List of Old English Words in the OED/WH

Old English	sp	English
Whale	n	Any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fish-like body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened. 2. informal: something big, great, huge or fine of its kind: "I had a whale of a time".
Whale	vb	To engage in the hunting of whales.
Whale	phr	"Have a Whale of Time" - fig. enjoy oneself very much. 2. fig. have exciting or a fun time time.
Whale-back	n	An arched structure on the deck of a steamer. 2. a large mound of the shape of the back of a whale; whaleback.. 3. any land form or mass likened in shape to the back of a whale; whaleback. 4. an elongated, whale-backed, sand dune.
Whaleboat	n	A long rowing boat with a bow at either end for easy manevrability, formerly used in whaling.
Whale-bone	n	The horny substance developed in plates from the palate of the whale-bone whales; baleen. 2. a strip of whalebone used in the stiffening dress bodies, corsets, etc.
Whale-boned	adj	Reinforced with whalebone.
Whalebone wording	n	Closely restricted, rigidly contrlled language; prescriptively edited language.
Whalecraft	n	The art and technique of whaling. Whalecraft encompasses all those tools used for taking whales and processing blubber into whale oil through the nineteenth century. Included are the whaling implements employed by hand on wooden hull sail-powered whaling vessels around the world. The last whaling voyage in the United States was by the whaling schooner John R. Manta in 1925. That voyage marked the end of the hand harpoon and whalecraft as mentioned here.
Whale-hunting	n	The occupation or act of fishing or hunting whales for food or commercially.
Whale-iron	n	A harpoon.
Whalelike	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a whale in some aspects.
Whaleman	n	One who hunts whales, a whaler.
Whalemeat	n	The flesh of a whale used as food for human consumption.
Whale path	n	The sea or ocean; an Anglo-saxon kenning. 2. whaleroad.
Whaler	n	A person or vessel engaged in whaling; a whaleboat. 2. a person engaged in whaling or a whale catch. 3. anything unusually large of it's kind; a whopper.
Whale road	n	The sea or ocean; an anglo-saxon kenning. 2. whalepath; whale's acre.
Whaleship	n	A ship that hunts for whales; a whaler. 2. a person or vessel engaged in whaling; a whaleboat.
Whalesong	n	The sounds through which whales communicate.
Whale tail	n	The exposed waistband of an underwear thong.
Whale watching	n	The recreational observation of whales.
Whaling	n	The industry of capturing whales. 2. the action, practice or business of catching whales. 3. whale-hunting, whale-fishing, the hunting of whales for food or commercially purposes.
Whaling	adj	Exceedingly big or large.
Whaling glass	n	A magnifying glass for counting threads in a given area of a fabric.
Whalish	adj	Resembling a whale; enormous, huge, gigantic.
Whang	n	A buckskin thong or one made of deer sinew; whang leather. 2. a big slice, as of bread or cheese; a chunk.
Whang	vb	To beat as with a thong, lash. 2. to beat or strike violently. 3. to fling, throng violently; hurl. 4. to slice usu. in large pieces.
Wharf	n	A structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier. 2. (obsolete). a riverbank; the shore of the sea.
Wharf	vb	To strengthen or make firm (e.g. a bank of a river) with a wall of timber or stone. 2. to tie up at a wharf; dock. 3. to accommodate at or bring to a wharf. 4. to place or store on a wharf. 5. to provide with a wharf or wharves.
Wharf	n	An assembly; crowd, gathering. 2. an assembly sitting as "a court of justice."
Wharf-borer	n	An insect, resembling the long-horn beetle, that attacks damp and decayed wood.
Wharfed	adj	Perverse.
Wharfed-like	adj	Perverse, erronous.
Wharfing	n	A structure in the form of a wharf. 2. materials of which wharves are constructed. 3. the lay of sea walls; etc., by planks secured with trees.
Wharf-rat	n	The common brown rat. 2. a man or youth who loafs about wharves often with the intention to steal.
Wharfside	adj	The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
Wharrow-spindle	n	A heraldic bearing. 2. an instrument formerly used by women to spin with, whilst walking, by sticking the distaff in their girdles, and whirling round the spindle pendent to the thread.
Wharve	vb	To change, turn, revolve. 2. roam, wander, proceed, turn out, happen.
Wharve	n	The whorl or wharrow of the spindle- (a wharrow: a grooved pulley in a spinning wheel).
What	prn	(Used interrogatively as a request for specific information): What is the matter? 2. (used interrogatively to inquire about the character, occupation, etc., of a person): What does he do? 3. (used interrogatively to inquire as to the origin, identity, etc., of something): What are those birds? 4. (used interrogatively to inquire as to the worth, usefulness, force, or importance of something): What is wealth without friends? 5. (used interrogatively to request a repetition of words or information not fully understood, usually used in elliptical constructions): You need what?
What	n	The true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
What	adj	(Used interrogatively before nouns): What news?
What	adj	OE. hwaet- sharp, rough, severe. 2. quick, active, brave.
What	adv	To what extent or degree? how much?: What does it matter? 2. (used to introduce a prepositional phrase beginning with with): What with storms and all,.... 3. Obs. for what reason or purpose? why?
What	intj	Used in exclamatory expressions, often followed by a question): What, no salt?
What	conj	Older Use. as much as; as far as: He helps me what he can.
What	phr	"And What Have You/ and what Not" - and so on; etc.
What	phr	"And What's More" - and in addition.
What	phr	"But What" - (informal) but that; but who; who or that … not: "who knows but what the sun may still shine."
What	phr	"For What its Worth" - if its worthy of consideration (usuaklly said by somebody who think it is important)
What	phr	"Give Somebody What for" - punish, scold somebody.
What	phr	"Have Got What It Takes" - have the necessary abilty, qualities.
What	phr	"I Know Not What" - I don't know what I am doing.
What	phr	"I Know What" - I have an idea or suggestion.
What	phr	"I Know What's What" - be experienced; prudent.
What	phr	"It Is what it Is" - it is a fact and must simply be accepted or dealt with as it exists. 2. this thing has its own distinct nature; this thing is itself.
What	phr	"It Not What You Know But Who You Know" - for success and especially to obtain employment, advancement, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network and personal contacts.
What	phr	"Know What It Is" - to apprehend what implies or may involve; hence to have an experience of.
What	phr	"Know What's What" - to understand the qualities of things. 2. to have a good judgement or apprehension. 3. to have full knowledge of the matter in hand. 4. of the state of the case. 5. fitting and profitable.
What	phr	"Not Know What Hit One (me) - to be extremely surprised by an event.
What	phr	"Or What" - or what the cause, reason.
What	phr	"Say What?" slang: "what's that you say? 2. pardon; encore.
What	phr	"So What?" informal -(an expression of disinterest, disinclination, or contempt.)
What	phr	"Well What do you Know" - exclamation of surprize.
What	phr	"What a Hope" - an exclamation, emphasizing the improbability of something just mentioned either happening or being done.
What	phr	"What a Life" - exclamation of complaint, or exasperation, in not very serious circumstances.
What	phr	"What Are You Doing?" - to ask someone what they are currently doing.
What	phr	"What Are You Like?" - To ask informally when someone has said or done something silly.
What	phr	"What a Shame" - I'm so sorry, (about some situation)
What	phr	"What a Way to Go" - A remark on the unfortunate, exceptional, or unusual nature of somebody's death.
What	phr	"What Can I Say?" - an expression indicatinng that nothing which could be said would add to or improve the situation. 2. what else can I say?
What	phr	"What Did I Tell You?" - what I said was true.
What	phr	"What Does One Have To Do?" - an expression of irritation, self-disgust, etc when somebody unexpectedly, inconveniently or foolishly does something.
What	phr	"What Do You Call Him" - whose name one does not recall, perhaps for the moment.
What	phr	"What Do You Know!" - exclamation introducing, or commenting on, an interesting surprising item of information.
What	phr	"What Do You Say We Do" - shall we do this or that? 2. don't you think this is a good idea?
What	phr	"What Do You Think You're Doing" - why are you doing this. 2. why are you acting or behaving in this way?
What	phr	"What Else Can I Say?" = what can I say?
What	phr	"Whatever You do, Don't" - whatever the circumstances may be, don't do something specified by the speaker.
What	phr	"What for" - why: "what are you doing that for?" 2. a punishment or scolding.
What	phr	"What Gives?" - what the news, what's happening (often used as a friendly greeting.
What	phr	"What Has She/He's Got, That I Haven't Got" - why is somebody (so much) more popular, successful, better etc than me.
What	phr	"What Have You?" - other things of the same kind; so forth: money, jewels, stocks, and what have you.
What	phr	"What If?" - what will happen, what will we do, if? 2. what does it matter, why should we care, if?"
What	phr	"What of It? - what concern is it of yours?
What	phr	"What of/What about" - would you like? or what do you think about?
What	phr	"What in the World" - a generic exclamation expressing surprise. 2. emphatically why ?
What	phr	"What's All This?" - what is happening?
What	phr	"What's Done, Cannot be Undone" - what has already done cannot be changed.
What	phr	"What's Eating You" - why are you bothered, depressed, sulky, agitated, etc.
What	phr	"What's Good Enough for My Father, Is Good Enough For Me" - if a belief, practice, way of life, method of work etc satisfied earlier generations, other people etc that is good enough reason to retain it.
What	phr	"What Is It to You(Somebody)?" - how does it effect or interest you?.
What	phr	"What's It to You" - it doesn't effect you, so don't bother yourself.
What	phr	"What's in a Name" - the name is no reflection of its owner's worth or merit.
What	phr	"What's in it for Me?" - what are the advantages of something to me personally?
What	phr	"What's It (to You)" - what is it ; what is the problem; what's wrong.
What	phr	"What's More" - furthermore, in addition, moreover; what's more.
What	phr	"What's New?" - an informal greeting asking what has happen recently: ( the implication that the situation is and alaways has been unsatisfactory).
What	phr	"What's On Your Mind?" - what are you thinking? 2. whats bothering you?
What	phr	"What's That?" - what, pardon me; say that again, I'm sorry; beg your pardon.
What	phr	"What's the Good of It?" - what is the purpose or advantage.
What	phr	"What's the Next Step" - what should, what can one do?
What	phr	"What's What" -what is useful, important.
What	phr	"What's With (Something)" - as the weather, noise, somebody's health: and because of this/that whats happening or likely to happen.
What	phr	"What's Wrong" - what is the nature of your illness, weakness, failing?
What	phr	"What's Your Little Game" - what scheme, purpose, deception are you trying to effect?.
What	phr	"What Yours" - what would you like to drink?
What	phr	"What More Can One Ask" - surely this is an idea, , on entirely , satisfactory, state of affairs, arrangement, lot in life.
What	phr	"What of It?" - what concern is it of you?
What	phr	"What on Earth/In the World?!" - a generic exclamation expressing surprise. 2. what, which thing.
What	phr	"What the Eyes Don't See, the Heart Doesn't Feel?Crave" - you can't, or should not be troubled about something you dont know exists.
What	phr	"What's Up (with you)" - what's up, what's happening; taking place.
What	phr	"What the Devil" - expression used to give emphasis to a question.
What	phr	"What the Hell" - an exclamation expressing a defiant 'don't-care' attitude about ones action or about a situation. 2. what, which thing is concerning you.
What	phr	"What the Hell?" - to make an angry demand or explanation. 2. what, which thing.
What	phr	"What Will They Think of Next" - a comment on hearing of an invention, new law, fashion, art form, gadget (the implication being ridiculous or astonishing).
What	phr	"What With" - because of, owing to, concerning, about, anent.
What	phr	"What with One Thing or Another" - because of various duties, burdens engagements, incidents.
What	phr	"What You See Is What You Get" - said to show that someone is upfront and honest.
What-all	prn	Whatever, everything.
Whate	n	OE. divination, destiny, fate, luck.
Whatever	prn	Unexceptional or unimportant in matter or manner. 2. at all, absolutely, whatsoever. 3. no matter which; for any. 4. anything at all. 5. the whole, anything, no matter what. 6. (interrogative): what
Whatever	phr	"Or Whatever" - or anything similar.
Whatever	phr	"Whatever is, Is Right" - nothing in nature can said to be unnatural, the belief that) one should not question or rebel against, established practice or condition.
Whatever	phr	"Whatever it Takes" - anything, including measures that may be extreme or wrongful, whatever is required to achieve an objective.
Whatever	phr	"Whatever You Do, Don't do ..." - whatever the circumstances might be, don't do something something by the speakers) as don't tell someone about something.
What-if	adj	Also noun. 2. (that involves)- speculation as to what might have been, had antecedent conditions been different. 3. an an instance of speculation etc.
What-like	n	Also interrogatively: of what appearance or aspect. 2. of what kind or character.
Whatness	n	The whatness of anything: understanding of a thing, its quiddity, subtlety, niceness. 2. that what makes a thing what it is; essential nature, essence, quiddity.
What-not	n	Anything whatever; everything; anything and everything; all sorts of things; mostly, now only, as a final item of enumeration: anything else, various things; besides, whatever you like to call it. 2. a thing or person be variously named or described; nondescript, a small, unspecified object; bric-a-brac. 3. used as a euphemism for something the speaker doesn't wish to know. 4. an article of furniture consisting of an open stand with shelves one above another, for keeping or displaying various objects as ornaments, bric-a-brac, curiosities, books, paper.
What-not-shop	n	A shop selling miscellanea. 2. a second-hand goods shop; charity shop.
What's-his-name	n	Substitute word or expression for the name of a person (or anything) which the speaker forgets, does not know, or is unwilling to mention.
What's-its-Name	n	Substitute word or expression for the name of something which the speaker forgets, does not know, or is unwilling to mention.
Whatsay	intj	What did you say?
Whatsay	adv	What did you say.
Whatso	pr	Whatever.
Whatso	adj	Whatever, whoever.
What-so-ever	adj	Whatever. 2. in any way; at all.
What-wise	adv	In what manner, how.
What with	adv	Owing to; because of, as a result of.
Whaup	n	The larger curlew.
Wheal	n	A pimple, pustule. 2. in modern use: a circular, hard elevation or ridge of the skin, esp. that characteristic of urticaria. 3. a raised lesion on the skin.
Wheal	vb	To suppurate, gather, to develop or become affected with wheals. 2. to suppurate or bring to a head; to affect with wheals. 3. to mark with weals or ridges.
Whealworm	n	An insect producing wheals.
Whealy	adj	Pimply. 2. suppurated, pustule, pimpled, whealed.
Wheat	n	The grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially Triticum aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes. 2. the plant itself.
Wheat beer	n	A beer, usually top-fermented, which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley.
Wheat belt	n	A region where wheat grows in abundance, as the plains of Manitoba or the fields of the Wimmera etc.
Wheatberry	n	The entire wheat kernel (except for the hull), comprising the bran, germ, and endosperm, sometimes used in food
Wheatboard	n	An ecologically friendly type of board made with processed wheat.
Wheatbread	n	Bread made from wheat flour. 2. (slang) whole-wheat bread (bread made from whole wheat flour)
Wheat-corn	n	A grain of wheat.
Wheat ear	n	An ear or spike, being that part of a cereal plant, such as wheat or barley, that contains the seeds, grains, or kernels.
Wheat ear	n	A small passeriform bird, "Saxicola Oenanthe" ; a whitten. 2. an arling, back-formation from white-ears, literally "white-arse." So called for its color markings.
Wheaten	adj	Composed of the flour or grain of wheat. 2. belonging to wheat as a plant made of the stalks or straw of flour. 3. of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
Wheatfield	n	A field where wheat is grown and harvested.
Wheat-fly	n	A species of dipterous insects which eat the ears of wheat. 2. the wheat-midge.
Wheat-gold	n	The pale-gold colour of ripe wheat.
Wheatgrass	n	Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption. 2. grass of the genus Agropyron, commonly known as crested-wheat grass. 3. couch-grass.
Wheatless	adj	Having or lacking of wheat. 2. having no wheat, wheatless, (wheat-less) lacking in wheat or the means to grow it.
Wheat-like	n	Resembling or characteristic if wheat in some aspect; wheatlike.
Wheat-meal	n	Meal or flour of wheat.
Wheat-midge	n	A species of dipterous insects which destroys the ears of wheat; the wheat-fly..
Wheat-mildew	n	Disease of wheat due to a fungus; wheat-rust.
Wheat-rust	n	Disease of wheat; wheat-rust.
Wheat-stalk	n	The stalk of wheat sheaf.
Wheat-worm	n	A thread worm (Tylenchus tritic) destructive of wheat.
Wheaty	adj	Containing grain of wheat of or pertaining to wheat.
Wheel	n	A circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery. 2. any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as an essential feature: a potter's wheel; roulette wheel; spinning wheel. 3. steering wheel. 4. a circular frame with an axle connecting to the rudder of a ship, for steering; paddle wheel. 5. a propeller. 6. a bicycle.
Wheel	vb	To cause to turn, rotate, or revolve, as on an axis. 2. to perform (a movement) in a circular or curving direction. 3. to move, roll, or convey on wheels, casters, etc. 4. to provide (a vehicle, machine, etc.) with wheels. 5. to turn on or as on an axis or about a center; revolve, rotate, or pivot. 6. to move in a circular or curving course: pigeons wheeling above. 7. to turn so as to face in a different direction (often followed by about or around.) 8. to change one's opinion or procedure (often followed by about or around.) 9. to roll along on or as on wheels; travel along smoothly.
Wheel	phr	"At the Wheel" - at the helm of a ship, the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, etc. 2. in command or control: "to be at the wheel of a large corporation by 40.)
Wheel	phr	"Be a Fifth Wheel" - be superfluous.
Wheel	phr	"Behind the Wheel" - in control of a vehicle. 2. fig. in control.
Wheel	phr	"Break a Butterfly on the Wheel" - to employ a superabundant effort in the accomplishment of a small matter.
Wheel	phr	"Break on the Wheel" - to torture on the wheel by breaking the long bones with an iron bar.
Wheel	phr	"Hell on Wheels"- tough, aggressive, wild, lawless. (first used in the US to refer to trains at the end of a railroad when under construction.
Wheel	phr	"Put a Shoulder to the Wheel" - start hard work.
Wheel	phr	"Put a Spoke in the Wheel" - place aa difficulty or obstruction in somebody's way.
Wheel	phr	"Spin One's Wheels" - informal: to expend or waste effort to no avail: He spun his wheels on that project for two years.
Wheel	phr	"Take the Wheel" - take control.
Wheel	phr	"Wheel and Axle" - a wheel and drum mounted on an axle with a rope wound about the drum so that a slight pull on one end of the rope will raise disproportionately heavy eweight attached to the other: one of the so-called simple machines.
Wheel	phr	"Wheel and Deal" - wheel and deal, to operate dynamically for one's own profit or benefit. 2. intense and often unscrupulous, bargaining and intrigue to win commercial or political advantage. 3. to work as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties
Wheel	phr	"Wheel Away" - running in celebration.
Wheel	phr	"Wheels Fell off" - the plan failed.
Wheel	phr	"Wheel In/Into" - push a wheel truck into a place. 2. conduct, escort, somebody into a place where he/she is to be interviewed or questioned. 3. to bring a person along for confrontation.
Wheel	phr	"Wheel of Life" - a symbol of the cycle of birth, death and reincarnation; zoetrope.
Wheel	phr	"Wheels of Steel" - turntables, record decking, especially in reference to Club DJs.
Wheel	phr	"Wheels Within Wheels" - complex arrangements of influences, or centres of power and decision-making, which makes quick settlements difficult and often baffle the onlooker. 2. secret machinations. 3. reasons or circumstances not openly acknowledged.
Wheel	phr	"Wheels within Wheels" -wheels within wheels, an involved interaction of motives or agencies operating to produce the final result: government agencies are a study of wheels within wheels
Wheel-back	n	(Of a chair) with a back shaped like or containing a wheel
Wheel-barrow	n	A small, one-wheeled (rarely two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads; barrow; a small cart.
Wheelbarrow	vb	To convey in a wheelbarrow.
Wheelbarrowing	n	The moving of a small loads by a wheelbarrow. 2. a problem that may occur when a pilot places excessive forward pressure on the flight controls of an aeroplane with a tricycle gear configuration during takeoff or landing.
