caused by a virus > WARTS, WARTED.
wary	Cautious > WARIER, WARIEST; WARILY.
wase	A small bundle of hay or straw for resting one's head > WASES.
wash	To cleanse by immersing in or applying a liquid > WASHES, WASHING, WASHED, (obs.) WASHEN.
wasm	An ISM of the past > WASMS.
wasp	Any of a large number of insects belonging to the order Hymenoptera > WASPS.
wast	(Obs.) waste > WASTS.
wate	(Scots) 3rd pers. of WIT, to know.
wats	(Pl.) WAT, a Buddhist temple.
watt	The SI unit of power, equal to a rate of working of one joule per second > WATTS.
wauk	To full (cloth) > WAUKS, WAUKING, WAUKED. Also WAULK.
waul	To cry like a cat > WAULS, WAULING, WAULED. Also WAWL.
waur	(Scots) to defeat, to worst > WAURS, WAURING, WAURED.
wave	To move freely back and forth or up and down > WAVES, WAVING, WAVED.
wavy	Wave-shaped > WAVIER, WAVIEST; WAVILY; (noun) (Am. Ind) the snow-goose > WAVIES. [Cree]. Also WAVEY.
wawa+	(Am. Ind.) to speak > WAWAS, WAWAING, WAWAED. [Chinook].
wawe	(Spenser) a wave > WAWES.
wawl	To cry like a cat > WAWLS, WAWLING, WAWLED. Also WAUL.
waws	(Pl.) WAW, a Hebrew letter.
waxy	Like wax > WAXIER, WAXIEST; WAXILY.
ways	(3rd.) WAY, to weigh, esteem.
weak	Feeble > WEAKER, WEAKEST; WEAKLY.
weal	A ridge on the skin formed by a blow > WEALS. Also WALE, WHEAL.
wean	To withhold mother's milk from and substitute other nourishment > WEANS, WEANING, WEANED.
wear	To turn a ship's stern to windward to alter its course > WEARS, WEARING, WEARED; to put on clothes > WEARS, WEARING, WORE, WORN.
webs	(3rd.) WEB, to envelop with a web.
weds	(3rd.) WED, to marry.
weed	To remove weeds (undesirable plants) > WEEDS, WEEDING, WEEDED.
week	A period of seven days > WEEKS.
weel	A whirlpool; a fish-trap > WEELS. Also WEIL, WIEL.
weem	(Gaelic) a subterranean dwelling > WEEMS. [Gaelic uaim, cave].
ween	To think; to imagine > WEENS, WEENING, WEENED.
weep	To express sorrow by shedding tears > WEEPS, WEEPING, WEPT.
weer	(Comp.) WEE, small.
wees	(3rd.) WEE, to urinate.
weet	(Verb) to know > WOT, WOTS, WOTTETH, WEETING, WEETED. Also WEETE, WYTE, WIT. (Adj.) wet > WEETER, WEETEST.
weft	(Verb) to form a weft > WEFTS, WEFTING, WEFTED.
weid	(Scots) any sudden illness, cold or relapse with febrile symptoms > WEIDS.
weil	A whirlpool > WEILS. Also WEEL, WIEL.
weir	A low dam that is built across a river to raise the water level, divert the water, or control its flow; (verb) to wear > WEIRS, WEIRING, WEIRED.
weka	(Maori) a flightless rail of New Zealand > WEKAS.
weld	A scentless species of MIGNONETTE, yielding a yellow dye. Also WALD. (Verb) to join two pieces of metal by fusing > WELDS, WELDING, WELDED.
welk	(Obs.) to wither or shrivel > WELKS, WELKING, WELKED.
well	To rise to the surface and flow forth > WELLS, WELLING, WELLED.
welt	(Verb) to lash, beat > WELTS, WELTING, WELTED.
wemb	(Obs.) womb > WEMBS. Also WEM, WAME, WEAMB.
wems	(Pl.) WEM, womb.
wena+	(S. Afr.) you.
wend	To turn, to betake oneself > WENDS, WENDING, WENDED.
wens	(Pl.) WEN, a sebaceous cyst.
went	(Noun) (Spenser) a path, a journey > WENTS.
wept	(Pt.) WEEP, to shed tears.
were	(Pt.) BE.
wero+	(Maori) a challenge made by an armed Maori warrior to a visitor to a MARAE > WEROS.
wert	(Pt.) BE.
west	(Verb) to move towards the west > WESTS, WESTING, WESTED.
weta	(Maori) a large New Zealand grasshopper > WETAS.
wets	(3rd.) WET, to make wet.
wexe	(Obs.) = WEX, waxed, grew.
weys	(Pl.) WEY, a measure of dry goods.
whae+	(Scots) who. Also WHA.
wham	To crash or bang into > WHAMS, WHAMMING, WHAMMED.
whap	To beat > WHAPS, WHAPPING, WHAPPED. Also WHOP.
what	The true nature of something > WHATS.
whee	An expression of delight. No -S.
when	The time in which something is done or occurs > WHENS.
whet	To sharpen by friction > WHETS, WHETTING, WHETTED.
whew	(Verb) to say whew > WHEWS, WHEWING, WHEWED.
whey	The watery part of milk which remains after the formation of curds > WHEYS.
whid	(Scots) to move quickly, whiz > WHIDS, WHIDDING, WHIDDED. Cf. WHIDDER.
whig	(Scots) to jog along > WHIGS, WHIGGING, WHIGGED.
whim	(Verb) to be whimsical; to turn > WHIMS, WHIMMING, WHIMMED.
whin	Gorse, furze > WHINS.
whio+	(Maori) a New Zealand mountain duck with blue plumage > WHIO. No -S.
whip	To beat with a whip > WHIPS, WHIPPING, WHIPPED or WHIPT.
whir	To make a continuous rapid buzzing or softly clicking sound > WHIRS, WHIRRING, WHIRRED. Also WHIRR.
whit	The smallest particle imaginable > WHITS.
whiz	To fly through the air with or as if with a whistling noise > WHIZZES, WHIZZING, WHIZZED.
whoa	Stop, esp. to a horse.
whom	The objective case of WHO.
whop	To beat > WHOPS, WHOPPING, WHOPPED. Also WHAP.
whot	(Spenser) hot.
whow	(Scots) interjection expressing deploration.
whup+	(Coll.) to defeat totally > WHUPS, WHUPPING, WHUPPED.
whys	(Pl.) WHY, the reason or cause of something.
wice	(Scots) wise.
wich	A tree with pliant branches, as in wych elm > WICHES. Also WYCH.
wick	A bundle of loosely twisted fibers in a candle or oil lamp > WICKS.
wide	Broad > WIDER, WIDEST; WIDELY; (noun) a wide ball in cricket > WIDES.
wiel	A whirlpool > WIELS. Also WEIL, WEEL.
wife	(Verb) to take to wife > WIFES, WIFING, WIFED.
wigs	(3rd.) WIG, to scold.
wild	Not tame > WILDER, WILDEST; WILDLY; (verb) obs. form of WIELD > WILDS, WILDING, WILDED.
wile	(Verb) to beguile, inveigle > WILES, WILING, WILED. Also WYLE.
wili	In the ballet Giselle, the spirit of a girl who dies before her wedding day > WILIS.
will	To decide upon > WILLS, WILLING; WILLED; used as an auxiliary followed by a simple infinitive to express futurity, inclination, likelihood, or requirement > past sing. 2nd person WOULD, WOULDEST, or WOULDST.
wilt	To become limp > WILTS, WILTING, WILTED.
wily	Crafty > WILIER, WILIEST; WILILY.
wimp	An ineffectual or pusillanimous person; (verb) to behave like a wimp > WIMPS, WIMPING, WIMPED.
wind	To pass around an object or fixed center > WINDS, WINDING, WINDED or WOUND.
wine	An alcoholic drink produced by the fermentation of grapes with water and sugar; (verb) to take wine > WINES, WINING, WINED.
wing	To travel by means of wings (organs of flight) > WINGS, WINGING, WINGED.
wink	To close and open one eye quickly > WINKS, WINKING, WINKED.
winn	(Sl.) a penny > WINNS.
wino	(Sl.) an alcoholic > WINOS or WINOES.
wins	(3rd.) WIN, to gain.
winy	Like or tasting of wine > WINIER, WINIEST. Also WINEY.
