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 |
wild duck | an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard) |
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 |
wild card | a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it |
growing pains | problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages) |
wild card | an unpredictable factor, the weather was a wild card |
growing pains | emotional distress arising during adolescence |
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 |
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 |
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 |
blue sky blue blue air wild blue yonder | the sky as viewed during daylight, he shot an arrow into the blue |
wild man feral man | a person who is not socialized |
Hickock Wild Bill Hickock James Butler Hickock | frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (-) |
wildflower wild flower | wild or uncultivated flowering plant |
mayapple May apple wild mandrake Podophyllum peltatum | North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit |
American pasqueflower Eastern pasque flower wild crocus lion's beard prairie anemone blue tulip American pulsatilla Pulsatilla patens Anemone ludoviciana | short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers, North America and Siberia |
wild tamarind Lysiloma latisiliqua Lysiloma bahamensis | a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico, resembles tamarind and has long flat pods |
manila tamarind camachile huamachil wild tamarind Pithecellobium dulce | common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum |
wild calla water arum Calla palustris | plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries |
wild sarsaparilla false sarsaparilla wild sarsparilla Aralia nudicaulis | common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla, central and eastern North America |
wild ginger | low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes |
wild pink Silene caroliniana | perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters |
lamb's-quarters pigweed wild spinach Chenopodium album | common weedy European plant introduced into North America, often used as a potherb |
good-king-henry allgood fat hen wild spinach Chenopodium bonus-henricus | European plant naturalized in North America, often collected from the wild as a potherb |
wild cabbage Brassica oleracea | wild original of cultivated cabbages, common in western coastal Europe |
jointed charlock wild radish wild rape runch Raphanus raphanistrum | Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits |
field mustard wild mustard charlock chadlock Brassica kaber Sinapis arvensis | weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields |
sweet false chamomile wild chamomile German chamomile Matricaria recutita Matricaria chamomilla | annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior |
climbing hempweed climbing boneset wild climbing hempweed climbing hemp-vine Mikania scandens | herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers, climbs up trees |
American feverfew wild quinine prairie dock Parthenium integrifolium | stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers, leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns |
wild vanilla Trilisa odoratissima | perennial of southeastern United States with leaves having the fragrance of vanilla |
bog rose wild pink dragon's mouth Arethusa bulbosa | a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla, Canada |
wild yam Dioscorea paniculata | having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders |
wild oat wild oat grass Avena fatua | common in meadows and pastures |