| wilson | (n) author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870), Syn. Harriet Wilson |
| wilson | (n) English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991), Syn. Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson |
| wilson | (n) Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813), Syn. Alexander Wilson |
| wilson | (n) United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918), Syn. Robert Woodrow Wilson |
| wilson | (n) Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993), Syn. John Tuzo Wilson |
| wilson | (n) American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798), Syn. James Wilson |
| wilson | (n) United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929), Syn. E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson |
| wilson | (n) Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959), Syn. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson |
| wilson | (n) United States literary critic (1895-1972), Syn. Edmund Wilson |
| wilson | (n) 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924), Syn. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson |
| wilson | (n) a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14, 246 feet high), Syn. Mount Wilson |
| wilsonian | (adj) of or relating to or suggestive of Woodrow Wilson |
| wilson's phalarope | (n) breeds on the northern great plains of Canada, Syn. Steganopus tricolor |
| wilson's snipe | (n) American snipe, Syn. Gallinago gallinago delicata |
| wilson's warbler | (n) yellow wood warbler with a black crown, Syn. Wilsonia pusilla, Wilson's blackcap |
| cloud chamber | (n) apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track, Syn. Wilson cloud chamber |
| guthrie | (n) United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967), Syn. Woody Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie |
| hepatolenticular degeneration | (n) a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain, Syn. Wilson's disease |
| reagan | (n) 40th President of the United States (1911-2004), Syn. Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, President Reagan |
| veery | (n) tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song, Syn. Wilson's thrush, Hylocichla fuscescens |
