wild pitch | an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base |
wild-goose chase | the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable |
Wild West Show Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
West Nile virus West Nile encephalitis virus | the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis |
wild duck | an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard) |
West Highland white terrier | small white longoated terrier developed in Scotland |
wild dog | any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves |
silkworm giant silkworm wild wilkworm | larva of a saturniid moth, spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon |
aperea wild cavy Cavia porcellus | South American cavy, possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig |
wild horse | undomesticated or feral domestic horse |
wild ass | any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa |
African wild ass Equus asinus | a wild ass of Africa |
wild boar boar Sus scrofa | Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come, introduced in United States |
ox wild ox | any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos |
Asian wild ox | genus of Asiatic wild oxen |
wild sheep | undomesticated sheep |
wild goat | undomesticated goat |
Mae West air jacket | an inflatable life jacket |
University of West Virginia | a university in Morgantown, West Virginia |
wild card | a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it |
West Germanic West Germanic language | a branch of the Germanic languages |
West Midland | a dialect of Middle English |
Southwestern West Saxon | a dialect of Middle English |
West Saxon | a literary dialect of Old English |
Kuchean West Tocharian Kuchean dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
West Chadic | a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria, Hausa in the most important member |
West African | a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa |
wild card | an unpredictable factor, the weather was a wild card |
lamb's-quarter pigweed wild spinach | leaves collected from the wild |
wild spinach | leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach |
acerola barbados cherry surinam cherry West Indian cherry | acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C |
hog plum wild plum | fruit of the wild plum of southern United States |
groundnut potato bean wild bean | nutlike tuber, important food of Native Americans |
wild rice Indian rice | grains of aquatic grass of North America |
west | a location in the western part of a country, region, or city |
Midwest middle west midwestern United States | the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) |
west side | the side that is on the west |
east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude |
West Occident | the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America |
West western United States | the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River |
Wild West | the western United States during its frontier period |
wilderness wild | a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition, it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers |
Namibia Republic of Namibia South West Africa | a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa), achieved independence from South Africa in , the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa |
West Indies the Indies | the string of islands between North America and South America, a popular resort area |
British West Indies | the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad |
French West Indies | the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France |
West Germany Federal Republic of Germany | a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea, established in from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat, reunified with East Germany in |
West Berlin | the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until |
West Bank | an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river, populated largely by Palestinians |
British West Africa | the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast |