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Wine PalmnounMWEtall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugarverified
Wine SaucenounMWEwhite or veloute sauce with wine and stock variously seasoned with onions and herbsverified
Wineberrynoungraceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wineverified
Wineskinnounan animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wineverified
Wing CasenounMWEeither of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wingsverified
Wing ElmnounMWENorth American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projectionsverified
Wing NutnounMWEa threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turningverified
Wing ScrewnounMWEa threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turningverified
Wingbacknoun(American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the endverified
Winged BeannounMWEa tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wingsverified
Winged ElmnounMWENorth American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projectionsverified
Winged EverlastingnounMWEAustralian plant widely cultivated for its beautiful silvery-white blooms with bright yellow centers on long winged stemsverified
Winged PeanounMWEa tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wingsverified
Winged PigweednounMWEbushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seedsverified
Winged Spindle TreenounMWEbushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wingsverified
Wingmannounthe pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formationverified
Wingsnouna group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular functionverified
Wingspreadnoundistance between the tips of the wings, as of a bird or insect, when fully extendedverified
Winkernounblind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either sideverified
Winner's CirclenounMWEa small area at a racecourse where awards are given to the owners of winning horsesverified
Winter AconitenounMWEsmall Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is goneverified
Winter CherrynounMWEsmall South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruitverified
Winter CrooknecknounMWEany of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necksverified
Winter Crookneck SquashnounMWEany of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necksverified
Winter FernnounMWElarge branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowersverified
Winter Flowering CherrynounMWEshrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowersverified
Winter HazelnounMWEany of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leavesverified
Winter MelonnounMWEany of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smellverified
Winter Melon VinenounMWEany of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smellverified
Winter MushroomnounMWEan edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms areverified
Winter RosenounMWEEuropean evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowersverified
Winter SavorynounMWEerect perennial subshrub having pink or white flowers and leathery leaves with a flavor of thymeverified
Winter SquashnounMWEany of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several monthsverified
Winter Squash PlantnounMWEany of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fallverified
Winter SweetnounMWEmedium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruitsverified
Winter's BarknounMWESouth American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswoodverified
Winter's Bark FamilynounMWEsmall family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowinteraverified
Winter's Bark TreenounMWESouth American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswoodverified
Wintergreennouncreeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oilverified
Wintergreen FamilynounMWEevergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthiliaverified
Wintergreen OilnounMWEoil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plantverified
Wipernouncontact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outletverified
Wiper ArmnounMWEcontact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outletverified