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Research Results For 'WISP'

COLLECTIVE NOUN

A collective noun (or collective name) is a name which denotes or represents a number of individual items. For example, a number of sheep together is known as a 'flock'. The word 'flock' is the collective noun for a number of sheep. Some items have multiple collective nouns, for example a collection of goats can be known as a 'herd', a 'tribe' or a 'trip'.


  • Ambush is the collective noun for a group of tigers.

  • Army is the collective noun for a group of frogs, ants,

  • Array is the collective noun for a group of hedgehogs.

  • Badelynge is the collective noun for a group of ducks on the ground.

  • Bale is the collective noun for a group of turtles.

  • Barren is the collective noun for a group of mules.

  • Basket is the collective noun for a group of plums.

  • Battery is the collective noun for a group of barracuda.

  • Bazaar is the collective noun for a group of guillemots.

  • Bed is the collective noun for a group of clams.

  • Bench is the collective noun for a group of bishops, magistrates.

  • Bevy is the collective noun for a group of quail, roes, swans, pheasants, ladies.

  • Brace is the collective noun for a group of bucks.

  • Brood is the collective noun for a group of chickens.

  • Building is the collective noun for a group of rooks.

  • Bunch is the collective noun for a group of grapes, flowers.

  • Bundle is the collective noun for a group of asparagus.

  • Business is the collective noun for a group of ferrets.

  • Caravan is the collective noun for a group of camels.

  • Cast is the collective noun for a group of hawks, falcons.

  • Cete is the collective noun for a group of badgers.

  • Charm is the collective noun for a group of goldfinches.

  • Chatter is the collective noun for a group of budgerigars.

  • Chattering is the collective noun for a group of choughs.

  • Chine is the collective noun for a group of polecats.

  • Clamour is the collective noun for a group of rooks.

  • Clous is the collective noun for a group of gnats.

  • Clowder is the collective noun for a group of cats.

  • Clump is the collective noun for a group of trees.

  • Cluster is the collective noun for a group of grapes, spiders.

  • Clutch is the collective noun for a group of eggs.

  • Clutter is the collective noun for a group of spiders.

  • Colony is the collective noun for a group of gulls, frogs, penguins, ants, beavers.

  • Company is the collective noun for a group of widgeon, parrots.

  • Congregation is the collective noun for a group of plovers.

  • Convocation is the collective noun for a group of eagles.

  • Covert is the collective noun for a group of coots.

  • Covey is the collective noun for a group of partridges, grouse.

  • Crash is the collective noun for a group of rhinoceros.

  • Crowd is the collective noun for a group of ibis.

  • Cry is the collective noun for a group of hunting dogs.

  • Deceit is the collective noun for a group of lapwings.

  • Den is the collective noun for a group of snakes.

  • Descent is the collective noun for a group of woodpeckers.

  • Dole is the collective noun for a group of turtles.

  • Dopping is the collective noun for a group of sheldrakes.

  • Dout is the collective noun for a group of wild cats.

  • Down is the collective noun for a group of hares.

  • Drift is the collective noun for a group of swine.

  • Drove is the collective noun for a group of donkeys, cattle, pigs.

  • Dryet is the collective noun for a group of swine.

  • Earth is the collective noun for a group of foxes.

  • Erst is the collective noun for a group of bees.

  • Exaltation is the collective noun for a group of larks in flight.

  • Fall is the collective noun for a group of woodcock.

  • Family is the collective noun for a group of sardines.

  • Fesnyng is the collective noun for a group of ferrets.

  • Flight is the collective noun for a group of dunlins.

  • Fling is the collective noun for a group of oxbirds, sandpipers.

  • Float is the collective noun for a group of crocodiles.

  • Flock is the collective noun for a group of sheep, birds, swifts.

  • Gaggle is the collective noun for a group of geese on the ground - rather than in flight.

  • Galaxy is the collective noun for a group of beauties

  • Gam is the collective noun for a group of whales, porpoises, dolphins.

  • Gang is the collective noun for a group of elk.

  • Gang is the collective noun for a group of slaves, prisoners, thieves.

  • Gleam is the collective noun for a group of herring.

  • Grist is the collective noun for a group of bees.

  • Haras is the collective noun for a group of horses.

  • Herd is the collective noun for a group of deer, goats, cattle, antelope, seals, swans, curlews.

  • Hill is the collective noun for a group of ruffs.

  • Hive is the collective noun for a group of bees.

  • Hover is the collective noun for a group of trout.

  • Husk is the collective noun for a group of hares.

