List of Words for Letter ‘W’

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warm-blooded Said of an animal whose body temperature does not change much.
warm front A boundary between air masses that allows a warm air mass to slide up and over a cold air mass.
water cycle The constant movement of water between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere.
watershed An area of land where water flows downhill to a common stream, lake, or river.
water vapor Water in the form of a gas.
wavelength The distance from the top of one wave to the top of the next.
weathering The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
weight The measure of the pull of gravity between an object and Earth.
well hole dug below the ground in order to reach groundwater.
wind vane A device that moves to show which way the wind is blowing.
work The use of force to move an object a certain distance.