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Works CouncilnounMWE(chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etcverified
World PremierenounMWE(music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the worldverified
World Wide WebnounMWEThe global, hypermedia-based collection of information and services that is available on Internet servers and is accessed by browsers using Hypertext Transfer Protocol and other information retrieval mechanisms.Network
Worldlinessnounthe quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionmentverified
Worldlingnouna person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present worldverified
Worldly ConcernnounMWEthe concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlifeverified
Worldly GoodnounMWEa commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beingsverified
Worldly PossessionnounMWEa commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beingsverified
WormnounA self-replicating, self-propagating, self-contained program that uses networking mechanisms to spread itself. See Malicious Code.Threat
WORM (Acronym)nounMWEWrite once, read many times. A type of optical disk where a computer can save information once, can then read that information, but cannot change it.Threat
Worm FishnounMWEpoorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobiesverified
Worm GearnounMWEgear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel)verified
Worm SalamandernounMWEany of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United Statesverified
Wormwood SagenounMWEsilky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphereverified
Wrathnounbelligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong, personified as one of the deadly sinsverified
Wreathnounflower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposesverified
Wreckernouna truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)verified
Wrennounany of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tailsverified
Wrestlingnounthe sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other downverified
Wringernouna clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezedverified
Wrist JointnounMWEa joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bonesverified