Words starting with W

wheelbarrowingThe loss of control caused by excessive forward pressure on the elevator control of an aeroplane with a nosewheel during takeoff or landing.
wheelbarrowlikeResembling or characteristic of a wheelbarrow.
wheelbaseThe horizontal distance between the front and rear axles of a road or rail vehicle.
wheelbasedHaving the specified kind of wheelbase.
wheelbenchThe seat for the driver that sits above the wheels in a wagon that is drawn by draft animals such as horses or oxen.
wheelbenderA simple bicycle stand consisting of two metal bars that hold the wheel, but that provides no support or security for the frame.
wheelbirdThe European goatsucker.
wheelboxA box beneath a ship's wheel containing the steering gear.
wheelbuildingThe process of assembling wire wheels (generally a bicycle wheel) by attaching the hub to the wheelrim with spokes.
wheelchairA chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
wheelchairboundNeeding a wheelchair consistently (as contrasted with using one sometimes but not always).
wheelchairedConfined to a wheelchair.
wheelclampingThe use of wheel clamps to penalize motorists.
wheelcraftThe art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels.
WheeldonA surname.
wheeledHaving wheels; on wheels.
wheelerA wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
WheelerianAn age from 1.9 to 0.01143 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.
wheeleriteA yellowish fossil resin, associated with lignite, present in cretaceous strata of New Mexico
WheelerwoodA town in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.
wheeleryA place where wheels or wheeled vehicles are manufactured or sold.
wheelfulFull of, or bearing, wheels; wheeled.
wheelgunSynonym of revolver.
wheelhorseOne of a team of horses which is nearest to the wheels of a carriage, as opposed to a leader or forward horse.
wheelhouseA building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
wheelieAn action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.
wheelingThe motion of something that wheels.
WheelingiteA person from or resident of Wheeling, West Virginia.
wheelinglyWith a wheeling motion.
wheellessLacking wheels, without wheels.
wheellessnessAbsence of wheels.
wheellikeResembling or characteristic of a wheel.
wheellockAn early type of firearm, using a spring-driven wheel against a flint to make sparks in the firing pan.
wheelmakerOne who makes wheels: a wheelwright.
wheelmakingThe trade of a wheelmaker.
wheelmanA driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
wheelmarkAn impression made by a wheel running over a surface.
WheelockA surname.
wheelpantsfairings around the wheels of fixed landing gear
wheelpersonA wheelman or wheelwoman
wheelpitA pit in the ground, in which the lower part of a flywheel runs.
wheelrimThe rim of a wheel.
wheelroadSynonym of wheelway.
wheelsAn automobile or other vehicle; a set of wheels.
wheelsetA wheel and axle combination, such as the front and back bicycle wheels (with axles) sold as a ready-made set; or an axle and mounted left and right pair of railroad wheels.
wheelslideA condition caused when railway vehicle wheels lose adhesion when the brakes are applied, due to slippery rails, and the train slides along the track instead of slowing down.
wheelslipA problem in starting or running a locomotive or train, where excess power supplied to the driven wheels causes them to turn against the rail, especially when the rails are slippery, without moving the train forward.
wheelsmanhelmsman
wheelsmithA wheelwright.
wheelspanThe distance between two wheels on the same axle.
wheelspinThe spinning of the wheels of a vehicle on the surface of the ground with greatly reduced friction and little movement of the vehicle, especially when starting.
wheelstandA wheelie.
wheelstanderAn exhibition vehicle, most commonly a drag racing car or truck, explicitly built to travel distances on only its rear wheels.
wheelstandingThe act of performing a wheelstand.
wheelstoneSynonym of screw-stone.
wheelsuckTo sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.
wheelsuckerA rider who sits on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.
wheelswarfswarf (grit worn away by grinding)
wheeltapperA railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
wheeltappingThe work of a wheeltapper, tapping a train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
wheelwayA path or road for wheeled vehicles.
wheelwiseIn the manner of a wheel.
wheelwomanA female cyclist.
wheelworkAn assembly of wheels serving a mechanical purpose.
wheelwrightA person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.
wheelwrightingThe trade of a wheelwright.
wheelyCircular; suitable to rotation.
wheenA little; a small number.
WheeoA locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
wheepleTo whistle.
wheeshA plea or demand for silence; hush.
wheetleTo make a sharp high-pitched vocal sound, as young birds and certain animals do.
wheezeTo breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
wheezerOne who wheezes.
wheezilyIn a wheezy manner.
wheezinessthe state of being wheezy
wheezingThe quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze
wheezinglyWith a wheezing sound.
wheezyThat wheezes.
wheftA waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal)
whekaulaughing owl
whekiDicksonia squarrosa, a fast-growing tree fern endemic to New Zealand.
WhelanA surname from Irish.
WhelchelA surname.
WheldonA surname.
wheldoneA fungal metabolite isolated from the coculture of Aspergillus fischeri and Xylaria flabelliformis, displaying cytotoxic activity against breast, melanoma, and ovarian cancer cell lines.
WheldrakeA village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6844).
WhelehanA surname from Irish.
WhelhamA surname.
whelkCertain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
whelkedHaving whelks; whelky.
whelkerA person who fishes for whelks.
whelklikeResembling or characteristic of a whelk.
whelkyHaving whelks, ridges, or protuberances.
WhelleyA suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, north-east of the town centre (OS grid ref SD5906).
whelmTo bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
whelmingSomething that covers or submerges.
whelpA young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
whelpdayThe birthday of a canid, especially a dog, or (furry fandom) a furry's canid fursona, typically a dog or a wolf.
whelphoodthe state of being a whelp, puppyhood
whelpieA small whelp, especially a little cub or puppy; a cur.
whelpingAn act of an animal whelping; an act of giving birth to young.
whelpishResembling or characteristic of a whelp.
whelplessWithout, or deprived of, a whelp.
WhelpleyA surname.
whelplingA little whelp.
whelpyLike or relating to a whelp (cub or puppy).
WheltonA surname.
whemmelTo engulf, to submerge.
whenAt what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
whenaboutApproximately in time.
whenasWhen; at the time (which).
WhenbyA small village in North Yorkshire, England.
whenceFrom where, from which: from which place or source.
whenceafterAfter which; whereafter.
whenceforthFrom which place, time, or point forth; forth from which; onward from which.
whenceforwardFrom which point onwards (in time or space).
whencefromFrom which place; wherefrom.
whencenessThe state or condition of being from somewhere.
whencesoeverFrom wherever; from whatever place.
whenceverFrom wherever: from whatever place.
whencewardBy other means; from otherwhere
wheneverAt any time that.
whenevsAt an unspecified time, at convenience.
whennessExistence at a particular point in time.
whensowhen; whensoever
whensoeverwhenever; at any time at all
whensomeverwhenever; at any time at all
WhenuapaiA suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, and an RNZAF base.
whenweA former British settler or expatriate who talks nostalgically about his or her former home in colonial Africa.
whereIn, at or to what place.
whereaboutAbout which; concerning which.
whereaboutsIn, at or near what location.
whereaboveAbove which.
whereacrossAcross which.
whereafterAfter which time or event.
whereagainstAgainst what; against which.
wherealongAlong which.
whereamongAmong which.
whereanentConcerning which; relating to which.
wherearoundAround which.
whereasWhere (that).
whereatAt (the place or point) which; towards which.
wherebeforeBefore, or in front of, which.
wherebehindBehind which.
wherebelowBelow which.
wherebetweenBetween which.
wherebyBy what, in which direction; how.
wheredjawhere did you
wheredunitA type of detective story in which significant focus is placed on the location in which the crime was committed.

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