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Wallower

One who, or that which, wallows.

Wallwort

The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus).

Walm

To roll; to spout; to boil up.

Walnut

The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.

Walrus

A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.

Walter

To roll or wallow; to welter.

Walty

Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship.

Waly

An exclamation of grief.

Wamble

Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea.

Wammel

To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble.

Wamp

The common American eider.

Wampee

A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor. The pickerel weed.

Wampum

Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.

Wan

To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.

Wand

A small stick; a rod; a verge.

Wander

To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.

Wanderer

One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.

Wanderoo

A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.

Wandy

Long and flexible, like a wand.

Wane

The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.

Waney

A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.

Wangan

A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen.

Wanger

A pillow for the cheek; a pillow.

Wanghee

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.

Wanhope

Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Wanhorn

An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga.

Waning

The act or process of waning, or decreasing.

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.

Wankle

Not to be depended on; weak; unstable.

Wanly

In a wan, or pale, manner.

wanna

Want to; as, I wanna go home.

wannabe

A person who wants to be or become a different type of person -- what the person wants to be is usually clear from the context; at hollywood and vine one can meet both famous actors and wannabes.

Wanness

The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.

Wannish

Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.

Wantage

That which is wanting; deficiency.

Wanting

Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.

Wantless

Having no want; abundant; fruitful.

Wanton

To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.

Wantonize

To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton.

Wantonly

In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.

Wantonness

The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.

Wantrust

Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.

Wantwit

One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.

Wanty

A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope.

Wany

Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log.

Wap

A blow or beating; a whap.

Wapacut

The American hawk owl. See under Hawk.

Wapatoo

The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon.

Waped

Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected.

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.

Wapinschaw

An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district.

Wapiti

The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

Wapp

A fair-leader. A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

Wappened

A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.

War

To make war upon; to fight.

Warble

A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.

Warbler

One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds.

Ward

To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Ward-corn

The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.

Wardcorps

Guardian; one set to watch over another.

Warder

One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.

Wardian

Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.

Wardmote

Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.

Wardroom

A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom.

Wardship

The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.

Ware

To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.

Warehouseman

One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.

Warehousing

The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store.

Wareless

Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware.

Wareroom

A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.

Warfare

To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

Warfarer

One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior.

Wariangle

The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also w/rger, worrier, and throttler.

Warine

A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.

Wariness

The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.

Warish

To be cured; to recover.

Wark

Work; a building.

Warlike

Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

Warling

One often quarreled with; -- / word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling.

Warlock

Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish.

Warm

The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.

Warm-blooded

Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal.

Warm-hearted

Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.

Warmer

One who, or that which, warms.

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