<B>wooden nutmeg,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an imitation nutmeg made of wood, an alleged article of manufacture in Connecticut for export. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) something fraudulent. </DL>
<A NAME="woodenspoon">
<B>wooden spoon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a spoon made of wood, especially one presented at a college or university to the lowest of those taking honors. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the lowest position in any list or set. </DL>
<A NAME="woodentongue">
<B>wooden tongue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> actinomycosis affecting the tongues of cattle, hogs, and sheep. </DL>
<A NAME="woodenwalls">
<B>wooden walls,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ships or shipping as a defensive force. <BR> <I>Ex. The old wooden walls of Britain, as the Fleet was called a century or so ago (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodenware">
<B>woodenware, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> containers, utensils, and other household articles made of or carved from wood. <BR> <I>Ex. Tubs and rolling pins are woodenware.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodfern">
<B>wood fern,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of hardy ferns with dark green foliage and a shield-shaped covering of the spore cases, widely distributed throughout the world; shield fern. </DL>
<A NAME="woodfloat">
<B>wood float,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wooden trowel used to smooth or level concrete, plaster, or the like before it hardens. </DL>
<A NAME="woodflour">
<B>wood flour,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> very fine sawdust, especially that made from pine wood for use as a surgical dressing, in plastics, and in dynamite. </DL>
<A NAME="woodfrog">
<B>wood frog,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a common brown frog of damp woodlands of northern and eastern North America, with a black spot on each side of the face. </DL>
<A NAME="woodgrouse">
<B>wood grouse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various grouse inhabiting woods, such as the spruce grouse. </DL>
<A NAME="woodhen">
<B>wood hen,</B> =weka.</DL>
<A NAME="woodhenge">
<B>woodhenge, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a prehistoric circular structure of wood, found in various places in England; a wooden henge. <BR> <I>Ex. The four largest henge monuments in England, each surrounded by earthworks measuring more than 1,000 feet in diameter, are Avebury and three woodhenges: Mount Pleasant (near Dorchester), Durrington Walls, and Marden (both on the River Avon) (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodhoopoe">
<B>wood hoopoe,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of African birds; irrisor. </DL>
<A NAME="woodhouse">
<B>woodhouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a house or shed in which wood is stored; woodshed. </DL>
<A NAME="woodhyacinth">
<B>wood hyacinth,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Old-World plant, a squill, havingdrooping, usually blue, flowers. It is also called bluebell, (in Scotland) harebell, and wild hyacinth. </DL>
<A NAME="woodibis">
<B>wood ibis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large white wading bird with a naked head and black and white wings, that inhabits tropical and subtropical America. </DL>
<A NAME="woodiness">
<B>woodiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> woody quality or condition. </DL>
<A NAME="woodland">
<B>woodland, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> land covered with trees. <DD><I>adj. </I> of the woods; having something to do with woods; living in the woods. <BR> <I>Ex. woodland sounds, woodland animals.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodland">
<B>Woodland, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a stage of North American Indian culture dating from 500 B.C., characterized by large burial mounds, core tools and grooved axes, and simple pottery. <BR> <I>Ex. He traced the derivation of some of the ceramic styles in this region to Woodland cultures of North America (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodlandcaribou">
<B>woodland caribou,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large caribou of wooded areas of Canada and parts of the northwestern United States. </DL>
<A NAME="woodlander">
<B>woodlander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who lives in the woods. </DL>
<A NAME="woodlark">
<B>woodlark, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a European lark. </DL>
<A NAME="woodless">
<B>woodless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without wood, timber, or woods; treeless. </DL>
<A NAME="woodlice">
<B>wood lice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>wood louse.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="woodlily">
<B>wood lily,</B> =orangecup lily.</DL>
<A NAME="woodlore">
<B>woodlore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> knowledge about the woods; woodcraft. <BR> <I>Ex. Four Explorer Scouts, lost while skiing during a blinding snowstorm ... , used woodlore and a single pack of matches to survive the night (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodlot">
<B>wood lot,</B> or <B>woodlot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S.) a plot of land on which trees are grown and cut for firewood, timber, or pulp. </DL>
<A NAME="woodlouse">
<B>wood louse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small crustacean that has a flat, oval body and lives in decaying wood and damp soil; sow bug. Wood lice are isopods that live on land. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain small insects, such as termites, book lice, and mites, that live in the woodwork of houses. </DL>
<A NAME="woodman">
