Index of English words, starting with "wh"

(1) - Whelk (n.) A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
(2) - Whelk (n.) A papule; a pustule; acne.
(3) - Whelk (n.) Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe.

(1) - Whelm (v. t.) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
(2) - Whelm (v. t.) Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.
(3) - Whelm (v. t.) To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

(1) - Whelp (v. t.) To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
(2) - Whelp (v. i.) To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
(3) - Whelp (n.) One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
(4) - Whelp (n.) One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.
(5) - Whelp (n.) A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
(6) - Whelp (n.) One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.

(1) - When (adv.) Which time; then; -- used elliptically as a noun.
(2) - When (adv.) While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds.
(3) - When (adv.) At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; -- used relatively.
(4) - When (adv.) At what time; -- used interrogatively.

(1) - Whence (adv.) From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.
(2) - Whence (adv.) From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.