wipe	To rub lightly in order to clean or dry > WIPES, WIPING, WIPED.
wire	To fasten with wire (a slender rod, strand, or thread of ductile metal) > WIRES, WIRING, WIRED.
wiry	Thin and tough > WIRIER, WIRIEST; WIRILY.
wise	Intelligent > WISER, WISEST; WISELY; (Scots) to guide in a certain direction > WISES, WISING, WISED. Also WEISE, WEIZE.
wish	To feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something > WISHES, WISHING, WISHED.
wisp	(Verb) to make into a wisp > WISPS, WISPING, WISPED.
wiss	To wish > WISSES, WISSING, WISSED.
wist	(Arch.) to know > WISTS, WISTING, WISTED.
wite	(Scots) to blame, lay the blame on > WITES, WITING, WITED. Also WIGHT, WYTE.
with	In the company of.
wits	(3rd.) WIT, to know.
wive	To take for a wife; to become the wife of > WIVES, WIVING, WIVED.
woad	A broad-leafed plant yielding a blue dye > WOADS, WOADED.
wock	(Chinese) a pan used in Chinese cookery > WOCKS. [Cantonese wohk, pan]. Also WOK.
woes	(Pl.) WOE, grief, sadness.
wofs+	(Pl.) WOF, a fool, idiot.
wogs	(Pl.) WOG, offensive word for non-white foreigner.
woke	(Pt.) WAKE, to rouse from sleep.
woks	(Pl.) WOK, a pan used in Chinese cookery.
wold	An open tract of country > WOLDS.
wolf	A predatory canine mammal, Canis lupus > WOLVES; (verb) to eat greedily > WOLFS, WOLFING, WOLFED.
womb	(Shakesp.) to enclose > WOMBS, WOMBING, WOMBED.
wonk	An expert who studies a subject or issue thoroughly and excessively > WONKS.
wons	(3rd.) WON, to abide, dwell.
wont	To be accustomed to > WONTS, WONTING, WONTED.
wood	(Verb) to cover with woods or trees > WOODS, WOODING, WOODED.
woof	(Verb) to bark > WOOFS, WOOFING, WOOFED.
wool	The dense, soft hair forming the coat of certain mammals > WOOLS, WOOLED, WOOLLED.
woon	(Spenser) to dwell > WOONS, WOONING, WOONED. Cf. WON.
woos	(3rd.) WOO, to court.
woot	(Shakesp.) wilt (thou).
wops	(3rd.) WOP, to beat, whop.
word	To express in words (speech sounds that communicate meaning) > WORDS, WORDING, WORDED.
wore	(Pt.) WEAR, to turn a ship's stern to windward to alter its course.
work	To exert one's powers of body or mind for some purpose > WORKS, WORKING, WORKED or WROUGHT.
worm	To rid of worms (small, limbless invertebrates) > WORMS, WORMING, WORMED.
worn	Affected by wear or use.
wort	Any herb or vegetable; an infusion of malt before fermentation > WORTS.
wost	(Arch.) 2nd. pers. sing. pres. of WIT, to know.
wots	(3rd.) WOT, to know.
wove	(Pt.) WEAVE, to form by interlacing threads.
wowf	(Scots) crazy > WOWFER, WOWFEST.
wows	(3rd.) WOW, to impress.
wrap	To enclose in something wound or folded about > WRAPS, WRAPPING, WRAPPED or WRAPT.
wren	A small songbird > WRENS.
writ	A legal or financial document > WRITS.
wuds	(Pl.) WUD, wood.
wudu+	(Arabic) ritual washing before the daily prayer > WUDUS.
wull	(Spenser) to will > WULLS, WULLING, WULLED.
wuss	A wimp > WUSSES. Also WOOSE.
wych	A tree with pliant branches, as in wych elm > WYCHES. Also WICH.
wyes	(Pl.) WYE, the letter Y, or anything shaped like it.
wyle	To beguile > WYLES, WYLING, WYLED. Also WILE.
wynd	A narrow street or lane > WYNDS.
wynn	A rune having the value of modern English W > WYNNS. Also WYN.
wyns	(Pl.) WYN, a rune, having the value of modern English W.
wyte	(Scots) to blame, lay the blame on > WYTES, WYTING, WYTED. Also WITE, WIGHT.

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