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- English Word Whaup Definition See Whaap.
- English Word Wheal Definition A pustule; a whelk.
- English Word Wheal Definition A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale.
- English Word Wheal Definition Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria.
- English Word Wheal Definition A mine.
- English Word Whealworm Definition The harvest mite; -- so called from the wheals, caused by its bite.
- English Word Wheat Definition A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.
- English Word Wheatbird Definition A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
- English Word Wheatear Definition A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
- English Word Wheaten Definition Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread.
- English Word Wheatsel bird Definition The male of the chaffinch.
- English Word Wheatstone's bridge Definition See under Bridge.
- English Word Wheatworm Definition A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.
- English Word Wheder Definition Whether.
- English Word Wheedle Definition To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
- English Word Wheedle Definition To grain, or get away, by flattery.
- English Word Wheedle Definition To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
- English Word Wheedled Definition of Wheedle
- English Word Wheedling Definition of Wheedle
- English Word Wheel Definition A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.