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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

wheel lock
noun an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel

wheel tree
firewheel tree noun eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers

wheel-like
adjective round like a wheel

wheelbase
noun the distance from the center of a car`s front wheel to the rear axle

wheelchair
noun a movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant

wheeled
adjective having wheels; often used in combination

wheeled vehicle
noun a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; `the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC`

Wheeler
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler noun Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)

Wheeler Peak
noun a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains

wheeling
rolling noun propelling something on wheels

wheelless
adjective having no wheels or having no wheeled vehicles; `dragging a wheelless stoneboat filled with rocks`; `wheelless societies`

wheelwork
noun mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)

wheelwright
wheeler noun someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels

wheeze
noun breathing with a husky or whistling sound

wheezily
wheezingly adverb with a wheeze; `he talked wheezily`

wheeziness
noun presence of abnormal high-pitched sound heard with a stethoscope when an airway is blocked (as in asthma or chronic bronchitis)

whelk
noun large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell

whelped
adjective (used of a canine) born

whereabouts
noun the general location where something is; `I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime`

wherewithal
noun the necessary means (especially financial means)

wherry
noun sailing barge used especially in East Anglia

whetstone
noun a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

whey
noun watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates; `Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey`

whiff
noun a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike

whiffer
noun a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike

whiffletree
whippletree noun a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling

Whig
noun a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories

Whig Party
noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1834 in opposition to the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and high protective tariffs

while
piece noun a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; `he was here for a little while`; `I need to rest for a piece`; `a spell of good weather`; `a patch of bad weather`

whim
whimsy noun an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; `the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories`; `he had a whimsy about flying to the moon`; `whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it`

whimper
whine noun a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way

whinchat
Saxicola rubetra noun brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows

whiner
complainer noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining

whining
adjective long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying

whiningly
adverb in a whining manner

whinstone
whin noun any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)

whip
lash noun a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; `the whip raised a red welt`

whip
verb strike as if by whipping; `The curtain whipped her face`

whip-round
noun solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose

whip-scorpion
whip scorpion noun nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger

whip-snake
whip snake noun any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails

whiplash
whiplash injury noun an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)

whipped cream
noun cream that has been beaten until light and fluffy

whipper-in
noun huntsman`s assistant in managing the hounds

whippersnapper
jackanapes noun someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

whippet
noun small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England

whipping
tanning 1 flogging noun beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

whipping cream
light whipping cream noun cream that has enough butterfat (30% to 36%) to be whipped

whipping post
noun post formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped

whipping top
whip top noun a top that is spun by whipping

Whipple`s penstemon
Penstemon whippleanus noun wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico

whippoorwill
Caprimulgus vociferus noun American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage

whippoorwill-like
adjective resembling a whippoorwill

whipstitch
whipping noun a stitch passing over an edge diagonally

whiptail
whiptail lizard noun any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards

whir
whirr noun sound of something in rapid motion; `whir of a bird`s wings`; `the whir of the propellers`

whirl
commotion noun confused movement; `he was caught up in a whirl of work`; `a commotion of people fought for the exits`

whirl
verb cause to spin; `spin a coin`

whirl around
verb fly around; `The clothes tumbled in the dryer`; `rising smoke whirled in the air`

Whirlaway
noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1941

whirler
noun a revolving mechanism

whirligig
spinning top noun a conical child`s plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; `he got a bright red top and string for his birthday`

whirligig beetle
noun aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface

whirling
swirling adjective moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; `a tornado`s whirling winds`; `swirling currents`

whirling dervish
whirler noun a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling

whirlpool
vortex noun a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

whirlwind
noun a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth

whirring
adjective like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings

whisk
whisk broom noun a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes

whisk fern
noun chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots

whisker
vibrissa noun a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat

whiskey
whisky noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain

whiskey bottle
noun a bottle for holding whiskey

whiskey jug
noun a jug that contains whiskey

whiskey neat
whisky neat noun a drink consisting of whiskey without a mixer; `he ordered a whiskey neat`

whiskey on the rocks
whisky on the rocks noun whiskey with ice

whiskey sour
whisky sour noun a sour made with whiskey

whisper
whispering noun speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

whispered
adjective spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords; `a long whispered conversation`

whisperer
noun one who speaks in a whisper

whispering campaign
noun the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate

whispering gallery
whispering dome noun a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points

whist
long whist noun a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six

whist drive
noun a progressive whist party

whistle
whistling noun the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; `the whistle signalled the end of the game`

whistle
verb make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; `the kettle was singing`; `the bullet sang past his ear`

whistle blower
whistle-blower noun an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; `the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on`; `the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals`

whistle buoy
whistling buoy noun a buoy that makes a whistling noise

whistle stop
flag stop noun a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal

whistle-stop tour
noun a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited; `in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours`

whistler
noun someone who makes a loud high sound

Whistler
noun United States painter (1834-1903)

whistling
noun the act of whistling a tune; `his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work`

whistling swan
Cygnus columbianus columbianus noun North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note

Whit-Tuesday
Whitsun Tuesday noun the day after Whitmonday

white
lily-white adjective restricted to whites only; `under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains`; `a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization`

White
Andrew Dickson White noun United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

white admiral
noun Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings

white alder
noun tree of western United States

white ash
noun spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood