| wild card |
a card in a card game that may stand for any other card. [3 definitions] |
| wild carrot |
a white-flowered weed with a deep, thin, woody root; Queen Anne's lace. |
| wildcat |
any of various medium-sized wild cats, such as the bobcat, lynx, and ocelot. [6 definitions] |
| wildcatter |
(informal) one who searches unproven areas, esp. for oil. |
| wildebeest |
a large African antelope with an oxlike head, horns curving downward and outward, a beard and short mane, and a long tail; gnu. |
| wilderness |
an uncultivated and generally uninhabited region in its natural state. [3 definitions] |
| wild-eyed |
having a terrified, very agitated, angry, or deranged look in the eyes. [2 definitions] |
| wildfire |
a fire, esp. in natural surroundings, that burns rapidly and uncontrollably over a large area. |
| wildflower |
a flowering plant that grows in meadows, woods, and the like without being cultivated. |
| wildfowl |
a wild bird, esp. a duck, goose, or swan, that is hunted as game. |
| wild-goose chase |
the futile pursuit of something unattainable or nonexistent. |
| wildlife |
undomesticated living things, esp. wild animals. |
| wild mustard |
charlock or a similar weedy mustard. |
| wild oat |
any of several wild grasses, esp. the wild progenitor of the cultivated oat. |
| wild pansy |
an uncultivated pansy bearing flowers with petals in combinations of white, yellow, and purple; heartsease. |
| wild pitch |
in baseball, an erratic pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance to the next base. (Cf. passed ball.) |
| wild rice |
a tall aquatic grass of the northern United States and Canada that bears edible grain that is considered a delicacy. |
| wild rose |
a native species of rose, such as eglantine. |
| Wild West |
the western United States, unregulated by law during its settlement in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
| wildwood |
a wood growing in a wild or natural state; forest. |
| wile |
a trick or stratagem intended to mislead, entice, or entrap. [4 definitions] |