English words: wheat mildew to when opportunity knocks

300 English words, part 26 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words wheat mildew to when opportunity knocks

wheat mildew noun: A disease that affects the ears of wheat, caused by fungi of genus Blumeria, especially of species Blumeria graminis.
wheat paste noun: A gel or liquid adhesive made from wheat flour or wheat starch and water.
wheat penny noun: A US one-cent coin produced from 1909 to 1959, having a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and a pair of ears of wheat on the reverse.
wheat-plum noun: A variety of white or yellowish plum.
wheat rust noun: Any of a number of diseases of wheat plants.
wheat sawfly noun: A small European sawfly (Cephus pygmeus) whose larvae damage wheat by boring in the stalks.
wheat starch noun: Starch obtained from wheat.
wheat thief noun: Gromwell.
wheat weevil noun: A common species of weevil (Sitophilus granarius) that occurs worldwide and causes damage to harvested grain.
wheatback noun: An American penny with wheat depicted on its reverse.
wheatbelt noun: A region used for the growing of wheat.
wheatberry noun: The entire wheat kernel (except for the hull), comprising the bran, germ, and endosperm, sometimes used in food.
wheatbird noun: A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch or meadowlark.
wheatboard noun: An ecologically friendly type of board made with processed wheat.
wheatbread noun: Alternative form of wheat bread
Wheatcroft proper noun: A hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3457).
wheatear noun /ˈʍiːtɪəɹ/: Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
wheatear stitch noun: A kind of chain stitch producing a pattern resembling an ear of wheat.
wheated adjective: using a certain percentage of wheat in their mashbills instead of the more common rye
wheaten adjective, noun /ˈwiːtən/: Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat.
wheaten terrier noun: Synonym of Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier.
wheatfield noun: A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with a crop of wheat.
wheatflake noun: A flake made from wheat.
wheatflour noun: Alternative form of wheat flour.
wheatgerm noun: Alternative spelling of wheat germ.
wheatgrass noun: Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption.
wheatgrower noun: A person or company that grows wheat.
wheatgrowing noun: The growing of wheat.
wheatie noun: A wheat penny.
wheatings noun: The shorts of milled wheat.
wheatish adjective: Having a light brown complexion.
wheatlage noun /ˈ(h)wiːtlɪd͡ʒ/: Silage made from wheat: wheat silage.
wheatland noun: An area where wheat is produced.
wheatless adjective: Without wheat.
wheatlessness noun: Absence of wheat.
Wheatley proper noun: An English surname from Old English. Derived from the place name
Wheatley elm noun: Synonym of Guernsey elm (Ulmus minor 'Sarniensis').
wheatleyite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal blue mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
wheatlike adjective: Resembling wheat or some aspect of it.
wheatmeal noun: Meal (flour or flourlike product) derived from whole grains of wheat, often not finely ground.
wheaton noun: A unit of influence equal to 500 thousand followers on the Twitter microblogging site.
wheatpaste noun, verb: Alternative form of wheat paste.
wheatpaster noun: A person who affixes posters in public spaces using wheat paste as a form of graffiti or activism.
wheatpasting noun: The act or activity of affixing posters in public places using wheat paste, typically as a form of activism.
wheatrick noun: haystack
wheatsel noun: The time when wheat is sown.
wheatsheaf noun: A sheaf of wheat, or its representation used as an emblem.
wheatstack noun: A stack of wheat.
wheatstalk noun: A stalk of wheat.
wheatstarch noun: Alternative form of wheat starch.
Wheatstone proper noun: A surname.
Wheatstone bridge noun: An instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component.
Wheatstone's rod noun: Either of a pair of flexible rods whose periods of vibration in two planes at right angles are in some exact ratio to one another. When one end of such a...
wheatworm noun: Anguina tritici, a nematode worm that attacks wheat.
wheaty adjective /ˈwiːti/: Resembling, or tasting of, wheat.
Whedon proper noun /ˈwiːdən/: A surname.
Whedonesque adjective: Characteristic of (the works of) Joss Whedon (born 1964), American screenwriter and director known for supernatural and science-fiction dramas.
Whedonian adjective, noun /wiːˈdəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to the works of American director and screenwriter Joss Whedon (born 1964), known for supernatural and science-fiction dramas.
