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Wholesale

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.

Wholly

In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.

Whom

The objective case of who. See Who.

Whomsoever

The objective of whosoever. See Whosoever.

Whoop

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.

Whooper

One who, or that which, whooops.

Whopper

One who, or that which, whops.

Whopper Whapper

Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled whopper.

Whore

To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch.

Whoremaster

A man who practices lewdness; a lecher; a whoremonger.

Whoremasterly

Having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.

Whoremonger

A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.

Whoreson

A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.

Whorish

Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.

Whorled

Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.

Whort

The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).

Whortle

The whortleberry, or bilberry.

Whortleberry

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.

Whose

The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which.

Whosoever

Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.

Whur

A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir.

Whurry

To whisk along quickly; to hurry.

Why

A young heifer.

Why-not

A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.

Wicca

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.

Wiccan

An adherent or practitioner of Wicca.

wich

A variant of 1st wick.

Wichitas

A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.

wick

To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Wicked

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

Wickedly

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.

Wickedness

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.

Wicker

Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.

Wickered

Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.

Wickerwork

A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.

Wicking

the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.

Widdy

A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.

Wide

That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.

Wide-angle

Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50/ or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100/ and are useful for photographing at short range, but the pictures appear distorted.

Widegap

The angler; -- called also widegab, and widegut.

Widely

In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.

Widen

To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

Wideness

The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room.

Widespread

Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.

Widgeon

Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (Anas Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly.

Widow-hunter

One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.

Widow-maker

One who makes widows by destroying husbands.

Widow-wail

A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.

Widower

A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again.

Widowhood

The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.

Width

The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

Widual

Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.

Wielder

One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.

Wieldless

Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.

Wieldsome

Admitting of being easily wielded or managed.

Wieldy

Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy.

Wifelike

Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman.

Wifely

Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife.

Wig

To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.

Wigan

A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.

Wigged

Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.

Wiggle

Act of wiggling; a wriggle.

Wiggler

The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.

Wight

Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.

Wigwag

Act or art of wigwagging; a message wigwagged; -- chiefly attributive; as, the wigwag code.

Wigwam

An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee.

Wike

A home; a dwelling.

Wikiup

The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass or brushwood.

Wild

Wildly; as, to talk wild.

Wild-cat

Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.

Wilder

To bewilder; to perplex.

Wildering

A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.

Wilderment

The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.

Wildfire

A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.

Wildgrave

A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.

Wilding

Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild.

Wildly

In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.

Wildness

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.

Wildwood

A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes.

Wile

To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.

Wileful

Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.

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