| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| whiffed | imp. & past participle | of Whiff |
| whiffet | noun | A little whiff or puff. |
| whiffle | verb i. | To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about., To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle., To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter., To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle., A fife or small flute. |
| whiling | present participle & vb. noun | of While |
| whilere | adverb | A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. |
| whimper | verb i. | To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers., To utter in alow, whining tone., A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief. |
| whimple | verb t. | See Wimple., To whiffle; to veer. |
| whimsey | noun | Alt. of Whimsy, To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze. |
| whining | present participle & vb. noun | of Whine |
| whinger | noun | A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon. |
| whinner | verb i. | To whinny. |
| whinock | noun | The small pig of a litter. |
| whipped | imp. & past participle | of Whip |
| whipper | noun | One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping., One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip’s hold., A kind of simple willow. |
| whipsaw | noun | A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw. |
| whirred | imp. & past participle | of Whir |
| whirled | imp. & past participle | of Whirl |
| whirler | noun | One who, or that which, whirls. |
| whirtle | noun | A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them. |
| whisked | imp. & past participle | of Whisk |
| whisker | noun | One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion., Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; — usually in the plural., That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers., A hair of the beard., One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal., Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc. |
| whisket | noun | A basket; esp., a straw provender basket., A small lathe for turning wooden pins. |
| whiskey | noun | Same as Whisky, a liquor., Alt. of Whisky, An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. |
| whiskin | noun | A shallow drinking bowl. |
| whisper | verb i. | To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n., To make a low, sibilant sound or noise., To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting., To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper., To address in a whisper, or low voice., To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately., A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154., A cautious or timorous speech., Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation., A low, sibilant sound. |
| whistle | verb i. | To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds., To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone., To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air., To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air., To send, signal, or call by a whistle., A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain’s pipe; the blackbird’s mellow whistle., The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup., An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child’s whistle; a boatswain’s whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam)., The mouth and throat; — so called as being the organs of whistling. |
| whistly | adverb | In a whist manner; silently. |
| whiting | present participle & vb. noun | of White, A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; — called also fittin., A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; — called also silver hake., Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially M. Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and M. littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; — called also silver whiting, and surf whiting., Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc. |
| whitely | adjective | Like, or coming near to, white. |
| whither | adverb | To what place; — used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou?, To what or which place; — used relatively., To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; — used in a sense not physical. |
| whitile | verb | The yaffle. |
| whitish | adjective | Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree., Covered with an opaque white powder. |
| whitlow | adjective | An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone., An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. |
| whitson | adjective | See Whitsun. |
| whitsun | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals. |
| whittle | noun | A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl., Same as Whittle shawl, below., A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife., To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife., To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate., To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife. |
| whizzed | imp. & past participle | of Whiz |