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Western SaxifragenounMWEsaxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leavesverified
Western TamaracknounMWEtall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong conesverified
Western ToadnounMWEof a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockiesverified
Western United StatesnounMWEthe region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi Riververified
Western Wall FlowernounMWEbiennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowersverified
Western Yellow PinenounMWEcommon and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when matureverified
Western YewnounMWEsmall or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North Americaverified
Wet DreamnounMWEan erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semenverified
Wetternouna chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolvedverified
Wetting AgentnounMWEa chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolvedverified
Whalebone WhalenounMWEwhale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the waterverified
Whaling GunnounMWEa gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whaleverified
Wharf RatnounMWEsomeone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehousesverified
Wheat FuturenounMWEwheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future dateverified
Wheel and AxlenounMWEhoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheelverified
Wheel SpokenounMWEsupport consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rimverified
Wheeled VehiclenounMWEa vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or peopleverified
Wheeler DealernounMWEa shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficultiesverified
Wheelworknounmechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)verified
Wheezinessnounpresence of abnormal high-pitched sound heard with a stethoscope when an airway is blocked (as in asthma or chronic bronchitis)verified
whennounThis limits a Control or Mandate's secondary verb to be put into play as something is happening.Requirement
Whereforenounthe cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'verified
Wherrynounlight rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harborsverified