Wierangle (n.) Same as Wariangle.
Wiery (a.) Wet; moist; marshy.
Wiery (a.) Wiry.
Wives (pl. ) of Wife
Wife (n.) A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.
Wife (n.) The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.
Wifehood (n.) Womanhood.
Wifehood (n.) The state of being a wife; the character of a wife.
Wifeless (a.) Without a wife; unmarried.
Wifelike (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman.
Wifely (a.) Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife.
Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.
Wig (n.) An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.
Wigged (imp. & p. p.) of Wig
Wigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wig
Wig (v. t.) To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
Wigan (n.) A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.
Wigeon (n.) A widgeon.
Wigg (n.) Alt. of Wig
Wig (n.) A kind of raised seedcake.
Wigged (a.) Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.
Wiggery (n.) A wig or wigs; false hair.
Wiggery (n.) Any cover or screen, as red-tapism.
Wiggle (v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.
Wiggle (n.) Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
Wiggler (n.) The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.
Wigher (v. i.) To neigh; to whinny.
Wight (n.) Weight.
Wight (n.) A whit; a bit; a jot.
Wight (n.) A supernatural being.
Wight (n.) A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.
Wight (a.) Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.
Wightly (adv.) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
Wigless (a.) Having or wearing no wig.
Wigwag (v. t.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Wigwam (n.) An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee.
Wike (n.) A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker.
Wike (n.) A home; a dwelling.
Wikke (a.) Wicked.
Wild (superl.) Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
Wild (superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.
Wild (superl.) Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.
Wild (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.
Wild (superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
Wild (superl.) Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.
Wild (superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
Wild (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
Wild (adv.) Wildly; as, to talk wild.
Wild-cat (a.) Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
Wild-cat (a.) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
Wildebeest (n.) The gnu.
Wilded (a.) Become wild.
Wildered (imp. & p. p.) of Wilder
Wildering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wilder
Wilder (a.) To bewilder; to perplex.
Wildering (n.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
Wilderment (n.) The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
Wilderness (v. t.) A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.
Wilderness (v. t.) A disorderly or neglected place.
Wilderness (v. t.) Quality or state of being wild; wildness.
Wildfire (n.) A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.
Wildfire (n.) An old name for erysipelas.
Wildfire (n.) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.
Wildfire (n.) A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.
Wildgrave (n.) A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.
Wilding (n.) A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant.
Wilding (a.) Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild.
Wildish (a.) Somewhat wild; rather wild.
Wildly (adv.) In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.
Wildness (n.) The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
Wildwood (n.) A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes.
Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
Wile (v. t.) To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.
Wile (v. t.) To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.
Wileful (a.) Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.
Wilful (n.) Alt. of Wilfulness
Wilfully (n.) Alt. of Wilfulness
Wilfulness (n.) See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.
Wiliness (n.) The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.
Wilk (n.) See Whelk.
Will (v.) The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
Will (v.) The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.
Will (v.) The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
Will (v.) Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
Will (v.) That which is strongly wished or desired.
Will (v.) Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.
Will (v.) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.
Would (imp.) of Will
Will (adv.) To wish; to desire; to incline to have.
Will (adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.
Will (v. i.) To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.
Willed (imp. & p. p.) of Will
Willing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Will
Will (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
Will (n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.
Will (n.) To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.
Will (v. i.) To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.
Willemite (n.) A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals (troostite) containing manganese.
Willer (n.) One who wills.