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8-Letter Words That Start With: WHI

There are 107 8-letter words, 16 8-letter phrases and 0 8-letter abbr's that start with WHI.

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whizzing8
33 verbv
noun

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

verb

• make a soft swishing sound

• move along very quickly

whizzers8
32 nounn
Valid word for Scrabble US
whizzier8
32 adjectiveadj
adjective

• Nifty; impressive, often in a superficial or showy way.

whizbang8
26 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits

• a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion

whiskery8
21 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having hair on the cheeks and chin

whipworm8
21 nounn
noun

• Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals

• Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.

whiskeys8
21 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a liquor made from fermented mash of grain

whiffing8
21 verbv
verb

• To waft.

• To sniff.

• To strike out.

• To miss the ball completely.

• To attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.

• To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.

• To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.

• To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.

• To fail spectacularly at a task.

• To fish with a handline.

noun

• The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.

• A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc.

whiffled8
21 verbv
verb

• To blow a short gust.

• To waffle, talk aimlessly.

• To waste time.

• To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.

• (of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.

• To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.

• To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.

• To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.

• To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.

whiplike8
20 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

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