Words that start with W

A watch is something you can use to tell the time on. Watches are small and usually have a strap on, so you can wear them around your wrist. Large watches that you hang on the wall are called clocks.
It is useful to know the time, so you know when to go to school, or have dinner, or watch your favorite TV show.

Watercolor is a style of painting. Watercolour paints usually come as dry cakes of paint, and are mixed with water to use them. The colors in a watercolor painting are soft and translucent and you can see the paper through them.

A waterfall happens when a creek or river flows over a cliff. Waterfalls can be tiny, only a few inches high, or they can be many hundreds of metres high.
Waterfalls form when a river flows over rocks that are different hardness. The river will erode the softer rock faster than the harder rock, and over a long time a waterfall gradually appears.

Water lilies are flowering plants that live in shallow water. They grow their roots in soil at the bottom of the water, and their leaves and flowers both float on top of the water.

Something is waterproof if water cannot pass through it or soak into it. The raincoat in the picture is waterproof.

You wave by moving one or both hands backwards and forwards. People wave to say hello or goodbye, or just to get other people's attention.

Originally wax was something bees made the inside of their hives out of, that people harvested to use. Wax is soft enough to be able to mold it into new shapes, but doesn't melt at room temperature. Liquid wax will burn with a bright light, and is used to make candles out of.
Things that are waxy and similar to beeswax are also called wax. Modern candles are made from paraffin wax. The stuff you sometimes scratch out of your ears is waxy and called earwax. Many cosmetics like lipstick are made mostly from wax.

Way might mean a path or direction, like the way to the shops, or a method of doing something, "we need to find a way to fund this project".

Wealthy is another word for rich. If you're wealthy, you have a lot of money.

A weasel is a small animal related to the ferret and otter, and are found mainly in Europe. Weasels eat smaller animals like mice, rats and sometimes rabbits. They sometimes will eat chickens. Weasels are long and thin so they can go down small holes and eat animals that live underground.