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A whip is usually made from a short stick with a thin strip of leather at the end, although some whips are just made from a flexible rod.
Whips are usually used for training animals, as an extension of your arm. Whips can be cracked with a loud noise, which will scare an animal and make them change direction.
Whips are usually used for training animals, as an extension of your arm. Whips can be cracked with a loud noise, which will scare an animal and make them change direction.
Whippets are medium sized dogs that look like small greyhounds. They are gentle dogs, and don't snap, but they do like to chase cats. Because they have such a short coat they are not suited to be kept outside in cold weather, and with their friendly nature they make good indoor dogs.
A whir is a humming or buzzing sound made by something quickly moving backwards and forwards or around and around. Things that whir include electric fans and bird's wings.
Whiskers are hairs that grow around the nose and mouth of most animals. On people, whiskers are usually called a beard or moustache.
Animals use their whiskers to tell when they are near something, as the whisker hairs hit things before the animal's face does. Cats have the most well-known whiskers. The cat in the picture is yawning, and you can clearly see its whiskers.
Animals use their whiskers to tell when they are near something, as the whisker hairs hit things before the animal's face does. Cats have the most well-known whiskers. The cat in the picture is yawning, and you can clearly see its whiskers.
W is for Whiteboard
You write on a whiteboard with a special kind of marker.
Whitewash is a thin, pale liquid made from lime, water, and sometimes salt or other materials. It is painted onto walls and other surfaces to make them white. After it dries, it leaves a simple, chalky coating. Whitewash was used before modern paints, and it made buildings look more attractive.
The word can also mean hiding faults or bad facts by making something seem better than it really is. For example, a report might be called a whitewash if it ignores the truth about a problem.
The word can also mean hiding faults or bad facts by making something seem better than it really is. For example, a report might be called a whitewash if it ignores the truth about a problem.
Whittling is the process of making something out of a piece of wood by cutting off thin strips with a knife. The most common thing you make by whittling is simply making a point on the end of a piece of wood to turn it into a stake, but you can also whittle quite complex shapes.
Whittling is similar to carving.
Whittling is similar to carving.
A whorl is a pattern where things grow or spread outward in a circle from one central point, like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Instead of twisting up into a long coil like a spring, everything stays neat and flat in a single ring.
On plants, if three or more leaves form a perfect ring around the exact same spot on the stem, that is a leaf whorl.
On Animals, a "cowlick" is a swirling circle where the fur grows outward from a single point.
Or on your fingers. Some people have a whorl pattern made of circular skin ridges that look like target rings.
On plants, if three or more leaves form a perfect ring around the exact same spot on the stem, that is a leaf whorl.
On Animals, a "cowlick" is a swirling circle where the fur grows outward from a single point.
Or on your fingers. Some people have a whorl pattern made of circular skin ridges that look like target rings.