Wheelbird	n	The European goatsucker.
Wheeldog	n	The dog harnessed nearest to the slrigh in a dog team.
Wheeldom	n	The domain or world of wheeled vehicles, esp. bicycles, cycles or users of them.
Wheeled	adj	Furnished with a wheel. 2. effected on wheels or by wheels. 3. of the form of a wheel.
Wheeler	n	A wheelwright or wheelmaker. 2. a wheel horse or other draught animals in the same position. 3. a nail used for the fixing the parts of a wheel. 4. one who wheels a vehicle or conveys something in a vehicle with wheels.
Wheeler-and-dealer	n	A shrewd, and otherwise unscrupulous , person who advances his own interests by scheming ; a hustler. 2. a political or commercial schemer or shady operator.
Wheeler-dealer	n	A shrewd, and otherwise unscrupulous , person who advances his own interests by scheming ; a hustler; a political or commercial schemer or shady operator
Wheelhorse	n	From analogy with the horse that did the bulk of work in a team. 2. a person who labors heavily for a particular cause, without being concerned about recognition. 3. a horse harnessed to a pole or shafts where there is a leader or leaders in front; one who does the hardest work. 4. in politics, a person bearing great responsibility , or one to be greatly depended upon.
Wheel-house	n	A structure enclosing a large wheel, e.g. a water wheel. 2. a building in which a cart-wheels are stored. 3. a circular stone dwelling of the late Iron Age of a type widespread in northern or western Scotland, having partition walls radiating from the centre.
Wheeling	n	The action of the verb "to wheel": 2. Cf. free-wheeling
Wheeling-dealing	n	The action or practice of working as an intermediary, making a profit, from buying ad selling things or making a contract between parties.
Wheel-less	adj	Without a wheel or wheels. 2. having no wheels, not adapted to wheeled-vehicles.
Wheel-lock	n	An old type of gun lock in which sparks are produced by the friction of a small wheel agaist a piece of iron pyrites. 2. a device attached to the steering column of a motor car to prevent it from being stolen.
Wheelman	n	A man who attends a wheel in some places or mechanism; in USA: a helmsman. 2. a man who rides a bike or various other types of cycles. 3. criminal slang: one who drives a get-away car.
Wheels	n	A slang term meaning 'transport'
Wheelsmith	n	See wheelwright, wildsmith.
Wheelspin	n	Revolution of wheels without full grip of road.
Wheelswarf	vb	The waste chips or shavings from metal working or a saw cutting wood. 2. the grit worn away by the use of a grindstone or whetstone, being particles of materials cut, or off the the cutting stone itself. 3. detritus, debris.
Wheelwell	n	A recess into which a wheel of a vehicle fits.
Wheel-window	n	A rose window, a circular window with radiating mullions.
Wheelwork	n	A set of connected wheels forming part of a machine or mechanical contrivance; applied to a watch or other time-pieces.
Wheelwright	n	A person who makes wheels or other types of wheeled vehicles. 2. a wildsmith, wheelsmith.
Wheel-wrighting	n	The business of a wheelwright; the maker of wheels and wheel-vehicles.
Wheely	n	Wheelie: a stunt where a bicycle or the other vehicle is ridden while it is standing only on its rear wheels.
Wheely	adj	Circular; suitable to rotation.
Wheely bin	n	A large garbage bin on wheel.
Wheen	n	A few, a good few, a fair number. 2. alternate spelling: 'whean'
Wheen	adj	A few, not many, as, "a wheen of witnesses."
Wheen	adv	A little, somewhat.
Whelk	n	A pustule, pimple.
Whelk	n	A shell, twisted and or convoluted. 2. testudo or tortoise. 3. any of several large, spiral-shelled, marine gastropods, or large marine snails, of the family Buccinidae, especially Buccinum undatum, that is used for food in Europe.
Whelky	adj	Pimply, postulated, reddened. 2. convoluted, twisted, snail-like. 3. knobby like whelk.
Whelm	vb	From Middle English whelmen : to turn over, capsize; make an arch cover; experience a reversal, akin to Middle English whelven (“to cover over, bury; invert; bring to ruin, to move by rolling”), akin to Old English ahwelfan, ahwylfan (“to cast down, cover over”), Old English helmian (“to cover”), akin to Old Saxon bihwelbian. 2. to cover, submerge, bury, engulf. 3. to overcome with emotion. 4. to throw something over a thing, so as to cover it; to cover a thing by turning a vessel upside down over it. 5. to turn a hollow vehicle upside down. 6. to throw something over violently in a heap upon something else, esp. as to cover or smother it. 7. to turn the soil so as to expose the under part. 8. to cover completely with water or other fluids, so as to ruin or destroy ; to submerge, drown. 9. to engulf or bear down like a flood, storm, avalanche to involve in destruction and ruin 10. bury under a load of earth, snow. 11. 6. to turn with the concave side downwards. 12. to turn downwards, in reference to "Fortune's Wheel."
Whelp	n	The young of the dog; an unlicked cub or pup (superseded by puppy). 2. the young of wild animals (a literary archaism) as the lion, tiger, bear, wolf. 3. applied with deprecation to the off-spring of a noxious creation or being. (son of a bitch). 4. an evil act. 5. a low fellow. 6. a saucy or impertinent young fellow.
Whelp	vb	To bring forth a whelp; whelpen. 2. to bring forth often (contemptuously)
Whelp	phr	"Great with Whelp" - of a bitch: in pup, pregnant.
Whelphood	n	The state of being a whelp.
Whelpish	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a pup or young of various animals.
Whelpy	adj	Relating to a whelp, pup or cub.
Whelve	vb	To turn a vessel upside down so as to cover something. 2. gen. to turn or roll over, overturn, upheave- see "whelm." 3. to cover with anything, to hide, bury.
When	conj	"When, As, and If" - in business, used to indicate the timing and contingency of some obligation in contracts, especially financial.
When	adv	At what time or period? how long ago? how soon?: "when are they to come ? 2. under what circumstances? "when did you ever see such a throng?"
When	conj	At what time: "to know when to be wise." 2. at the time or in the event that. 3. at any time; whenever. 4. upon or after which; and then. 5. while on the contrary; considering that; whereas: Why are you here when you should be in school?
When	prn	What time: "till when is the shop open?" 2. which time: "they left on Monday, since when we have heard nothing."
When	n	The time of anything: the when and the where of a meeting."
When	phr	"Say When?" - please tell me when I have poured you enough drink.
When	phr	"When All is Said and Done" - when one has considered all the circumstances and facts; after all.
When	phr	"When Pigs Fly, I Will believe It" - adynaton(figure of speech)so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication of such a phrase is that the circumstances in question will never occur.
When	phr	When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play" - people will take advantage of the absence of authority , supervision to do what they like, enjioy themselves etc.
When	phr	When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
When-as	conj	Where-as, while. 2. when, when that.
Whence	adv	From what place?: Whence comest thou? 2. from what source, origin, or cause?: Whence has he wisdom? Although sometimes criticized as redundant on the grounds that “from” is implied by the word whence, the idiom from whence is old in the language, well established, and standard.
Whence	conj	From what place, source, cause, etc.: He came whence he came.
Whence	adv	From what place, cause, or origin?
Whence	prn	From what place, cause, or origin.
Whenceafter	adv	Forth from which time onwards; whencforth.
Whenceforth	adv	Forth from which time onwards; whenceafter.
Whence-forward	adv	From which place onwards.
Whence-from	adv	From here forward.
Whence-ness	n	The place or source from which something comes or arises, place of origin, creation, birth.
Whencesoever	adv	From wherever place or source. 2. from whatever place, cause, or source.
Whene	vb	To afflict, trouble, offend (awhene).
Whenever	conj	At whatever time; at any time when: "come whenever you like." 2. when? (used emphatically): "whenever did he say that?" 2. at every or any time that; when: "I laugh whenever I see that."
Whenever	adv	No matter when: it'll be here, whenever you decide to come for it. 2. at an unknown or unspecified time: "I'll take it if it comes today, tomorrow, or whenever." 3. an intensive form of when, used in questions: "whenever did he go?"
When-ness	n	Condition in respect of time, as "it has no whenness or whereness."
Whenso	adv	Whenever, at what time.
Whensoever	adv	Whenever, what time so ever; at any time, at all.
Where	n	Used as substitute for a place, ' a better whre to find'
Where	adv	In or at what place?: Where is he? 2. in what position or circumstances 3. in what particular respect, way, etc.?: 4. to what place, point, or end? whither?: "where are you going?" 5. from what source? whence?: "where did you get such a thought?
Where	conj	In or at what place, part, point, etc.: "find where he is." 2. in or at the place, part, point, etc., in or at which: the book is where you left it. 3. in a position, case, etc., in which: Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. 4. in any place, position, case, etc., in which; wherever. 5. to what or whatever place; to the place or any place to which: "I will go where you go."
Where	prn	What place?: "where did you come from?" 2. the place in which; point at which: That was where the bird sang."
Where	n	A place; that place in which something is located or occurs: the wheres and hows of job hunting.
Where	phr	"I Will Go Where You Go" - I will follow you regardless of the circumstances or consequences.
Where	phr	"Where Are We" - what is our current location.
Where	phr	"Where Are You From" - in which country or region where you were born or raised. Simply put, this question may be alienating . You may be implying that the person does not belong here.
Where	phr	"Where Does One Come From Here" - what more can one do; what is the next step?
Where	phr	"Where Is Something/Somebody Going to Stop?" - is there any point beyond which (somebody/ something) will not go?"
Where	phr	"Where It's At" (slang) - where the most exciting, prestigious, or profitable activity, place or circumstance is.
Where	phr	"Where on Earth/ in the World" - where? ; whereabouts?
Where	phr	"Where the Hell?" - where, whereabouts.
Where	phr	"Where There's a Will, There's a Way" - oif one is sufficiently determined or willing, a way to do or obtain something can usually be found.
Where	phr	"Where There's Life There's Hope" - as long as one is breathing, there is hope.
Where	phr	"Where There's Smoke, There's Fire"
Where	phr	"Where Would One Be, or do Without Somebody or Something" - one's life or work would be impossible, very difficult , greatly diminished in quality, etc without somebody or something.
