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Whiffletreenouna crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pullingverified
Whilenouna period of indeterminate length, usually short, marked by some action or conditionverified
Whimseynounthe trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgmentverified
Whimsicalitynounthe trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgmentverified
Whimsynounthe trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgmentverified
Whinstonenounany of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)verified
Whip-Scorpionnounnonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stingerverified
Whiplashnounan injury to the neck resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration, as in an automobile accidentverified
Whiplash InjurynounMWEan injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)verified
Whippletreenouna crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pullingverified
Whirlwindnouna more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earthverified
Whirlybirdnounan aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead bladesverified
Whisk FernnounMWEchiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk broomsverified
Whispering BellsnounMWEviscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowersverified
Whispering CampaignnounMWEthe organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidateverified
Whispering DomenounMWEa space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant pointsverified
Whispering GallerynounMWEa space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant pointsverified
Whistle BlowernounMWEan informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping itverified
Whistle StopnounMWEa small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signalverified
Whistle-Stop TournounMWEa tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visitedverified
Whistlingnounthe sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small apertureverified
White AdmiralnounMWENorth American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white bandverified
White AldernounMWEshrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowersverified
White Anglo-Saxon ProtestantnounMWEa white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denominationverified
White AshnounMWEsmall to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or stripsverified
White BirchnounMWEEuropean birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branchesverified