Words That Start With: WICK

• a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States

• To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

• (of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.

• To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.

• The material of which wicks are made, especially a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.

• Capillarity, capillary motion, capillary effect

• morally bad in principle or practice

• having committed unrighteous acts

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• naughtily or annoyingly playful

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork

• work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

• cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket

• a small arch used as croquet equipment

• small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)

• small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

• slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork

• work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

• cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket

• a small arch used as croquet equipment

• small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)

• small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

• any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame