| welk | <zoology> A whelk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| well | 1. Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered. "It was well with us in Egypt." (Num. Xi. 18) 2. Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well. "Your friends are well." "Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake?" (Gen. Xliii. 27) 3. Being in favor; favored; fortunate. "He followed the fortunes of that family, and was well with Henry the Fourth." (Dryden) 4. Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place. 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. "Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well." (Milton) 2. A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. "The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep." (John iv. 11) 3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine. 4. A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. "This well of mercy." "Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled." (Spenser) "A well of serious thought and pure." (Keble) 5. An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection. A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market. A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water. A depressed space in the after part of the deck; often called the cockpit. 6. A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. 7. An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole. 8. <chemistry> The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. Artesian well, Driven well. See Artesian, and Driven. Pump well. A staircase having a wellhole (see Wellhole), as distinguished from one which occupies the whole of the space left for it in the floor. Well sweep. Same as Sweep. Well water, the water that flows into a well from subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well. Origin: OE. Welle, AS. Wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. Wel a spring or fountain. See Well. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| well counter | A scintillation crystal shaped with a central hole to receive a small sample, plus associated detector and electronics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| well-differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma | <tumour> Essentially the same disease as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, except that lymphocytes are not increased in the peripheral blood; lymph nodes are enlarged and other lymphoid tissue or bone marrow is infiltrated by small lymphocytes. Synonym: small lymphocytic lymphoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| well-liking | Being in good condition. "They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking." (Bk. Of Com. Prayer (Ps. Xcii)) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wellat | <zoology> The king parrakeet See King. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wellingtenia | <botany> A name given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia. Origin: NL. So named after the Duke of Wellington. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wells' syndrome | <syndrome> Recurrent cellulitis followed by brawny edematous skin lesions, or a less acute presentation of papular, annular, or gyrate skin lesions which are sometimes urticarial; affected skin and subcutis are heavily infiltrated by eosinophils and histiocytes, with scattered small necrotic foci (flame figures) of varied aetiology; sometimes follows an arthropod bite. Synonym: eosinophilic cellulitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wells, G | <person> 20th century British dermatologist. See: Wells' syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wells, Michael Vernon | <person> 20th century English physician. See: Muckle-Wells syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wels | <zoology> The sheatfish. Synonym: waller. Origin: G. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| welshman | 1. A native or inhabitant of Wales; one of the Welsh. 2. <zoology> A squirrel fish. The large-mouthed black bass. See Black bass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| welt | 1. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as; A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down. A hem, border, or fringe. In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole. In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint. In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it. In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed. 2. A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends. Welt joint, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt, instead of by overlapping the edges. See Weld, 1 . Origin: OE. Welte, probably fr. W. Gwald a hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| welter | To wither; to wilt. "Weltered hearts and blighted . . . Memories." (I. Taylor) Origin: Cf. Wilt. 1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. "When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards." (Latimer) "These wizards welter in wealth's waves." (Spenser) "He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear." (Milton) "The priests at the altar . . . Weltering in their blood." (Landor) 2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. "The weltering waves." "Waves that, hardly weltering, die away." (Wordsworth) "Through this blindly weltering sea." (Trench) Origin: Freq. Of OE. Walten to roll over, AS. Wealtan; akin to LG. Weltern, G. Walzen to roll, to waltz, sich walzen to welter, OHG. Walzan to roll, Icel. Velta, Dan. Vaelte, Sw. Valtra, valta; cf. Goth. Waltjan; probably akin to E. Wallow, well, v. I. See Well, and cf. Waltz. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| welwitschia | <botany> An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments. Origin: NL. So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wernicke's aphasia |
Loss of the ability to comprehend language coupled with production of inappropriate language.
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| wet gangrene |
the tissues become moist and decompose. Wet gangrene usually occurs when the tissues are infected with bacteria.
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| wean |
to accustom a child or young animal to food other than the mother's milk (Morris 1992).
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| Wermer's syndrome |
A rare, inherited disorder that affects the endocrine glands and can cause tumors in the parathyroid and pituitary glands and the pancreas. These tumors (usually benign) cause the glands to secrete high levels of hormones, which can lead to other medical problems, such as kidney stones, fertility problems, and severe ulcers. In some cases, tumors inside the pancreas can become cancerous. Also called multiple endocrine adenomatosis and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome
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| wet dream |
Slang term for nocturnal emission.
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| WE | worn by exposure to the weather |
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| WE | pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric |
| WE | interlace as if weaving |
| WE | of textiles |
| WE | sway to and fro |
| WE | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
| WE | finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |
| WE | a craftsman who weaves cloth |
| WE | finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |
| WE | tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry |
| WE | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
| WE | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |