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Whittling
- verb - cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"
Whiz-Bang
- unknown - 1. Conspicuously effective, successful, or skillful: a whiz-bang ad campaign.
2. Very rapid and eventful; rushed: whiz-bang pacing; a whiz-bang schedule.
3. First-rate; topnotch: a whiz-bang slam dunk.
Whizzbang
- noun - a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion
- a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits
Whooshing
- verb - gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well"
- move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open"
- move with a whooshing sound
Wildering
- - A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
Winnowing
- verb - blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"
- blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
- select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
- separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
- the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
Wintering
- verb - spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island"
Withering
- verb - any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
- lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
- making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- waste away
- wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
- wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
Wobbegong
- unknown - Common name of carpet sharks In the family Orectolobidae
Wondering
- verb - be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"
- have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
- showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"