Whedonite noun: A fan of screenwriter and director Joss Whedon and his work, which includes the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.
Whedonspeak noun: Synonym of Buffyspeak (“form of dialog”).
whee interjection, verb /wiː/: An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion.
wheech verb: To move quickly.
wheedle noun, verb /ˈʍiː.dəl/: To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
wheedler noun: One who wheedles; a sweet talker.
wheedlesome adjective: Characterised or marked by wheedling; coaxing, cajoling.
wheedling adjective, noun, verb: Coaxing, aiming to persuade.
wheedlingly adverb: In a wheedling manner.
wheedly adjective: Involving or characterized by wheedling (flattery, cajoling); coaxy.
wheek noun, verb /ʍiːk/: The squeaking sound made by a guinea pig or other cavy.
wheel noun, verb /ˈwiːl/: A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
wheel about verb: To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl about.
wheel and axle noun: A simple machine consisting of a wheel (or similar lever) that turns an axle around which a cord is wound; its mechanical advantage is the ratio of the...
wheel animal noun: Any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end.
wheel animalcule noun: Synonym of wheel animal.
wheel arch noun: The shaped part of the bodywork of a car or other vehicle that allows the wheel to be accessed, and in the case of front wheels, enable them to be steered.
wheel around verb: To transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair or wheelbarrow.
wheel arrangement noun: A system of classifying the way the driving wheels and non-driving wheels are distributed under a locomotive.
wheel artist noun: A specialist in outdoor surveillance in a vehicle.
wheel away verb: To run around in celebration
wheel-barrow noun: Alternative form of wheelbarrow.
wheel-barrow man noun: A convict sentenced to hard labor in the 1800s, especially one sentenced to work maintaining the roads.
wheel brace noun: A hand tool that is used to loosen or tighten the lug nuts on the wheels of a vehicle.
wheel breadth noun: The distance across the barrel of the wheel, measured from one bead seat to the other.
wheel bug noun: Any assassin bug of the genus Arilus, large true bugs with wheel-shaped pronotal armor.
wheel chock noun: A parking block used in parking lots or wedge-shaped tool used to prevent aircraft or road vehicles from accidentally rolling.
wheel clamp noun, verb: A device locked to the wheel of a motor car to prevent it from being driven; normally used to enforce payment of a traffic violation fine.
wheel cutter noun: A machine for cutting the teeth on watch and clock wheels.
wheel dog noun: One of the dogs positioned directly in front of the sled that absorbs most of the force during the sled's movement.
wheel-eyed adjective: Possessing very large eyes.
wheel fiddle noun: Synonym of hurdy-gurdy.
wheel flat noun: A flat spot on a railway wheel caused when a wheel, or both wheels on the same axle, in a moving train stop rotating.
wheel hoe noun: A hoe with one or more wheels allowing the user to push it along the ground.
wheel horse noun: Alternative form of wheelhorse.
wheel house noun: Alternative form of wheelhouse.
wheel lathe noun: A lathe for the manufacture and resurfacing of the wheels for rail vehicles.
wheel lock noun: A low security mechanism mounted on the frame that immobilizes the rear wheel of a bicycle by moving a steel bolt through the spokes to prevent motion.
wheel of death noun: A hollow wheel larger than a person, attached to and suspended from an axle, and inside of which an artist performs.
wheel of fortune noun /ˌwiːl‿əv ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/: A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally to determine, by its stopping position, whether a gambler will receive one of...
wheel of life noun: A mandala, representing the continuous cycle of birth, life and death.
wheel of time noun: A concept found in certain religious traditions and philosophies, regarding time as cyclical and consisting of repeating ages.
wheel ore noun: A variety of bournonite with wheel-shaped twin crystals.
wheel out verb: To employ or bring out (something predictable or perennial).
wheel pit noun: Alternative form of wheelpit.
wheel plough noun: A plough the depth of whose furrow is regulated by a wheel.
wheel press noun: A press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles.
wheel-race noun: The part of a mill race in which the water wheel is fixed.
wheel round verb: Alternative form of wheel around.
wheel shop noun: A workshop where wheels of locomotives and other railway vehicles are maintained.
wheel slide noun: Alternative form of wheelslide.
wheel spider noun: A huntsman spider of species Carparachne aureoflava, native to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa.
wheel spinner noun: Synonym of Brodie knob.