  • Kennel is the collective noun for a group of dogs.

  • Kindle is the collective noun for a group of kittens.

  • Knab is the collective noun for a group of toads.

  • Knot is the collective noun for a group of toads.

  • Labour is the collective noun for a group of moles.

  • Leap is the collective noun for a group of leopards.

  • Leash is the collective noun for a group of bucks.

  • Litter is the collective noun for a group of pups, whelps, pigs, cubs.

  • Murder is the collective noun for a group of crows.

  • Murmuration is the collective noun for a group of starlings.

  • Muster is the collective noun for a group of peacocks.

  • Mutation is the collective noun for a group of thrush.

  • Mute is the collective noun for a group of hounds.

  • Nest is the collective noun for a group of ants, mice, rabbits, wasps.

  • Nye is the collective noun for a group of pheasants.

  • Pace is the collective noun for a group of asses.

  • Pack is the collective noun for a group of hounds, wolves, grouse.

  • Paddling is the collective noun for a group of ducks in water.

  • Parliament is the collective noun for a group of owls.

  • Pit is the collective noun for a group of snakes.

  • Pitying is the collective noun for a group of turtle doves.

  • Plump is the collective noun for a group of woodcock, wildfowl.

  • Pod is the collective noun for a group of peas, whiting, whales, seals.

  • Pride is the collective noun for a group of lions.

  • Pump is the collective noun for a group of ducks in flight.

  • Punnet is the collective noun for a group of strawberries.

  • Rafter is the collective noun for a group of turkeys.

  • Rag is the collective noun for a group of colts.

  • Richesse is the collective noun for a group of martens.

  • Roost is the collective noun for a group of pigeons.

  • Rope is the collective noun for a group of onions.

  • Run is the collective noun for a group of poultry.

  • Rush is the collective noun for a group of pochards.

  • School is the collective noun for a group of porpoises, whales, dolphins.

  • Sedge is the collective noun for a group of cranes, bitterns, herons.

  • Shoal is the collective noun for a group of fish.

  • Show is the collective noun for a group of dogs.

  • Shrewdness is the collective noun for a group of apes.

  • Siege is the collective noun for a group of cranes, bitterns, herons.

  • Skein is the collective noun for a group of geese in flight.

  • Skulk is the collective noun for a group of foxes.

  • Sleuth is the collective noun for a group of bears.

  • Sloth is the collective noun for a group of bears.

  • Smuck is the collective noun for a group of jellyfish.

  • Sord is the collective noun for a group of wildfowl.

  • Sounder is the collective noun for a group of swine, boars.

  • Spinney is the collective noun for a group of trees.

  • Spring is the collective noun for a group of teals.

  • String is the collective noun for a group of race horses.

  • Stud is the collective noun for a group of mares.

  • Sute is the collective noun for a group of bloodhounds, wildfowl.

  • Swarm is the collective noun for a group of ants, gnats, bees, flies.

  • Team is the collective noun for a group of ducks in flight, oxen.

  • Thicket is the collective noun for a group of trees.

  • Tiding is the collective noun for a group of magpies.

  • Tower is the collective noun for a group of giraffes.

  • Tribe is the collective noun for a group of goats.

  • Trip is the collective noun for a group of goats.

  • Troop is the collective noun for a group of baboons, monkeys, kangaroos.

  • Troubling is the collective noun for a group of goldfish.

  • Unkindness is the collective noun for a group of ravens.

  • Venue is the collective noun for a group of vultures.

  • Volery is the collective noun for a group of birds.

  • Walk is the collective noun for a group of snipe.

  • Watch is the collective noun for a group of nightingales.

  • Wing is the collective noun for a group of plovers.

  • Wisp is the collective noun for a group of snipe.

  • Yoke is the collective noun for a group of oxen.


Research Collective Noun

WISP

Wisp is the collective noun for a group of snipe.
Research Wisp

WILL-O'-THE-WISP

Will-o'-the-wisp, Jack-o-lantern or Jack-Dandy is a popular name for Ignis Fatuus, and is a pale flickering flame sometimes seen over marshes, caused by the combustion of methane gas in the marsh.
Research Will-O'-the-Wisp

WISP

WISP is an abbreviation for Women's Industrial Savings Plan
Research WISP

CVA-WISP

CVA-WSIP is an abbreviation for Aircraft Carrier Weapon System Improvement Program
Research CVA-WISP

WAIF

Waif is Dorset slang for a straggling wisp of hair.
Research Waif

 

 
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