wet, v. [moisten], [dampen], [soak], imbrue, saturate.

wet blanket. [check], [damper], [discouragement].

whalebone, n. baleen.

whale oil. train [oil].

wharf, n. [pier], [quay], [dock]; jetty.

whatnot, a. étagère, cabinet.

wheat, n. Associated word: mattamore. See grain.

wheedle, v. [cajole], [blandish], [inveigle].

wheedling, n. [cajolery], [blandishment], [inveiglement].

wheel, n. cycle; [truckle], caster, roulette, rowel; [gear], cogwheel, miter [wheel]; pulley, sheave (wheel of a pulley). Associated words: [spoke], felly, [hub], strake, [tire], [straddle], [cog], sprocket, linchpin, [arbor], [axle], axletree, sprag, traction, trochilics, trochilic, ratchet, flange, [skid], rotiform.