treenail | (noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | Synonyms: trenail, trunnel |
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trenail | (noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | Synonyms: treenail, trunnel |
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tripletail | (noun) large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail | - |
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ventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: aventail, camail |
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voicemail | (noun) a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed | Synonyms: voice mail |
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wagtail | (noun) Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks | - |
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wail | (noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lament, lamentation, plaint |
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(verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: mewl, pule, whimper |
(verb) emit long loud cries | Synonyms: howl, roar, ululate, yaup, yawl |
wassail | (noun) a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas | - |
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(verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, salute, toast |
(verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, whoop it up |
whiptail | (noun) any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards | Synonyms: whiptail lizard |
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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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yellowtail | (noun) superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail | Synonyms: Ocyurus chrysurus, yellowtail snapper |
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(noun) game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin | Synonyms: Seriola dorsalis |