Vocabulary : Wheeze to Whelmed

Wheeze : To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. ;; A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. ;; An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
Wheezed : of Wheeze
Wheezing : of Wheeze
Wheezy : Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.
Wheft : A kind of streamer or flag used either as a signal, or at the masthead for ornament or to indicate the direction of the wind to aid in steering. ;; See Waft, n., 4.

Whelk : Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe. ;; A papule; a pustule; acne. ;; A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
Whelked : Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.
Whelky : Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated. ;; Shelly.
Whelm : To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. ;; Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. ;; To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
Whelmed : of Whelm

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