whitewash |
a coating usu. made of lime and water, applied to walls, fences, or foundations as a whitener. [6 definitions] |
white water |
foaming white water, esp. as seen in rapids. [2 definitions] |
white-water |
of or relating to recreational canoeing, rafting, or the like, on rivers with rapids. |
white whale |
see "beluga." |
whitey |
(derogatory slang) a white person, or whites collectively. |
whither |
to what place? where?. [3 definitions] |
whiting1 |
any of several food fishes found off the coast of Europe that are related to cod. [2 definitions] |
whiting2 |
pure white chalk, ground and washed, used to make whitewash, ink, putty, and the like. |
whitish |
tending towards white, whiteness, or paleness; rather white. |
whitlow |
an inflammation of the deep tissues of a finger or toe, usu. producing an abscess under or near the nail. |
Whitsun |
Whitsunday; Whitsuntide. |
Whitsunday |
the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated in some Christian churches in commemoration of Pentecost. |
Whitsuntide |
the week beginning with Whitsunday or Pentecost, esp. the first three days of this week. |
whittle |
to cut or pare small bits or thin layers from (a piece of wood), or to trim or shape (it) by so doing. [3 definitions] |
whiz |
to make a buzzing or hissing sound by, or as if by, flying swiftly through the air. [6 definitions] |
WHO |
abbreviation of "World Health Organization." |
who |
what person or persons. [5 definitions] |
whoa |
used esp. to direct horses to stop. |
who'd |
contracted form of "who would," or contracted form of "who had." |
whodunit |
(informal) a fictional crime story, in which the object is usu. to discover who has done or committed the crime. |
whoever |
every or any person or persons who; anyone that. [3 definitions] |