<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> <B>=tung oil.</B></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>
<A NAME="woodsorrel">
<B>wood sorrel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of plants with acid juice, usually having leaves composed of three heart-shaped leaflets and white, yellow, red, or pink flowers sometimes streaked with purple; oxalis. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=sheep sorrel.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="woodspirit">
<B>wood spirit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a spirit or imaginary being, fabled to dwell in or haunt woods. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=methyl alcohol.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="woodstork">
<B>wood stork,</B> <B>=wood ibis.</B></DL>
<A NAME="woodsugar">
<B>wood sugar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the dextrorotatory form of xylose. </DL>
<A NAME="woodsy">
<B>woodsy, </B>adjective, <B>woodsier,</B> <B>woodsiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or characteristic or suggestive of the woods; sylvan. </DL>
<A NAME="woodtar">
<B>wood tar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dark-brown, poisonous, sticky substance produced by the destructive distillation of wood, and containing resins and turpentine. It yields pyroligneous acid, creosote and oils, and a dark residue (wood pitch) on further distillation. Wood tar is used as a preservative on wood and rope, as a disinfectant, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="woodthrush">
<B>wood thrush,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thrush with a white, spotted breast, common in the thickets and woods of eastern North America; bellbird; song thrush. It is noted for its sweet song. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=missel thrush </B>(locally in England and Scotland). </DL>
<A NAME="woodtick">
<B>wood tick,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a family of ticks (acarids) found frequently in woods. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=deathwatch </B>(def. 3). </DL>
<A NAME="woodturner">
<B>wood turner,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in wood turning. </DL>
<A NAME="woodturning">
<B>wood turning,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the making of pieces of wood into various shapes by using a lathe. </DL>
<A NAME="woodturning">
<B>wood-turning, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with wood turning. </DL>
<B>woodwall, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Dialect.) the green woodpecker. Also, <B>witwall.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="woodwarbler">
<B>wood warbler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of small American birds; warbler. </DL>
<A NAME="woodward">
<B>woodward, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (formerly, in England) a forestkeeper or forester. <BR> <I>Ex. The woodward ... could claim every tree that the windblew down (John R. Green).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodware">
<B>woodware, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> articles made of wood. </DL>
<A NAME="woodwasp">
<B>wood wasp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various wasps that burrow in wood, as species of a family, the female of which excavates a cell in decayed wood as a place to deposit her eggs. <DD><B> 2. </B>any insect of a family, the larvae of which burrow in the wood of trees. </DL>
<B>woodwind, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of the wind instruments of an orchestra which were originally made of wood, but are now often made of metal. Clarinets, flutes, oboes, and bassoons are woodwinds. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with woodwinds. <BR>expr. <B>woodwinds,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>the wind instruments of an orchestra, such as the clarinet, flute, bassoon, and oboe. <DD><B> b. </B>the players on woodwinds. </DL>
<A NAME="woodwool">
<B>wood wool,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> fine shavings made from pine wood, used as a surgical dressing, in plaster, and as an insulating material. <BR> <I>Ex. The roof construction has been changed to slabs of wood wool in place of boarding (Science).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodwork">
<B>woodwork, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> things made of wood, especially the wooden parts inside of a house, such as doors, stairs, and moldings. <BR><I>expr. <B>come out of the woodwork,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) to come out of hiding or from unknown places; come out of the blue. <BR> <I>Ex. We found speculators and gold hoarders coming out of the woodwork trying to buy gold in any shape, manner, or form (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodworker">
<B>woodworker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes things of wood; worker in wood. (SYN) carpenter. </DL>
<A NAME="woodworking">
<B>woodworking, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the act or work of making or shaping things of wood. <BR> <I>Ex. A carpenter is skilled in woodworking.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with or used for woodworking. <BR> <I>Ex. a woodworking machine. The carpenter used woodworking tools.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="woodworm">
<B>woodworm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any worm or larva that is bred in wood or bores in wood. </DL>
