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White Trumpet LilynounMWEtall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the springverified
White TurnipnounMWEwidely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow rootverified
White VioletnounMWEtall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaksverified
White Wax TreenounMWEerect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect paniclesverified
White WillownounMWElarge willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey barkverified
White WinenounMWEpale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentationverified
White Wood AsternounMWErhizomatous perennial wood aster of eastern North America with white flowersverified
White YamnounMWEgrown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white fleshverified
White ZinnianounMWEsubshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white raysverified
White-Berry YewnounMWEyew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berriesverified
White-Chinned PetrelnounMWElarge black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chinverified
White-Headed StiltnounMWEstilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neckverified
White-Heart HickorynounMWEsmooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nutverified
White-Leaved RockrosenounMWEcompact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowersverified
White-Pine RustnounMWEany of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externallyverified
White-Rayed Mule's EarsnounMWEherb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream-colored raysverified
White-Tailed JackrabbitnounMWElargest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United Statesverified
White-Throated SparrownounMWEcommon North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crownverified
White-Topped AsternounMWEherb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruitsverified
Whitetail JackrabbitnounMWElargest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United Statesverified
Whitetip SharknounMWEsmooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal finsverified
Whitlow GrassnounMWEannual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsulesverified
Whole BloodnounMWEblood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulantverified
Whole Life InsurancenounMWEinsurance on the life of the insured for a fixed amount at a definite premium that is paid each year in the same amount during the entire lifetime of the insuredverified
Whole NotenounMWEa musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)verified
Whole-Word MethodnounMWEteaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken wordsverified
Whooping CranenounMWErare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting callverified
Whorled AsternounMWENorth American perennial with apparently whorled leaves and showy white purple-tinged flowersverified
Whorled MilkweednounMWEmilkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowersverified
Wi-Fi protected accessnounMWEA class of systems used to secure wireless (Wi-Fi) computer networks. Scope Note: WPA was created in response to several serious weaknesses that researchers found in the previous system, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). WPA implements the majority of the IEEE 802.11i standard, and was intended as an intermediate measure to take the place of WEP while 802.11i was prepared. WPA is designed to work with all wireless network interface cards, but not necessarily with first generation wireless access points. WPA2 implements the full standard, but will not work with some older network cards. Both provide good security with two significant issues. First, either WPA or WPA2 must be enabled and chosen in preference to WEP; WEP is usually presented as the first security choice in most installation instructions. Second, in the personal mode, the most likely choice for homes and small offices, a pass phrase is required that, for full security, must be longer than the typical six to eight character passwords users are taught to employ.verified
Wi-Fi protected access IInounMWEWireless security protocol that supports 802.11i encryption standards to provide greater security. This protocol uses Advanced Encryption Standards (AES) and Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) for stronger encryption.verified
Wi-Fi Protected Access-2nounMWEThe approved Wi-Fi Alliance interoperable implementation of the IEEE 802.11i security standard. For federal government use, the implementation must use FIPS-approved encryption, such as AES.verified
Wide area networknounMWEA computer network connecting different remote locations that may range from short distances, such as a floor or building, to extremely long transmissions that encompass a large region or several countriesverified
Wide-Angle LensnounMWEa camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view and usually a short focal lengthverified
Wide-scale disruptionnounMWEAn event that disrupts business operations in a broad geographic area.verified