| woodpecker | <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae. These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larvae upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see Sap sucker, under Sap), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects. The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), the lesser spotted woodpecker (D. Minor), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see Yaffle). The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under Pileated), the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), the red-bellied woodpecker (M. Carolinus) (see Chab), the superciliary woodpecker (M. Superciliaris), the hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus), the downy woodpecker (D. Pubescens), the three-toed, woodpecker (Picoides Americanus), the golden-winged woodpecker (see Flicker), and the sap suckers. See also Carpintero. <zoology> Woodpecker hornbill, a black and white Asiatic hornbill (Buceros pica) which resembles a woodpecker in colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| woodrock | <chemical> A compact woodlike variety of asbestus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodroof | <botany> A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. Origin: AS. Wudurofe. See Wood, and cf. Ruff a plaited collar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodruff | <botany> A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. Origin: AS. Wudurofe. See Wood, and cf. Ruff a plaited collar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodsman | A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodstone | <chemical> A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodsy | Of or pertaining to the woods or forest. "It [sugar making] is woodsy, and savors of trees." (J. Burroughs) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodwall | <zoology> The yaffle. Alternative forms: woodwale, and woodwele. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodward | An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodwardia | <botany> A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc. Origin: NL. After Thomas J. Woodward, an English botanist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodwork | Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood. Fig. The hidden parts of a building, as between the walls. Out of the woodwork. Appearing suddenly, as if from within the walls. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woodworm | <zoology> See Wood worm, under Wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woody | <botany> Of or containing wood or wood fibres, consisting mainly of hard lignified tissues. (09 Oct 1997) |
| woodchuck |
Marmota monax, a large, fat, brown rodent of northeastern North America, sometimes a natural reservoir of the plague. Called also groundhog.
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| woodcutter's e. |
tick-borne e.
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| wooden b. |
abdominal rigidity.
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| wooden r. |
vesiculotympanitic r.
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| wooden t. |
actinobacillosis of cattle in which hard tumor-like nodules form inside the tongue; called also timber t.
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| Wood | common small rabbit of North America having grayish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside |
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| Wood | any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears |
| Wood | subshrub with serrate leaves and cream to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes |
| Wood | European germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers |
| Wood | thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing |
| Wood | any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis |
| Wood | a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol |
| Wood | European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters |
| Wood | American stork resembling the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill |
| Wood | Old World wood ibis |
| Wood | Europe |
| Wood | a sugar extracted from wood or straw |