| Term | Definition |
| workmanship | The art or skill of a workman. |
| wrangle | To maintain by noisy argument or dispute. |
| wreak | To inflict, as a revenge or punishment. |
| wrest | To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing. |
| wretchedness | Extreme misery or unhappiness. |
| writhe | To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress. |
| writing | The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs. |
| wry | Deviating from that which is proper or right. |
| yearling | A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old. |
| zealot | One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner. |
| zeitgeist | The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch. |
| zenith | The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness. |
| zephyr | Any soft, gentle wind. |