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WLANnouna local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feetverified
WMDnouna weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)verified
Wognoun(offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asiaverified
Wolf BeannounMWEwhite-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion controlverified
Wolf's MilknounMWEtall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North Americaverified
Wolfbanenounpoisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstockverified
Wolffishnounlarge elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sailverified
Wolfsbanenounpoisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstockverified
Womannouna female person who plays a significant role, such as a wife or mistress or girlfriend, in the life of a particular personverified
Woman of the HousenounMWEa wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family incomeverified
Wonder BeannounMWEannual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forageverified
Wonder FlowernounMWESouth African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowersverified
Wonder WomannounMWEa woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same timeverified
Wonderberrynounimproved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berriesverified
Wood AnemonenounMWEcommon anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowersverified
Wood AvensnounMWEhairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinallyverified
Wood CoalnounMWEa carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of airverified
Wood CudweednounMWEweedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spikeverified
Wood HennounMWEflightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fightingverified
Wood IbisnounMWEan American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved billverified
Wood LaurelnounMWEa North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowersverified
Wood LilynounMWEany liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flowerverified
Wood MintnounMWEAmerican herb of genus Blephilia with more or less hairy leaves and clusters of purplish or bluish flowersverified
Wood NettlenounMWEAmerican perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairsverified
Wood PoppynounMWEperennial herb native to woodland of the eastern United States having yellow flowersverified
Wood PussynounMWEAmerican musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startledverified