wheel stitch noun: A stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
wheel stop noun: Synonym of wheel chock.
wheel-tapper noun: Alternative form of wheeltapper.
wheel tax noun: A tax on carriages, assessed according to the number of wheels.
wheel tree noun: Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree native to Peru.
wheel truck noun: Synonym of railroad truck.
wheel-up noun: A reload
wheel urchin noun: Any sea urchin of the genus Rotula having a round, flat shell; a type of sand dollar.
wheel war noun: A conflict in which users of a given computer system or (later) wiki who have administrative privileges try to lock each other out of the system or...
wheel wash noun: An installation for cleaning the tires and underbody of vehicles as they leave a construction site, so as to avoid leaving sediment on roads.
wheel well noun: The section of a car or truck under the fender, where the wheel has space to rotate.
wheel window noun: A circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel.
wheel within a wheel noun: A complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
wheelable adjective: Capable of being conveyed on wheels.
wheelage noun: A fee charged for transporting goods on wheels.
Wheelan proper noun /ˈwiː.lən/: A surname from Irish.
wheelarch noun: Alternative form of wheel arch.
wheelback noun: A chair whose back incorporates the design of a wheel.
wheelband noun: The tyre of a wheel.
wheelbarrel noun: Eggcorn of wheelbarrow.
wheelbarrow noun, verb /ˈwiːlbæɹəʊ/: A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
wheelbarrow race noun: A two-member team race in which one team member holds the legs of the other, as if the handles of a wheelbarrow. The team member playing the barrow runs on...
wheelbarrower noun: A worker who transports material in a wheelbarrow.
wheelbarrowful noun: The amount that can fit in a wheelbarrow.
wheelbarrowing noun, verb: The loss of control caused by excessive forward pressure on the elevator control of an aeroplane with a nosewheel during takeoff or landing.
wheelbarrowlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a wheelbarrow.
wheelbase noun: The horizontal distance between the front and rear axles of a road or rail vehicle.
wheelbased adjective: Having the specified kind of wheelbase.
wheelbench noun: The seat for the driver that sits above the wheels in a wagon that is drawn by draft animals such as horses or oxen.
wheelbird noun: The European goatsucker.
wheelbox noun: A box beneath a ship's wheel containing the steering gear.
wheelbuilding noun: The process of assembling wire wheels (generally a bicycle wheel) by attaching the hub to the wheelrim with spokes.
wheelchair noun, verb /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/: A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
wheelchair accessible adjective: Able to be accessed by people in wheelchairs.
wheelchair basketball noun: A sport derived from basketball, played by people sitting in wheelchairs.
wheelchair-bound adjective: Alternative spelling of wheelchairbound.
wheelchair curling noun: A disabled sport based on curling.
wheelchair lift noun: A machine, typically consisting of a mobile platform, used to transport a wheelchair or other mobility device, up or down stairs or across some other...
wheelchair motocross noun: The parasport equivalent of BMX but using a wheelchair.
wheelchair racing noun: The racing of wheelchairs in track and road races.
wheelchair ramp noun: An inclined plane installed in addition or as a replacement of stairs which permits wheelchair users and people pushing wheeled objects to more easily...
wheelchair rugby noun: A variation of rugby played by players in wheelchairs, primarily players with some disability. It is a full-contact sport and is played on a hardwood court...
wheelchair tennis noun: A form of tennis adapted for wheelchair users, with similar courts, nets and rackets but with a rule allowing the ball to bounce up to two times between...
wheelchair user noun: A person who is injured or disabled and uses a wheelchair for mobility, usually long-term.
wheelchairbound adjective: Needing a wheelchair consistently (as contrasted with using one sometimes but not always).
wheelchaired adjective, verb: Confined to a wheelchair.
wheelclamping noun: The use of wheel clamps to penalize motorists.
wheelcraft noun: The art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels.
Wheeldon proper noun: A surname.
wheeled adjective, verb /wiːld/: Having wheels; on wheels.
wheeler noun: A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
wheeler and dealer noun: Alternative form of wheeler-dealer.
wheeler dealer noun: A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.
wheeler-dealing noun: The act or practice of a wheeler-dealer.
