WORNIL
WORNIL, noun A maggot that infests the backs of cows.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WORRAL
WORRAL, noun An animal of the lizard kind, about four feet long and eight inches broad, with a forked tongue. It feeds on flies, and is harmless. It is found in Egypt.
WORRIED
WORRIED, participle passive [from worry.] Harassed; fatigued.
WORRIER
WORRIER, noun [from worry.] One that worries or harasses.
WORRY
WORRY, verb transitive1. To tease; to trouble; to harass with importunity, or with care and anxiety. Persons are often worried with care and solicitude.Let them rail and then wo...
WORRYING
WORRYING, participle present tense Teasing; troubling; harassing; fatiguing; tearing.
WORSE
WORSE, adjective [This adjective has the signification of the comparative degree, and as bad has no comparative and superlative, worse and worst are used in lieu of them, althou...
WORSEN
WORSEN, verb transitive To worse. [Not in use.]
WORSER
WORSER, is a vulgar word, and not used in good writing or speaking.
WORSHIP
WORSHIP, noun [See Worth.]1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.--Elfin born of noble state, and muckle worship in his native land.In this sense, the word is ne...
WORSHIPED
WORSHIPED, participle passive Adored; treated with divine honors; treated with civil respect.
WORSHIPER
WORSHIPER, noun One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being; one who adores.
WORSHIPFUL
WORSHIPFUL, adjective1. Claiming respect; worthy of honor from its character or dignity.This is worshipful society.2. A term of respect, sometimes ironically.
WORSHIPFULLY
WORSHIPFULLY, adverb Respectfully.
WORSHIPING
WORSHIPING, participle present tense Adoring; paying divine honors to; treating with supreme reverence; treating with extreme submission.
WORST
WORST, adjective [superlative of worse, which see.]1. Most bad; most evil; in a moral sense; as the worst man; the worst sinner.2. Most severe or dangerous; most difficult to he...
WORSTED
WORSTED, participle passive Defeated; overthrown.WORSTED, nounWUSTED. [The origin of this word is uncertain. It is usually supposed to take its name from a town in England or in...
WORT
WORT, noun [G., Latin, to grow; green.]1. A plant; an herb; now used chiefly or wholly in compounds; as in mugwort, liverwort, spleenwort.2. A plant of the cabbage kind.3. New b...
WORTH
WORTH, adjective Termination, signifies a farm or court; as in Wordsworth.WORTH, verb intransitive This verb is now used only in the phrases, wo worth the day, wo worth the man,...
WORTHILY
WORTHILY, adverb1. In a manner suited to; as, to walk worthily of our extraction. [Bad.]2. Deservedly; according to merit.You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your anc...
WORTHINESS
WORTHINESS, noun1. Desert; merit.The prayers which our Savior made, were for his own worthiness accepted.2. Excellence; dignity; virtue.Who is sure he hath a soul, unless it see...
WORTHLESS
WORTHLESS, adjective1. Having no value; as a worthless garment; a worthless ship.2. Having no value of character or no virtue; as a worthless man or woman.3. Having no dignity o...
WORTHLESSNESS
WORTHLESSNESS, noun1. Want of value; want of useful qualities; as the worthlessness of an old garment or of barren land.2. Want of excellence or dignity; as the worthlessness of...
WORTHY
WORTHY, adjective [G.]1. Deserving; such as merits; having worth or excellence; equivalent; with of, before the thing deserved. She has married a man worthy of her.Thou art wort...
WOT
WOT, verb intransitive To know; to be aware.
WOULD
WOULD, WUD, preterit tense of will, G., LatinWOULD is used as an auxiliary verb in conditional forms of speech. I would go, if I could. This form of expression denotes will or r...
WOULDING
WOULDING, noun Motion of desire. [Not in use.]