Where	phr	"Where You're At" - where its at; cool, trendy. true, truthful.
Where-a-bout	n	A place in or near which a person or thing is.
Where-a-bout	adv	Near or at what place; about where. 2. about which, concerning which. 2.
Whereafter	adv	Afterwhich, henceforth.
Where'afterwards	adv	After which time. 2. hereafter.
Wherealong	conj	along with (rare).
Where-anent	adv	Anent or concerning which, regarding.
Whereas	conj	In contrast, whilst on the contrary. 2. it being the fact. 3. it being the case that.
Whereat	adv	At where, at what, at which -in a local and allied sense.
Whereby	adv	Interrogatively: by what, in what direction, how, by which.
Where-ever	adv	Emphatic form of "where"
Where-ever	conj	In or to whatever, anywhere. 2. in all places; everywhere.
Wherefore	adv	Why, for what reason; because of what. 2. therefore.
Wherefore	conj	Because of which.
Wherefore	n	An intent of purpose, why.
Wherefrom	adv	From where, which, from which, whence.
Wherein	adv	Interrogative in what (thing, material, writing) 2. where.
Whereinsoever	adv	In whatever matter, respect or action.
Whereinto	adv	Into which.
Whereness	n	The condition, quality, or fact of being where it is: position, situation, location. 2. everywhere (as an attribute of something or vaguely of things generally.)
Whereof	conj	Of what, of which, of whom.
Whereof	adv	Of what, of which.
Whereon	adv	Of which, of what, as "the ground whereon he stands."
Whereonto	adv	Whereupon.
Whereout	adv	From which, whence, (as an inference).
Whereso	adv	Wherever
Wheresoever	adv	In what matter, respect. 2. where
Wheresome	adv	Wherever.
Wheresomever	adv	Wherever; wheresoever.
Wheresomever	conj	Wherever; wheresoever.
Where-through	adv	Through which, such as a window. 2. by means of which.
Wheretill	adv	To what place, while.
Whereto	adv	To what, to which place, whither.
Wheretowards	conj	Towards where( towards the thing in discussion) often serves to further qualify the thing or destination itself.
Whereunder	adv	Under which or what.
Where'until	adv	Until what; until which.
Where'unto	adv	Unto what? 2.to what end? 3. for what purpose, where forth? 4. unto which?
Where'upon	conj	After which, in consequence of which, something.
Wherever	adv	In or to whatever place.
Wherever	conj	In every place that.
Wherever	phr	"Or Wherever" - or in any similar place.
Where'with	adv	With what? 2. by means of which; whereby. 3. with which as cause or occasion; in consequence of which, of or by reason of which. 4. whereat, by the agency or effect of which; whereby. 5. along with or together with which, against which, in addition or beside which.
Wherewithal	n	The ability and means required to accomplish some task.
Wherewithal	adv	In what way, how.
Wherewithin	adv	Within which.
Wherve	n	In spinning, a pulley on a spindle; wharve.
Whet	n	The act of sharpening. 2. the interval between two sharpening of a scythe, etc.; hence, fig. an occasion, turn, go. 3. something that stimulates desire; an incitement or inducement to action. 4. something that whets the appetite, chiefly a light refreshment taken as an appetiter or to stave off hunger until the next meal.
Whet	vb	Fig. to incite, instigate, egg on , urge on to do something. 2. to sharpen, render more acute, keen or eager (a person's wits, appetite, interests, curiosity. 3. to inculcate. 4. to take an appetisers. 5. as an erroneous substitute for wet. 6. to preen the feathers as a bird.
Whet	phr	"Whet the Sword" - usually expressing preparation for attack. see: "To Whet the Teeth."
Whet	phr	"Whet the Teeth/Tusks" - in allusive and fig. phrases (in which literal language is frequently retained.) usually expressing preparation for attack, as a boar whetting his tusks.
Whether	conj	Used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usually with the correlative or: "whether we go or whether we stay." 2. used to introduce a single alternative, the other being implied or understood, or some clause or element not involving alternatives: "ee whether or not she has come." 3. archaic: used to introduce a question presenting alternatives, usually with the correlative or. 4. which or whichever (of two)
Whether	adv	Nevertheless, however, whichever of the two.
Whether	phr	"Whether or Not" - whether or no, under whatever circumstances; in any case regardless; no matter what.
Whether-so-ever	prn	Whatever, whoever.
Whether-so-ever	adv	In or to which ever place, anywhere, whithersoever
Whetstone	n	A stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction. 2. anything that sharpens: a whetstone for dull wits. 3. a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool. 4. (computing) A benchmark for evaluating the power of a computer.
Whetstone	phr	"Lie for the Whetstone" - said of a person who is grossly exaggerating or falsifying a statement. 2. a n game or amusement of the past where the one who could tell the greatest lie was awarded with a whetstone to sharpen their wit.
Whetted	adj	Sharpened, incited, instigated, urged, egged on.
Whetten	vb	To whet.
Whetter	n	A sharpener of an instrument. 2. one who urges on. 3. one who or that which sharpens, stimulates on incites the intellect, desires, appetite etc. 4. a habitual drinker of "whets"; a dram-drinker.
Whetting	n	The action of sharpening, stimulating or inciting the intellect, desire, appetite.
Whey	n	A milk serum, separating as liquid from the curd, after coagulating, as in cheese making
Whey	vb	To separate the whey from the milk.
Whey-brained	adj	Weak-brained or silly.
Whey-blooded	adj	A cowardly person.
Wheyey	adj	Of the nature of "whey" - consisting, containing, or resembling whey.
Wheyiness	n	Wheyey in nature or quality.
Wheying	n	Make the blood wheyish or thinner.
Wheyish	adj	Having a nature or quality of whey. 2. like or resembling whey in quality, consistence or colour. 3. watery, thin, palish.
Wheyishness	n	Of or having a wheyish nature or quality.
Wheylike	adj	Resembling or characteristic of whey in some aspect.
Which	prn	What one?: Which of these do you want? which do you want; which did you find? 2. whichever: choose which appeals to you. 3. (used relatively in restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses to represent a specified antecedent): The book, which I read last night, was exciting. 4. (used relatively in restrictive clauses having that as the antecedent): damaged goods constituted part of that which was sold at the auction. 5. (used after a preposition to represent a specified antecedent): the horse on which I rode.
Which	adj	What one of (a certain number or group mentioned or implied)?: which book do you want? 2. whichever; any that: go which way you please, you'll end up here. 3. being previously mentioned: it stormed all day, during which time the ship broke up.
Which	dtmr	Used with a noun in requesting that its referent be further specified, identified, or distinguished from the other members of a class: which house did you want to buy? 2. ( used in indirect questions ): i wondered which apples were cheaper. 3. whatever of a class; whichever: bring which car you want. 4. ( as pronoun ): choose which of the cars suit you. 5. used in relative clauses with inanimate antecedents: the house, which is old, is in poor repair. as; and that: used in relative clauses with verb phrases or sentences as their antecedents: he died of cancer, which is what I predicted 6. archaic the which a longer form of which, often used as a sentence connector
Which	phr	"Which Is/Goes Which" - What is the order of things?
Which	phr	"Which is Not Saying Much" - which is no great praise; which indicates very little differnce.
Which	phr	"Which is Which." - which is one and which is the other. 2. a request for help in the difficulty of distinguishing between two similar things.
Which-a-way	adv	Which way; what is the direction?
Whichever	prn	Whether one or the other.
Which-like	adv	Of which kind?
Which-so	.	Whatever, whoever.
Whichsoever	prn	Whichever,
Which-way(s)	adv	Every way
Whid	n	Dialect variant of OE. cwide: speech, word(s). 2. lie, fib, falsehood, dispute, an exaggerated story.
Whig	vb	OE wecgan, to proceed at a jogging pace.
While	n	A period or interval of time: to wait a long while; short while ago. 2. arch. a particular time or occasion.
While	conj	During or in the time that. 2. throughout the time that; as long as. 3. even though; although. 4. at the same time that (showing an analogous or corresponding action):
While	prp	Archaic: until.
While	vb	(used with object), whiled, whiling. 2. to cause (time) to pass, especially in some easy or pleasant manner (usually followed by away ).
While	phr	"All the While" - at or during this time; all along.
While	phr	"All the While" - during the whole time.
While	phr	"At Whiles" - at times, sometimes, at intervals.
While	phr	"A while" - during the time that.
While	phr	"Between Whiles" - from time to time.
While	phr	"For a Good while" - for some considerable time.
While	phr	"For a Long While" - for a long time past.
While	phr	"For a While" - for some while.
While	phr	"For a Little While" - for a short time.
While	phr	"In a While" - sometime later; later on do something etc.
While	phr	"In the While" - on most occasion, from time to time.
While	phr	"Long Whiles" - for a long time.
While	phr	"Make it Worthwhile" - to give sufficient recompense or reward.
While	phr	"Once in a While" - occasionally.
While	phr	"The While" - during the time, in the meantime. 2. at the same time.
While	phr	"While and Ere" - temporary, whilend.
While	phr	"While and Wend" - temporary, whilend.
While	phr	"While Away the Time" - make the time pass pleasantly.
While	phr	"While the Going is Good" - while the opportunity exists.
While	phr	"Worth the While" - something worth doing, make the effort to do, spend the time at. 2. something profitable, advantageous (the notion of time being weakened or lost). 3. Worth One's While.
Whilemeal	adv	By turns or wends.
Whilend	adj	Conflation of While & Wend meaning temporary.
Whileness	n	State of change or variation.
Whilere	n	Conflation of While & Ere - a while before, sometime ago.
Whiles	phr	"At Whiles" - at times, sometimes, at intervals.
Whiles	phr	"Long Whiles" - for a long time.
Whiling	n	The passing of time tediously, tedious and boring passing of time.
Whilom	adv	The only word in the language that preserves the universal um of the dative plural. 2. at times, at times past time. 3. sometime (s) before or ago, once upon a time. 3. that existed, or was such, at former times, in former days. 4. of a person: late, deceased. 5. at a future time, sometime in the future.
Whiloms	adv	At times, sometimes. (note double plural)
Whilst	conj	At the same time, while
Whilst	phr	"The Whilst" - during the time that, while, when. 2. during. 3. till, until.
Whilwendlike	adj	Lasting for a while, temporary.
