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Words that start with W

Wet walruses waving wildly at Wendy the wallaby in Wallaroo.

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W is for Weather

Weather is the word used for the state of the atmosphere in general, such as wind, sunshine, rain and other natural events that come from the sky, for example "it is nice weather today".

W is for Weathered

Something is weathered if it has been damaged by long-term exposure to the weather.

W is for Weaver

A weaver is someone who makes cloth or other textiles like rugs on a loom.

W is for Web

Spiders spin webs between twigs (or anything) to catch insects in. Webs are sticky, so insects that fly into the web get stuck. The spider sits on the web and feels for the vibrations of a struggling insect with its feet, and then comes over to wrap it up in more webbing and eat it.

W is for Webbed feet

Many birds and animals that live near water have webbed feet. These creatures have skin stretching between their toes so their feet become little paddles and the animal becomes much better at swimming through the water.
Animals with webbed feet include ducks, swans, geese, seagulls, platypuses, otters, turtles and many, many other birds and animals that can swim.

W is for Wedding

A wedding is a kind of ceremony that joins two people together in marriage, which means they are going to live together as a couple for a long time afterwards. People getting married usually dress up in very nice clothes for the ceremony. They usually have all their family with them for a party afterwards.
When two people get married, the woman is called a bride and the man is called a groom.

W is for Wedge

A wedge is a triangular shaped piece of something where one end is very pointy and the opposite side is flat. Wedges are designed to be driven into places by hitting the flat end so the point is driven into a gap.
Wedges are commonly used for keeping doors open, or for driving into blocks of wood to help split them.
The wedge-tailed eagle is the largest eagle in Australia, and one of the largest in the world with a wingspan of around 2.5 metres. It eats any animal that is small enough for it to catch, including rabbits, small kangaroos and lambs.
Wedge-tail eagles will also eat dead animals they find, and are commonly seen eating by the roadside eating kangaroos that have been hit by cars.

W is for Wednesday

Wednesday is the third day of the week. The day before Wednesday is Tuesday and the day after Wednesday is Thursday.

W is for Weed

Weeds are plants growing where you do not want them. When people make a nice garden and plant flowers or vegetables in it, they do not want other plants that they did not plant there. Many weeds are prickly or thorny and do not look nice, which is why people do not want weeds in their gardens.

W is for Week

A week is a time period of seven days. The days in the week all have their own names: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

W is for Weekend

The weekend is the two days at the end of the week: Saturday and Sunday. Many people do not work on the weekend, and schools are closed on the weekends.

W is for Weep

A plant has a weeping growth pattern if its branches hang downwards.
Weep is also another word for cry or sob.

W is for Weevil

Weevils are distinctive looking beetles. Many kinds of weevil are pests in cereal crops. Sometimes when you buy flour you find weevils in the packet.

W is for Weigh

You weigh something to find out how heavy it is. Weight is a measure of how much gravity pulls on something.
Not to be confused with way or whey.

W is for Weight

Weight is a measure of how heavy something is. The more something weighs, the heavier it is.

W is for Weird

Weird describes something or someone that is strange or unusual.

W is for Welcome

A welcome is a warm and friendly greeting. People often put out signs or mats outside their front doors that say "welcome".

W is for Weld

Welding is a process for joining two pieces of metal together. Welding creates enough heat on the join to melt the edges of the pieces of metal being welded, as well as adding a filler metal into the join. Welded joints are extremely strong.

W is for Welder

A welder is someone who makes things out of metal for a living. Welders use special tools to join pieces of metal together to make things like ships.