| whicker | (noun) the characteristic sounds made by a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whinny |
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| whidah | (noun) mostly black African weaverbird | Synonyms: whydah, widow bird |
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| whiff | (noun) a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike | - |
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| (noun) a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil | - |
| (noun) a short light gust of air | Synonyms: puff, puff of air |
| whiffer | (noun) a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike | - |
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| whiffletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: swingletree, whippletree |
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| while | (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: patch, piece, spell |
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| whim | (noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea | Synonyms: notion, whimsey, whimsy |
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| (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: caprice, impulse |
| whimper | (noun) a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way | Synonyms: whine |
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| whimsey | (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: arbitrariness, capriciousness, flightiness, whimsicality, whimsy |
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| (noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea | Synonyms: notion, whim, whimsy |
| whimsicality | (noun) the trait of behaving like an imp | Synonyms: impishness, mischievousness, puckishness |
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| (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: arbitrariness, capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsy |
| whimsy | (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: arbitrariness, capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality |
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| (noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea | Synonyms: notion, whim, whimsey |
| whin | (noun) any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) | Synonyms: whinstone |
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| (noun) small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental | Synonyms: dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxen |
| (noun) very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe | Synonyms: furze, gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus |
| whinberry | (noun) erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries | Synonyms: bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whortleberry |
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| whinchat | (noun) brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows | Synonyms: Saxicola rubetra |
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| whine | (noun) a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way | Synonyms: whimper |
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| whiner | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker |
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| whinny | (noun) the characteristic sounds made by a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whicker |
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| whinstone | (noun) any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) | Synonyms: whin |
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| whip | (noun) a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object | Synonyms: lash, whiplash |
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| (noun) an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping | - |
| (noun) (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club | - |
| (noun) a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit | - |
| (noun) a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline | Synonyms: party whip |
| whipcord | (noun) a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib | - |
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| (noun) closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips | - |
| whiplash | (noun) a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object | Synonyms: lash, whip |
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| (noun) an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) | Synonyms: whiplash injury |
| whipper | (noun) a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip | Synonyms: switcher |
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| whippersnapper | (noun) someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous | Synonyms: jackanapes, lightweight |
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| whippet | (noun) small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England | - |
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| whipping | (noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning |
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| (noun) the act of overcoming or outdoing | Synonyms: beating |
| (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipstitch, whipstitching |
| (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping |
| 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 | Synonyms: swingletree, whiffletree |
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| whippoorwill | (noun) American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage | Synonyms: Caprimulgus vociferus |
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| whipsaw | (noun) a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people | Synonyms: lumberman's saw, two-handed saw, two-man saw |
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| whipsnake | (noun) any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails | Synonyms: whip-snake, whip snake |
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| whipstitch | (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipping, whipstitching |
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| whipstitching | (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipping, whipstitch |
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| whiptail | (noun) any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards | Synonyms: whiptail lizard |
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| whir | (noun) sound of something in rapid motion | Synonyms: birr, whirr, whirring |
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| whirl | (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, fling, go, offer, pass |
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| (noun) the act of rotating rapidly | Synonyms: spin, twirl, twist, twisting |
| (noun) confused movement | Synonyms: commotion |
| (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: convolution, swirl, vortex |
| whirler | (noun) a revolving mechanism | - |
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| (noun) a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling | Synonyms: whirling dervish |
| whirligig | (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout |
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| (noun) a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin | Synonyms: spinning top, teetotum, top |
| whirling | (noun) the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | Synonyms: gyration |
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| whirlpool | (noun) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) | Synonyms: maelstrom, vortex |
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| whirlwind | (noun) a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth | - |
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| whirlybird | (noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | Synonyms: chopper, eggbeater, helicopter |
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| whirr | (noun) sound of something in rapid motion | Synonyms: birr, whir, whirring |
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| whirring | (noun) sound of something in rapid motion | Synonyms: birr, whir, whirr |
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| whisk | (noun) a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes | Synonyms: whisk broom |
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| (noun) a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream | - |
| whisker | (noun) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat | Synonyms: sensory hair, vibrissa |
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| (noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair, hairsbreadth |
| whiskers | (noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: beard, face fungus |
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| whiskey | (noun) a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | Synonyms: whisky |
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| whisky | (noun) a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | Synonyms: whiskey |
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| whisper | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whispering |
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| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whispering |
| whisperer | (noun) one who speaks in a whisper | - |
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| whispering | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whisper |
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| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whisper |
| 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 | Synonyms: long whist, short whist |
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| whistle | (noun) an inexpensive fipple flute | Synonyms: pennywhistle, tin whistle |
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| (noun) acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound | - |
| (noun) a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it | - |
| (noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistling |
| (noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistling |
| whistleblower | (noun) an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it | Synonyms: whistle-blower, whistle blower |
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| whistler | (noun) Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call | Synonyms: thickhead |
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| (noun) large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions | Synonyms: Bucephela clangula, goldeneye |
| (noun) large North American mountain marmot | Synonyms: hoary marmot, Marmota caligata, whistling marmot |
| (noun) someone who makes a loud high sound | - |
| whistling | (noun) the act of whistling a tune | - |
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| (noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistle |
| (noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistle |
| 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 |