Whine	n	A drawling, plaintive wail. 2. an unmanly complaint. 3. the fluctuating sound characteristic of certain revolving machinery e.g. of a circular saw.
Whine	vb	To utter a plaintive cry. 2. to complain in an unmanly way.
Whiner	n	One who utters a plaintive cry. 2. one who complains in an unmanly way
Whinge	n	A whining complaint; a peevish grumbling.
Whinge	vb	O.E whinsian: to grumble peevishly.
Whining	n	The action of uttering a plaintive cry or complaining in an unmanly way.
Whiningly	adv	In a plaintive cry or complaining unmanly manner
Whirl	n	OE and ON; rotate, move swiftly.
Whirlpool	n	OE hwyrfepol: circular eddy in a river.
Whirlbone	n	The kneecap or patella.
Whisper	vb	To speak with soft, hushed sounds, using the breath, lips, etc., but with no vibration of the vocal cords. 2. to produce utterance substituting breath for phonation. 3. to talk softly and privately (often implying gossip, slander, plotting, or the like).4. (of trees, water, breezes, etc.) to make a soft, rustling sound like that of whispering. 5. to say or tell in a whisper; tell privately.
Whisper	n	The mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper. 2. a word or remark uttered by whispering. 3. a rumor or insinuation. "whispers circulated about her affair throughout the office. 4. soft, rustling sound like a whisper: the whisper of leaves in the wind.
Whisper	phr	"Give the Whisper" - to give the tip; the warning; to give some part of some secret information.
Whisper	phr	"Hear a Whisper" - to learn about a rumor.
Whisper	phr	"It is Whispered" - there is a rumor.
Whisper	phr	"Pig's Whisper" - a grunt. 2. a loud whisper, meant to be heard. 3. a very short space of time, an instance. 4. a whisper; a confidential tone of voice.
Whisperer	n	One who whispers.
Whispering	n	Something that is whispered; gossip, a rumour.
Whispering	adj	That whispers. 2. associated with whispering.
Whispering bells	n	A viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of south-western U.S.A. having pendulous yellow flowers. 2. yellow bells.
Whisperingly	adv	With a whispering voice or sound; in a whisper.
Whisperingness	n	Having a whispering quality or character.
Whisper-shot	n	The distance within which a whisper can be heard (in the manner of ear-shot; eyeshot etc.)
Whispery	adj	Like a whisper; a soft, whispery voice. 2. abounding in whisper or quiet mysterious sounds.
Whistle	n	an instrument for producing whistling sounds by means of the breath, steam, etc., as a small wooden or tin tube, a pipe, or a similar device with an air chamber containing a small ball that oscillates when air is forced through an opening, producing a high-pitched, warbling tone.
Whistle	vb	To produce by whistling: to whistle a tune. 2. to call, direct, or signal by or as by whistling. 3. to send with a whistling or whizzing sound. 4. to smell unpleasantly or to be on the bugle.
Whistle	n	"Bells and Whistles" - features added to a product; special parts or functions; extras. 2. additional features or accessories- attractive, but non-essential.
Whistle	phr	"Blow the Whistle on" - expose the existence of mischief or wrongdoing.
Whistle	phr	"Clean as a Whistle" - very clean.
Whistle	phr	"Go Whistle" - to go and do what one will. 2. to occupy oneself idly or to no purpose; esp. in phrases expressing unceremonious or contemptuous dismissal or refusal, as "to bid one go whistle."
Whistle	phr	"Wet One's Whistle" - have an alcoholic drink.
Whistle	phr	"Whistle Down the Wind" - whistle away or dismiss, cast off, cast off to one's own fate.
Whistle	phr	"Whistle for (Something/It)" - to summon, call, demand without success. 2. to seek, await or expect in vain. 3. to fail to get; to go without; hope in vain. 4. ask for something with little chance of getting it.
Whistle	phr	"Whistle in the Dark" - to put in a brave front. 2. to make a pretence or confidence. 3. to attempt to summon up one's courage or optimism in difficult situation.
Whistle	phr	"Whistle off" - to go away or off, suddenly depart.
Whistle	phr	"Whistle Walking by the Graveyard" - try to stay cheerful in a dire situation. 2. to proceed with a task, ignoring an upcoming hazard, hoping for a good outcome.
Whistle	phr	"Worth the Whistle" - worth calling; worth inviting; worth notice.
Whistle	phr	"You Can Whistle for it" - your wish is in vain.
Whistle-blower	n	A person who blows the "whistle" on person(s) or their activities within the organization he or she is employed in. 2. a person who tries to raise the alarm about a problem and publicizes it inside and/or outside of his or her organization.
Whistle-blowing	n	The action of raising the alarm about a problem and publicizes it inside and/or outside of his or her organization.
Whistlefish	n	A rockling.
Whistlelike	n	Resembling or characteristic of a whistle in some aspect.
Whistle-pig	n	A woodchuck, a stocky North American burrowing rodent Marmota monax that hibernates in winter. 2. a groundhog (?).
Whistler	n	One who sounds, or plays upon, a whistle or pipe, a fifer. 2. one who whistles with his lips. 3. a keeper of a "whistling shop"; an unlicensed spirit-seller. 4. a bird who whistles. 5. something that makes a whistling sound.
Whistles and Bells	n	"Bells and Whistles" - features added to a product; special parts or functions; extras. 2. additional features or accessories- attractive, but non-essential.
Whistle-stop	n	A small station or town at which trains do not shop unless ask to by a signal given on a whistle. 2. used attributively to designate a trip with a lot of brief haltings, spec. one by a politician campaigning that takes in many undistinguished places in and along the way.
Whistle stop	vb	To travel through a region or district on a whistle-stop campaign. 2. to make a whistle-stop.
Whistlewood	n	The moosewood or striped maple.
Whistling	n	The act of a person that whistles. 2. the sound produced by whistling. 3. a form of roaring characterized by a peculiarly shrill sound.
Whistling	phr	"For the Whistling" - worth the while or trouble.
Whistling-shop	n	A shebeen or sly-grog place.
Whistlingly	adv	With a whistling sound.
Whit	phr	O.E. wiht: the smallest part imaginable, a jot.
Whit	phr	"Every Whit" - the whole; wholly.
Whit	phr	"Not or Never a Whit" - not at all.
Whitch	n	OE: hwicce - a chest, coffer, ark. 2. coffin, casket.
White	adj	Of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light. 2. light or comparatively light in color. 3. (of human beings) marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, as of many caucasoids. 4. for, limited to, or predominantly made up of persons whose racial heritage is caucasian: a white neighborhood. 5. pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage.
White	n	A color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color. 2. a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible. 3. quality or state of being white. 4. lightness of skin pigment. 5. a person whose racial heritage is Caucasian.
White	vb	(Used with object) - to make white by leaving blank spaces (often followed by out). 2. to whiten (areas of artwork) in retouching preparatory to photoengraving (often followed by out). 3. archaic. to make white; whiten.
White	phr	"Be in Black and White" - to involve very cklaer distinctions.
White	vb	"Become white. 2. of vision- to become by a sudden exposure with bright light. 3. to blind by lights in a theatre. 4. to cover or coat with white. 5. to bleach.
White	phr	"Bleed White"- bleed white, (informal). to be or cause to be deprived of all one's resources: Dishonesty is bleeding the union white. 2. drain a person , country etc of its wealth.
White	phr	"Days Marked with a White Stone" - days to be remembered with gratification. The Romans used a white stone or a piece of chalk to mark their lucky days on the calendar. The unlucky days were marked with charcoal.
White	phr	"Give Somebody a Whitewash" - anything, as deceptive words or actions, used to cover up or gloss over faults, errors, or wrongdoings, or absolve a wrongdoer from blame. 2. in sport : a defeat in which the loser fails to score.
White	phr	"Hit the White" - in archery, the white being the circle of the target, to be right, make a good shot.
White	phr	"In Black and White" - printed, clear, unambiguous. 2. in writing, spelling out the deatails.
White	phr	"In the White" - in an unfinished state or condition, as furniture wood that has not been
White	phr	"Show the White Feather" - display cowardice (refers to crossbred birds, not regarde as useful in cock-fighting)
White	phr	"Stand in a White Sheet" - part of the ancient penance for incontinence was to stand before the congregation at Mass in white robed sheet. The term now designates the utmost penitence.
White	phr	"Swear Black and White" - assert adamantly.
White	phr	"White as A Sheet" - very white
White	phr	"White as Snow" - pure white, pristine, pure.
White	phr	"Whiten Up" - make white or whiter.
White	phr	"White Out" - to obscure or cover something with white; esp. white fluid used by typists. 2. to cover (errors in copy) with a white correction fluid. 2. to censor, as by obliterating words or passages with white ink.
White	phr	"Whiter than White" - unusually, unnaturally or exaggeratedly white, pur, holy, perfect.
White acre	n	An arbitrary name given to a theoretical portion of land, especially used to distinguish it from a second, ‘black’ acre, and perhaps a third, ‘green’ acre. The choice of the words ‘white’, ‘black’, and ‘green’ was perhaps influenced by their use to indicate different types of crop, vegetation, or soil
White alder	n	Alnus rhombifolia, a native of North America.
White ant	n	A very destructive social insect of the Neuropterous order; also called a termite.
White ant	vb	To destroy in the manner of termites or white ants. 2. to sabotage, to undermine, eat away.
White ant	phr	"To White Ant" - to destroy in the manner of termites or white ants. 2. to sabotage, to undermine, eat away. 3. with allusion to the supposed destruction of the brain by white ants, implying loss of sanity, sense or intelligence (Australian). 4. to sabotage during a industrial dispute, as a strike.
White-anter	n	A saboteur.
White-anting	n	The act of sabotaging, undermining, eating away at. 2. sabotage.
White ants	phr	"Have White Ants" - eccentricity, insanity, thus to have white ants, to be crazy; with allusion to the supposed destruction of the brain by white ants, implying loss of sanity, sense or intelligence (Australian).
White-beam	n	A tree of the Pyrus family with white down on the underside of the leaves.
White-bear	n	The polar bear.
White-beard	n	An old man, a man of advanced years. 2. of wheat, whitish in colour and less likely to fail in harvest. 3. of waves: whitetopped, as 'waves came solid green and white-bearded like frosty gaints racing.'
White beech	n	American beech, Fagus grandifolia.
White bird	n	Conscience of the soul (The White Bird)". An Islamic belief that the soul of the just lie under the Throne of Allah, like white birds, till the resurrection morn.
Whiteboard	n	A white surface for use like a blackboard, but accepting felt-tipped pens and wax crayons.
White-bone	n	Costal or rib cartilage.
White-book	n	In some European countries and Japan, a formal report issued by the government on some specail subject. 2. in englandan altrnate to th blue book; some called from the color of its binding.
White-borer	n	An insect very destructive to growing trees in Asia.
Whitebread	adj	Used of anything pertaining to White, mainstream styles, bland, unexciting, suburban. 2. White Anglo-Saxon, Protestant view or life style.
White-choker	n	Priest, reverend, minister of religion, clergyman; speliend, godsmith, soul-whisperer, make-god, man of the cloth; ghostly-father.
White Christmas	n	Snow at Christmas time.
White Cliffs	n	Chalk cliffs, esp. those of Dover, regarded as a symbol of Great Britain.
White clover	n	A common varirty (Trifolium repens)of clover with white flowers.
White coal	n	Water considered as a source of power. 2. water.
Whited	adj	Covered or coated with white. 2. whitewashed, as a wall. 3. whitened by deprivation of colour, bleached as cloth.
White-death	n	After or upon "the black death" - a name for tuberculosis, specially a disease of white men.
White-devil	n	A white imperialist. 2. a (ethnic slur) directed at a white person
White-drop	n	A snowflake.
White dwarf	n	Astronomy, a dying star of low or medium mass, more solid or dense but less bright than the sun.
White-eyed	adj	Having the iris of the eye white or colorless, as an albino.
White feather	n	A white feather in the tail of a rooster was considered an indication that he was not true game breed. See "Show the White Feather" 2. a symbol of cowardice.
White feather	phr	"Show the White Feather" - to show cowardice; to shirk one's duty, usually military.
White-feathered	adj	Receiving a white feather suggesting cowardice or lack of courage.
White feather	phr	"To Show the White Feather" - to be a coward, usually by one who is perceived as shrinking his responsibility to volunteer for military service in time of war.
White fish	n	a fish with ery pale flesh, as the whiting, haddock, plaice, cod, etc. 2. a lake fish of the carp family.
White flax	n	Gold-of-pleasure.
White-flight	n	The movement of an older White population from the inner-cities of the U.S., generated by a perceived fear of newer non-white arrivals.
White-folk	n	Applied to white skinned people in the U.S.
White frost	n	Hoar frost.
White gold	n	Any white substance regarded as valuable, usually nickel or zinc, sometimes pallidium or platinum. 2. an alloy of gold and at least one white metal.
White-goods	n	Domestic linens, as sheets, towels. 2. electrical goods that are conveniently white, such as washing-machines and fridges.
White guilt	n	The individual of collective guilt felt by some white people for the harm resulting from racist treatment of ethnic minorities by other white person's both historically and currently.
White guilt	adj	Remorse or shame felt by a white person with respect to racial inequality and injustice.
White-haired	adj	Having hoary or white hair or down as a plant.
Whitehall	n	The name of a street in London, used to designate the government offices situated there, or the civil service in general.
White-handed	adj	Shirking work and/or responsibiity
White harvest	n	A late harvest, when the ground is white of a morning with a hoar frost.
White hat	n	A good person; hero. 2. a well-meaning computer hacker who hacks for a good cause a company, organization or government agencies without causing harm. See: black hat, grey hat, red hat".
White head	n	A white or white-topped skin-pustule.
White-hearted	adj	Fainthearted, weak, ineffectual.
White heat	n	That degree of heat or temperature (higher than red heat) at which metals and some other bodies radiate white light. 2. the state of being white hot. 3. the state of intense or extreme emotion.
White hope	n	A talented person is thought likely to bring success or victory (eg in sport). 2. a person expected to achieve much for a group, organization.
White-horses	n	A white crested wave; white cap. 2. a figure of a horse on a hillside, formed by removing the chalk and exposing the underlying turf.
White hot	adj	Heated to such a degree as to radiate white light or heat. 2. very bright and hot.
White House	n	The official residence of the President of the United States, situated in Washington DC.
White-hunter	n	A white man who professionally hunts his game.
White iron	n	Pig or cast iron, having all its carbon in the combined state.
White-knight	n	An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover. 2.(fiction) a hero, savior, or righteous individual
White knuckle	adj	Displaying or charcterized by extreme excitement or fear.
White knuckle rider	n	One causing extreme excitement or fear.
White Lady	n	A kind of spectre, the appearance of which generally forebodes death in the house.
White land	n	Land that is not designated or available for development or change of use.
White lead	n	A compound of lead carbonate and hydrated oxide of lead, used as a base and pigment for paint.
White lie	n	A lie that does no harm, and is more convenient or polite, than telling the truth.
White-lightning	n	Illicit home-brewed whisky or poteen.
White light	n	A combination off different wave lengths in the electronic magnetic spectrum. 2. apparently colourless light, for example ordinary daylight. It contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum at equal intensity.
White-lights	n	Candles, a collection of candle.
White-lime	n	Lime mixed with water as a coating for walls; whitewash.
White-line	n	A traffic line on a road, separating the two opposing of traffic.
White-list	n	A list or collection of persons or entities that are known, listed or explicitly permitted as acceptable and trustworthy.
White list	vb	To placed on a list (lit. & fig.) as one trustworthy or acceptable.
White-listed	adj	Placed on a list (lit. & fig.) as one trustworthy or acceptable.
White-liver	n	A coward, faint-heart, dastard. 2. a flatterer.
White-livered	adj	Feeble-spirited, cowardly, dastardly.
Whitely	adj	Whitish, pale, light-coloured or fair of complexion.
Whitely	adv	So as to appear white, with a white colour or pale aspect.
White man	n	1. A man clothed in white. 2. a surpliced chorister. 3. a person of European extraction. 4. (slang, racist implications) a man of honourable intention.
Whiteman	phr	"White Man's Burden" - from Kipling poem "The White Man's Burden" - in which the task was the ruling of 'new-caught sullen people/ half-devil and half-child.'
Whiteman	phr	"White Man's Grave" - sobriquet, nickname for the result of the high mortality rate among colonists and missionaries in Africa, due to the tropical climate, disease and poor sanitation. 2. by extension any of the kind, subject to western colonialism or proselytizing that is comparably deadly.
White meat	n	Food prepared from milk. 2. dairy products, such as eggs, milk etc. 3. certain white or light coloured flesh foods, as turkey, chicken, veal, pork. 3. white women considered as sexual partners or conquests.
White monk	n	A monk of the Cistercian order.
White-mouthed	adj	Foaming at the mouth, raging, in a rage, extremely angry.
White mulberry	n	Morus alba, a short-lived mulberry tree, native to northern China, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Whiten	vb	Covering or coating with white. 2. whitewashing.
Whitener	n	One or something which whitens or bleaches.
Whiteness	n	The quality or condition of being white. 2. of the human skin, lightness or fairness of complexion, pallor from emotion or from illness. 3. purity, stainless in character or quality.
White-night	n	A sleepless night (nuit blanche). 2. a night when it is never properly dark, as in the high latitudes in summer.
Whitening	n	The action or process of making or becoming white, bleaching, whitewashing.
White-out	n	A heavy snow storm; a blizzard.
White owl	n	The British barn owl, Tyto alba.
White pepper	n	Black and white peppercorns are both the fruit of the pepper plant, but they are processed differently. Black peppercorns are picked when almost ripe and sun-dried, turning the outer layer black. To produce white peppercorns, this outer layer is removed before or after drying, leaving only the inner seed.
White rainbow	n	A fog bow, sometimes called a mist bow or white rainbow, is a similar phenomenon to a rainbow; however, as its name suggests, it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain. Because of the very small size of water droplets that cause fog—smaller than 0.05 millimeters (0.0020 in)—the fog bow has only very weak colors, with a red outer edge and bluish inner edge.
White rat	n	Any albino rat. 2. one of the special breed of albino Norway rats much used in biological and environmental experiment.
Whites	n	A sticky white discharge from the vagina, leucorrhea.
White sale	n	A bargain sale of lingerie and linen clothes.
White Sea	n	An inlet of the Barents Sea in North West Russia.
White sheep	n	A normal well-behaved individual among a group of discreditable individuals (black sheep).
White sheet	n	A sign of penitence.
White-shift	n	The theory that ethnic change in the make-up of countries in Western European, North America and Australasia will lead to racially mixed societies that will heal today's cultural and political divisions.
White shoe	n	A stereotypical ivy league student, or white-shoe Wall st. lawyer.
White shoe	adj	An effeminate or immature. 2. pertaining to mainstream social power structures.
White-shower	n	Snow storm.
White-sight	n	A vision impairment that occurs after going without sleep for about 24 hours. One's vision begins to get brighter and brighter, as though one has began an incredibly long fade to white.
Whitesmith	n	One who polishes or finishes metal goods, as distinguished from one who forges them. 2. a worker in metals; a tin-smith. 2. a smith: specialised in crafting items from tin, lead, silver, pewter and the like, or who polished newly made white metal products.
Whitesmithing	n	The trade of a whitesmith: a workman who forges things out of tin or pewter. 2. a tinsmith. 3. a worker who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction to one who forges it.
White smoke	n	From the ancient practice of releasing white smoke, or a white throsm, from a chimney of the Vatican to announce the result of a papal election. Black smoke was released if a majority decision hadn't been reached.
White-son	n	A beloved, darling or favourite son, a boy or man who is specially favoured, 2. a term of endearaament for a boy or usually man. 3. a surplice choir boy.
White soul	n	Rythmn and Blues music performed by white artists; also known as " blue eye soul".
White-staff	n	A white rod or wand, carried as a symbol of office by certain officials.
White-stick	n	A piece of white wood used as a tally. 2. a stick carried by the blind.
White stone	n	A light stone formerly used for scrubbing; a donkey stone. 2. a kind of granite; a feldspar.
White-stone	vb	To reckon as specially favourable or fortunate, as an allusion to the use of a white stone among ancients as a memorial of fortunate event. 2. to scrub with a stone, as in "to whitestone the path."
