Wineglassful :: Wineglassful () As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls..

Wineglassfuls :: Wineglassfuls (pl. ) of Wineglassfu.

Wlatsome :: Wlatsome (a.) Loathsome; disgusting; hateful.

Wolf''s-claw :: Wolf's-claw (n.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium.

Wollastonite :: Wollastonite (n.) A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar..

Wonderland :: Wonderland (n.) A land full of wonders, or marvels..

Wood-layer :: Wood-layer (n.) A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges..

Woodland :: Woodland (n.) Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber..

Woodland :: Woodland (a.) Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.

Woodlander :: Woodlander (n.) A dweller in a woodland.

Wyla :: Wyla (n.) A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo.

Xanthelasma :: Xanthelasma (n.) See Xanthoma.

Xenelasia :: Xenelasia (n.) A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners..

Xiphiplastra :: Xiphiplastra (pl. ) of Xiphiplastro.

Xiphiplastron :: Xiphiplastron (n.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum..

Xylamide :: Xylamide (n.) An acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance..

Xylanthrax :: Xylanthrax (n.) Wood coal, or charcoal; -- so called in distinction from mineral coal..

Xylate :: Xylate (n.) A salt of xylic acid.

Xylophilan :: Xylophilan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvae live on decayed wood.

Xyloplastic :: Xyloplastic (a.) Formed of wood pulp by molds; relating to casts made of wood pulp in molds.

Yalah :: Yalah (n.) The oil of the mahwa tree.

Yardland :: Yardland (n.) A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate..

Yllanraton :: Yllanraton (n.) The agouara.

Ypres Lace :: Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace..

Yulan :: Yulan (n.) A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.

Zalambdodont :: Zalambdodont (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.

Zalambdodont :: Zalambdodont (n.) One of the Zalambdodonta. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples..

Zapotilla :: Zapotilla (n.) See Sapodilla.

Zealant :: Zealant (n.) One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.

Zeylanite :: Zeylanite (n.) See Ceylanite.

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