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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
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
Whirs
- noun - make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"
- sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers"
Whits
- noun - a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Whizs
- noun -
- a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"
Whops
- verb - hit hard
- hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"
Wicks
- noun - A dialect word for a dairy farm
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action; "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
Wilds
- noun - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"
Wiles
- noun - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Wills
- noun - a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way"
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- decree or ordain; "God wills our existence"
- determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended"
- leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith