Words that start with W

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Wis forWest

West is a direction. The sun sets in the west in the evening.

Directions

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Wis forWet

Something is wet if it is covered with a liquid, like water. When you come out of a shower or bath or if you get caught in the rain, you are wet. If you are very, very wet, you are soaked. The opposite of wet is dry.

Adjectives

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Wis forWetsuit

A wetsuit is a special garment that people wear in the water. People usually wear wetsuits when they are scuba diving or surfing. Wetsuits are made of a special material that keeps you warm, and protects you from getting cut by rough stones or coral in the water. Wetsuits are also slightly buoyant, which means you float better if you are wearing a wetsuit.

Clothing

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Wis forWhale

Whales are a large animal that lives in the sea. They are not fish, as they need to come to the surface to breathe, the same as we do when we are swimming. There are many different varieties of whale. Some eat fish, penguins and seals, but the majority of whales have a large mouth full of tiny bristles that they use to filter tiny sea animals out from the water to eat. The whale is closely related to the dolphin.

Sea mammals

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Wis forWharf

A wharf is a structure that sticks out from the shore into the water, so that boats can be tied to it. See also dock or jetty.

Nautical

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Wis forWheat

Scientific name: genus: triticum

Wheat is a grass grown worldwide for its seeds. It is the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice. The wheat seeds are ground up into flour and then the flour is used to make bread, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal and pasta.

Grains

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Wis forWheel

A wheel is something round that is on the bottom of vehicles and things like carts and wagons that you need to move around. A wheel lets you roll something heavy along easily. Without wheels you need to drag it along, which is very hard.

Automotive

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Wis forWheelbarrow

A wheelbarrow is something you use in the garden or on a building site to move things around that are too heavy to carry yourself. They have handles at one end to push and a wheel at the other end. Wheelbarrows only have one wheel so they are easy to steer, and so you can tip them up and drop whatever is in the wheelbarrow into a pile on the ground. Wheelbarrows are very good for moving dirt, soil and gravel.

Tools, Vehicles, Gardening

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Wis forWheelchair

A wheelchair is, as the name suggests, a chair with wheels. The back wheels are very big and usually have a handle running around the edge of them so you can push the chair along using your hands. Some wheelchairs are powered by a small motor, for people who don't have strong enough arms to push them along themselves. They have a little steering stick on one of the arms of the chair. Other wheelchairs are just for moving people around short distances like in a hospital, and the person sitting in the chair can't move them at all. These wheelchairs have handles on the back so someone like a nurse is needed to push them around.

Vehicles

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Wis forWhelk

Scientific name: buccinum undatum

Whelk is the common name given to a number of different sea snails that are caught for food. The snail most commonly called a whelk is buccinum undatum.

Molluscs