<B>woodman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a man who cuts down trees for timber or fuel. (SYN) woodcutter. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who takes care of trees; forester. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) a person who lives in the woods. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) person who hunts game in a wood or forest. </DL>
<A NAME="woodmancraft">
<B>woodmancraft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the business or skill of a woodman. </DL>
<A NAME="woodmice">
<B>wood mice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>wood mouse.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="woodmouse">
<B>wood mouse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a deer mouse or other mouse that habitually lives in the woods. </DL>
<A NAME="woodnote">
<B>wood note,</B> or <B>wood-note, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a musical sound made by a bird or animal of the forest. </DL>
<A NAME="woodnymph">
<B>wood nymph,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a nymph that lives in the woods; dryad or hamadryad. <DD><B> 2. </B>a brown or grayish butterfly with yellow markings and round spots on its wings; satyr. <DD><B> 3. </B>a moth that destroys grapevines. <DD><B> 4. </B>any one of certain tropical American hummingbirds. </DL>
<A NAME="woodoil">
<B>wood oil,</B> =tung oil.</DL>
<A NAME="woodopal">
<B>wood opal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> wood that has become petrified in the form of opal. </DL>
<A NAME="woodpecker">
<B>woodpecker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bird having a sharp, chisel-like bill for pecking holes in trees to get insects. Woodpeckers have long, sharp tongues for spearing insects, strong feet adapted for climbing tree trunks, and stiff tail feathers which serve as props. They usually have brightly colored plumage. The flicker, the redheaded woodpecker, the downy woodpecker, the hairy woodpecker, the three-toed woodpecker, and the ivory-billed woodpecker are some of the kinds of woodpeckers. </DL>
<A NAME="woodpewee">
<B>wood pewee,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small flycatcher of eastern North America with a plaintive call suggesting its name; pewee. </DL>
<A NAME="woodpigeon">
<B>wood pigeon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a European pigeon with two whitish patches on the neck; ringdove. <DD><B> b. </B>any of several related pigeons. <DD><B> 2. </B>a wild pigeon of western North America. </DL>
<A NAME="woodpile">
<B>woodpile, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pile of wood, especially wood for fuel. </DL>
<A NAME="woodpitch">
<B>wood pitch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the dark residue yielded by wood tar on further distillation. </DL>
<A NAME="woodprint">
<B>woodprint, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a print from an engraved or carved wood block; woodcut. </DL>
<A NAME="woodpulp">
<B>wood pulp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> wood made into pulp by mechanical or chemical disintegration of wood fiber, used for making paper. </DL>
<A NAME="woodpussy">
<B>wood pussy,</B> or <B>woodpussy, </B>noun, pl. <B>wood pussies</B> or <B>woodpussies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a skunk. </DL>
<A NAME="woodqueest">
<B>woodqueest</B> or <B>woodquist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Dialect.) the wood pigeon or ringdove; queest. </DL>
<B>wood rosin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> rosin obtained from the stumps of pine trees by extraction and distillation. </DL>
<A NAME="woodruff">
<B>woodruff, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a low-growing herb of the madder family, with clusters of small white, pink, or bluish flowers and whorls of sweet-scented leaves. </DL>
<A NAME="woods">
<B>woods, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>wood</B> (1). </DL>
<A NAME="woodscrew">
<B>wood screw,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a screw used in wood. </DL>
<A NAME="woodshed">
<B>woodshed, </B>noun, verb, <B>-shedded,</B> <B>-shedding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a shed for storing wood. <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Jazz Slang.) to practice or rehearse playing a piece of music or a musical instrument. </DL>
<A NAME="woodshop">
<B>woodshop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shop in which articles of wood are made or where woodworking is taught. </DL>
<A NAME="woodshot">
<B>wood shot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a shot in tennis, badminton, or other racket game, made off the wooden part of the racket instead of off the strings. A wood shot is usually considered legal. <DD><B> 2. </B>a shot in golf hit with a wood. Wood shots are usually long. </DL>
<A NAME="woodsia">
<B>woodsia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of delicate ferns growing in rocky places in temperate and cold regions. </DL>
<A NAME="woodside">
<B>woodside, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the side or border of woods or a forest. <BR> <I>Ex. a lonely spot by a woodside (George R. Gissing).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodsman">
<B>woodsman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a man used to life in the woods and skilled in hunting, fishing, trapping, and other woodcraft. <DD><B> 2. </B>a man whose work is cutting down trees; lumberman. </DL>
<A NAME="woodsmanship">
<B>woodsmanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition or the skill of a woodsman; woodcraft. </DL>
<A NAME="woodsmetal">
<B>Wood's metal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fusible metal, an alloy of bismuth, lead, tin, and cadmium with a melting point between 60 and 75 degrees centigrade (Celsius), used for electric fuses and plugs, in automatic fire alarms and sprinkler systems, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="woodsmoke">
<B>wood smoke,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> smoke produced by a slow-burning wood fire and containing chemicals that slow the growth of microorganisms, especially used to preserve meat and fish. </DL>
