~2.~ Luxuriant, exuberant, abounding, rank, rampant.
~3.~ Sportive, frolicsome, playful, gay, frisky, coltish, airy.
~4.~ Dissolute, licentious, lewd, incontinent, prurient, lustful,
lascivious, lecherous, carnal, salacious, libidinous, concupiscent,
lickerish, unchaste, loose.
~Wanton~, _n._ Lewd person.
~Wanton~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Revel, frolic, sport, play, disport, frisk,
romp, caper, make fun, make merry.
~2.~ Luxuriate, live luxuriously, live in clover.
~Wapiti~, _n._ American elk, gray moose (_Cervus Canadensis_).
~War~, _n._ ~1.~ Hostilities, fighting, warfare, ULTIMA RATIO REGUM,
the last argument of kings.
~2.~ Art of war, profession of arms.
~War~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make war, carry on war.
~2.~ Contend, fight, strive.
~Warble~, _v. a._ Sing (_with turns or trills like a bird_), trill,
carol, chant, hum, hymn.
~Warbler~, _n._ Singer, songster.
~Ward~, _n._ ~1.~ Watch, guard, guardianship.
~2.~ (_Law._) Pupil, minor (_under guardianship_).
~Warden~, _n._ Keeper, guardian, warder, custodian, curator,
superintendent.
~Warder~, _n._ Keeper, guardian, warden.
~Ward off~, Avert, FOREFEND, parry, repel, turn aside, fend off, keep
off.
~Wardrobe~, _n._ ~1.~ Closet (_for clothes_).
~2.~ Apparel, raiment, clothes, clothing, dresses, garments,
vestments, habiliments, attire, vesture, garb, trappings, rigging,
TOGGERY.
~Warehouse~, _n._ Store, storehouse, magazine, repository, depot,
ENTREPOT.
~Wares~, _n. pl._ Goods, commodities, merchandise, movables.
~Warfare~, _n._ ~1.~ Hostilities, war, state of war.
~2.~ Contest, struggle, strife.
~Warily~, _ad._ Cautiously, carefully, heedfully, circumspectly,
watchfully, vigilantly, charily.
~Wariness~, _n._ Caution, cautiousness, care, circumspection,
watchfulness, forethought, vigilance.
~Warlike~, _a._ ~1.~ Military, martial, bellicose.
~2.~ Inimical, unfriendly, hostile, at variance.
~Warm~, _a._ ~1.~ Not cold.
~2.~ Sunny, mild, genial, pleasant.
~3.~ Close, muggy, oppressive.
~4.~ Zealous, ardent, fervent, earnest, fervid, glowing, enthusiastic,
hearty.
~5.~ Excited, lively, vehement, passionate, furious, violent, fiery.
~6.~ [_Colloquial._] Rich, wealthy, forehanded, well off.
~Warm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Heat (_moderately_), make warm.
~2.~ Animate, excite, rouse, waken, stir up.
~Warm-hearted~, _n._ Kind, affectionate, hearty, cordial, tender.
~Warmth~, _n._ ~1.~ Glow, moderate heat.
~2.~ Ardor, zeal, excitement, vehemence, enthusiasm, earnestness,
fervor, transport, fervency, passion, intensity, soul, spirit.
~Warn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Caution (_against danger_), premonish, forewarn,
exhort to take heed.
~2.~ Admonish (_with respect to some duty_), advise.
~3.~ Inform, notify, apprise, disclose to, mention to, communicate to,
make aware, make acquainted, give notice to.
~4.~ Summon, bid, call.
~Warning~, _n._ ~1.~ Caution (_against danger_).
~2.~ Admonition, advice, monition.
~3.~ Notice, notification.
~4.~ Omen, presage, portent, prognostic, augury, sign.
~Warp~, _v. n._ Twist or be twisted out of shape (_by drying_),
spring, bend.
~Warp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Twist out of shape (_by drying_).
~2.~ Pervert, distort, deviate, bend, bias, turn aside, cause to swerve.
~Warrant~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Guarantee, secure, answer for.
~2.~ Assure, vouch, avouch, declare, affirm, attest, evidence, give
assurance to.
~3.~ Maintain, support, sanction, authorize, justify.
~Warrant~, _n._ ~1.~ Guarantee, security, surety, pledge, warranty.
