, cosmogony, cosmographer, cosmogonist, cosmometry,
cosmoplastic, cosmic, cosmolatry, cosmopolite, cosmopolitan, cataclysm,
ante-mundane, secularize, secularization, secularist, supermundane,
geography, geology, paleontology, tellurian, telluric.

wordliness, n. secularity, secularism.

worldly, a. terrestrial, earthly, mundane, terrene; secular,
temporal.

worldly-minded, a. irreligious, sordid, groveling.

worm, v. wriggle, insinuate.

worm killer. vermicide.

worm medicine. vermifuge, anthelmintic, helminthagogue.

worms, n. pl. Associated Words: helminthology, helminthologist,
vermeology, vermeologist, vermifugal, verminivorous, vermin, vermiculate,
vermiculated, vermiculation, taenifuge, helminthic, helminthiasis,
vermicious, vermicular, vermiculose, anthelmintic, wormy.

worm-shaped, a. vermiform, vermicular, wormlike.

worn away. eroded, abraded, attrite.

worry, v. harass, vex, annoy, torment, tease, fret, trouble, pester,
badger, harry, importune; be anxious, be solicitous, fret.

worry, a. anxiety, fretting, apprehension, concern, solicitude.
Antonym: unconcern.

worrying, a. anxious, distressing, carking.

worship, n. adoration, homage; idolatry, deification, apotheosis.
Associated Words: liturgies, liturgy, ritual, cult, fetish, fetishism,
totem, totemism.

worship, v. adore, revere; idolize, deify, apotheosize, glorify.

worst, v. defeat, vanquish, conquer, overcome, overthrow, discomfit,
rout.

worth, n. worthiness, excellence, virtue, merit, integrity, honor;
value.

worthless, a. valueless, good-for-nothing, futile, trashy, unworthy,
trumpery, scurvy, contemptible.

worthy, a. meritorious, excellent, estimable, deserving, reputable,
exemplary, upright.

would-be, a. self-styled, _soi-disant_, presumptuous.

wound, n. hurt, injury, scath, lesion, trauma; traumatism.
Associated Words: vulnerable, vulnerability, invulnerable,
invulnerability, vulnerary, vulnific, sanies, sanious, pledget, spleget,
dossil, ichor, probe, antiseptic, inviolable, violable, tent, autoplasty.

wound, v. injure, scath, hurt, maim, disable.

wrangle, n. altercation, dispute, squabble, brawl, bickering,
quarrel.

wrangle, v. altercate, dispute, squabble, bicker, quarrel.

wrangler, n. disputant.

wrap, v. infold, swathe, bemuffle, envelop, muffle, swaddle.

wrapper, n. house-dress; negligee, kimono, peignoir; envelope, wrap,
covering, capsule; tillot.

wrath, n. See anger.

wreath, n. garland,