White stone	phr	"Mark with a White Stone" - as an allusion to the use of a white stone among ancients as a memorial of fortunate event.
White stone	phr	"Whitestone the Path." - to scrub with a stone.
White-tail	n	The white-tailed deer. 2. wheatear.
White-tail spider	n	White-tailed spiders are spiders native to southern and eastern Australia, and so named because of the whitish tips at the end of their abdomens. Body size is up to 18 mm, with leg-span of 28 mm. Common species are Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina. Both these species have been introduced to New Zealand.
White-thorn	n	The hawthorn.
White-tie	n	A white bow tie, worn with a swallow-tail coat. 2. a swallow-tail coat and all its accessories; the phrase is used on invitations, etc to indicate formal attire.
White tin	n	Refined, metallic tin. It contrasts with black tin, which is unrefined tin ore (cassiterite) as extracted from the ground. The term "white tin" was historically associated with tin mining in Devon and Cornwall where it was smelted from black tin in blowing houses.
White's tree-frog	n	White's tree frog, or dumpy tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in the United States and New Zealand, though the latter is believed to have died out.
White-war	n	A war without bloodshed; economic warfare.
Whiteware	n	White Ware or "Vaisselle Blanche", effectively a form of limestone plaster used to make vessels, is the first precursor to clay pottery developed in the Levant that appeared in the 9th millennium BC, during the pre-pottery (aceramic) neolithic period. 2. a class of ceramic products that include porcelain, china, pottery, earthenware, stoneware, and vitreous tile, are usually but not necessarily white, and consist typically of clays, feldspar, potter's flint, and whiting.
Whitewash	n	A composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc; a substance used for whitening walls and other surfaces, consisting of a suspension of lime or whiting in water, often with other substances, such as size, added 2. anything, as deceptive words or actions, used to cover up or gloss over faults, errors, or wrongdoings, or absolve a wrongdoer from blame. 3. in sport : a defeat in which the loser fails to score.
Whitewash	vb	(used with object) to whiten with whitewash. 2. to cover up or gloss over the faults or errors of; absolve from blame. 3. in sports(informal.) to defeat by keeping the opponent from scoring: The home team whitewashed the visitors eight to nothing. 4. 5. excuse, vindicate, exonerate.
Whitewash	phr	"Give Somebody a Whitewash" - anything, as deceptive words or actions, used to cover up or gloss over faults, errors, or wrongdoings, or absolve a wrongdoer from blame. 2. in sport : a defeat in which the loser fails to score.
Whitewashed	adj	A derogatory term used to describe a minority who has assimilated with western society.
Whitewasher	n	One who whitewashes wall. 2. one who uses deceptive words or action to cover up or gloss over faults, errors, or wrongdoings, or absolve a wrongdoer from blame
Whitewashing	n	The act of a worker (or person) who whitewashes walls. 2. one who uses in words (deceptively) or action covers up or gloss over faults, errors, or wrongdoings, or absolve a wrongdoer from blame.
White watch	n	One of three watches at sea when not more than one-third of ship's company is closed aup at cruising stations.
Whitewater	n	A shallow or shoal water, white breakers or foam, as in shallows or rapids on the sea or a river.
White-wax	n	Paraffin.
White-wedding	n	A wedding in which the bride is still a virgin. 2. a wedding where the ceremony is in a church where the marriage is initiated, followed by a reception where the ceremony is celebrated.
White weed	n	Oxe-eye daisy, Chrysantheum leucantheum.
White week	n	A week that is in low demand because it is a holiday low season; esp.,used in time-share, but not limited to this industry.
White whale	n	The Beluga.
White willow	n	Salix alba a species of willow native to Europe and central Asia. tThe name derives from the white tone of the underside of the species leaves.
White wine	n	Any clear, transparent not deeply coloured as hock, sherry, etc.
White Witch	n	A witch or wizard of good disposition - one who uses witchcraft for beneficial purposes. 2. one who practices White Magic.
Whitewood	n	Any of the various trees yielding a whitish timber, as the basswood, the tulip tree, the cottonwood, the wild cinnamon, etc. 2. the wood of these trees.
Whitewort	n	The name of several plants with white flowers or roots, such as Feverfew, Solomon's seal, species of chamomile. See " World of Worts" : Stachys fluminensis, Leucas martinisense, Clinopodium martinsense.
Whitey	n	A white person or white people collectively.
Whither	adv	To which, or what, place? 2.
Whither-out	adv	Out of what, from what source; whence. 2. in the direction in which, nearly, whereabout.
Whitherso	adv	To whatever place. 2. to or in any place to which. 3. wherever, whether to one place or the another; no matter what place. 4. whithersoever.
Whithersoever	adj	To any place to which
Whithersoever	cnj	To any place to which
Whitherto	adv	To what place, state, result etc. 2. to what, whither, where, whereto.
Whitherward	adv	Towards or to what place. 2. in what direction. 3. reference to a situation happening nearby or whereabouts. 4. fig. towards what? 5. towards the place that, usely in a generalized or indefinite sense. 6. towards any place that , whithersoever, towards which place, towards a place which one goes.
Whiting	n	A gadoid fish of the genus "Merlangus"
Whiting	n	A pure white chalk, levigated and washed for use in making putty and whitewash, as a pigment and for polishing.
Whiting	vb	The action or process of making white.
Whiting-monger	n	A buyer and seller of whiting.
Whiting's eye	n	Amorous look, a leer.
Whitish	adj	That which is white or becoming white. 2. somewhat white, palish, fair, white in hue. 3. inclining to or approaching white in colour. 2. qualifying other colours, as "whitish-green/ brown" indicating a pale or light tint of the colour specified.
Whitishness	n	The quality or state of being whitish, whitish colour or tint.
Whitleather	n	White leather dressed with alum.
Whit-rack	n	A white rat: a weasel.
Whitsunday	n	The seventh Sunday after easter, to commemorate the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost.
Whitsuntide	n	The whole week follow whitsunday.
Whitten	n	OE. - hwitingtreow. the water-elder or wild-guilder rose (Viburnum opulus). 2. the wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana). 3. the mountain ash or rowan (pyrus aucuparia)
Whittle	n	OE: hwitel- a white bed cover. 2. a cloak, mantle. 3. a blanket. 4. a baby's woollen napkin or flannel petticoat. 5. a shawl or wrap.
Whittle	phr	"Whittle Away" - remove the outer part of something in small pieces, using a knife. 2. remove, take away, one by one or little by little.
Whittle	phr	"Whittle Down" - make something thinner by slicing with a knife. 2. redoce the importance of something by small defrees.
Whittler	n	One who whittles.
Whittling	n	The fine shavings and chips made with a whittle and by a whittler.
Who	prn	What person or persons?: "Who did it?" 2. (of a person) of what character, origin, position, importance, etc.: "who does she think she is?" 3. the person that or any person that (used relatively to represent a specified or implied antecedent): "it was who you thought." 4. used relatively in restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses to represent a specified antecedent, the antecedent being a person or sometimes an animal or personified thing): "anybody who wants to can learn to swim." 5. archaic: the person or persons who.
Who	phr	"An Old Who" - the right man for the ..
Who	phr	"As Who Should Say" - in a manner of speaking, so as to say.
Who	phr	"Who Are You?" - ask another person for identification.
Who	phr	"Who Are You and What Have You Done with So-and-So"
Who	phr	"Who Cares?" - nobody cares; I at, least, don't care.
Who	phr	"Who Did It?" - who is responsible for a certain action.
Who	phr	"Who Does She/he Think She, He Is" - why does he/she etc behave , talk so pretentiously, authoritatively (the implication being that he has no right or reason to do so)
Who	phr	"Who Goes There?" - a sentry challenge of one's identity and purpose.
Who	phr	"Who Is He's When He's at Home" - who what/ is somebody/something?
Who	phr	"Who Knows" - a rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.
Who	phr	"Who On Earth" - who, which one? 2. who in the world?
Who	phr	"Who's Who" - who or what each person is (know who's who) . 2. a list or directory with facts known about notable persons.
Who	phr	"Who The Hell" - who, which person?
Who-all	prn	Who, as in "who-all were there"
Who-does-what	adj	(of a dispute, etc) about which group of workers should do a particular job.
Whodunit	n	A novel about a murder mystery - a "who done it." See "Whydunit"
Whoever	prn	Whatever person or persons.
Whole	adj	Comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole apple. 2. containing all the elements properly belonging. 3. undivided; in one piece: to swallow a thing whole. 4. maths . integral, or not fractional. 5. not broken, damaged, or impaired; intact. 6. undiminished, integral, complete. 7. unimpaired, perfect.
Whole	n	The whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number. 2. a thing complete in itself, or comprising all its parts or elements. 3. an assemblage of parts associated or viewed together as one thing; a unitary system. 4. whole, total mean the entire or complete sum or amount. The whole is all there is; every part, member, aspect; the complete sum, amount, quantity of anything, not divided; the entirety, the be-all.
Whole	vb	To make whole, complete. 2. to become whole or healthy; to recover from sickness; to heal, as a wound.
Whole	phr	"As a Whole" - all things included or considered; altogether.
Whole	phr	"By the Whole" - by wholesale.
Whole	phr	"Full and Whole" - the whole number and amount; the whole lot, all, in all, altogether.
Whole	phr	"Go the Whole Hog" - to do something very thoroughly. Etym: 'hog" ?
Whole	phr	"In the Whole" - to the full amount.
Whole	phr	"Make into a Whole" - to assemble or unite.
Whole	phr	"On the Whole" - in view of all the circumstances; after consideration' considering all things. 2. disregarding exceptions; in general: On the whole, the man is well liked. 3. on the basis of the affair as a whole. taking it all together. 5. as the upshot or summing up, as the final result. 6. ultimately, in conclusion, in sum. 7. in respect to the whole. 8. not withstanding exception in details. 9. in general, in most part.
Whole	phr	"Out of the Whole Cloth" - without foundation in fact; fictitious: a tall-tale, story or lie.
Whole	phr	"Upon the Whole" - speaking generally, altogether.
Whole	phr	"Whole and Some" - all and some.
