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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.PhysicalInternal
Wallflowernounperennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orangeverified
Walnutnounnut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shellverified
Walrusnouneither of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubberverified
WampeenounAmerican plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and pondsverified
Wampumnounsmall cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or beltsverified
Wampumpeagnounsmall cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or beltsverified
Wanderernouna computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a databaseverified
Wandering NervenounMWEa mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal visceraverified
Wandflowernountufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fallverified
Wannessnoununnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)verified
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.Threat
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.Threat
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.Threat
War DrivingnounMWEWar driving is the process of traveling around looking for wireless access point signals that can be used to get network access.Threat
War GamenounMWEa simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategyverified
War PaintnounMWEadornment consisting of paint applied to the face and body of certain Amerindians before a battleverified
War PartynounMWEa band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans)verified
War PowernounMWEan extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetimeverified
War RoomnounMWEa room where strategic decisions are made (especially for military or political campaigns)verified
War ZonenounMWEa combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war)verified
Waratahnountall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemesverified
Warble FlynounMWEhairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattleverified
Ward-Heelernouna politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public endsverified
Wardroomnounmilitary quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain)verified
Warehouseman's LiennounMWEright of a warehouseman to retain goods until all storage charges have been paidverified
Warfarinnounan anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolusverified
Warheadnounthe front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agentsverified
Warhorsenouna work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetitionverified