5 letter words starting with wo

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  • WOADS
  • WOADY
  • WOALD
  • WOCKS
  • WODGE
  • WODGY
  • WOFUL
  • WOJUS
  • WOKEN
  • WOKER
  • WOKKA
  • WOLDS
  • WOLFS
  • WOLLY
  • WOLVE
  • WOMAN
  • WOMAS
  • WOMBS
  • WOMBY
  • WOMEN
  • WOMYN
  • WONGA
  • WONGI
  • WONKS
  • WONKY
  • WONTS
  • WOODS
  • WOODY
  • WOOED
  • WOOER
  • WOOFS
  • WOOFY
  • WOOLD
  • WOOLS
  • WOOLY
  • WOONS
  • WOOPS
  • WOOPY
  • WOOSE
  • WOOSH
  • WOOTZ
  • WOOZY
  • WORDS
  • WORDY
  • WORKS
  • WORKY
  • WORLD
  • WORMS
  • WORMY
  • WORRY
  • WORSE
  • WORST
  • WORTH
  • WORTS
  • WOULD
  • WOUND
  • WOVEN
  • WOWED
  • WOWEE
  • WOWSE
  • WOXEN

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Definition of woody

woody (noun)

  1. An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
  2. A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
  3. An erection of the penis.

woody (adjective)

  1. Covered in woods; wooded.
  2. Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
  3. Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
  4. Non-herbaceous.
  5. Lignified.

Definition of works

works (noun)

  1. (heading) Employment.
  2. (heading) Effort.
  3. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
  4. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
  5. The staging of events to appear as real.
  6. Ore before it is dressed.
  7. The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

works (verb)

  1. To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
  2. To effect by gradual degrees.
  3. To embroider with thread.
  4. To set into action.
  5. To cause to ferment.
  6. To ferment.
  7. To exhaust, by working.
  8. To shape, form, or improve a material.
  9. To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  10. To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
  11. To provoke or excite; to influence.
  12. To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
  13. To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  14. To cause to work.
  15. To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  16. To influence.
  17. To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
  18. To move in an agitated manner.
  19. To behave in a certain way when handled
  20. (with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
  21. To hurt; to ache.

works (noun)

  1. A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
  2. A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
  3. (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
  4. (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).

Definition of worms

worms (noun)

  1. A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
  2. More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
  3. A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent.
  4. Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.
  5. A contemptible or devious being.
  6. A self-replicating program that propagates through a network.
  7. A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
  8. Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
  9. Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
  10. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
  11. A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
  12. The lytta.
  13. (preceded by definite article) A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards.

worms (verb)

  1. To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
  2. To move with one's body dragging the ground.
  3. To work one's way by artful or devious means.
  4. To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
  5. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.
  6. (in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
  7. To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
  8. To deworm (an animal).
  9. To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
  10. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.

Definition of worse

worse (adjective)

  1. Unfavorable; negative; not good.
  2. Not suitable or fitting.
  3. Not appropriate, of manners etc.
  4. Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
  5. Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
  6. Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
  7. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
  8. Evil; wicked.
  9. Faulty; not functional.
  10. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
  11. (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
  12. False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
  13. Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
  14. Of poor physical appearance.
  15. Bold and daring.
  16. Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
  17. (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
  18. Overly promiscuous, licentious.
  19. (of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.

worse (adverb)

  1. In a bad manner.
  2. Very much; to a great degree.

worse (adjective)

  1. Evil; wicked (of people).
  2. Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
  3. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
  4. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
  5. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
  6. Having an urge to vomit.
  7. (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
  8. Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
  9. Unwise; not a good idea.

worse (adverb)

  1. Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.

worse (noun)

  1. Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
  2. That which is worse; something less good.

worse (verb)

  1. To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.