~2.~ Authority, commission, sanction.
~3.~ Permit, order, writ.
~Warrantable~, _a._ Justifiable, allowable, permissible, admissible,
lawful, proper, defensible, vindicable, right, fit.
~Warranty~, _n._ ~1.~ Stipulation, agreement.
~2.~ Guaranty, security, surety, pledge, warrant.
~Warrior~, _n._ Soldier, captain, military man, man at arms, fighting-
man.
~Wart~, _n._ Morbid excrescence, fungous growth.
~Wary~, _a._ Cautious, heedful, careful, watchful, vigilant,
circumspect, prudent, discreet, guarded.
~Wash~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cleanse by ablution.
~2.~ Wet, moisten, bathe, lave.
~3.~ Stain, tint, color.
~4.~ Overlay (_with a thin coat of metal_), cover.
~Wash~, _v. n._ Perform ablution.
~Wash~, _n._ ~1.~ ABLUTION, lavation, washing, bathing.
~2.~ Bog, marsh, fen, quagmire, slough, morass, swamp.
~3.~ Lotion.
~4.~ Thin coating.
~Washboard~, _n._ ~1.~ Skirting-board, mop-board.
~2.~ (_Naut._) Wasteboard.
~Washerwoman~, _n._ Laundress.
~Washing~, _n._ ABLUTION, lavation, bathing.
~Wash one's hands of~, Exonerate one's self from, clear one's skirts
from.
~Washy~, _a._ ~1.~ Watery, damp, moist, oozy, wet, sloppy.
~2.~ Weak, thin, dilute.
~3.~ Vapid, trashy, spiritless, pointless, feeble, poor.
~Waspish~, _a._ Irritable, irascible, petulant, snappish, pettish,
churlish, snarly, peevish, captious, cynical, testy, fretful,
splenetic, touchy, passionate, choleric, ill-humored.
~Wassail~, _n._ Carousal, revelry, revels, saturnalia, debauch,
orgies, potation, compotation, SPREE, convivial entertainment,
jollification, drunken bout.
~Waste~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey
upon, wear away.
~2.~ Consume (_foolishly_), spend, expend, squander, dissipate, lose,
misspend, misuse, fool away, fritter away, muddle away.
~3.~ Destroy, desolate, ravage, pillage, plunder, strip, ruin, spoil,
devastate, sack, devour.
~Waste~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dwindle, wither, pine, perish, decay, be
diminished, waste away.
~2.~ Swale, melt (_as a candle_), sweal, consume.
~Waste~, _a._ ~1.~ Destroyed, ruined, ravaged, spoiled, devastated,
desolated.
~2.~ Wild, uncultivated, bare, untitled.
~3.~ Worthless, refuse.
~Waste~, _n._ ~1.~ Consumption, loss, diminution, decrement,
expenditure, wasting, dissipation.
~2.~ Squandering, wanton destruction, loss.
~3.~ Devastation, ravage, ruin, rapine, destruction, desolation,
pillage, havoc.
~4.~ Refuse, worthless matter.
~5.~ Wild, wilderness, desert, solitude, lonely place, deserted region.
~Wasteboard~, _n._ (_Naut._) Washboard.
~Wasteful~, _a._ ~1.~ Destructive, ruinous.
~2.~ Lavish, prodigal, profuse, extravagant, thriftless, unthrifty,
too free, too liberal.
~Waster~, _n._ Squanderer, prodigal, spendthrift.
~Wasting~, _n._ Decay, decline, consumption, marasmus, emaciation,
atrophy, tabes, PHTHISIS.
~Watch~, _n._ ~1.~ Vigil, watching, wakefulness, watchfulness, outlook.
~2.~ Inspection, observation, attention.
~3.~ Guard, sentry, watchman.
~4.~ Pocket timepiece.
~Watch~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wake, be awake, keep awake, not be asleep.
~2.~ Keep guard, keep watch and ward, stand guard, be on guard, be on
the watch, act as sentinel, be on the lookout, look sharp, keep a
sharp lookout, have all one's eyes about one, mind one's P's and Q's.
~3.~ Wait, look, be expectant.
~Watch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Guard, tend, attend, have in keeping.
~2.~ Mark, observe, eye, keep the eye on, keep an eye upon.
