water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
white rust
Noun
fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia
white slime mushroom
Noun
a type of slime mushroom
winter urn
Noun
a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
white fungus
Noun
a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)
water mold
Noun
parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil
winter mushroom
Noun
an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are
wine-maker's yeast
Noun
used in making wine
wheat rust
Noun
rust fungus that attacks wheat
wheat flag smut
Noun
fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat
witches' butter
Noun
a yellow jelly fungus
waxycap
Noun
any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance
woody plant
Noun
a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
water plant
Noun
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
withy
Noun
strong flexible twig
water pore
Noun
a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
water stoma
Noun
a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
wall fern
Noun
mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
watermelon begonia
Noun
grown as a houseplant for its silvery striped fleshy foliage
wall rue
Noun
small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America
wall rue spleenwort
Noun
small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America
wood fern
Noun
any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
wood-fern
Noun
any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
woodfern
Noun
any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
western holly fern
Noun
North American fern
woodsia
Noun
any fern of the genus Woodsia
walking fern
Noun
ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
water horsetail
Noun
Eurasia
wood horsetail
Noun
Eurasia except southern Russia
whisk fern
Noun
chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms
wooly lip fern
Noun
small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly
whorled milkweed
Noun
milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
windfall profit
Noun
profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it
winnings
Noun
something won (especially money)
wax plant
Noun
succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers
white matsutake
Noun
a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages
white milkweed
Noun
tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers
worldly possessions
Noun
all the property that someone possess
worldly belongings
Noun
all the property that someone possess
worldly goods
Noun
all the property that someone possess
workmen's compensation
Noun
compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment
wedding present
Noun
a present given to someone getting married
wedding gift
Noun
a present given to someone getting married
wage
Noun
something that remunerates
wage
Verb
carry on, such as wars, battles, or campaigns
withholding tax
Noun
income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer
wherewithal
Noun
the necessary means (especially financial means)
working capital
Noun
assets available for use in the production of further assets