wild | (noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | Synonyms: wilderness |
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(noun) a wild primitive state untouched by civilization | Synonyms: natural state, state of nature |
wildcat | (noun) any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | - |
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(noun) an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | Synonyms: wildcat well |
(noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, brute, savage, wolf |
wildcatter | (noun) an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field | - |
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wildebeest | (noun) large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | Synonyms: gnu |
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wilderness | (noun) a bewildering profusion | - |
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(noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | Synonyms: wild |
(noun) (politics) a state of disfavor | - |
wildfire | (noun) a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
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wildflower | (noun) wild or uncultivated flowering plant | Synonyms: wild flower |
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wildfowl | (noun) flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food | - |
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wilding | (noun) an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women | - |
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(noun) a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree) | - |
wildlife | (noun) all living things (except people) that are undomesticated | - |
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wildness | (noun) an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature | - |
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(noun) an unruly disposition to do as one pleases | - |
(noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence |
(noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | Synonyms: abandon |
wile | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery |
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wilfulness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: fractiousness, unruliness, willfulness |
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wiliness | (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness |
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will | (noun) the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention | Synonyms: volition |
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(noun) a fixed and persistent intent or purpose | - |
(noun) a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | Synonyms: testament |
willet | (noun) large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts | Synonyms: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
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willfulness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness |
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willies | (noun) feelings of uneasiness | - |
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willing | (noun) the act of making a choice | Synonyms: volition |
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willingness | (noun) cheerful compliance | - |
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willow | (noun) a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers | - |
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(noun) any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix | Synonyms: willow tree |
willowherb | (noun) a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs | - |
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willowware | (noun) chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river | Synonyms: willow-pattern |
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willpower | (noun) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | Synonyms: possession, self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power |
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wilt | (noun) causing to become limp or drooping | Synonyms: wilting |
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(noun) any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots | Synonyms: wilt disease |
wilting | (noun) causing to become limp or drooping | Synonyms: wilt |
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