| wild | 1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat. "Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way." (Shak) 2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey. "The woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown." (Milton) 3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To trace the forests wild." 4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America. 5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." . "A wild, speculative project." . "What are these So withered and so wild in their attire ?" (Shak) "With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes Wild work in heaven." (Milton) "The wild winds howl." (Addison) "Search then the ruling passion, there, alone The wild are constant, and the cunning known." (Pope) 6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead. 7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or ewilderment; as, a wild look. 8. Hard to steer; said of a vessel. Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of other better known or cultivated plants to which they a bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice, wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below. To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. To sow one's wild oats. See Oat. Wild allspice. <botany> See Turkey. Origin: OE. Wilde, AS. Wilde; akin to OFries. Wilde, D. Wild, OS. & OHG. Wildi, G. Wild, Sw. & Dan. Vild, Icel. Villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. Wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. Wild game, deer; of uncertain origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wild ginger | An aromatic stimulant and diaphoretic. Synonym: Canada snakeroot, Indian ginger, wild ginger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wild mandrake | <botany> A powdered mixture of resins taken from dried seeds and root of the mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), it is typically used as a topical caustic agent. (09 Oct 1997) |
| wild strain | <virology> A viral strain found naturally, as opposed to one created in the laboratory. (09 Oct 1997) |
| wild tobacco | <botany> A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. Cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red colour of its flowers. Origin: NL. So called from Lobel, botanist to King James I. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wild type | <genetics> The naturally-occuring, normal, non-mutated version of a gene. The original parent strain of a virus, bacteria, fruit fly, mouse, or other laboratory test organism. Often refers to how organisms are found naturally, in the wild, before mutations were induced by researchers. (09 Oct 1997) |
| wild yeast | Any of the uncultivated forms of yeast's, useless as ferments and sometimes pathogenic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wild-type strain | A strain found in nature or a standard strain. See: auxotrophic strains, prototrophic strains. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilde's cords | Transverse markings on the corpus callosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilde's triangle | A triangular area at the anterior inferior part of the tympanic membrane, running from the umbo to the periphery, where there is seen a bright reflection of light. Synonym: cone of light, light reflex, Politzer's luminous cone, red reflex, Wilde's triangle. Malacarne's pyramid, a lobule on the undersurface of the cerebellum, the posterior portion of the vermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilde, Sir William | <person> Irish oculist and otologist, 1815-1876. See: Wilde's cords, Wilde's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wildebeest | <zoology> The gnu. Origin: D. Wild wild + beeste beast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wilded | Become wild. "An old garden plant escaped and wilded." (J. Earle) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wilder's diet | An obsolete diet, low in potassium, for treating Addison's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilder's law of initial value | The direction of response of a body function to any agent depends to a large degree on the initial level of that function. Synonym: law of initial value. (05 Mar 2000) |
| animals, wild | Animals considered to be wild or feral or not adapted for domestic use. It does not include wild animals in zoos for which animals, zoo is available. (12 Dec 1998) |
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