Wallis Warfield Windsor
1: United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication [syn: {Simpson}, {Mrs. Simpson}, {Wallis Warfield Simpson}, {Duchess of Windsor}]
Walloon
1: a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium 2: an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France 3: dialect of Fre...
wallop
1: a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" [syn: {impact}] 2: a severe blow v 1: hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy" [...
walloper
1: a very hard hitter 2: a winner by a wide margin 3: a gross untruth; a blatant lie [syn: {whopper}]
walloping
1: (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss" [syn: {humongous}, {banging}, {thumping}, {whopping}] n : a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {debacle}, {drubbing}, {slaughter}, {trouncing}, {whippin...
wallow
1: a puddle where animals go to wallow 2: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water" v 1: devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with ...
wallpaper
1: a decorative paper for the walls of rooms v : cover with wallpaper [syn: {paper}]
wallpaperer
1: a worker who papers walls [syn: {wall-paperer}]
Wally
1: a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
walnut
1: nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell 2: hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling 3: any of va...
walnut family
1: trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans [syn: {Juglandaceae}, {family Juglandaceae}]
walnut tree
1: any of various trees of the genus Juglans [syn: {walnut}]
Walpole
1: English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797) [syn: {Horace Walpole}, {Horatio Walpole}, {Fourth Earl of Orford}] 2: Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was eff...
walrus
1: either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber [syn: {seahorse}, {sea horse}]
Walt Disney
1: United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) [syn: {Disney}, {Walter Elias Disney}]
Walt Whitman
1: United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892) [syn: {Whitman}]
Walter
1: German conductor (1876-1962) [syn: {Bruno Walter}]
Walter de la Mare
1: English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956) [syn: {de la Mare}, {Walter John de la Mare}]
Walter Elias Disney
1: United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) [syn: {Disney}, {Walt Disney}]
Walter Gropius
1: United States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969) [syn: {Gropius}]
Walter Hess
1: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) [syn: {Hess}, {Walter Rudolf Hess}]
Walter John de la Mare
1: English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956) [syn: {de la Mare}, {Walter de la Mare}]
Walter Mitty
1: fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs
Walter Piston
1: United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976) [syn: {Piston}]
Walter Ralegh
1: English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) [syn: {Raleigh}, {Walter Raleigh}, {Sir Walter Raleigh}, {Ralegh}...
Walter Raleigh
1: English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) [syn: {Raleigh}, {Sir Walter Raleigh}, {Ralegh}, {Walter Ralegh},...
Walter Reed
1: United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) [syn: {Reed}]
Walter Rudolf Hess
1: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) [syn: {Hess}, {Walter Hess}]
Walter Scott
1: British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832) [syn: {Scott}, {Sir Walter Scott}]
Walther Hermann Nernst
1: German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941) [syn: {Nernst}]
Walther Richard Rudolf Hess
1: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) [syn: {Hess}, {Rudolf Hess}]
Walton
1: English composer (1902-1983) [syn: {Sir William Walton}, {Sir William Turner Walton}] 2: English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683) [syn: {Izaak Walton}] 3: Irish physicist who...
waltz
1: an assured victory (especially in an election) [syn: {walk-in}] 2: music composed in triple time for waltzing 3: a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat [syn: {valse}...
wamble
1: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion [syn: {waggle}]
Wampanoag
1: a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
wampee
1: American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds [syn: {pickerelweed}, {pickerel weed}, {Pontederia cordata}]
wampum
1: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread}, {cabbage}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale}, {lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf}, {scratch}, {shekels}, {simoleons}, {s...
wampumpeag
1: small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency [syn: {wampum}, {peag}]
wan
1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the stree...
Wanamaker
1: United States businessman whose business grew into one of the first department stores (1838-1922) [syn: {John Wanamaker}]
wand
1: a baton used by a magician or water diviner 2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: {scepter}, {sceptre}, {verge}]
Wanda Landowska
1: United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959) [syn: {Landowska}]
Wandala
1: a Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowels [syn: {Mandara}]
wander
1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"...
wanderer
1: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn: {roamer}, {rover}, {bird of passage}] 2: a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added t...
wandering
1: (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would ha...
wandering albatross
1: very large albatross; white with wide black wings [syn: {Diomedea exulans}]
Wandering Jew
1: a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion
wandering nerve
1: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera [syn: {vagus}, {vagus nerve}, {nervus vagus}, {pneumogastric}, {pn...
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wanderlust
1: very strong or irresistible impulse to travel [syn: {itchy feet}]
wandflower
1: a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers [syn: {Sparaxis tricolor}] 2: tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green roun...
wane
1: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) [syn: {ebb}, {ebbing}] v 1: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [syn: {decline}, {go down}] 2: become smaller; "Interest in his ...
wangle
1: an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery [syn: {wangling}] v 1: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods [syn: {finagle}, {manage}] 2: fake or falsify; "Fudge...
wangler
1: a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods [syn: {finagler}]
wangling
1: an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery [syn: {wangle}]
waning
1: (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon" [ant: {waxing}] n : a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent;...
wank
1: slang terms for masturbation [syn: {jacking off}, {jerking off}, {hand job}] v : get sexual gratification through self-stimulation [syn: {masturbate}, {fuck off}, {she-bop}, {jack off}, {jerk off}]
Wankel engine
1: a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts [syn: {Wankel rotary engine}, {epitrochoidal engine}]
Wankel rotary engine
1: a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts [syn: {Wankel engine}, {epitrochoidal engine}]
wanker
1: terms of abuse for a masturbator [syn: {tosser}, {jerk-off}]
wanly
1: in a weak or pale or languid manner; "she was smiling wanly"
wannabe
1: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes" [syn: {aspirant}, {aspirer}, {hopeful}, {wannabee}]
wannabee
1: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes" [syn: {aspirant}, {aspirer}, {hopeful}, {wannabe}]
wanness
1: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity}, {luridness}, {paleness}, {pallidness}, {pallor}, {achromasia}]
want
1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: {privation}, {deprivation}] 2: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the cr...
want ad
1: a newspaper advertisement stating what is wanted
wanted
1: desired or wished for or sought; "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster" [ant: {unwanted}] 2: freely permitted or invited; "invited guests" [syn: {invite...
wanted notice
1: a public announcement by a law enforcement agency that they desire to question or arrest some person [syn: {wanted poster}]
wanted poster
1: a public announcement by a law enforcement agency that they desire to question or arrest some person [syn: {wanted notice}]
wanter
1: a person who wants or needs something; "an owner of many things and needer of none" [syn: {needer}]
wanting
1: not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book" [syn: {lacking(p)}, {missing}, {nonexistent}, {wanting(a)}] 2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a...
wanton
1: occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt [syn: {motiveless}, {unprovoked}] 2: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior...
wanton away
1: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn: {piddle}, {wanton}, {piddle away}, {trifle}] 2: spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" [syn: {wanton}, {trifle away}]
wantonly
1: in a wanton manner; "the animals were killed wantonly for sport" 2: in a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously" [syn: {lice...
wantonness
1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: {abandon}, {unconstraint}] 2: the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: {licentious...
wapiti
1: large North American deer with large much-branched antlers [syn: {American elk}, {Cervus canadensis}]
war
1: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" [syn: {warfare}] 2: a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration durin...
War Admiral
1: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1937
war advocacy
1: a policy of advocating war [syn: {warmongering}]
war baby
1: conceived or born during war
War between the States
1: civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865 [syn: {American Civil War}, {United States Civil War}]
war bride
1: bride of a serviceman during wartime
war chest
1: a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign)
war cloud
1: an ominous sign that war threatens
war correspondent
1: a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast
war crime
1: a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war
war criminal
1: an offender who violates international law during times of war
war cry
1: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: {rallying cry}, {battle cry}, {cry}, {watchword}] 2: a yell intended to rally a group of soldi...
war dance
1: a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory
War Department
1: a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947
war game
1: a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy
war god
1: a god worshipped as giving victory in war [syn: {god of war}]
war hawk
1: an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations [syn: {hawk}] [ant: {dove}]
war machine
1: the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" [syn: {military}, {armed forces}, {armed...
War of 1812
1: a war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France
War of American Independence
1: the revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783 [syn: {American Revolution}, {American Revolutionary War}, {American War of Independence}]
War of Greek Independence
1: the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present si...
war of nerves
1: the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale [syn: {psychological warfare}]
War of the Grand Alliance
1: an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697) [syn: {War of the League of Augsburg}]
War of the League of Augsburg
1: an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697) [syn: {War of the Grand Alliance}]
War of the Roses
1: struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII [syn: {Wars of the ...
War of the Spanish Succession
1: a general war in Europe (1701-1714) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain; England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power
war paint
1: adornment consisting of paint applied to the face and body of certain Amerindians before a battle 2: full ceremonial regalia 3: cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance [s...
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