| wilkes | (n) English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797), Syn. John Wilkes |
| wilkes | (n) United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877), Syn. Charles Wilkes |
| wilkes land | (n) a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia |
| wilkins | (n) United States civil rights leader (1901-1981), Syn. Roy Wilkins |
| wilkins | (n) Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958), Syn. George Hubert Wilkins |
| wilkins | (n) English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004), Syn. Maurice Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins |
| wilkinson | (n) English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921), Syn. Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson |
| booth | (n) United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865), Syn. John Wilkes Booth |
| collins | (n) English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889), Syn. Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins |
| micawber | (n) fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist, Syn. Wilkins Micawber |
| silkworm | (n) larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon, Syn. wild wilkworm, giant silkworm |
