whimstone
Alternative form of whinstone.

whimstones
plural of whimstone

whimsy
A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.

whinestone
Archaic form of whinstone.

whinstone
A stone used to crush whin for use as winter feed for cattle.
Any hard dark-coloured rock.

whinstones
plural of whinstone

whipcord
A hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes.
A type of catgut.
A strong worsted fabric, with a diagonal rib.

whipcords
plural of whipcord

whipline
A cable, typically made of braided steel, used to lower and retrieve tools and instruments into oil or gas wells.

whiplines
plural of whipline

whippings
plural of whipping

whipsocket
A mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.

whipsockets
plural of whipsocket

whirlgig
Alternative form of whirligig.

whirlgigs
plural of whirlgig

whirligigs
plural of whirligig

whirlygig
Alternative form of whirligig.

whirlygigs
plural of whirlygig

whisk
A quick, light sweeping motion.
A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

whisks
plural of whisk

whistle
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
An act of whistling.
A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
A suit (from whistle and flute).
The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.

whistled
simple past and past participle of whistle

whistles
plural of whistle

whistling
present participle and gerund of whistle

whistlings
plural of whistling

whitelead
Alternative form of white lead.

whitener
Any substance used to whiten something; a bleach.
A person employed to whiten or bleach.
A powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk. A "non-dairy creamer".

whiteners
plural of whitener

whitestone
A light-coloured stone formerly used for scrubbing.
Granulite.

whizbangery
A device or effect that is startling or amazing.

whizzbangery
Alternative form of whizbangery.

whizzer
A set of horizontal blades used to separate mineral particles.
A device used in milling to dry wheat, etc. by rapid spinning.
A pickpocket.
Synonym of whizgig (“spinning toy”).

whizzers
plural of whizzer

widener
Any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to produce a hole greater than its own diameter.

wideners
plural of widener

widger
A small gardening tool used to loosen soil, consisting of a long thin spatula with a handle.

widgers
plural of widger

widget
A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.

widgets
plural of widget

wigan
A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.

wigans
plural of wigan

wiggler
Anything that wiggles.
Anything that wiggles.
Anything that wiggles.
Anything that wiggles.

wigglers
plural of wiggler

wikitext
A lightweight markup language used to format and structure pages in wikis.
Content that has been marked up with such a language.

willower
A machine for cleaning wool etc.; a willowing machine.

willowers
plural of willower

wimbles
plural of wimble

windac
A grappling iron used to bend a crossbow.

windacs
plural of windac

winder
A winding plant.
An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.
The person who operates such an engine.
A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
A spool around which something is wound.
A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).

winders
plural of winder

windfarm
Alternative spelling of wind farm.

windfarms
plural of windfarm

windlestrae
Alternative form of windlestraw.

windlestraes
plural of windlestrae

windlestraw
A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, especially Apera spica-venti.

windlestraws
plural of windlestraw

windmeter
An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind.

windmeters
plural of windmeter

windoid
A small, less adorned, floating window or palette of tools that remains on top of other windows.

windoids
plural of windoid

windowbox
Alternative form of window box.

windowboxes
plural of windowbox

windowpaning
The border around an individual block of a quilt.
A test of the texture of bread dough, stretching it out into a translucent sheet.
The situation where the edges of tiles absorb some pigment from the grout used to cement them in place.
A form of leaf damage caused by chewing insects, leaving translucent holes.

windrower
A machine for windrowing.

windrowers
plural of windrower

windup
Alternative form of wind-up.

windups
plural of windup

windwheel
A wheel driven by the wind and used to power a machine.

windwheels
plural of windwheel

winebag
A leather bag formerly used to carry wine.

winebags
plural of winebag

winepress
A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.

winepresses
plural of winepress

wineskin
A bag, traditionally made from the skin of a goat (a goatskin), used for holding and dispensing wine.

wineskins
plural of wineskin

wingdog
A dog used to facilitate social interaction.

wingdogs
plural of wingdog

wingflap
Synonym of aileron.

wingflaps
plural of wingflap

wireform
wireframe

wireforms
plural of wireform

wireframe
A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object as defined geometrically by line segments.
A basic visual guide used to suggest the layout of fundamental elements in a web interface

wireframes
plural of wireframe

wireline
A landline.
A wire that runs from a drill rig down into the drill hole to support a dead load or other downhole tool.

wirelines
plural of wireline

wirer
A tool to assist in installing wire.
A person who installs wiring.
One who sets a wire, or snare.

wirers
plural of wirer

wirewater
The water used to wash the forming mesh conveyor belt (known as a wire).

wirewaters
plural of wirewater

wirewrap
Alternative form of wire wrap.

wirewraps
plural of wirewrap

witchert
Alternative form of wychert.

withdraft
Alternative spelling of withdraught.

withdrafts
plural of withdraft

withdraught
Withdrawal
Withdrawal
A place to withdraw to: a private chamber or retreat.
An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
A sewer or watercourse used for sewerage.

withdraughts
plural of withdraught

wobbulator
An electronic device primarily used for the alignment of receiver or transmitter intermediate frequency strips, often in conjunction with an oscilloscope; a swept-output RF oscillator; a variable capacitor driven by a voice coil; a main component of a FM circuit.

wobbulators
plural of wobbulator

wobulator
Alternative form of wobbulator.

wobulators
plural of wobulator

wolfsangel
A wolf hook.
A Z-shaped symbol, reminiscent of the Germanic wolf hook hunting device

wolfsangels
plural of wolfsangel

woodbox
A box used for the storage of wood, particularly firewood.

woodboxes
plural of woodbox