Index of English words, starting with "wr"

(1) - Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
(2) - Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
(3) - Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
(4) - Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.
(5) - Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
(6) - Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
(7) - Wry (v. t.) To cover.

(1) - Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
(2) - Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

(1) - Wryness (n.) The quality or state of being wry, or distorted.