Index of English words, starting with "wh"

(1) - Whitewood (n.) The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

(1) - Whither (adv.) To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.
(2) - Whither (adv.) To what or which place; -- used relatively.
(3) - Whither (adv.) To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou?

(1) - Whithersoever (adv.) To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead.

(1) - Whitherward (adv.) In what direction; toward what or which place.

(1) - Whiting (n.) Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
(2) - Whiting (n.) Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially M. Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and M. littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
(3) - Whiting (n.) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
(4) - Whiting (n.) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
(5) - Whiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of White