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wildcat |
Noun
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any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild |
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wildcat |
Noun
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an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field |
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wildcat |
Noun
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a cruelly rapacious person |
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warm-toned |
Adjective
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used of music |
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wavy |
Adjective
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uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves |
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wavy |
Adjective
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of hair, having waves |
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wavelike |
Adjective
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uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves |
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wanting |
Adjective
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inadequate in amount or degree |
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wanting |
Adjective
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nonexistent |
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wavy-grained |
Adjective
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of timber |
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weedy |
Adjective
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being very thin |
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weedy |
Adjective
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abounding with or resembling weeds |
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withered |
Adjective
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lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |
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withered |
Adjective
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(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture |
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weird |
Adjective
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strikingly odd or unusual |
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weird |
Adjective
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suggesting the operation of supernatural influences |
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weighty |
Adjective
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excessively fat |
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weighty |
Adjective
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having relatively great weight |
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weighty |
Adjective
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weighing heavily on the spirit |
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weighty |
Adjective
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of great gravity or crucial import |
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weighty |
Adjective
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powerfully persuasive |
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winged |
Adjective
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very fast |
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winged |
Adjective
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having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind |
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wizen |
Adjective
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lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |
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wizened |
Adjective
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lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |
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wasp-waisted |
Adjective
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having a small waist |
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wisplike |
Adjective
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thin and weak |
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well-chosen |
Adjective
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well expressed and to the point |
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well-turned |
Adjective
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(of language) aptly and pleasingly expressed |
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well-turned |
Adjective
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of a pleasing shape |
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white-tie |
Adjective
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requiring white ties and tailcoats for men |
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web-footed |
Adjective
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having feet with webbed toes |
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web-toed |
Adjective
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having feet with webbed toes |
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well-off |
Adjective
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fortunately situated |
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well-off |
Adjective
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in fortunate circumstances financially |
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wilted |
Adjective
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not firm |
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widely distributed |
Adjective
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growing or occurring in many parts of the world |
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weighed down |
Adjective
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heavily burdened with work or cares |
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weighed down |
Adjective
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full of |
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well-lined |
Adjective
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full of money |
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well-appointed |
Adjective
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having a full array of suitable equipment or furnishings |
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well-found |
Adjective
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having a full array of suitable equipment or furnishings |
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wood-burning |
Adjective
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fueled by wood |
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well-formed |
Adjective
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conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers |
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willowy |
Adjective
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slender and graceful |
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worthless |
Adjective
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morally reprehensible |
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worthless |
Adjective
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lacking in usefulness or value |
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wooden |
Adjective
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lacking ease or grace |
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wooden |
Adjective
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made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood |
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well-behaved |
Adjective
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someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct |