Dictionary
Filtering: WI | Found: 422 words.
Wich
3 defs
A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.
Wick
3 defs
A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil...
Wicked.
Wicked
4 defs
Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally.
Wickedness
2 defs
A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.
Same as Quicken tree.
Wicker
4 defs
A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.
Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.
A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.
Wicket
6 defs
A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc.
the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
See Wyclifite.
Alt. of Wickliffite
See Leatherwood.
A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.
Wide
13 defs
Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
Wide-awake
2 defs
A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.
The angler; -- called also widegab, and widegut.
Widely
2 defs
In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.
Widen
2 defs
To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
of Widen
Wideness
2 defs
Large extent in all directions; broadness; greatness; as, the wideness of the sea or ocean.
of Widen
Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.
Widely; far and wide.
Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American ...
Moderately wide.
Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite.
Widow
6 defs
A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
See Whidan bird.
One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.
One who makes widows by destroying husbands.
A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.
of Widow
A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again.
The state of being a widower.
Widowhood
2 defs
Estate settled on a widow.
of Widow
Becoming or like a widow.
The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.
Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.
A widow.
Wield
3 defs
To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Capable of being wielded.
The act or power of wielding.
of Wield
One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
Wielding
2 defs
of Wield