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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
Wilts
- noun -
- any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
- become limp; "The flowers wilted"
- causing to become limp or drooping
- lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"
Wimps
- unknown - Ineffectual people (colloquial)
Winds
- noun -
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
- an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
- arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
- breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
- catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "
Wines
- noun - a red as dark as red wine
- drink wine
- fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- treat to wine; "Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week"
Wings
- noun - (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a wing"
- a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function; "they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party"
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- a means of flight or ascent; "necessity lends wings to inspiration"
- a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- a stage area out of sight of the audience
- a unit of military aircraft
- an addition that extends a main building
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members
- the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the
Winks
- noun - a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
- briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
- closing one eye quickly as a signal
- force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"
- gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
- signal by winking; "She winked at him"