| wet fly |
an artificial fishing fly designed to drift below the surface of the water. |
| wether |
a castrated ram. |
| wetland |
(often pl.) low-lying land saturated with moisture, such as a marsh or swamp. |
| wet nurse |
a woman who suckles another's baby. |
| wet-nurse |
to suckle (another's baby). [2 definitions] |
| wet one's whistle |
(informal) to take a drink, esp. of an alcoholic beverage. |
| wet suit |
a tightfitting one-piece rubber suit worn by skin divers for warmth. |
| wetu |
in Wampanoag language and culture, a house, traditionally a domed hut made from bent saplings covered with woven grass or bark. |
| we've |
contracted form of "we have." |
| whack |
to strike or smack with a sharp, resounding blow. [5 definitions] |
| whacking |
(informal) extremely large; huge; tremendous. [2 definitions] |
| whale1 |
any of the largest of marine mammals, with a body shaped like a dolphin or porpoise, flippers in place of forelimbs, and a flat, triangular tail. [2 definitions] |
| whale2 |
(informal) to beat soundly; thrash. |
| whaleback |
a steamship in which the bow and upper deck are rounded in order to shed the water of heavy seas. |
| whaleboat |
a long narrow rowboat with pointed ends that is esp. maneuverable in rough seas, once used in hunting whales and now used for rescue work. |
| whalebone |
a durable, horny, elastic substance that grows in plates or strips in the upper jaw of certain whales, serving to filter plankton from water passing through the whale's mouth. [2 definitions] |
| whalebone whale |
any of various whales, such as the right whales and the rorqual, having toothless jaws and whalebone on the sides of the upper jaw. (Cf. toothed whale.) |
| whaler |
a ship or boat used to hunt, catch, and process whales. [2 definitions] |
| whale shark |
an extremely large spotted shark that feeds mainly on plankton and small fishes. |
| whaling1 |
the business or industry of hunting, killing, and rendering whales. |
| whaling2 |
a beating; thrashing. |