~Watchful~, _a._ Vigilant, attentive, observant, awake, alive,
heedful, careful, wary, cautious, circumspect, guarded, on one's
guard, on the alert, with the eyes open, wide awake, on the lookout.
~Watchman~, _n._ Guard, sentinel, picket, sentry, guardsman.
~Watch-pocket~, _n._ Fob.
~Watchword~, _n._ Countersign, password.
~Water~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Irrigate, moisten, wet.
~2.~ Supply with water (_for drink_), furnish with water, give water to.
~3.~ Sprinkle and calender (_as cloth, to give it an undulating or
wavy appearance_).
~Water-bearer~, _n._ Aquarius.
~Water-beech~, _n._ Sycamore, button-wood, plane-tree, button-ball-tree,
water-birch (_Platanus Occidentalis_).
~Water-brash~, _n._ Water-qualm, PYROSIS.
~Water-clock~, _n._ Clepsydra.
~Water-closet~, _n._ Privy, backhouse, necessary, jakes.
~Water-course~, _n._ ~1.~ Stream, brook, river.
~2.~ Canal, drain, trench, ditch, channel, fosse, moat, sewer, leat.
~Water-crake~, _n._ WATER-OUSEL.
~Water-crow~, _n._ WATER-OUSEL.
~Water-cure~, _n._ Hydropathy.
~Water-doctor~, _n._ Hydropathist.
~Watered silk~, Tabby.
~Waterfall~, _n._ Cataract, cascade, fall.
~Water-hen~, _n._ Gallinule, spotted crake (_Crex porzana_ or
_Gallinula chloropus_).
~Water-hog~, _n._ Capibara (_Hydrochœrus capybara_).
~Waterish~, a_._ ~1.~ Aqueous, moist, wet, watery.
~2.~ Thin, diluted, weak, like water.
~Waterman~, _n._ Boatman, ferryman.
~Water-nymph~, n. Naiad.
~Water-ousel~, _n._ Dipper, water-crake, water-crow (_Cinclus
aquaticus_).
~Water-ouzel~, _n._ Dipper, water-crake, water-crow (_Cinclus
aquaticus_).
~Water-pepper~, _n._ Smart-weed (_Polyganum hydropiper_).
~Water-pimpernel~, _n._ Brookweed.
~Water-qualm~, _n._ Water-brash, PYROSIS.
~Water-ram~, _n._ Hydraulic ram.
~Water-ret~, _v. a._ Water-rot.
~Water-rice~, _n._ Indian-rice.
~Water-rot~, _v. a._ Water-ret.
~Water-sparrow~, _n._ Chuck, reed-sparrow, reed-bunting, king bird
(_Emberiza schœnictus_).
~Watery~, _a._ ~1.~ Aqueous, wet, moist.
~2.~ Thin, weak, diluted, waterish, like water.
~Wattle~, _n._ Hurdle (_of twigs_).
~Wattles~, _n. pl._ BARB, beard.
~Wave~, _n._ Undulation, billow, breaker, surge, swell, ripple.
~Wave~, _v. n._ Undulate, float, fluctuate, flicker, vibrate,
oscillate, play loosely, play to and fro.
~Wave~, _v. a._ Brandish, flourish.
~Wave-like~, _a._ Undulating.
~Waver~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wave, undulate, float, flicker.
~2.~ Vacillate, hesitate, fluctuate, be in suspense, be undetermined,
be unsettled, be in doubt.
~Wavering~, _n._ Vacillation, fluctuation, indecision,
indetermination, hesitancy, uncertainty.
~Wavering~, _a._ Unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unsteady, unstable,
changeable.
~Wavy~, _a._ Undulating, waving, playing to and fro.
~Wax~, _v. a._ Cere, smear with wax.
~Wax~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Increase (_as the moon_).
~2.~ Grow, become, come to be, get to be.
~Wax-moth~, _n._ Bee-moth.
~Wax-myrtle~, _n._ Bayberry (_Myrica cerifera_).
~Wax-wing~, _n._ [_U. S._] Cedar-bird.
~Way~, _n._ ~1.~ Passage, march, advance, progression.
~2.~ Road, path, route, course, track, TRAIL, street, highway,
highroad, room for passing, opportunity to pass.
~3.~ Method, mode, manner, fashion, plan, wise, sort, degree.
~4.~ Space, distance.
~5.~ Custom, usage, habit, habitude, practice, wont, second nature.
~Wayfarer~, _n._ Traveller, passenger, pilgrim, tourist, itinerant.
~Waylay~, _v. a._ Lie in wait for (_with evil intent_), lie in ambush
for.
~Wayless~, _a._ Pathless, trackless.
~Wayward~, _a._ Perverse, froward, wilful, obstinate, headstrong,
stubborn, intractable, unruly, cross-grained, refractory.
~Weak~, _a._ ~1.~ Feeble, languid, weakly, not strong, not vigorous.
~2.~ Sickly, debilitated, unhealthy, unsound, infirm, frail, delicate,
tender, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid.
~3.~ Defenceless, unguarded, exposed, unprotected.
~4.~ Lax, soft, pliant, imperfect.
~5.~ Pliable, pusillanimous, easily influenced, without any backbone,
dough-faced.
~6.~ Shallow, simple, silly, senseless, witless, stupid, foolish,
DAFT, childish, inept.
~7.~ Unwise, injudicious, foolish, indiscreet, erring, peccable.
~8.~ Low, faint, small, inconsiderable.
~9.~ Thin, watery, diluted, waterish.
~10.~ Sleazy, flimsy, slight, poor.
~11.~ Poor, inconclusive, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, lame, not
forcible, not cogent.
~Weaken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enfeeble, enervate, debilitate, break, unman,
effeminate, emolliate, unnerve, make weak.
~2.~ Invalidate, make of less effect.
~3.~ Reduce, depress, debase, lower.
~Weak-fish~, _n._ Squeteague [_Labrus squeteague_ or _Otolithus
regalis_].
~Weak-headed~, _a._ WEAK-MINDED.
~Weakly~, _a._ Feeble, languid, weak, not strong.
~Weak-minded~, _a._ Shallow, dull, stupid, weak, soft, sappy, doltish,
feeble-minded, dull-witted, short-witted, half-witted, blunt-witted,
thick-skulled, weak-headed.
~Weak side~, _n._ Foible, failing, infirmity, frailty, weakness, weak
part, blind side.
~Weal~, _n._ Welfare, prosperity, good, advantage, happiness,
interest, utility, profit.
~Wealth~, _n._ Affluence, opulence, abundance, fortune, independence,
competence, riches, mammon, pelf, money, treasure, funds, cash,
property, easy circumstances, ample store, ample means.
~Wealthy~, _a._ Affluent, opulent, rich, moneyed, flush, well off,
well to do.
~Wean~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put from the breast.
~2.~ Withdraw, disengage, alienate, detach.
~Weapons~, _n. pl._ Arms.
~Weaponless~, _a._ Unarmed.
~Wear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Carry (_upon the person_), bear.
~2.~ Impair (_by use_), waste, consume, use up, wear away, wear out.
~Wear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be wasted, wear away.
~2.~ Endure use.
~Wear away~, ~1.~ (_Active._) Waste, WEAR.
~2.~ [_Neuter._] Be consumed, be wasted.
~Wearied~, _a._ Tired, fatigued, jaded, fagged, exhausted, weary, used
up.
~Weariness~, _n._ Fatigue, tedium, lassitude, exhaustion, prostration,
languor, languidness, ENNUI.
~Wearisome~, _a._ Tedious, tiresome, fatiguing, IRKSOME, prolix,
weary, trying, humdrum, prosy, monotonous, uninteresting.
~Wear off~, [_Active._] Obliterate, rub off.
~Wear off~, [_Neuter._] Pass off by degrees or gradually.
~Wear out~, Consume, WASTE.
~Wear the breeches~, [_Colloquial._] Usurp the husband's authority, be
the man of the house.
~Weary~, _a._ ~1.~ Fatigued, tired, exhausted, WEARIED.
~2.~ Tiresome, irksome, wearisome.
~Weary~, _v. a._ Fatigue, tire, jade, fag, exhaust, harass, dispirit,
KNOCK UP, tire out, wear out, use up.
~Weasand~, _n._ Windpipe, trachea, throttle, throat.
~Weasel-coot~, _n._ Red-headed smew (_Mergus minutus_).
~Weather~, _v. a._ ~1.~ (_Naut._) Pass to windward of.
