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Which
- unknown - used with a noun in requesting that its referent be further specified, identified, or distinguished from the other members of a class
Whies
- noun - the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
Whiff
- noun - a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a short light gust of air
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
- perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
- smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"
While
- noun - a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
- Whereas
Whims
- noun - a sudden desire;
- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea;
- Passing fancy
Whine
- noun - a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
- complain whiningly
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
- move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us"
- talk in a tearful manner
Whins
- noun - A rarely-used name for the plant more usually called 'gorse' or 'furze'
- any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
- small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
- very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
Whiny
- adjective - habitually complaining; "a whiny child"
Whips
- noun - (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
- defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
- strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
- subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whi