wildcatter
— Noun
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~ an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
Wilde
— Noun
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~ Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)
wilde dagga
— Noun
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~ relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
wildebeest
— Noun
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~ large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
wilder
— Noun
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~ United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
Wilder
— Noun
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~ United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
Wilderness Campaign
— Noun
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~ American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses
wilderness
— Noun
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~ (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
wilderness
— Noun
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~ a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
wilderness
— Noun
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~ a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
Wilderness
— Noun
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~ a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
wildfire
— Noun
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~ a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration
wildflower
— Noun
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~ wild or uncultivated flowering plant
wildfowl
— Noun
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~ flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food
wilding
— Noun
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~ a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree)
wilding
— Noun
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~ an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women
wildlife
— Noun
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~ all living things (except people) that are undomesticated; "chemicals could kill all the wildlife"
wildly
— Adverb
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~ with violent and uncontrollable passion; "attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over"
wildly
— Adverb
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~ to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree; "the storyline is wildly unrealistic"
wildly
— Adverb
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~ in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner; "He gesticulated wildly"