~2.~ Endure, sustain, bear, stand, bear up against, get the better of.
~Weather-cock~, _n._ ~1.~ Vane.
~2.~ Trimmer, time-server, fickle person.
~Weave~, _v. a._ Interlace (_as the threads of a fabric_), entwine,
plait, plat, braid, mat.
~Weazen~, _a._ Thin, sharp, lean, withered, shrunken, dried,
shrivelled, wizened.
~Web~, _n._ ~1.~ Texture, tissue, structure, textile fabric.
~2.~ Suffusion (_of the eye_), film.
~3.~ Cobweb.
~4.~ Membrane (_as in the feet of swimming birds_).
~Web-footed~, _a._ Palmiped.
~Wed~, _v. a._ Marry, espouse.
~Wedding~, _n._ Marriage, nuptials, espousals, bridal, marriage
ceremony, nuptial rites.
~Wedge-shaped~, _a._ Cuneiform.
~Wedlock~, _n._ Matrimony, nuptial state, marriage.
~Wee~, _a._ Little, small, diminutive, tiny, minikin, pygmy, pygmean,
Liliputian.
~Weeds~, _n. pl._ Mourning, symbol of sorrow.
~Week-day~, _n._ Work-day.
~Weekly~, _a._ Hebdomadal, hebdomadary.
~Ween~, _v. n._ [_Poetical._] Fancy, imagine, think, suppose.
~Weep~, _v. n._ Cry, sob, shed tears.
~Weep~, _v. a._ Lament, bewail, bemoan.
~Weft~, _n._ Woof.
~Weigh~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try in the balance, find the weight of.
~2.~ Counterbalance, be equivalent to in weight.
~3.~ Examine, ponder, balance in the mind, meditate upon.
~Weigh~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Gravitate, be heavy.
~2.~ Bear, press, bear heavily, press hard.
~Weigh down~, ~1.~ Overbalance.
~2.~ Oppress, overburden.
~Weight~, _n._ ~1.~ Heaviness, gravity, ponderousness, ponderosity.
~2.~ Pressure, burden, load.
~3.~ Importance, influence, power, efficacy, consequence, moment,
significance, import, pith.
~Weighty~, _a._ ~1.~ HEAVY (_intrinsically_), ponderous, onerous.
~2.~ Important, influential, efficacious, forcible, momentous, grave,
serious, of consequence.
~Welcome~, _n._ ~1.~ Greeting, salutation.
~2.~ Kind reception.
~Welcome~, _v. a._ Greet, receive, bid welcome.
~Welcome~, _a._ ~1.~ Gladly received or entertained, admitted with
pleasure.
~2.~ Acceptable, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, grateful, gratifying.
~Weld~, _n._ Woad, dyer's weed (_Reseda luteola_).
~Welfare~, _n._ Prosperity, happiness, success, weal, well-being,
advantage, benefit, profit.
~Welkin~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Sky, empyrean, firmament, heaven, the
heavens, canopy of heaven, vault of heaven, starry heavens.
~Well~, _n._ ~1.~ Spring, fountain, wellhead, wellspring.
~2.~ Source, origin.
~Well~, _v. n._ Issue, spring, flow.
~Well~, _ad._ ~1.~ Rightly, not ill.
~2.~ Properly, suitably, correctly, accurately, thoroughly, not amiss.
~3.~ Sufficiently, abundantly, amply, fully.
~4.~ Favorably, commendably, with praise.
~5.~ Highly, very much.
~6.~ Far, considerably, not a little.
~7.~ Conveniently, easily.
~Well~, _a._ ~1.~ Healthy, hale, hearty, in health, sound, in good
health, not ill, not sick.
~2.~ Fortunate, happy.
~3.~ Profitable, convenient, beneficial, expedient, good, useful,
advantageous, for one's advantage, for one's interest.
~Well-a-day~, _interj._ Alas, lackaday.
~Well-behaved~, _a._ Courteous, civil, polite, well-bred, well-
mannered, polished, of good manners.
~Well-being~, _n._ WELFARE.
~Well-born~, _a._ Gentle, high-born, of good descent, of a good stock,
not plebeian.
~Well-bred~, _a._ Refined, polished, genteel, polite, courteous, WELL-
BEHAVED.
~Well enough~, Tolerably, sufficiently well.
