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   warming
         adj 1: imparting heat; "a warming fire"
         2: producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a
            mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: {calefacient},
            {warming}]
         n 1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn:
               {heating}, {warming}]
         2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
            welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: {thaw}, {thawing}, {warming}]

English Dictionary: warning(a) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warming pan
n
  1. a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warmonger
n
  1. a person who advocates war or warlike policies [syn: militarist, warmonger]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warmongering
n
  1. a policy of advocating war [syn: warmongering, {war advocacy}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warning
adj
  1. serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
    Synonym(s): admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)
n
  1. a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode"
  2. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches"
    Synonym(s): admonition, monition, warning, word of advice
  3. notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warning bell
n
  1. a bell used to sound an alarm [syn: tocsin, {warning bell}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warning coloration
n
  1. conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators; "a skunk's aposematic coloration"
    Synonym(s): aposematic coloration, warning coloration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warning device
n
  1. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
    Synonym(s): alarm, warning device, alarm system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warning light
n
  1. a cautionary sign of danger [syn: red light, {warning light}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warning of attack
n
  1. a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warning of war
n
  1. a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warning signal
n
  1. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
    Synonym(s): alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whoremonger
n
  1. a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick]
  2. a pimp who procures whores
    Synonym(s): whoremaster, whoremonger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wireman
n
  1. a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring [syn: wireman, wirer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wormian bone
n
  1. any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones
    Synonym(s): Wormian bone, sutural bone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worriment
n
  1. a difficulty that causes anxiety [syn: troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wariment \Wa"ri*ment\, n.
      Wariness. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warm \Warm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Warming}.] [AS. wearmian. See {Warm}, a.]
      1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render
            warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an
            apartment.
  
                     Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn;
                     for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa.
                                                                              xliv 15
  
                     Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
      2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to
            excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
  
                     I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial
                     writings.                                          --Pope.
  
                     Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warming \Warm"ing\,
      a. & n. from {Warm}, v.
  
      {Warming pan}, a long-handled covered pan into which live
            coals are put, -- used for warming beds. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warming \Warm"ing\,
      a. & n. from {Warm}, v.
  
      {Warming pan}, a long-handled covered pan into which live
            coals are put, -- used for warming beds. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warmonger \War"mon`ger\, n.
      One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [R.]
      --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warn \Warn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Warning}.] [OE. warnen, warnien, AS. warnian, wearnian, to
      take heed, to warn; akin to AS. wearn denial, refusal, OS.
      warning, wernian, to refuse, OHG. warnen, G. warnen to warn,
      OFries. warna, werna, Icel. varna to refuse; and probably to
      E. wary. [?][?][?][?].]
      1. To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to
            give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify
            or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to
            warn a tenant to quit a house. [bd]Warned of the ensuing
            fight.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by
                     an holy angel to send for thee.         --Acts x. 22.
  
                     Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --Shak.
  
      2. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or
            evil; to caution against anything that may prove
            injurious. [bd]Juturna warns the Daunian chief of Lausus'
            danger, urging swift relief.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      3. To ward off. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warning \Warn"ing\, a.
      Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a
      warning voice.
  
               That warning timepiece never ceased.      --Longfellow.
  
      {Warning piece}, {Warning wheel} (Horol.), a piece or wheel
            which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warning \Warn"ing\, n.
      1. Previous notice. [bd]At a month's warning.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     A great journey to take upon so short a warning.
                                                                              --L'Estrange.
  
      2. Caution against danger, or against faults or evil
            practices which incur danger; admonition; monition.
  
                     Could warning make the world more just or wise.
                                                                              --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warning \Warn"ing\, a.
      Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a
      warning voice.
  
               That warning timepiece never ceased.      --Longfellow.
  
      {Warning piece}, {Warning wheel} (Horol.), a piece or wheel
            which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warning \Warn"ing\, a.
      Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a
      warning voice.
  
               That warning timepiece never ceased.      --Longfellow.
  
      {Warning piece}, {Warning wheel} (Horol.), a piece or wheel
            which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warningly \Warn"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a warning manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whoremonger \Whore"mon`ger\, n.
      A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of
      whores.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wormian \Wor"mi*an\, a. (Anat.)
      Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish
      anatomist.
  
      {Wormian bones}, small irregular plates of bone often
            interposed in the sutures between the large cranial bones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wormian \Wor"mi*an\, a. (Anat.)
      Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish
      anatomist.
  
      {Wormian bones}, small irregular plates of bone often
            interposed in the sutures between the large cranial bones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worm \Worm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wormed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Worming}.]
      To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
  
               When debates and fretting jealousy Did worm and work
               within you more and more, Your color faded. --Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worriment \Wor"ri*ment\, n. [See {Worry}.]
      Trouble; anxiety; worry. [Colloq. U. S.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Warm Mineral Springs, FL (CDP, FIPS 75175)
      Location: 27.04853 N, 82.27032 W
      Population (1990): 4041 (3200 housing units)
      Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Warminster, PA
      Zip code(s): 18974

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Warminster Heights, PA (CDP, FIPS 80962)
      Location: 40.18670 N, 75.08483 W
      Population (1990): 4310 (1701 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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