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W is for Wolverine

The wolverine is the largest member of the weasel family, although they look like small bears. They are found mostly in the northern, cold regions of the world like Alaska and Siberia. They are ferocious hunters and can kill things much larger than they are.

W is for Woman

A woman, sometimes called a lady, is an adult female person. Your mother and your grandmother are women.

W is for Womb

Womb is another word for uterus, the organ that a baby grows in when a woman is pregnant.

W is for Wombat

Wombats are a marsupial that lives in Australia. Marsupials are animals that keep their babies in pouches. The wombat's pouch faces backwards so it doesn't fill up with dirt while the mother wombat is digging. Wombats dig large systems of burrows, both to live in and while looking for roots to eat. The closest relative of the wombat is the koala.

W is for Women

Women is the plural of woman.

W is for Won't

Won't is a contraction of will not. The opposite of won't is will.

The toddler in the picture won't walk home.

W is for Wonderful

Wonderful describes something that is very good, pleasant, beautiful, or fun.

W is for Wood

Wood is what the trunks and branches of trees are made from. Trees get thicker as they grow, so when you cut them down you can see rings of colors in the inside of the tree, like in the picture. When you cut a tree lengthways the rings become lines called grain, which you can see in most things made out of wood.
Wood is used to make houses, furniture and some toys.

W is for Wooden

Something is wooden if it made of wood. The picture is of a wooden doll.
You might also be called wooden if your movements are very stiff, as if you were made of wood.
A wooden spoon is a kitchen tool made from wood. Unlike a metal spoon, wooden spoons don't scratch your pots and pans, and they do not heat up quickly like metal, so the handle usually stays comfortable to hold.

W is for Woodlouse

The woodlouse (also called an armadillo bug, carpenter, cheeselog, doodlebug, pill bug, roly-poly, chuggypig, slater beetle, sow bug or gramersow) is a type of crustacean, and is related to the crab and lobster. They eat dead plants and fallen leaves.
Woodlice breathe through gills like fish, which is why you often find them in damp places. Some types of woodlouse can roll themselves up into a tight ball.

W is for Woodpecker

Woodpeckers are a group of birds found all over the world except Australia, New Zealand and the polar areas. Woodpeckers have very strong, sharp, straight beaks so they can hammer and drill into wood. Their heads are designed so they do not get hurt by their hammering. Woodpeckers live mainly in forests and rainforests.
Woodpeckers mainly eat burrowing insects like beetles and grubs that they find inside dead wood and bark on trees.

W is for Woodturner

A woodturner is a person who makes or shapes objects by cutting wood with a sharp blade while it spins on a wood lathe, which is a process called turning.

Woodturners often make bowls, chair or table legs, bedposts and banister spindles.

W is for Woof

Woof is a noise a dog makes.

W is for Wool

Wool, also called yarn, is made from animal fleece, spun into a long, thin string. It can be made in any thickness and then dyed in any color. People then use the wool to knit things like socks out of.

W is for Word

A word is a single unit of language that can be spoken or written. Every word has its own meaning or definition. A series of words put together in the right order make up a sentence.

W is for Wore

Wore is the past tense of wear. It might mean damage made slowly, for example "the horse wore a track into the grass" or it might mean clothing that has been worn, for example "she wore a green dress to the party".

W is for Work

You work to get something done, to achieve something. Some kinds of work require a lot of physical effort, other types of work require a lot of thinking. Most people are employed by someone else who pays them to work.

W is for World

World is another word for Earth, the planet we live on. World can sometimes refer specifically to the people living on Earth instead of our planet as a whole.

W is for Worm

Earthworms live under the ground in your garden. They eat fallen leaves and make the soil better for plants to grow in. Worms are slimy, to help them travel through the soil.