Whole	phr	"Whole Nine Yards" - the whole nine yards or full nine yards is a colloquial American phrase meaning "everything, the whole lot" or, when used as an adjective, "all the way", as in, "The Army came out and gave us the whole nine yards on how they use space systems." Its origin is unknown and has been described as "the most prominent etymological riddle of our time".[2] One explanation is that it is to do with cutting material "A tailor making a high quality suit uses more fabric. The best suits are made from nine yards of fabric
Whole	phr	"Whole Shooting Match" - evry member, item, event, aspect.
Whole	phr	"Whole World and His Dog" - too many people, a whole crowd.
Whole-blood	n	Full blood. 2. Blood as taken direct from the body, especially that used in transfusions.
Whole brain	n	Of or relating to the entire brain' whole-brain.
Whole brain thinking	n	A framework which provides a lens for improved understanding and insight. It acknowledges that difference tasks require different mental processes, and people prefer different kinds of thinking. Whole-brain thinking endeavors to strategically use the full spectrum of thinking available.
Whole-bred	adj	Of pure bred.
Whole-brother	n	Sibling of the same parents, as distinct from half-brother or sister.
Whole-chested	adj	Loyal-heaerted.
Whole cloth	n	Cloth of the full size as manufactured, as distinguished from a piece cut off a garment other other item.
Whole-eyed	adj	Gazining intently.
Whole food	n	Unrefined food, containing no artificial additives. 2. an article of such food.
Whole-footed	adj	Having whole or undivided feet, that is with the toes united. 2. web-footed as a bird. 3. treading with the whole foot on the ground. 4. walking not lightly or not on tiptoe. 4. unreserved, free and easy, free.
Wholeful	adj	Health-giving, wholesome.
Wholefully	adv	In a manner wholesome and health-giving.
Whole-headed	adj	Completely
Whole-hearted	adj	Undivided in allegiance or devotion, loyal, steadfast, faithful. 2. whole-souled. 3. completely devoted.
Whole-heartedly	adv	Enthusiastically, without reserve, where one is wholehearted.
Whole-heartedness	n	The state or quality of being undivided in allegiance and devotion. 2. steadfastness, loyality, faithfulness. 3. the state of being enthusiastic; energetic in one's effort and endeavor.
Whole-hog	n	The whole of anything. 2. reliance or approval, trust. 3.
Whole-hog	phr	"Believe In the Whole Hog" - To accept or believe completely or totally in something.
Whole-hog	phr	"Go the Whole Hog"- to do something thoroughly or out-and-out, become involved without reservation.
Whole-hogger	n	One who does something completely, or without reservation.
Whole-hogging	n	Action or act of doing something completely and thoroughly.
Whole-holiday	n	A whole day taken as a holiday.
Whole-length	adj	Extending through the whole length. 2. exhibiting through the whole length.
Whole-life	adj	Pertaining to or designating an insurance policy for which the premium are payable until the death of the insured person. 2. relating to a period of a whole or someone or something. 3. something that lasts for one's entire or whole life.
Wholemeal	n	Meal or flour of wheat or other cereals with none of the bran or germ removed.
Whole milk	n	Milk from which no constituents have been removed.
Whole-minded	adj	Giving one's mind to something completely. 2. completely interested.
Whole-mindedness	n	State of being totally interested and enthralled in someone or something.
Wholeness	n	Entireness, completeness.
Wholesale	n	The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants. 2. bulk supply of; supply in bulk.
Wholesale	vb	To sell in bulk or large quantity.
Wholesale	adj	Of or relating to sale in large quantity for resale. 2. extensive, indiscriminate, all encompassing.
Wholesale-ness	n	Profuseness, discriminateness.
Wholesaler	n	One who sells goods wholesale. 2. a person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.
Wholesaley	adv	In a wholesale manner, profusely, extensively.
Wholesome	adj	Conducive to or promoting of moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial: wholesome recreation; wholesome environment. 2. conducive to bodily health; healthful; salubrious: wholesome food; wholesome air; wholesome exercise. 3. suggestive of physical or moral health, especially in appearance. 4. healthy or sound. 5. virtuous
Wholesomely	adv	In a way conducive to well-being in general with tendency or effect; beneficially salutarily. 2. so as to produce good health or being healthier. 3. in a way favourable to health. 3. remedially medicinally.
Wholesomeness	n	The quality or condition of being wholesome, healthier in any sense.
Whole-souled	adj	Whole-hearted, loyal, steadfast, faithful.
Whole step	n	A difference in pitch that is equal to 1/6 of an octave. 2. a music interval comprising two half steps - called also a whole tone.
Whole-time	n	Since something began: during the entire period of time. 2. full time; full-time. 3. continuously during a period.
Whole wheat	n	Made from wheat grain and bran.
Whole-wise	adv	As a whole, completely, all at once.
Whole-world	adj	"The Whole World" - everybody, humanity, mankind.
Whole-word	adj	"Most important, the teaching of beginning reading was dominated by the "whole-word" or "look-say" method in which children learn to recognize entire words, rather than by the method of "phonics" in which they learn to sound out letters and groups of letters." 2. "word recognition is not simply a matter of learning unique whole-word forms."
Wholly	adv	Completely and entirely; to the full extent. 2. exclusively and solely.
Wholly-owned	adj	Applied to a company all of whose shares are owned by another company.
Whom	prn	What person or people; which person or people, as the object of the verb. 2. what person or people; which person or people, as the object of the preposition. 3. him, her, them (used as a relative pronoun as refer to previously mentioned person or people, as in 'he is a person with whom in work'
Whom	phr	"For Whom the Gods Love, Death is Young" - the only consolation for the death of good, talented, beautiful etc young people is that their presence is wanted in heaven .
Whomever	prn	Object case of whoever.
Who-ness	n	That what makes a person who he or she is. 2. the state of being an isolated individual -" escaping the anguish of who-ness into the peace of wholeness."
Whomsoever	prn	(used instead of whomever) as the object of the verb or preposition,
Whon	n	A few, a little.
Whon	adj	Few, some.
Whon	adv	"Na Whan" - not at all. 2. a little whon.
Who-ness	n	That which makes a person who he or she is . 2. the state of being an isolated individual.
Whore	n	A prostitute, harridan, skank, skanky ho.
Whore bath	n	A quick sponge bath by hand, using a wet washcloth or a pre-moistened towelette, to extend the interval between showers or clean up after casual sexual intercourse.
Whore-cop	n	A child born to a prostitute and on of her clients. 2. a bastard.
Whored	adj	Prostituted, meretricious, whorish, whorey.
Whoredom	n	The practice of playing the whore of or intercourse with whores. 2. illicit sexual indulgence in general, fornication, halotry. 3. acts of sexual immorality. 3. fig., esp. in biblical and religious use applied to idolatry or other forms of unfaithfulness to the true God.
Whoredomer	n	One who practices whoredom, fornication.
Whore-house	n	A brothel, bordello, whore-sty,
Whore-hunt	vb	To go after whores. 2. to practise fornication.
Whore-keeper	n	One who keeps company with whores. 2. a brothel keeper.
Whore-man	n	A fornicator.
Whore-monger	n	One who deals or has dealings with whores or prostitutes. 2. one who practices whoredom, a fornicator, a lecher.
Whore-mongering	n	The practice or business of a whore-monger, fornication.
Whore-play	n	Intercourse with whores. 2. fornication.
Whorer	n	Lecher, fornicator, whore-monger.
Whoreship	n	The personality of a whore. 2. whore-mongering.
Whoreson	n	A bastard, love-child, an illegimate child.
Whore-sty	n	A brothel, bordello, whorehouse.
Whore-toll	n	A payment made by way of compounding for fornication or concubinage.
Whorey	adj	Whorish.
Whoring	n	The activities of a whore; prostitution; promiscuous sex.
Whorish	adj	Resembling a whore or whorish behavior; lecherous, fornicative. 2. having the character of a whore, addicted to whoring and whoredom. 3. lewd, unchaste (rarely of a man). 4. fig. esp., in religious and controversial use idolatrous, pagan, heathen-like.
Whorishly	adj	In a whorish manner.
Whorishness	n	Meretricious, state or quality of lechery, whoredom, idolatry.
Whort	n	A whortleberry or its fruit; the huckleberry.
Whose	prn	Of whom, belonging to whom; used as an interrogative pronoun, as in ' whose wallet is this? 2. of whom, belonging to whom; used as a relative pronoun, as 'this is the man whose dog caused the accident = this man's dog caused the accident. 3.(formerly proscribed) of which, belonging to which; used as a relative pronoun, as we saw several houses whose roofs
Whose	phr	"Whose the Cat's Mother? - She's the Cat's Mother"
Whoso	prn	Anyone, who, whoever.
Whosesoever	prn	Whatever person.
Why	n	The reason.
Why	adv	For what cause, reason or purpose
Why	conj	The reason that.
Why	intj	Exclamation of mild surprize.
Why	phr	"Why(s) and Wherefore(s)" - for what reason?
Why	phr	Why ever" - for what ever reason. 2. an emphatic expression implying perplexity or surprise.
Why	phr	"Why for" - for what reason.
Why	phr	"Why in God's Name?" - such expressions as What in God's name, Why in God's name, or How in God's name, emphasize how angry, annoyed, or surprised one is.
Why	phr	"Why On Earth/in the World?" - why, for what reason?
Why	phr	"Why So?" - on what grounds.
Why	phr	"Why the Hell" - why ? (with emphasis)
Whydunit	n	A story, play or film in which the main interest lies in the detection of the motive for some crime or action.
Why ever	adv	For what ever reason. 2. an emphatic expression implying perplexity or surprise.
Why for	adv	For what reason.
Why-for	n	Reason.
Whyness	n	That which causes a thing to be as it is. 2. the essential reason for something.
Why-not	n	A word, phrase or expression used in an attempt to leave an opponent, adversary, critic without a reply. 2. response of one who gives no reasons for his actions or behavior.
Why-not	phr	"To Have a Why-not" - to have an advantage over someone or in some situation.
Why-not	phr	"At a Why-not" - an advantage or an upperhand in a dilemma. 2. a response of one who gives no reasons for his actions or opinions.
Whys	n	An explnatory causes; reasons. 2. causes purposes or reasons. 3. the don't-knows.