English Dictionary: Wertstoffen | by the DICT Development Group |
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{Ward penny} (O. Eng. Law), money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle. {Ward staff}, a constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.] | |
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Ward-corn \Ward"-corn`\, n. [Ward + F. corne horn, L. cornu.] (O. Eng. Law) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under {Watch}, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise. --Burrill. | |
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Wardcorps \Ward"corps`\, n. [Wars + corps.] Guardian; one set to watch over another. [Obs.] [bd]Though thou preyedest Argus . . . to be my wardcorps.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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-ward \-ward\ (w[etil]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[etil]rdz). [AS. -weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G. -w[84]rts, Icel. -ver[eb]r, Goth. -va[a1]r[ed]s, L. vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become. [fb]143. See {Worth}. v. i., and cf. {Verse}. Adverbs ending in -wards (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were originally genitive forms used adverbially.] Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc. | |
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-wards \-wards\ See {-ward}. | |
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Wardship \Ward"ship\, n. 1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. --Blackstone. 2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. --B. Jonson. | |
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Wardsman \Wards"man\, n.; pl. {Wardsmen}. A man who keeps ward; a guard. [R.] --Sydney Smith. | |
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Wardsman \Wards"man\, n.; pl. {Wardsmen}. A man who keeps ward; a guard. [R.] --Sydney Smith. | |
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Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.] 1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of the epidermis which covers them. 2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A. Duhring. {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}. {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes. {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}). | |
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Wart hog \Wart" hog`\ (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus {Phacoch[oe]rus}. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species ({Phacoch[oe]rus [92]thiopicus}) is the best known. Called also {vlacke vark}. The second species ({P. [92]liani}) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea. | |
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Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.] 1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of the epidermis which covers them. 2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A. Duhring. {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}. {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes. {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}). | |
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Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.] 1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of the epidermis which covers them. 2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A. Duhring. {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}. {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes. {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}). | |
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Warty \Wart"y\, a. 1. Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf. 2. Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence. {Warty egg} (Zo[94]l.), a marine univalve shell ({Ovulum verrucosum}), having the surface covered with wartlike elevations. | |
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Weird \Weird\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny. 2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. Myself too had weird seizures. --Tennyson. Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. --Longfellow. {Weird sisters}, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas. Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth. The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land. --Shak. | |
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Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[c6]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [?][?][?][?].] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers. 2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] {Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. {Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. {Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed in a wire cage. {Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, -- used for strainers, and for various other purposes. {Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it. {Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between. {Wire gauge} [or] {gage}. (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal plate with a series of notches of various widths in its edge. (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is used in describing the size or thickness. There are many different standards for wire gauges, as in different countries, or for different kinds of metal, the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively. {Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze. {Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses {Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}. {Wire grub} (Zo[94]l.), a wireworm. {Wire iron}, wire rods of iron. {Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the place of wooden lathing for holding plastering. {Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above. {Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine wires, across the field of the instrument. {Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed and pointed. {Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary wire gauze. {Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing. {Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires. | |
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Word \Word\, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[edh], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[a3]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] 1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable. [bd]A glutton of words.[b8] --Piers Plowman. You cram these words into mine ears, against The stomach of my sense. --Shak. Amongst men who confound their ideas with words, there must be endless disputes. --Locke. 2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page. 3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language. Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak. Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. --Dryden. 4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular. I pray you . . . bring me word thither How the world goes. --Shak. 5. Signal; order; command; direction. Give the word through. --Shak. 6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise. Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak. I know you brave, and take you at your word. --Dryden. I desire not the reader should take my word. --Dryden. 7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute. Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me. --Shak. 8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence. All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v. 14. She said; but at the happy word [bd]he lives,[b8] My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound. --Tennyson. There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark. --Dickens. {By word of mouth}, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle. {Compound word}. See under {Compound}, a. {Good word}, commendation; favorable account. [bd]And gave the harmless fellow a good word.[b8] --Pope. {In a word}, briefly; to sum up. {In word}, in declaration; in profession. [bd]Let us not love in word, . . . but in deed and in truth.[b8] --1 John iii. 8. {Nuns of the Word Incarnate} (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the [bd]Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.[b8] {The word}, or {The Word}. (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. [bd]Bold to speak the word without fear.[b8] --Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1. {To eat one's words}, to retract what has been said. {To have the words for}, to speak for; to act as spokesman. [Obs.] [bd]Our host hadde the wordes for us all.[b8] --Chaucer. {Word blindness} (Physiol.), inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. --Landois & Stirling. {Word deafness} (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf. {Word dumbness} (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired. {Word for word}, in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word. {Word painting}, the act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. {Word picture}, an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. {Word square}, a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results. Note: H E A R T E M B E R A B U S E R E S I N T R E N T (A word square) Syn: See {Term}. | |
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Word-catcher \Word"-catch`er\, n. One who cavils at words. | |