Wheeler's bluegrass noun: Bluegrass of species Poa wheeleri.
wheelerdealer noun: Alternative spelling of wheeler-dealer.
wheelerite noun: A yellowish fossil resin, associated with lignite, present in cretaceous strata of New Mexico
wheelery noun: A place where wheels or wheeled vehicles are manufactured or sold.
wheelflat noun: Alternative form of wheel flat.
wheelful adjective, noun: Full of, or bearing, wheels; wheeled.
wheelgun noun: Synonym of revolver.
wheelhorse noun /ˈʍiːlhɔː(ɹ)s/: One of a team of horses which is nearest to the wheels of a carriage, as opposed to a leader or forward horse.
wheelhouse noun /ˈwiːlˌhaʊs/: A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
wheelie adjective, noun, verb /ˈ(h)wiːli/: An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.
wheelie bag noun: A suitcase with castors.
wheelie bin noun: A wheeled outdoor rubbish bin designed for easy movement.
wheeling noun, verb: The motion of something that wheels.
wheeling and dealing noun, verb: The activity of working as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
wheeling machine noun: An English wheel.
Wheelingite noun: A person from or resident of Wheeling, West Virginia.
wheelingly adverb: With a wheeling motion.
wheelless adjective: Lacking wheels, without wheels.
wheellessness noun: Absence of wheels.
wheellike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a wheel.
wheellock noun: An early type of firearm, using a spring-driven wheel against a flint to make sparks in the firing pan.
wheelmaker noun: One who makes wheels: a wheelwright.
wheelmaking noun: The trade of a wheelmaker.
wheelman noun: A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
wheelmark noun: An impression made by a wheel running over a surface.
Wheelock proper noun: A surname.
wheelpants noun: fairings around the wheels of fixed landing gear
wheelperson noun: A wheelman or wheelwoman
wheelpit noun: A pit in the ground, in which the lower part of a flywheel runs.
wheelrace noun: Alternative form of wheel-race.
wheelrim noun: The rim of a wheel.
wheelroad noun: Synonym of wheelway.
wheels noun, verb /wiːlz/: An automobile or other vehicle; a set of wheels.
wheels are turning phrase: Progress is currently being made with respect to an ongoing process or other matter.
wheels of steel noun: A disc jockey or record scratcher's turntables.
wheels-up adjective: In the air.
wheelset noun /ˈwiːlsɛt/: A wheel and axle combination, such as the front and back bicycle wheels (with axles) sold as a ready-made set; or an axle and mounted left and right pair of...
wheelslide noun: A condition caused when railway vehicle wheels lose adhesion when the brakes are applied, due to slippery rails, and the train slides along the track...
wheelslip noun: A problem in starting or running a locomotive or train, where excess power supplied to the driven wheels causes them to turn against the rail, especially...
wheelsman noun: helmsman
wheelsmith noun: A wheelwright.
wheelspan noun, verb: The distance between two wheels on the same axle.
wheelspin noun, verb: The spinning of the wheels of a vehicle on the surface of the ground with greatly reduced friction and little movement of the vehicle, especially when starting.
wheelstand noun, verb: A wheelie.
wheelstander noun: An exhibition vehicle, most commonly a drag racing car or truck, explicitly built to travel distances on only its rear wheels.
wheelstanding noun, verb: The act of performing a wheelstand.
wheelstone noun: Synonym of screw-stone.
wheelsuck verb: To sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.
wheelsucker noun: A rider who sits on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.
wheelswarf noun: swarf (grit worn away by grinding)
wheeltapper noun: A railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
wheeltapping noun: The work of a wheeltapper, tapping a train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
wheelway noun: A path or road for wheeled vehicles.
wheelwell noun: Alternative form of wheel well.
wheelwise adverb: In the manner of a wheel.
wheelwoman noun: A female cyclist.
wheelwork noun: An assembly of wheels serving a mechanical purpose.
wheelwright noun: A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.
wheelwrighting noun: The trade of a wheelwright.
wheely adjective, noun /ˈ(h)wiːli/: Circular; suitable to rotation.
wheen noun /ʍiːn/: A little; a small number.
wheeple verb: To whistle.
wheesh interjection, noun, verb: A plea or demand for silence; hush.
wheesht interjection: Alternative spelling of whisht.
wheetle noun, verb: To make a sharp high-pitched vocal sound, as young birds and certain animals do.
wheeze noun, verb /ʍiːz/: To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
wheeze rate noun: The proportion of the respiratory cycle duration occupied by wheezing (measured as Tw/Ttot)
wheezer noun: One who wheezes.
wheezily adverb: In a wheezy manner.
wheeziness noun: the state of being wheezy
wheezing noun, verb: The quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze
wheezingly adverb: With a wheezing sound.
wheezy adjective /ˈwiːzi/: That wheezes.
wheft noun /wɛft/: A waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal)
whekau noun: laughing owl
wheki noun: Dicksonia squarrosa, a fast-growing tree fern endemic to New Zealand.
Whelan proper noun /ˈwiː.lən/: A surname from Irish.
Whelchel proper noun: A surname.
Wheldon proper noun: A surname.
wheldone noun: A fungal metabolite isolated from the coculture of Aspergillus fischeri and Xylaria flabelliformis, displaying cytotoxic activity against breast, melanoma,...
Whelehan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
whelk noun /wɛlk/: Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
whelk stall noun: A small enterprise which is very simple to run.
whelked adjective: Having whelks; whelky.
whelker noun: A person who fishes for whelks.
whelklike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a whelk.
whelky adjective: Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances.
whelm noun, verb /ʍɛlm/: To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
whelming noun, verb: Something that covers or submerges.
whelp interjection, noun, verb /wɛlp/: A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion,...
whelpday noun: The birthday of a canid, especially a dog, or (furry fandom) a furry's canid fursona, typically a dog or a wolf.
whelphood noun: the state of being a whelp, puppyhood
whelpie noun: A small whelp, especially a little cub or puppy; a cur.
whelping noun, verb: An act of an animal whelping; an act of giving birth to young.
whelping ice noun: The section of ice where seals give birth to their young.
whelpish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a whelp.
whelpless adjective: Without, or deprived of, a whelp.
whelpling noun: A little whelp.
whelpy adjective: Like or relating to a whelp (cub or puppy).
Whelton proper noun: A surname.
whemmel noun, verb /ˈ(h)wɛm(ə)l/: To engulf, to submerge.
whemmle noun, verb: Alternative spelling of whemmel.
when adverb, conjunction, interjection, noun, pronoun /ˈwɛn/: At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
when Adam was an oakum boy phrase: An extremely long time ago; long before living memory.
when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard phrase: Synonym of when Adam was an oakum boy.
when all is said phrase: Alternative form of when all is said and done.
when all is said and done phrase: In the end; ultimately.
when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail proverb: Synonym of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
when America sneezes, the world catches a cold proverb: Events in the United States tend to have a major impact on other countries.
when as conjunction: Alternative form of whenas.
when, as, and if conjunction: Used to indicate the timing and contingency of some obligation in contracts, especially financial.
when'd contraction /wɛnd/: When did.
when everything is said and done phrase: Alternative form of when all is said and done
when God closes a door he opens a window proverb: Although God allows challenges, adversities, and constraints to occur in one's life, He also provides other ways for one to survive and feel satisfied;...
when Hell freezes over adverb: Never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.
when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck proverb: Synonym of if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
when in doubt, do nowt proverb: When faced with a difficult decision, it is better not to take unnecessary risks.
when in Rome proverb: One should adjust to local customs.
when in Rome, do as the Romans proverb: Alternative form of when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
when in Rome, do as the Romans do proverb: When situated in a foreign place, it is wise to follow the local customs.
when in Rome, do like the Romans do proverb: Alternative form of when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
when is closing time phrase: When does this place or this function close?
when it came to preposition: Alternative form of when it comes to (used for things in the past)
when it comes to preposition: as for; with regard to
when it rains, it pours proverb: Unfortunate events occur in streaks or clusters, often in short periods of time.
when it's at home adverb: (of a person) In reality; in fact; when it comes down to it.
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade proverb: You should always make the best out of difficult situations.
when'll contraction /ʍɛˈnl̩/: Contraction of when + will.
when one door closes, another door opens proverb: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when one door closes, another one opens proverb: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when one door closes, another opens proverb: When one opportunity is lost, another opportunity soon becomes available.
when one door shuts, another door opens proverb: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when one door shuts, another one opens proverb: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when one door shuts, another opens proverb: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when opportunity knocks phrase: When an opportunity arises.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under W: 16,520 words, in 56 parts.