~Well-head~, _n._ Spring, fountain, well, wellspring.
~Well-mannered~, _a._ WELL-BEHAVED.
~Well off~, Prosperous, thriving, flourishing, forehanded, beforehand,
in easy circumstances, well to do, possessed of a competence.
~Well-read~, _a._ Erudite, learned, lettered, literary, book-learned.
~Wellspring~, _n._ Spring, fountain, well, well-head.
~Well-timed~, _a._ Opportune, seasonable, timely, happy, felicitous,
all in good time.
~Well to do~, WELL OFF.
~Well-wisher~, _n._ Friend, favorer, encourager.
~Welter~, _v. n._ Wallow, tumble about, roll.
~Wench~, _n._ ~1.~ Strumpet, WHORE.
~2.~ [_U. S._] Negress, colored woman.
~Wend one's way~, Go, travel, journey, pass.
~Wesleyanism~, _n._ Methodism.
~West~, _n._ Occident.
~West~, _a._ Western, westerly, occidental.
~Westerly~, _a._ Western, WEST.
~Westerly~, _ad._ Westward, toward the west.
~Western~, _a._ Westerly, WEST.
~Westward~, _ad._ Westerly, toward the west.
~Wet~, _a._ ~1.~ Damp, moist, humid, dank, aqueous, watery.
~2.~ Rainy, showery.
~Wet~, _n._ Humidity, moisture, dampness, wetness.
~Wetness~, _n._ Humidity, WET.
~Wet~, _v. a._ Moisten, water, irrigate, damp, dampen, sprinkle.
~Whack~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Strike, beat, thrash, THWACK.
~Whale-oil~, _n._ Train-oil.
~Wharf~, _n._ Quay.
~What~, _pron._ ~1.~ That which.
~2.~ The sort of, the kind of.
~3.~ Which (_out of many, or of many kinds_).
~4.~ How, how great, how remarkable.
~Whatever~, _pron._ ~1.~ Any thing, be it what it may, any thing
soever, whatsoever.
~2.~ All that, the whole that.
~Whatsoever~, _pron._ WHATEVER.
~What though~, What matters it that, allowing that, supposing that,
even granting that.
~What to do with~, How to use, how to employ, how to dispose of.
~What with~, Partly, in part.
~Wheat-bird~, _n._ Night-jar, goat-sucker.
~Wheat-ear~, _n._ Fallow-finch, white-ear (_Saxicola œnanthe_).
~Wheat-fly~, _n._ Hessian-fly (_Cecidomyia destructor_).
~Wheat-grass~, _n._ Twitch-grass, couch-grass, dog's-grass, dog-wheat,
knot-grass (_Triticum repens_).
~Wheat-moth~, _n._ ~1.~ Grain-moth, corn-moth (_Tinea granella_).
~2.~ Angumois moth (_Anacampsis cerealella_).
~Wheedle~, _v. a._ Flatter, cajole, coax, inveigle, humor, court, fawn
upon, pay court to.
~Wheedler~, _n._ Sycophant, parasite, fawner, toady, flunkey, spaniel,
lickspittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on, mean
flatterer.
~Wheel~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Revolve, rotate, turn, gyrate, roll, turn round,
move round.
~2.~ Deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside, alter one's course.
~Wheel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Whirl, twirl, spin, put into a rotatory motion.
~2.~ Move on wheels, convey on wheels.
~Wheeze~, _v. n._ Breathe hard.
~Whelk~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, pustule.
~2.~ Stripe, streak, mark, wale.
~Whelm~, _v. a._ Overwhelm.
~Whelp~, _n._ ~1.~ Cub, young beast.
~2.~ Puppy, pup, young dog.
~When~, _ad._ ~1.~ At the time, at the time that.
~2.~ Whenever, at what time.
~Whence~, _ad._ ~1.~ From what place.
~2.~ From what cause, from what source, how.
~Whenever~, _ad._ At whatever time, whensoever.
~Whensoever~, _ad._ WHENEVER.
~Where~, _ad._ ~1.~ At which place, in which place.
~2.~ At what place, in what place.
~Whereabouts~, _ad._ Near what place.
~Whereabouts~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Residence, location.
~Whereas~, _conj._ ~1.~ Since, considering that, it being the case that.
~2.~ When in fact, while on the contrary.
~Whereby~, _ad._ By which.
