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Wonderment

Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder.

Wonderwork

A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle.

Wondrous

Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange.

Wone

To dwell; to abide.

Wont

To accustom; -- used reflexively.

Wonted

Accustomed; customary; usual.

Wontedness

The quality or state of being accustomed.

Woo

To court; to make love.

Wood

To take or get a supply of wood.

Wood-layer

A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges.

Wood-note

A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird.

Wood-sere

The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season.

Woodbine

A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle. The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia.

Woodchat

Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath. A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white.

Woodchuck

A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog.

Woodcraft

Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods.

Woodcut

An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.

Woodcutting

The act or employment of cutting wood or timber.

Wooded

Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and watered.

Wooden

Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.

Woodenness

Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.

Woodhouse

A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather.

Woodiness

The quality or state of being woody.

Woodland

Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.

Woodless

Having no wood; destitute of wood.

Woodly

In a wood, mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously.

Woodpecker

Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.

Woodrock

A compact woodlike variety of asbestus.

Woodroof Woodruff

A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of Whorl.

Woodsman

A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest.

Woodstone

A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.

Woodsy

Of or pertaining to the woods or forest.

Woodward

An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.

Woodwardia

A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.

Woodwork

Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.

Woody

Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.

Wooer

One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.

Woofy

Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud.

Wooingly

In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.

Wool-dyed

Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.

Wool-hall

A trade market in the woolen districts.

Woold

To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.

Woolder

A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.

Woolding

The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast. A rope used for binding masts and spars.

Wooled

Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.

Woolen

Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.

Woolfell

A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled.

Woolgathering

Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.

Woolgrower

One who raises sheep for the production of wool.

Woolly

Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.

Woolpack

A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.

Woolsack

A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form.

Woolstock

A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.

Woolward

In wool; with woolen raiment next the skin.

Woolward-going

A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance.

Woon

Dwelling. See Wone.

Wootz

A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica.

Word

To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.

Wordbook

A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.

Wordiness

The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness.

Wording

The act or manner of expressing in words; style of expression; phrasing.

Wordish

Respecting words; full of words; wordy.

Wordle

One of several pivoted pieces forming the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing wire, lead pipe, etc.

Wordless

Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless.

Wordplay

A more or less subtle playing upon the meaning of words.

Wordsman

One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist.

Work

To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.

Workable

Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.

Workbag

A bag for holding implements or materials for work; especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like.

Workbasket

A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like.

Workbench

A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.

Workbox

A box for holding instruments or materials for work.

Workday

A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.

Worker

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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