(linguistics) A question word. / Alternative letter-case form of q-word (“any word beginning with q”)

A word that becomes a filler in conversation, or is used for verbal emphasis, without adding any meaning to an utterance.

A word encountered more often in writing than in speech, and thus liable to be pronounced incorrectly.

plural of word cloud

plural of word chain

plural of word family

(linguistics, lexicography, language teaching) A set of etymologically related words consisting of a single word with its inflections and derivations, such as walk, walked, walks, walking, walkings, walker, walkers, walkies, walkable, walkathon.

Unable to find expression in words.

(idiomatic) To tell a lot of people; to inform as many people as one can.

(programming) A word that may be included in source code for clarity but does not change the meaning. / (computing) A stop word, one ignored in search queries etc.