Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 12 compound words that contain whisker. The most common are listed below. Open whisker in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- cat's whiskerThe wire that touches the crystal in a crystal radio.
- tin whiskerOne of the thin, whisker-like protrusions that project out of tin surfaces (especially found on electroplated tin), which are crystalline and electrically conductive.
- whisker biscuitAlternative letter-case form of Whisker Biscuit.
- cat whiskerAlternative form of cat's whisker: The wire that touches the crystal in a crystal radio.
- whisker poleA removable spar extending from the mast to the jib clew used to control the position and shape of the sail when broad reaching or running.
- box and whisker plotAlternative form of box and whiskers plot: A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics — median, upper quartile, lower quartile, and upper extreme and lower extreme values — by depiction as a box with its edges …
- whisker biscuitsplural of whisker biscuit: Alternative letter-case form of Whisker Biscuit.
- whisker polesplural of whisker pole: A removable spar extending from the mast to the jib clew used to control the position and shape of the sail when broad reaching or running.
- gnat's whiskerSynonym of gnat's (“very tiny thing or distance”).
- box-whisker plotAlternative form of box and whiskers plot: A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics — median, upper quartile, lower quartile, and upper extreme and lower extreme values — by depiction as a box with its edges …
- box and whisker plotsplural of box and whisker plot: A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics — median, upper quartile, lower quartile, and upper extreme and lower extreme values — by depiction as a box with its edges at the …
- within a whisker ofSynonym of within an ace of: Very near; on the point of.
- cat's whisker receiverSynonym of crystal set: An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.
- cat's whisker receiversplural of cat's whisker receiver: An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.
Compound words 12
- bewhiskerTo give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
- whiskerageWhiskers.
- dewhiskerTo remove the whiskers from
- interwhiskerBetween whiskers
- nanowhiskerA nanoscale whisker
- whiskeretteA little whisker.
- whiskerlessWithout whiskers.
- whiskerlikeResembling or characteristic of a whisker.
- whiskeriesplural of whiskery: Having whiskers.
- whiskerinoA whisker-growing contest.