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   wampee
         n 1: American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in
               shallow water of streams and ponds [syn: {pickerelweed},
               {pickerel weed}, {wampee}, {Pontederia cordata}]

English Dictionary: WIMP by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wannabe
n
  1. an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
    Synonym(s): aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wannabee
n
  1. an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
    Synonym(s): aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whomp
v
  1. hit with the hand
    Synonym(s): cuff, whomp
  2. beat overwhelmingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wimp
n
  1. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy- washy
    Synonym(s): wimp, chicken, crybaby
  2. a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe
    Synonym(s): weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wimpy
adj
  1. weak and ineffectual
    Synonym(s): wimpish, wimpy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womb
n
  1. a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
    Synonym(s): uterus, womb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wamp \Wamp\, n. [From the North American Indian name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The common American eider.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wampee \Wam*pee"\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) A tree ({Cookia punctata}) of the Orange family, growing
            in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is
            about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and
            a peculiar flavor.
      (b) The pickerel weed. [Southern U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanhope \Wan"hope`\, n. [AS. wan, won, deficient, wanting + hopa
      hope: cf. D. wanhoop. [?][?][?][?]. See {Wane}, and {Hope}.]
      Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope;
      delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [bd]Wanhope and distress.[b8]
      --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel.
      v[c6]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, [?], and E.
      withy. Cf. {Vine}, {Vineyard}, {Vinous}, {Withy}.]
      1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a
            beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out
            their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. [bd]Red
            wine of Gascoigne.[b8] --Piers Plowman.
  
                     Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and
                     whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov.
                                                                              xx. 1.
  
                     Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
                     Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton.
  
      Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol,
               containing also certain small quantities of ethers and
               ethereal salts which give character and bouquet.
               According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines
               are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry},
               {light}, {still}, etc.
  
      2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit
            or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as,
            currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
  
      3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
  
                     Noah awoke from his wine.                  --Gen. ix. 24.
  
      {Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc. See under {Birch}, {Cape},
            etc.
  
      {Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}.
  
      {To have drunk wine of ape} [or] {wine ape}, to be so drunk
            as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {Wine apple} (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a
            rich, vinous flavor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Womb \Womb\, v. t.
      To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in
      secret. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Womb \Womb\ (w[oomac]m), n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb;
      akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe,
      Icel. v[94]mb, Sw. v[aring]mb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.]
      1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that
                     the hogs eat, and no man gave him.      --Wyclif (Luke
                                                                              xv. 16).
  
                     An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were
                     simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my
                     womb, my womb undoes me.                     --Shak.
  
      2. (Anat.) The uterus. See {Uterus}.
  
      3. The place where anything is generated or produced.
  
                     The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
  
                     The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the
                     bluebell's womb.                                 --R. Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Womby \Womb"y\, a.
      Capacious. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yuen \Yu"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The crowned gibbon ({Hylobates pileatus}), native of Siam,
      Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely
      arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are
      dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark
      hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The
      females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast
      and another on the crown. Called also {wooyen}, and {wooyen
      ape}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winnabow, NC
      Zip code(s): 28479

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   wannabee /won'*-bee/ n.   (also, more plausibly, spelled
   `wannabe') [from a term recently used to describe Madonna fans who
   dress, talk, and act like their idol; prob. originally from biker
   slang] A would-be {hacker}.   The connotations of this term differ
   sharply depending on the age and exposure of the subject.   Used of a
   person who is in or might be entering {larval stage}, it is
   semi-approving; such wannabees can be annoying but most hackers
   remember that they, too, were once such creatures.   When used of any
   professional programmer, CS academic, writer, or {suit}, it is
   derogatory, implying that said person is trying to cuddle up to the
   hacker mystique but doesn't, fundamentally, have a prayer of
   understanding what it is all about.   Overuse of terms from this
   lexicon is often an indication of the {wannabee} nature.   Compare
   {newbie}.
  
      Historical note: The wannabee phenomenon has a slightly different
   flavor now (1993) than it did ten or fifteen years ago.   When the
   people who are now hackerdom's tribal elders were in {larval stage},
   the process of becoming a hacker was largely unconscious and
   unaffected by models known in popular culture -- communities formed
   spontaneously around people who, _as individuals_, felt irresistibly
   drawn to do hackerly things, and what wannabees experienced was a
   fairly pure, skill-focused desire to become similarly wizardly.
   Those days of innocence are gone forever; society's adaptation to
   the advent of the microcomputer after 1980 included the elevation of
   the hacker as a new kind of folk hero, and the result is that some
   people semi-consciously set out to _be hackers_ and borrow hackish
   prestige by fitting the popular image of hackers.   Fortunately, to
   do this really well, one has to actually become a wizard.
   Nevertheless, old-time hackers tend to share a poorly articulated
   disquiet about the change; among other things, it gives them mixed
   feelings about the effects of public compendia of lore like this one.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   wannabee
  
      /won'*-bee/ (Or, more plausibly, spelled "wannabe") [Madonna
      fans who dress, talk, and act like their idol; probably
      originally from biker slang] A would-be {hacker}.   The
      connotations of this term differ sharply depending on the age
      and exposure of the subject.   Used of a person who is in or
      might be entering {larval stage}, it is semi-approving; such
      wannabees can be annoying but most hackers remember that they,
      too, were once such creatures.   When used of any professional
      programmer, CS academic, writer, or {suit}, it is derogatory,
      implying that said person is trying to cuddle up to the hacker
      mystique but doesn't, fundamentally, have a prayer of
      understanding what it is all about.   Overuse of hacker terms
      is often an indication of the {wannabee} nature.   Compare
      {newbie}.
  
      Historical note: The wannabee phenomenon has a slightly
      different flavour now (1993) than it did ten or fifteen years
      ago.   When the people who are now hackerdom's tribal elders
      were in {larval stage}, the process of becoming a hacker was
      largely unconscious and unaffected by models known in popular
      culture - communities formed spontaneously around people who,
      *as individuals*, felt irresistibly drawn to do hackerly
      things, and what wannabees experienced was a fairly pure,
      skill-focussed desire to become similarly wizardly.   Those
      days of innocence are gone forever; society's adaptation to
      the advent of the microcomputer after 1980 included the
      elevation of the hacker as a new kind of folk hero, and the
      result is that some people semi-consciously set out to *be
      hackers* and borrow hackish prestige by fitting the popular
      image of hackers.   Fortunately, to do this really well, one
      has to actually become a wizard.   Nevertheless, old-time
      hackers tend to share a poorly articulated disquiet about the
      change; among other things, it gives them mixed feelings about
      the effects of public compendia of lore like this one.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WHNF
  
      {weak head normal form}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WIMP
  
      Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers
      (or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, {Pull-down menu}s).
  
      The style of {graphical user interface} invented at {Xerox
      PARC}, popularised by the {Apple Macintosh} and now available
      in other varieties such as the {X Window System},
      {OSF}/{Motif}, {NeWS} and {RISC OS}.
  
      See {menuitis}, {user-obsequious}, {window system}.
  
      (1995-05-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   wmf
  
      The {filename extension} for a {Windows
      Metafile}.
  
      (1995-04-25)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WMV
  
      {Windows Media Video}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WNPP
  
      {Work Needed and Prospective Packages}
  
  
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