| wanghee | <botany> The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. Alternative forms: whanghee. Origin: Chin. Wang yellow + he a root. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Wangiella | A dematiaceous genus of fungi characterised by phialides without collarettes, a black yeastlike colony with yeast forms, and later hyphae; the fungi grow well at 40캜. Wangiella dermatitidis is an etilogical agent of phaeohyphomycosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wanhorn | <botany> An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga. Origin: Corruption fr. Siamese wanhom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wanion | A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion, apparently equivalent to with a vengeance, with a plague, or with misfortune. Origin: Probably for OE. Waniand waning, p. Pr. Of wanien; hence, used of the waning of the moon, supposed to be an unlucky time. See Wane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| want | 1. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four. "The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life." (Dryden) 2. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. "You have a gift, sir (thank your education), Will never let you want." (B. Jonson) "For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind." (Pope) Want was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. "Him wanted audience." Origin: Icel. Vanta to be wanting. See Want to lack. 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. "And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey." (Milton) "From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes." (Rambler) "Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy." (Franklin) 2. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need. "Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want." (Swift) 3. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure. "Habitual superfluities become actual wants." (Paley) 4. <chemical> A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. Synonym: Indigence, deficiency, defect, destitution, lack, failure, dearth, scarceness. Origin: Originally an adj, from Icel. Vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. See Wane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wantless | Having no want; abundant; fruitful. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wanton | 1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; used rarely as a term of endearment. "I am afeard you make a wanton of me." (Shak) "Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim unto." (B. Jonson) 2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. "Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton." (Beau. & Fl) 3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness." . "A wild and wanton herd." . "A wanton and a merry [friar]" (Chaucer) "[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved." (Milton) "How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise!" (Addison) 2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. "Men grown wanton by prosperity." 3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous. "Not with wanton looking of folly." (Chaucer) "[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton." (Shak) 4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief. Origin: OE. Wantoun, contr. From wantowen; pref. Wan- wanting (see Wane,), hence expressing negation + towen, p. P, AS. Togen, p. P. Of teon to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See Tug. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wapacut | <zoology> The American hawk owl. See Hawk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wapatoo | <botany> The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); so called by the Indians of Oregon. Alternative forms: wappato. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wapentake | In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. Alternative forms: wapentac. Origin: AS. Wpengec, wpentac, from Icel. Vapnatak, literally, a weapon taking or weapon touching, hence an expression of assent ("si displicuit sententia fremitu aspernantur; sin placuit frameas concutiunt."). See Weapon, and Take. This name had its origin in a custom of touching lances or spears when the hundreder, or chief, entered on his office. "Cum quis accipiebat praefecturam wapentachii, die statuto in loco ubi consueverant congregari, omnes majores natu contra eum conveniebant, et descendente eo de equo suo, omnes assurgebant ei. Ipse vero, erecta lancea sua, ab omnibus secundum morem foedus accipiebat; omnes enim quot-quot venissent cum lanceis suis ipsius hastam tangebant, et ita se confirmabant per contactum armorum, pace palam concessa. Waepnu enim arma sonat; tac, tactus est hac de causa totus ille conventus dicitur Wapentac, eo quod per tactum armorum suorum ad invicem confoederati sunt.". Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wapiti | <zoology> The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size. By some writers it is thought to be a variety of the red deer, but it is considered a distinct species by others. It is noted for the large, branching antlers of the male. Origin: Probably the Iroquois name. Bartlett. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wappato | <botany> See Wapatoo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wapper | <zoology> A gudgeon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| war | 1. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities. "Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed." (F. W. Robertson) As war is the contest of nations or states, it always implies that such contest is authorised by the monarch or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by attacking another nation, is called an offensive war, and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called defensive. 2. A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason. 3. Instruments of war. "His complement of stores, and total war." (Prior) 4. Forces; army. "On their embattled ranks the waves return, And overwhelm their war." (Milton) 5. The profession of arms; the art of war. "Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth." (1 Sam. Xvii. 33) 6. A state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility. "Raised impious war in heaven." "The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart." (Ps. Lv. 21) Civil war, a war between different sections or parties of the same country or nation. Holy war. See Holy. Man of war. Public war, a war between independent sovereign states. War cry, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war cry. War dance, a dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike excursion. War field, a field of war or battle. War horse, a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger. War paint, paint put on the face and other parts of the body by savages, as a token of going to war. "Wash the war paint from your faces." . War song, a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of incitements to military ardor. War whoop, a war cry, especially that uttered by the American Indians. Origin: OE. & AS. Werre; akin to OHG. Werra scandal, quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, D. Warren, G. Wirren, verwirren, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps to E. Worse; cf. OF. Werre war, F. Querre, of Teutonic origin. Cf. Guerrilla, Warrior. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| war crimes | Criminal acts committed during, or in connection with, war, e.g., maltreatment of prisoners, willful killing of civilians, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Wangensteen tube |
a small nasogastric tube connected with a special suction apparatus to maintain gastric and duodenal decompression; called also Wangensteen's apparatus.
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| watershed infarction |
cerebral infarction in a watershed area (qv) during a time of prolonged systemic hypotension.
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| Wagstaffe's fracture |
separation of the internal malleolus.
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| wave |
A wave is a disturbance that propagates, carrying energy. Apart from electromagnetic radiation, and probably gravitational radiation, which can travel through vacuum, waves exist in a medium (which on deformation is capable of producing elastic restoring forces) through which they travel and can transfer energy from one place to another without any of the particles of the medium being displaced permanently; i.e. there is no associated mass transport. ...
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| walleye |
A North American relative of the European pikeperch, the walleye or yellow pike (Sander vitreus, formerly Stizostedion vitreum) is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and the northern United States; it is believed to be an introduced species in the mid-Atlantic states. A genetical unique strain is known to inhabit the Mobile River Basin. The common name walleye comes from the fact their eyes, not unlike cats, reflect light in a unique fashion. ...
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| WA | a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat |
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| WA | the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips |
| WA | the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) |
| WA | time during which some action is awaited |
| WA | look forward to the probable occurrence of |
| WA | wait on tables |
| WA | stay in one place and anticipate or expect something |
| WA | wait before acting |
| WA | work for or be a servant to |
| WA | a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) |
| WA | a person who waits or awaits |
| WA | a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes |