| whit | (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle |
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| white | (noun) (board games) the lighter pieces | - |
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| (noun) (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth | Synonyms: flannel, gabardine, tweed |
| (noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) | Synonyms: whiteness |
| (noun) the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water | Synonyms: albumen, egg white, ovalbumin |
| whitebait | (noun) the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts | - |
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| (noun) minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole | - |
| whitecap | (noun) a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white | Synonyms: white horse |
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| whitecup | (noun) prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose | Synonyms: Nierembergia repens, Nierembergia rivularis |
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| whiteface | (noun) hardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States | Synonyms: Hereford |
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| (noun) a clown whose face is covered with white make-up | - |
| whitefish | (noun) silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere | - |
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| (noun) flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere | - |
| (noun) any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring | - |
| whitefly | (noun) minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects | - |
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| whitehead | (noun) a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland | Synonyms: milium |
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| whitelash | (noun) backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances | Synonyms: white backlash |
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| whitener | (noun) an agent that makes things white or colorless | Synonyms: blanching agent, bleach, bleaching agent |
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| whiteness | (noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) | Synonyms: white |
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| (noun) lightness or fairness of complexion | - |
| (noun) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | Synonyms: innocence, pureness, purity, sinlessness |
| whitening | (noun) changing to a lighter color | Synonyms: lightening |
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| whiteout | (noun) an arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds | - |
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| whitetail | (noun) common North American deer; tail has a white underside | Synonyms: Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia deer, white-tailed deer, white tail, whitetail deer |
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| whitethorn | (noun) thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | Synonyms: Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, English hawthorn, may |
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| whitethroat | (noun) common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown | Synonyms: white-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis |
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| (noun) greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts | Synonyms: greater whitethroat, Sylvia communis |
| (noun) Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller | Synonyms: lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca |
| whitewash | (noun) a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects | - |
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| (noun) wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces | - |
| (noun) a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score | - |
| whitewater | (noun) frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls | Synonyms: white water |
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| whitewood | (noun) light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer | Synonyms: true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, yellow poplar |
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| whitey | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkey, honkie, honky |
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| whiting | (noun) a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus | Synonyms: Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus |
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| (noun) any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters | - |
| (noun) found off Atlantic coast of North America | Synonyms: Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake |
| (noun) a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish | - |
| (noun) flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America | - |
| (noun) flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe | - |
| whitlavia | (noun) desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes | Synonyms: California bluebell, Phacelia minor, Phacelia whitlavia |
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| whitlow | (noun) a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail | Synonyms: felon |
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| whitlowwort | (noun) any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail) | - |
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| whittler | (noun) someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) | - |
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| whiz | (noun) a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air | - |
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| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| whizbang | (noun) a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion | Synonyms: whizzbang |
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| (noun) a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits | Synonyms: whizbang shell, whizzbang |
| whizz | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, wiz, wizard |
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| whizzbang | (noun) a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion | Synonyms: whizbang |
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| (noun) a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits | Synonyms: whizbang, whizbang shell |
| whodunit | (noun) a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | Synonyms: mystery, mystery story |
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| whole | (noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Synonyms: unit |
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| (noun) all of something including all its component elements or parts | - |
| wholeheartedness | (noun) the quality of hearty sincerity | Synonyms: heartiness |
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| (noun) undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm | - |
| wholeness | (noun) an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting | Synonyms: integrity, unity |
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| (noun) a state of robust good health | Synonyms: haleness |
| wholesale | (noun) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers | - |
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| wholesaler | (noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | Synonyms: jobber, middleman |
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| wholesomeness | (noun) the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you | - |
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| whoop | (noun) a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement | - |
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| whoopee | (noun) noisy and boisterous revelry | - |
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| whooper | (noun) common Old World swan noted for its whooping call | Synonyms: Cygnus cygnus, whooper swan |
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| (noun) rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call | Synonyms: Grus americana, whooping crane |
| whoosh | (noun) the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid) | Synonyms: swoosh |
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| whooty | (noun) a white woman with a large butt | - |
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| whopper | (noun) something especially big or impressive of its kind | Synonyms: whacker |
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| (noun) a gross untruth; a blatant lie | Synonyms: walloper |
| whore | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, woman of the street, working girl |
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| whoredom | (noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay | Synonyms: harlotry, prostitution |
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| whorehouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house |
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| whoremaster | (noun) a pimp who procures whores | Synonyms: whoremonger |
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| (noun) a prostitute's customer | Synonyms: john, trick, whoremonger |
| whoremonger | (noun) a pimp who procures whores | Synonyms: whoremaster |
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| (noun) a prostitute's customer | Synonyms: john, trick, whoremaster |
| whoreson | (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child |
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| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch |
| whoriental | (noun) An East Asian Whore | - |
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| whorl | (noun) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | Synonyms: coil, helix, spiral, volute |
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| (noun) lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl | Synonyms: curl, ringlet |
| (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll |
| whorlywort | (noun) a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America | Synonyms: Culver's physic, Culver's root, Culvers physic, Culvers root, Veronicastrum virginicum |
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| whortleberry | (noun) blue-black berries similar to American blueberries | Synonyms: bilberry, European blueberry |
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| (noun) erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries | Synonyms: bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry |
| why | (noun) the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' | Synonyms: wherefore |
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| whydah | (noun) mostly black African weaverbird | Synonyms: whidah, widow bird |
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