| warmouth | <zoology> An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chaenobryttus gulosus). Synonym: red-eyed bream. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| warmth | 1. The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth. "Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments." (Addison) 2. A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth. "Spiritual warmth, and holy fires." "That warmth . . . Which agrees with Christian zeal." (Sprat) 3. The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colours; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of colour. Synonym: Zeal, ardor, fervor, fervency, heat, glow, earnestness, cordiality, animation, eagerness, excitement, vehemence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warnstore | To furnish. "To warnstore your house." Origin: Cf. OF. Warnesture, garnesture, provisions, supplies, and E. Garnish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warp | 1. To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; especially, to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking. "One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp, warp." (Shak) "They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping." (Moxon) 2. To turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve. "There is our commission, From which we would not have you warp." (Shak) 3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects. "A pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind." (Milton) 4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; said of cattle, sheep, etc. 5. To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam. 1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. 2. To turn or twist out of shape; especially, to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. "The planks looked warped." (Coleridge) "Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed." (Tennyson) 3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. "This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind." (Dryden) "I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy." (Addison) "We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men." (Southey) 4. To weave; to fabricate. "While doth he mischief warp." (Sternhold) 5. To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object. 6. To cast prematurely, as young; said of cattle, sheep, etc. 7. <agriculture> To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. 8. To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns. 9. To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. <geometry> Warped surface, a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. Origin: OE. Warpen; fr. Icel. Varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. Verpa to throw; akin to Dan. Varpe to warp a ship, Sw. Varpa, AS. Weorpan to cast, OS. Werpan, OFries. Werpa, D. & LG. Werpen, G. Werfen, Goth. Wairpan; cf. Skr. Vrj to twist. Cf. Wrap. 1. The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof. 2. A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser. 3. <agriculture> A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc, by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. 4. A premature casting of young; said of cattle, sheep, etc. 5. Four; especially, four herrings; a cast. See Cast. 6. [From Warp, v] The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board. Warp beam, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom. Warp fabric, fabric produced by warp knitting. Warp frame, or Warp-net frame, a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle. Warp knitting, a kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side; also called warp weaving. Warp lace, or Warp net, lace having a warp crossed by weft threads. Origin: AS. Wearp; akin to Icel. Varp a casting, throwing, Sw. Varp the draught of a net, Dan. Varp a towline, OHG. Warf warp, G. Werft. See Warp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warragal | <zoology> The dingo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warrant | 1. That which warrants or authorises; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorises another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority. Specifically: A writing which authorises a person to receive money or other thing. A precept issued by a magistrate authorising an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice. <astronomy> An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below. 2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security. "I give thee warrant of thy place." (Shak) "His worth is warrant for his welcome hither." (Shak) 3. That which attests or proves; a voucher. 4. Right; legality; allowance. Bench warrant. A special warrant from the crown, authorising a party to appoint an attorney to sue or defend for him. A special authority given by a party to his attorney to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in his behalf. This warrant is now disused. Origin: OE. Warant, OF. Warant a warrant, a defender, protector, F. Garant, originally a p. Pr. Pf German origin, fr. OHG. Weren to grant, warrant, G. Gewahren; akin to OFries. Wera. Cf. Guarantee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Warren shunt | Anastomosis of the splenic end of the divided splenic vein to the left renal vein. Synonym: distal splenorenal shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Warren, Dean | <person> U.S. Surgeon, *1924. See: Warren shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| warriangle | <zoology> See Wariangle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warrin | <zoology> An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolour) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colours. Synonym: blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot. Origin: From a native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warrior | A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion. "Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. <zoology> " (Milton) Warrior ant, a reddish ant (Formica sanguinea) native of Europe and America. It is one of the species which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants. Origin: OE. Werreour, OF. Werreour, guerreor, from guerre, werre, war. See War, and Warray. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warrioress | A female warrior. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warsaw | <zoology> The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States. The jewfish. Synonym: guasa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wart | <dermatology, virology> Benign tumour of basal cell of skin, the result of the infection of a single cell with wart virus (Papilloma virus). Virus is undetectable in basal layer, but proliferates in keratinising cells of outer layers. (18 Nov 1997) |
| wart hog | <zoology> Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacochoerus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Warren |
(1937-) Left-wing actor, director, screenwriter. Won an Academy Award for Best Director for 'Reds' (1981) about the Russian Revolution - he also wrote and starred in it. Debuted in 'Splendor in the Grass' (1961), becoming a Hollywood playboy. His desire to be taken seriously, however, won him critical acclaim first as an actor, then as a producer, screenwriter, and director with such films as 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967), 'Shampoo' (1975), and 'Heaven Can Wait' (1978). ...
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| ward |
A territorial division or means of defence. A protection.
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a non-cancerous skin growth caused by a virus.
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maintaining a constant internal body temperature regardless of external conditions
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[vart] ('worth'), [r] does not change (r is an approximant)
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| WAR | a woman whose husband has died in war |
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| WAR | engaged in war |
| WAR | laid waste by war |
| WAR | laid waste by war |
| WAR | tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes |
| WAR | straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes |
| WAR | a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly |
| WAR | sing by changing register |
| WAR | sing with trills |
| WAR | hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle |
| WAR | a small active songbird |
| WAR | a singer |