Index of English words, starting with "wi"

(1) - Widgeon (n.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly.

(1) - Widish (a.) Moderately wide.

(1) - Widow (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of.
(2) - Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.
(3) - Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
(4) - Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
(5) - Widow (a.) Widowed.
(6) - Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.

(1) - Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again.