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ULCER

a stomach ulcer

a mouth ulcer

 

UNIT

a display unit

a disposal unit

a housing unit

a wall unit

a work unit

an army unit

 

USER

a cell phone user

a computer user

a drug user

a power user

a tobacco user

a wheelchair user

an internet user

 

VALUE

a street value

 

VAN

a moving van

 

VEHICLE

a recovery vehicle

 

VENDOR

a food vendor

a fruit vendor

a news vendor

a street vendor

 

VESSEL

a blood vessel

a cargo vessel

a drinking vessel

a supply vessel

 

VICTIM

a famine victim

a fashion victim

a flood victim

a tsunami victim

a war victim

 

VILLAGE

a fishing village

a retirement village

a water village

 

VOLUME

air volume

sound volume

the export volume  

the sales volume

the trade volume

trading volume

 

WAG

a chin-wag

 

WAGON

a/the bandwagon

a chuck wagon

a station wagon (Br. an estate car)

 

WALK

a boardwalk

a cakewalk

a catwalk

a crosswalk

a moonwalk

a nature walk

a sidewalk

a space walk

 

WALKING / WALKER

a streetwalker (= a type of prostitute)

sleepwalking

power walking

 

WALL

a firewall

floodwalls

a sea wall

a retaining wall

a sidewall

 

WAR

a price war

 

WARD

a cancer ward

a casualty ward

a geriatric ward

a maternity ward

a pediatric ward

a psychiatric ward

an isolation ward

 

WARDEN

a fish warden

a game warden

a prison warden (also type 4b)

a traffic warden

an air-raid warden

an animal warden

 

WARRANT

a bench warrant

a death warrant

a search warrant

an arrest warrant

 

-- WARE

bronzeware

copperware

courseware

caneware

chinaware

dinnerware

drinkware

earthenware

flatware

freeware

glassware

hardware

kitchenware

lacquerware

leather ware

metal ware

shareware

silverware

software

stoneware

tableware

 

WASHER

a bottle washer

a car washer

a dishwasher

a facewasher

a window washer

 

WASH

a car wash

a mouthwash

 

WATCH

a wristwatch

a pocket watch

 

WASHING 

brainwashing

hand washing

 

WATCHER /WATCHING

bird watching

a bird watcher

a clock watcher

a fire watcher

a weight-watcher

 

WATER

dishwater

ditch water

drinking water

firewater

floodwater

groundwater

headwaters

lime water

mineral water

rainwater

river water

sea water

soda water

spring water 

tap water

waste water (also: waste water)

well water

 

WAVE

a brainwave

a crime wave

a heat wave

a radio wave

a sine wave

a shockwave

a sound wave

a tidal wave

 

WAY

a carriageway

a causeway

a doorway

a driveway

a fairway

a floodway

a freeway

a gangway

a gateway

a highway

a laneway

a motorway

a passageway

a pathway

a railway

a roadway

a runway

a seaway

a speedway

a stairway

a subway

a taxiway

a walkway

a waterway

an airway

an alleyway

an archway

an escape way

an expressway

headway

 

WAX

sealing wax

bees’ wax  

ear wax

WEAR

beachwear

footwear

headwear

sleepwear

sportswear

swimwear

underwear

 

WEIGHT

a  counterweight

a paperweight

a pennyweight

the shipping weight

 

WELL

a stairwell

a water well

a wishing well  

an oil well

 

WHEEL

a cartwheel

a Catherine wheel

a Ferris wheel

a flywheel

a prayer wheel

a spinning wheel

a steering wheel

a water wheel

the nose-wheel

training wheels

 

WIFE

a fishwife

a housewife

 

WIND

a headwind

a trade wind

 

WINDOW

a bay window

a ticket window

 

WINNER

a breadwinner

a lottery winner

a medal winner

a prize winner

 

WOMAN

a businesswoman

a career woman

a charwoman

a cleaning woman

a kinswoman

a policewoman

a spokeswoman

a washerwoman

the chairwoman

 

WOOD

cottonwood

driftwood

firewood

sandalwood

teakwood

wormwood

 

WORD

a buzzword

a byword

a catchword

a crossword

a headword

a password

a watchword

 

WORK

a framework

artwork

basketwork

bodywork

bookwork

brickwork

brushwork

busywork

casework

classwork

clockwork

ductwork

farm work

handiwork

homework

housework

leatherwork

lacework

metalwork

paperwork

plasterwork

scrollwork

shift work

spadework

teamwork

wickerwork

woodwork

 

WORKER

a ceramics worker

a construction worker

a dockworker

a factory worker

a farm worker

a glass worker

ironworkers

a leather worker

a maintenance worker

a medical worker

a migrant worker

a postal worker

a relief worker

a road worker

a sanitation worker

a shift worker

a social worker

a steel worker

a team worker

an aid worker

an office worker

 

WORKS

a brickworks

a glassworks

a meat works

a steelworks

an engineering works

earthworks

fireworks

road works

 

WORLD

the business world

the circus world

the fashion world

the gangster world

the material world

the movie world

the music world

the pop world

 

WORM

a bookworm

an earthworm

a woodworm

a ringworm

silkworm

 

WORTH

a dime’s worth

a pennyworth

the market worth

your money’s worth

your time’s worth

"your two cents worth"

 

WORTHINESS

creditworthiness

newsworthiness

roadworthiness

trustworthiness

 

WRECK

a shipwreck

a train wreck

 

WRITER

a CD writer

a comedy writer

a letter writer

a report writer

a screenwriter

a scriptwriter

a sign writer

a song writer

a travel writer

a typewriter

 

WRITING

copywriting

ghostwriting

handwriting

playwriting

sign writing

skywriting

speechwriting

speedwriting

typewriting

 

YARD

a barnyard

a brickyard

a churchyard

a dockyard

a farmyard

a graveyard

a junkyard

a schoolyard

a shipyard

a stockyard

an exercise yard

 

ZONE

a buffer zone

a combat zone

a development zone

a light-industrial zone

a non-smoking zone

a parking zone

a residential zone

a safety zone

a smoking zone

a time zone

 

 

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