war chest
         n 1: a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political
               campaign)

English Dictionary: War Secretary	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
War Secretary n head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947 Synonym(s): Secretary of War, War Secretary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wire gage n gauge for measuring the diameter of wire [syn: {wire gauge}, wire gage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wire gauge n gauge for measuring the diameter of wire [syn: {wire gauge}, wire gage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Worcester n United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865) Synonym(s): Worcester, Joseph Emerson Worcester an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Worcester sauce n a savory sauce of vinegar and soy sauce and spices [syn: Worcester sauce, Worcestershire, Worcestershire sauce]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Worcestershire n a savory sauce of vinegar and soy sauce and spices [syn: Worcester sauce, Worcestershire, Worcestershire sauce]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Worcestershire sauce n a savory sauce of vinegar and soy sauce and spices [syn: Worcester sauce, Worcestershire, Worcestershire sauce]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workhouse n a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workweek n hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week" Synonym(s): workweek, week
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wreckage n the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ware \Ware\, n. [AS. w[be]r.] (Bot.)       Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]          {Ware goose} (Zo[94]l.), the brant; -- so called because it             feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warehouse \Ware"house`\, n.; pl. {Warehouses}.       A storehouse for wares, or goods. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]       1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to             determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.                         This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and                      groove to equal breadth by.               --Moxon.                         There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.                                                                               --I. Taylor.          2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.                         The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and                      contempt.                                          --Burke.          3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or             regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or             template; as, a button maker's gauge.          4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the             state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical             elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some             particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.          5. (Naut.)             (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with                   reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather                   gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and                   the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.             (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.                   --Totten.          6. The distance between the rails of a railway.          Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is                four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad,                gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England,                seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard                gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called                narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six                inches.          7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with             common plaster to accelerate its setting.          8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which             is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of             such shingles, slates, or tiles.          {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the             wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}.          {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining             the height of the water level in a steam boiler.          {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel             flange striking the edge of the rail.          {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge.          {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object             having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round,             to a templet or gauge.          {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is             one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given             measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.          {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of             barrels, casks, etc.          {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of             cut. --Knight.          {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making             cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.          {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to             determine the depth of the furrow.          {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line             parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.          {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of             the page.          {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of             rain at any given place.          {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance             for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its             specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.          {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.                      {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with             mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the             degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air             pump or other vacuum; a manometer.          {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.)             (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted                   dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use,                   as screws, railway-car axles, etc.             (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges,                   and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the                   working gauges.             (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5.          {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the             diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its             length.          {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of             steam, as in a boiler.          {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the             tides.          {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the             relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a             steam engine and the air.          {Water gauge}.             (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water                   surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or                   glass.             (b) The height of the water in the boiler.          {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the             wind on any given surface; an anemometer.          {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or             the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size.             See under {Wire}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Workhouse \Work"house`\, n.; pl. {Workhouses}. [AS. weorch[?]s.]       1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.          2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to             labor.          3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public             expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Workhouse \Work"house`\, n.; pl. {Workhouses}. [AS. weorch[?]s.]       1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.          2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to             labor.          3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public             expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Workways \Work"ways`\, Workwise \Work"wise`\, adv.       In a working position or manner; as, a T rail placed       workwise, i.e., resting on its base.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Workways \Work"ways`\, Workwise \Work"wise`\, adv.       In a working position or manner; as, a T rail placed       workwise, i.e., resting on its base.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreckage \Wreck"age\ (?; 48), n.       1. The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked.          2. That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worcester, MA (city, FIPS 82000)       Location: 42.26963 N, 71.80892 W       Population (1990): 169759 (69336 housing units)       Area: 97.3 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01607, 01608, 01609, 01610    Worcester, NY       Zip code(s): 12197    Worcester, VT       Zip code(s): 05682
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worcester County, MA (county, FIPS 27)       Location: 42.35023 N, 71.91170 W       Population (1990): 709705 (279428 housing units)       Area: 3919.1 sq km (land), 170.8 sq km (water)    Worcester County, MD (county, FIPS 47)       Location: 38.22632 N, 75.28289 W       Population (1990): 35028 (41800 housing units)       Area: 1225.7 sq km (land), 573.8 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute          (WPI) A well-regarded, small engineering college.          Address: Worcester, MA, USA.          (1995-03-01)