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whitewash |
Noun
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wash consisting of lime and size in water |
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whitewash |
Noun
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a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score |
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whitewash |
Verb
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exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data |
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whitewash |
Verb
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cover with whitewash |
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whitewash |
Verb
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cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error |
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work to rule |
Noun
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a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace |
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work stoppage |
Noun
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a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions |
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wildcat strike |
Noun
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a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
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winnow |
Noun
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the act of separating grain from chaff |
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winnow |
Verb
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blow away or off with a current of air |
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winnow |
Verb
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select desirable parts from a group or list |
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winnow |
Verb
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separate the chaff from by using air currents |
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winnow |
Verb
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blow on like wind |
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winnowing |
Noun
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the act of separating grain from chaff |
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wakening |
Noun
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the act of waking |
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witching |
Adjective
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possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers |
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witching |
Noun
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the use or practice of witchcraft |
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waking up |
Noun
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the act of waking |
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work animal |
Noun
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an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
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whelp |
Noun
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young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf |
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whelp |
Verb
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birth |
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wolf pup |
Noun
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a young wolf |
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wolf cub |
Noun
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a young wolf |
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wound tumor virus |
Noun
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a tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers |
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wrack |
Noun
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dried seaweed especially that cast ashore |
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wrack |
Noun
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growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp |
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wrack |
Noun
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the destruction or collapse of something |
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wrack |
Verb
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smash or break forcefully |
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whale shark |
Noun
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large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide |
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whitetip shark |
Noun
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large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin |
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whitetip shark |
Noun
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smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins |
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white-tipped shark |
Noun
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large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin |
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white shark |
Noun
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large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas |
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white-throated sparrow |
Noun
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common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
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whitethroat |
Noun
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common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
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whitethroat |
Noun
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greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts |
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whitethroat |
Noun
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Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller |
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white-crowned sparrow |
Noun
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finch with black-and-white striped crown |
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wagtail |
Noun
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Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks |
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warbler |
Noun
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a small active songbird |
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warbler |
Noun
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a singer |
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whydah |
Noun
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mostly black African weaverbird |
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whidah |
Noun
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mostly black African weaverbird |
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widow bird |
Noun
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mostly black African weaverbird |
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wood thrush |
Noun
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large thrush common in eastern American woodlands |
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woodhewer |
Noun
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any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |
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woodcreeper |
Noun
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any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |
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wood-creeper |
Noun
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any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |
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whinchat |
Noun
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brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows |
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western kingbird |
Noun
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a kingbird seen in western United States |