Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..

Whip-shaped :: Whip-shaped (a.) Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem..

Wing-handed :: Wing-handed (a.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls..

Winkle-hawk :: Winkle-hawk (n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.

Wishable :: Wishable (a.) Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.

Witch-hazel :: Witch-hazel (n.) The wych-elm.

Witch-hazel :: Witch-hazel (n.) An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in autumn..

Withal :: Withal (adv.) With this; with that.

Withal :: Withal (adv.) Together with this; likewise; at the same time; in addition; also.

Withal :: Withal (prep.) With; -- put after its object, at the end of sentence or clause in which it stands..

Withamite :: Withamite (n.) A variety of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland..

Woodchat :: Woodchat (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath..

Woodchat :: Woodchat (n.) A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white..

Woodhack :: Woodhack (n.) Alt. of Woodhacke.

Woodhacker :: Woodhacker (n.) The yaffle.

Wool-hall :: Wool-hall (n.) A trade market in the woolen districts.

Worm-shaped :: Worm-shaped (a.) Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root..

Wych-hazel :: Wych-hazel (n.) The wych-elm; -- so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel.

Xanthamide :: Xanthamide (n.) An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, C2H5O.CS.NH2; -- called also xanthogen amide..

Xanthate :: Xanthate (n.) A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate.

Xanthophane :: Xanthophane (n.) The yellow pigment present in the inner segments of the retina in animals. See Chromophane.

Xanthorhamnin :: Xanthorhamnin (n.) A glucoside extracted from Persian berries as a yellow crystalline powder, used as a dyestuff..

Xerophagy :: Xerophagy (n.) Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts..

Xerophthalmia :: Xerophthalmia (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.

Xerophthalmy :: Xerophthalmy (n.) Xerophthalmia.

Xylophaga :: Xylophaga (n.) A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.

Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.

Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) Any species of Xylophaga.

Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) Any one of the Xylophagides.

Xylophagides :: Xylophagides (n. pl.) A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvae live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.

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