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Wood RabbitnounMWEcommon small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white undersideverified
Wood RatnounMWEany of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large earsverified
Wood SagenounMWEsubshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemesverified
Wood StorknounMWEan American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved billverified
Wood SwallownounMWEAustralasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallowverified
Wood VinegarnounMWEa red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tarsverified
Wood VioletnounMWEcommon violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansiesverified
Wood-Frognounwide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruceverified
Woodbinenouncommon North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruitverified
Woodcraftnounskill and experience in matters relating to the woods, such as hunting, fishing, or campingverified
Woodcreepernounany of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckersverified
Woodhewernounany of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckersverified
Woodland CaribounounMWEany of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canadaverified
Woodland StarnounMWECalifornia perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petalsverified
Woodland White VioletnounMWEshort-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowersverified
Woodlousenounany of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented bodyverified
Woodpeckernounbird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insectsverified
WoodruffnounOld World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachetsverified
Woodscrewnouna metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriververified
Woodworking PlanenounMWEa carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping woodverified
Woodworking VisenounMWEa vise with jaws that are padded in order to hold lumber without denting itverified
Woody NightshadenounMWEpoisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berriesverified
Wool GrassnounMWEgrass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grassverified
Woolly AphidnounMWEsecretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threadsverified
Woolly Apple AphidnounMWEprimarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other treesverified
Woolly BearnounMWEcaterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairsverified
Woolly Bear CaterpillarnounMWEcaterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairsverified
Woolly MammothnounMWEvery hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphereverified
Woolly ManzanitanounMWEerect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when youngverified
Woolly MonkeynounMWElarge monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basinsverified
Woolly Plant LousenounMWEsecretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threadsverified
Woolsorter's DiseasenounMWEa form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracisverified
Woolsorter's PneumonianounMWEa form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracisverified
Wooly Blue CurlsnounMWEan aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexicoverified
Wooly Lip FernnounMWEsmall North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely woolyverified