| winsome | 1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted. "Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature." (Jeffrey) 2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant. "Still plotting how their hungry ear That winsome voice again might hear." (Emerson) Origin: AS. Wynsum, fr. Wynn joy; akin to OS. Wunnia, OHG. Wunna, wunni, G. Wonne, Goth. Wunan to rejoice (in unwunands sad), AS. Wunian to dwell. See Win, Wont. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| winter | 1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year. "Of thirty winter he was old." "And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold." (Shak) "Winter lingering chills the lap of May." (Goldsmith) North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to include the months of December, January, and February (see Season). Astronomically, it may be considered to begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st, and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st. 2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. "Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge." (Wordsworth) Winter apple, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. Winter barley, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn. <botany> Winter berry, a small American wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) closely resembling the common wren. Origin: AS. Winter; akin to OFries. & D. Winter, OS. & OHG. Wintar, G. Winter, D. & Sw. Vinter, Icel. Vetr, Goth. Wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo- white (in comp), OIr. Find white. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winter dysentery of cattle | A specific, highly contagious and severe disease of unknown origin; the disease is seen in the cold months of the year, outbreaks generally abate after a few days; the death rate is low, but the loss in flesh and milk is often high. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winter eczema | Eczema resulting from accelerated evaporation of moisture (including insensitive sweat) from the cutaneous surface; occurs as dry crackled plaques, usually on the extremities, but not infrequently also on the trunk in any season under circumstances (occupational, environmental) of excessively rapid drying out of the skin. Synonym: eczema craquele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winter itch | A recurrent eczema appearing with the advent of cold weather. Synonym: frost itch, lumberman's itch, pruritus hiemalis, winter itch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winter sleep | The dormant state in which some animal species pass the winter. It is characterised by narcosis and by sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolic activity and by a depression of vital signs. It is a natural physiological process in many warm-blooded animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| winter's bark | <botany> The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, or Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winter-ground | To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant. "The ruddock would . . . Bring thee all this, Yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winter-proud | Having too rank or forward a growth for winter. "When either corn is winter-proud, or other plants put forth and bud too early." (Holland) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winter-run fish | <marine biology> Anadromous fish that return to fresh water in autumn or winter, migrate to spawning areas and then spawn in late winter or spring. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Winterbottom's sign | <clinical sign> Swelling of the posterior cervical lymph nodes, characteristic of early stages of African trypanosomiasis; useful for surveys or control of migrations from endemic areas of persons with preclinical infections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winterbottom, Thomas | <person> English physician, 1765-1859. See: Winterbottom's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wintergreen | <botany> A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of Pyrola which in America are called English wintergreen, and shin leaf (see Shin leaf, under Shin) In America, the name wintergreen is given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; called also checkerberry, and sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry. Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb (Trientalis Americana); also called star flower. Flowering wintergreen, a low plant (Polygala paucifolia) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen (Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant (Chimaphila maculata) with ovate, white-spotted leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wintergreen oil | Aromatic methyl ester of salicylic acid, produced synthetically or distilled from Gaultheria procumbens (family Ericaceae) or from Betula lenta (family Betulaceae). Used as a component of liniments, used externally and internally for the treatment of various forms of rheumatismit produces heat when rubbed into the skin (counterirritant). Synonym: checkerberry oil, gaultheria oil, sweet birch oil, wintergreen oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winternitz' sound | A double-current catheter in which water at any desired temperature circulates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Widal test |
A test involving agglutination of typhoid bacilli when they are mixed with serum containing typhoid antibodies from an individual having typhoid fever; used to detect the presence of Salmonella typhi and S. paratyphi.
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| wild type |
A strain of microorganism isolated from nature. The usual or native form of a gene or organism.
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Used as an emblem of life and spirit, as in the Mysteries, where at one stage of the initiatory rites wine and bread were offered to the candidate as symbols of spirit and body, the meaning being the same as that conveyed elsewhere by fire and water, or blood and flesh. It was necessary for the aspirant to be perfected in both ways. ...
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| wing |
Often signifying flight, but more accurately the soaring power of the spirit, literally or metaphorically, as in the wings of Mercury, of Christian, Hebrew, and other angelic figures of the Mesopotamian nations, of the horse Pegasus, of the sphinxes representative of the several human powers, of the winged dragons, of the winged wheels mentioned in Ezekiel's vision of initiation, and also as descriptive of the workings of fohat. ...
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| withdrawal |
Process of retreating from society and relationships with others. Usually includes lack of interest in social activities and difficulty in communicating with others.
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| WI | a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it |
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| WI | an unpredictable factor |
| WI | a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots |
| WI | South American cavy |
| WI | submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves |
| WI | herb of Europe and temperate Asia |
| WI | annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior |
| WI | an uncultivated cherry tree |
| WI | the fruit of the wild cherry tree |
| WI | an uncultivated cherry tree |
| WI | coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America |
| WI | deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponin |