requiring formal evening clothes, usually interpreted as a white bow tie and a tailcoat for men, and a formal evening dress for women; -- as, a white-tie reception at the embassy. Contrasting with black-tie and informal.
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A dangerous disease of sheep.
The canvasback.
The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England. A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.
The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.
An old man; a graybeard.
The American widgeon, or baldpate. The prairie chicken.
The American coot.
Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
A favorite.
The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.
The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow.
The skin of a newborn seal; also, the seal itself.
Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (Coregonus clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass. The menhaden. The beluga, or white whale.
A whitlow.
The blue-winged snow goose. The surf scoter.
A form of self-propelling torpedo.
Like, or coming near to, white.
To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
One who, or that which, whitens; a bleaching agent; a bleach; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.
The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
The act or process of making or becoming white.
The American black-tailed godwit.
The golden-eye.
One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.
A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster.
The Virginia deer.
The hawthorn.
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca).
Fiorin.
The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.
One who whitewashes.
A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing. The velvet duck.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.
Wild camomile. A kind of Solomon's seal (Polygonum officinale).
Whitlow.
To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead.
In what direction; toward what or which place.
The yaffle.
The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white.
A young full trout during its second season.
Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
The day following Whitsunday; -- called also Whitsun Monday.
an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.
See Whitsun.
A sort of apple.
A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester.
Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.
The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.
The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
The curlew.
To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.
A weasel.
The day following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun Tuesday.
Same as Whetile.
Of a color between white and brown.
A hissing and humming sound.
With a whizzing sound.
Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2.
Hubbub.
Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.
The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.
Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue. A portrait or statue representing the whole figure.
Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.
The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.
The objective case of who. See Who.
The objective of whosoever. See Whosoever.
Hubbub.
A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.
One who, or that which, whooops.
a. n. from Whoop, v. t.
To hoot.
Same as Whap.
A blow, or quick, smart stroke.
One who, or that which, whops.
Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled whopper.
Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.
To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch.
A man who practices lewdness; a lecher; a whoremonger.
Having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.
A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.
A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.
Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.
Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.
A potter's wheel.
The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).
The whortleberry, or bilberry.
In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1. The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry.
The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which.
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
Whosoever.
Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.
Hot.
A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir.
To whisk along quickly; to hurry.
See Whort.
A young heifer.
A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
A religion derived from pre-Christian times, also called Witchcraft{4}, which practices a benevolent reverence for nature, and recognizes two deities, variously viewed as Mother Father, Goddess God, Female Male, etc.; its practitioners are called Wiccans, Wiccas, or witches. Since there is no central authority to propagate dogma, the beliefs and practices of Wiccans vary significantly.
An adherent or practitioner of Wicca.
A variant of 1st wick.
A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.
To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
Wicked.
Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.
In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally.
The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.
A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.
the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
See Wyclifite.
Vars of Wikiup.
See Leatherwood.
A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.
That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
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