wafer board
wainscoting
waistband
waistline
walk-in
walk-out (adj, n)
walk-through
wall bed
wallboard
wallcovering (n, adj)
wall hanging
wall-mount
wallpaper
Walmart
wannabe
warm up (v)
warm-up (n, adj)
warp (lengthwise yarns)
washbasin
washbowl
washcloth
washload
washroom
washstand
wastebasket
wastewater
water bed
water-base (adj)
water-erasable pen
watermelon
waterproof
water-repellent (adj)
waxed paper
weatherproof (v, adj)
weather-strip (v)
weather stripping (n)
weathertight
weather vane
web, in reference to World Wide Web (lowercased 9/14/17)
website
Wedgwood
wedgwood blue
Wedgwood lace (n)
weft (crosswise yarns)
weight loss (n, adj)
weinerwurst
Welsh rarebit (not “rabbit”)
wenge (an African hardwood; pronounced WENG gay)
West Coast
Western red cedar
whipstitch (n, v)
whirligig
whiskey (Scotch whisky)
white fish (two words when we refer to fish such as cod, flounder, halibut, etc.) (updated 4/2/24)
whitewash
white work
whole cloth quilt
whole grain (n, adj)
whole kernel corn
whole wheat (n, adj)
widescreen (adj)
wiener (not “weiner”)
Wiener schnitzel
wildflower
will-o’-the-wisp
windbreak
window box
windowpane
windowpane check
windowpane plaid
window sashes
window seat
window shade
window-shop
windowsill
wine (see Wine List)
wineglass
wing-back
wing chair
wintry
wire-edge (adj)
Wonder-Under Transfer Web (trademarked; use “fusible web”)
wonton wrapper (see Pasta List)
woo-hoo
wood-burn (v)
woodburned (adj craft)
wood burner (n)
woodburning (n, craft)
wood-burning (adj)
wood-carver
wood carving (n, adj)
woodcutting (n, adj)
wood grain (n)
wood-grain (adj)
woodstove
wood tone
Worcestershire sauce
workbench
workout (n, adj)
work out (v)
workplace
workroom
workshop
workspace (8/17/23)
workstation
worktable
World Wide Web
worshiper
wraparound (n, adj)
wrong side out
wrought iron (n)
wrought-iron (adj)
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