Webform :: Webform (n.) Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding..
Webster :: Webster (n.) A weaver; originally, a female weaver..
Websterite :: Websterite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses.
Wedgebill :: Wedgebill (n.) An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives..
Whaleboat :: Whaleboat (n.) A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen..
Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..
Whereby :: Whereby (adv.) By which; -- used relatively.
Whereby :: Whereby (adv.) By what; how; -- used interrogatively.
Whettlebones :: Whettlebones (n. pl.) The vertebrae of the back.
Whitebait :: Whitebait (n.) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England..
Whitebait :: Whitebait (n.) A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait..
Whitebeam :: Whitebeam (n.) The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves..
Whiteboy :: Whiteboy (a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids..
Whiteboyism :: Whiteboyism (n.) The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.
Whortleberry :: Whortleberry (n.) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1..