~Wherefore~, _ad. & conj._ Why, for what cause or reason, on what
account.
~Wherein~, _ad._ ~1.~ In which.
~2.~ In what.
~Whereof~, _ad._ ~1.~ Of which.
~2.~ Of what.
~Whereupon~, _ad._ Upon which.
~Wherever~, _ad._ In whatever place.
~Wherewith~, _ad._ ~1.~ With which, wherewithal.
~2.~ With what.
~Wherewithal~, _ad._ WHEREWITH.
~Wherewithal~, _n._ [_Colloquial_; _used with_ The _prefixed_.] The
means (_with which to accomplish any purpose_).
~Whet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sharpen (_by rubbing_).
~2.~ Stimulate, excite, arouse, rouse, quicken, animate, warm, kindle.
~Which~, _pron._ ~1.~ What one.
~2.~ That.
~Whiff~, _n._ Puff, blast, sudden gust.
~Whiff~, _v. a._ Puff.
~Whiffle~, _v. n._ Veer (_as by change of wind_), turn about.
~While~, _n._ Time, season, space of time.
~While~, _ad._ ~1.~ During the time that.
~2.~ As long as.
~3.~ At the same time that.
~While away~, Pass away (_as time_), spend pleasantly.
~Whim~, _n._ Freak, fancy, vagary, humor, caprice, crotchet, maggot,
quirk, whimsey, kink, WRINKLE.
~Whimper~, _v. n._ Cry (in-low and broken tones), snivel, blubber,
whine.
~Whimsey~, _n._ Caprice, WHIM.
~Whimsical~, _a._ Capricious, freakish, odd, singular, strange,
fanciful, fantastic, notional, crotchety, BIZARRE, grotesque, queer.
~Whine~, _v. n._ Cry (_plaintively_), moan (_in a childish way_).
~Whine~, _n._ Plaintive tone.
~Whinny~, _v. n._ Neigh.
~Whip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lash, strike (_with a cord_), beat, flagellate,
scourge, punish.
~2.~ Snatch.
~3.~ Stitch, baste.
~Whipping~, _n._ Flogging, beating, castigation, thrashing, LICKING.
~Whirl~, _v. n._ Twirl, revolve, rotate, spin.
~Whirl~, _v. a._ Twirl, spin, wheel, turn round.
~Whirl~, _n._ Gyration, rotation.
~Whirl-bone~, _n._ Patella, knee-pan.
~Whirling~, _n._ Twirl, circular motion.
~Whirlpool~, _n._ Vortex, eddy.
~Whirring~, _n._ Whiz, buzzing noise.
~Whisk~, _v. n._ Trip, speed, hasten, hie, post, scud, brush, move
nimbly, push on, dash on, cut along.
~Whisper~, _v. n._ Speak under the breath, speak softly.
~Whisper~, _v. a._ Breathe, utter softly.
~Whisper~, _n._ ~1.~ Low, soft voice; gentle utterance.
~2.~ Murmur, sibilant sound (_as of the wind_).
~3.~ Hint, intimation, inkling.
~Whist~, _interj._ Hush, silence, be still, be silent, keep quiet,
make no noise.
~Whistle-fish~, _n._ Rockling, sea-louch (_Motella vulgaris_).
~Whit~, _n._ Iota, jot, tittle, particle, bit, atom, grain, scrap,
mite, ace, corpuscle, scintilla.
~White~, _a._ Of a white color, snowy, frosty, hoary, hoar.
~White ant~, Termite, termes.
~White-bear~, _n._ Polar-bear (_Thalarctos maritimus_).
~White bismuth~, Sub-nitrate of bismuth.
~White-brant~, _n._ Snow-goose (_Anser hyperboreus_).
~White-cedar~, _n._ Arbor vitæ (_Thuja Occidentalis_).
~White-copper~, _n._ Packfong, German silver.
~White-copperas~, _n._ Coquimbite.
~White-ear~, _a._ Fallow-finch, wheat-ear (_Saxicola amanthe_).
~White-lead~, _n._ Ceruse, carbonate of lead.
~Whiten~, _v. a._ Bleach, blanch, etiolate, make white.
~Whiten~, _v. n._ Bleach, etiolate, become or grow white.
~White-nun~, _n._ Smew (_Mergus albellus_).