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Waft
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
Walk
The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.
Wallet
A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
Wallwort
The dwarf elder, or danewort ().
Ware
To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
Wareroom
A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.
Warmful
Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; .
Warmness
Warmth.
Wasteness
The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
Water-bearer
The constellation Aquarius.
Water frame
A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
Waterhorse
A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.
Water-laid
Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; .
Water meter
A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.
Water violet
See under .
Waywiser
An instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.
Weaponless
Having no weapon.
Wear
To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; ; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; .
Weather
Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to ; .
Weed out
to selectively remove; same as , ; -- of things that are useless or harmful.
Week-end
The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school; ; also, a house party during a week-end. Contrasted to .
weeping love grass
a perennial South African grass () having densly clumped flimsy stems; introduced into U.S. esp. for erosion control.
Welcomely
In a welcome manner.
Well-born
Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.
Wem
The abdomen; the uterus; the womb.
Wen
An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.
Westling
A westerner.
wetback
A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and offensive.
Whaul
Same as .
Whealworm
The harvest mite; -- so called from the , caused by its bite.
Wheel-worn
Worn by the action of wheels; .
Whipworm
A nematode worm () often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
Wicopy
See .
Wide-awake
Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert.
Widow-maker
One who makes widows by destroying husbands.
Winninish
The land-locked variety of the common salmon.
Wintergreen
A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
Wish
Desire; eager desire; longing.
Withholdment
The act of withholding.
Wit-starved
Barren of wit; destitute of genius.
Wolves
of .
Womb
To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.
Wondrous
Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange.
Woodenness
Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.
Woolhead
The buffel duck.
Wrecche
A wretch.
Wrester
One who wrests.
Wrung
of .
Wrymouth
Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus , especially of the American coast. A whitish variety is called .
Wyvern
Same as .