| willamette | (n) a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland, Syn. Willamette River |
| willard | (n) United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898), Syn. Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard |
| willard | (n) United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870), Syn. Emma Hart Willard |
| cather | (n) United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947), Syn. Willa Cather, Willa Sibert Cather |
| gibbs | (n) United States chemist (1839-1903), Syn. Josiah Willard Gibbs |
| libby | (n) United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980), Syn. Willard Frank Libby |
| quine | (n) United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001), Syn. Willard Van Orman Quine, W. V. Quine |
| wright | (n) United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939), Syn. S. S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright |