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Wage ClaimnounMWEthe wage demanded from management for workers by their union representativesverified
Wagon TrainnounMWEa procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single fileverified
Waist PacknounMWEa small pouch, usually with a zipper, that attaches to a belt and is worn around the waistverified
Waiter's AssistantnounMWEa restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishesverified
Wake BoardnounMWEa buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboatverified
Wake-Up CallnounMWEa telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time, usually in hotelsverified
Walk-through drill/simulation testnounMWEThis test represents a preliminary step in the overall testing process that may be used for training employees but not as a preferred testing methodology. During this test, participants choose a specific scenario and apply the BCP to it.verified
Walking DelegatenounMWEa union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observedverified
Wall BarleynounMWEEuropean annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerowsverified
Wall CreepernounMWEcrimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africaverified
Wall FernnounMWEmat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asiaverified
Wall GermandernounMWEEuropean perennial subshrub with red-purple or bright rose flowers with red and white spotsverified
Wall of SilencenounMWEthe secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officersverified
Wall PellitorynounMWEherb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowersverified
Wall PlatenounMWEplate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the loadverified
Wall PlugnounMWEreceptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devicesverified
Wall RocketnounMWEyellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste placesverified
Wall RuenounMWEsmall delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North Americaverified
Wall Rue SpleenwortnounMWEsmall delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North Americaverified
Wall SocketnounMWEreceptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devicesverified
Wall UnitnounMWEa piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a roomverified
Wallet cardnounMWEPortable information cards that provide emergency communications information for customers and employees.verified
Wandering NervenounMWEa mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal visceraverified
Wanted NoticenounMWEa public announcement by a law enforcement agency that they desire to question or arrest some personverified
Wanted PosternounMWEa public announcement by a law enforcement agency that they desire to question or arrest some personverified
War ChalkingnounMWEWar chalking is marking areas, usually on sidewalks with chalk, that receive wireless signals that can be accessed.verified
War CorrespondentnounMWEa journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcastverified
War DialernounMWEA computer program that automatically dials a series of telephone numbers to find lines connected to computer systems, and catalogs those numbers so that a cracker can try to break into the systems.verified
War DialingnounMWEWar dialing is a simple means of trying to identify modems in a telephone exchange that may be susceptible to compromise in an attempt to circumvent perimeter security.verified