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Wordy \Word"y\, a. [Compar. {Wordier}; superl. {Wordiest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war. --Cowper. 2. Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker. 3. Containing many words; full of words. We need not lavish hours in wordy periods. --Philips. | |
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Wordish \Word"ish\, a. Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney. -- {Word"ish*ness}, n. The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Wordish \Word"ish\, a. Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney. -- {Word"ish*ness}, n. The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Wordsman \Words"man\, n. One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. [R.] [bd]Some speculative wordsman.[b8] --H. Bushnell. | |
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Worthy \Wor"thy\, n.; pl. {Worthies}. A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. --Cowper. | |
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Worthy \Wor"thy\, a. [Compar. {Worthier}; superl. {Worthiest.}] [OE. worthi, wur[ed]i, from worth, wur[ed], n.; cf. Icel. ver[eb]ugr, D. waardig, G. w[81]rdig, OHG. wird[c6]g. See {Worth}, n.] 1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. Full worthy was he in his lordes war. --Chaucer. These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities. --Shak. Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be. --Milton. This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. --Sir J. Davies. 2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one. No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. --Shak. The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel. --Shak. Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. --Matt. iii. 11. And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. --Milton. The lodging is well worthy of the guest. --Dryden. 3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.] Worthy women of the town. --Chaucer. {Worthiest of blood} (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. --Burrill. | |
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Worthy \Wor"thy\, a. [Compar. {Worthier}; superl. {Worthiest.}] [OE. worthi, wur[ed]i, from worth, wur[ed], n.; cf. Icel. ver[eb]ugr, D. waardig, G. w[81]rdig, OHG. wird[c6]g. See {Worth}, n.] 1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. Full worthy was he in his lordes war. --Chaucer. These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities. --Shak. Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be. --Milton. This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. --Sir J. Davies. 2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one. No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. --Shak. The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel. --Shak. Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. --Matt. iii. 11. And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. --Milton. The lodging is well worthy of the guest. --Dryden. 3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.] Worthy women of the town. --Chaucer. {Worthiest of blood} (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. --Burrill. | |
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Wreath \Wreath\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Wreaths}. [OE. wrethe, AS. wr[aemac][edh] a twisted band, fr. wr[c6][edh]an to twist. See {Writhe}.] 1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. [bd]A wrethe of gold.[b8] --Chaucer. [He] of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath. --Milton. 2. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor. Conquest doth grant He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant. --Chapman. Far back in the ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned. --Bryant. 3. (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of {Crest}). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms. | |
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Wreath-shell \Wreath"-shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A marine shell of the genus {Turbo}. See {Turbo}. | |
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Wretch \Wretch\, n. [OE. wrecche, AS. wrecca, wr[91]cca, an exile, a wretch, fr. wrecan to drive out, punish; properly, an exile, one driven out, akin to AS. wr[91]c an exile, OS. wrekkio a stranger, OHG. reccheo an exile. See {Wreak}, v. t.] 1. A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. [bd]The wretch that lies in woe.[b8] --Shak. Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? --Cowper. 2. One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch. Note: Wretch is sometimes used by way of slight or ironical pity or contempt, and sometimes to express tenderness; as we say, poor thing. [bd]Poor wretch was never frighted so.[b8] --Drayton. | |
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Wretched \Wretch"ed\, a. 1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. [bd]To what wretched state reserved![b8] --Milton. O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller. | |
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Wretchedly \Wretch"ed*ly\, adv. In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable. | |
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Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n. 1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.] Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer. | |
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Wretchful \Wretch"ful\, a. Wretched. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See {Reckless}.] Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Your deaf ears should listen Unto the wretchless clamors of the poor. --J. Webster. | |
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Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See {Reckless}.] Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Your deaf ears should listen Unto the wretchless clamors of the poor. --J. Webster. | |
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Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See {Reckless}.] Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Your deaf ears should listen Unto the wretchless clamors of the poor. --J. Webster. | |
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Ward County, ND (county, FIPS 101) Location: 48.22425 N, 101.54520 W Population (1990): 57921 (23585 housing units) Area: 5213.6 sq km (land), 112.3 sq km (water) Ward County, TX (county, FIPS 475) Location: 31.51053 N, 103.10151 W Population (1990): 13115 (5365 housing units) Area: 2164.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
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Wardsboro, VT Zip code(s): 05355 | |
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Wardsville, MO (town, FIPS 77002) Location: 38.48797 N, 92.17340 W Population (1990): 513 (169 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Wirt County, WV (county, FIPS 105) Location: 39.01903 N, 81.38473 W Population (1990): 5192 (2795 housing units) Area: 603.5 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water) | |
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Wirtz, VA Zip code(s): 24184 | |
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Worth County, GA (county, FIPS 321) Location: 31.55269 N, 83.84816 W Population (1990): 19745 (7597 housing units) Area: 1475.8 sq km (land), 12.4 sq km (water) Worth County, IA (county, FIPS 195) Location: 43.37618 N, 93.26557 W Population (1990): 7991 (3443 housing units) Area: 1036.0 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water) Worth County, MO (county, FIPS 227) Location: 40.48076 N, 94.41960 W Population (1990): 2440 (1269 housing units) Area: 690.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) | |
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Wurtsboro, NY (village, FIPS 83272) Location: 41.57638 N, 74.48543 W Population (1990): 1048 (461 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12790 | |
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Wurtsmith AFB, MI (CDP, FIPS 88880) Location: 44.46121 N, 83.38446 W Population (1990): 5080 (1329 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
word size time. Processors with many different word sizes have existed though powers of two (8, 16, 32, 64) have predominated for many years. A processor's word size is often equal to the width of its external data bus though sometimes the bus is made narrower than the CPU (often half as many bits) to economise on packaging and circuit board costs. (1995-04-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
word spamming times in a {web page}, in a (usually futile) attempt to increase its {relevance} ranking in a {search engine}'s index (to "{spam}" the index). "Repeating a word over and over in a Web page (known as word spamming) has no effect on the [page's] ranking [in the index]." -- {Altavista FAQ (http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=tmpl&v=faq.html)}. See also {spamdex}. (1997-04-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WordTech Address: Orinda, CA, USA. (1995-05-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wrats nest {wire-wrapping} defect where all of the wire piles up around the bottom of the post instead of wrapping smoothly around it. It looks like a little bird nest. (1997-03-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WRITEACOURSE ["WRITEACOURSE: An Educational Programming Language", E. Hunt et al, Proc FJCC 33(2) 1968]. (1998-04-28) |