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war-torn
adj 1: laid waste by war [syn: {war-torn}, {war-worn}]

English Dictionary: wartwort	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warder n a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wardership n the position of warder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wardress n a woman warder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wardrobe n a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes Synonym(s): wardrobe, closet, press collection of clothing belonging to one person collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wardroom n military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wartwort n not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun Synonym(s): sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort, devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
word order n the order of words in a text
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
word-worship n the worship of words [syn: verbolatry, grammatolatry, word-worship]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
writer n writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) Synonym(s): writer, author a person who is able to write and has written something
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
writer's block n an inability to write; "he had writer's block; the words wouldn't come"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
writer's cramp n muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil Synonym(s): writer's cramp, graphospasm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
writer's name n the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work Synonym(s): writer's name, author's name
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warder \Ward"er\, n. 1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. [bd]The warders of the gate.[b8] --Dryden. 2. A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will. When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, Casts down his warder to arrest them there. --Daniel. Wafting his warder thrice about his head, He cast it up with his auspicious hand, Which was the signal, through the English spread, This they should charge. --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wardrobe \Ward"robe`\, n. [OE. warderobe, OF. warderobe, F. garderobe; of German origin. See {Ward}, v. t., and {Robe}.] 1. A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes. 2. Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration. Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. --Milton. With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe. --T. Hughes. 3. A privy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wardroom \Ward"room`\, n. 1. (Naut.) A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See {Gunroom}. --Totten. 2. A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wartwort \Wart"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}), and the nipplewort ({Lampsana communis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wherethrough \Where*through"\, adv. Through which. [R.] [bd]Wherethrough that I may know.[b8] --Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wiredraw \Wire"draw`\, v. t. [imp. {Wiredrew}; p. p. {Wiredrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiredrawing}.] 1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel. 2. Hence, to draw by art or violence. My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy. --Dryden. 3. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument. Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a court of justice. --Macaulay. 4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wire-drawer \Wire"-draw`er\, n. One who draws metal into wire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wiredraw \Wire"draw`\, v. t. [imp. {Wiredrew}; p. p. {Wiredrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiredrawing}.] 1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel. 2. Hence, to draw by art or violence. My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy. --Dryden. 3. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument. Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a court of justice. --Macaulay. 4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wiredraw \Wire"draw`\, v. t. [imp. {Wiredrew}; p. p. {Wiredrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiredrawing}.] 1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel. 2. Hence, to draw by art or violence. My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy. --Dryden. 3. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument. Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a court of justice. --Macaulay. 4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wiredraw \Wire"draw`\, v. t. [imp. {Wiredrew}; p. p. {Wiredrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiredrawing}.] 1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel. 2. Hence, to draw by art or violence. My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy. --Dryden. 3. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument. Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a court of justice. --Macaulay. 4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worder \Word"er\, n. A speaker. [Obs.] --Withlock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] I'll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. --Beau. & Fl. 2. The act of seeking and acquiring property. 3. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance. --Franklin. 4. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. --Chaucer. B. Jonson. We met with little purchase upon this coast, except two small vessels of Golconda. --De Foe. A beauty-waning and distressed widow . . . Made prize and purchase of his lustful eye. --Shak. 5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. [bd]The scrip was complete evidence of his right in the purchase.[b8] --Wheaton. 6. Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained. A politician, to do great things, looks for a power -- what our workmen call a purchase. --Burke. 7. (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. --Blackstone. {Purchase criminal}, robbery. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Purchase money}, the money paid, or contracted to be paid, for anything bought. --Berkeley. {Worth, [or] At}, {[so many] years' purchase}, a phrase by which the value or cost of a thing is expressed in the length of time required for the income to amount to the purchasing price; as, he bought the estate at a twenty years' purchase. To say one's life is not worth a day's purchase in the same as saying one will not live a day, or is in imminent peril.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[c6]tere.] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. --Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. --Shak. 3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. {Writer of the tallies} (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.) {Writer's} {cramp, palsy, [or] spasm} (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also {scrivener's palsy}. {Writer to the signet}. See under {Signet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[c6]tere.] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. --Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. --Shak. 3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. {Writer of the tallies} (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.) {Writer's} {cramp, palsy, [or] spasm} (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also {scrivener's palsy}. {Writer to the signet}. See under {Signet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[c6]tere.] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. --Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. --Shak. 3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. {Writer of the tallies} (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.) {Writer's} {cramp, palsy, [or] spasm} (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also {scrivener's palsy}. {Writer to the signet}. See under {Signet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Signet \Sig"net\, n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim. of signe. See {Sign}, n., and cf. {Sennet}.] A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also {privy signet}. I had my father's signet in my purse. --Shak. {Signet ring}, a ring containing a signet or private seal. {Writer to the signet} (Scots Law), a judicial officer who prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the office of the secretary of state.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[c6]tere.] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. --Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. --Shak. 3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. {Writer of the tallies} (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.) {Writer's} {cramp, palsy, [or] spasm} (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also {scrivener's palsy}. {Writer to the signet}. See under {Signet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writership \Writ"er*ship\, n. The office of a writer.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wartrace, TN (town, FIPS 78120) Location: 35.52776 N, 86.33288 W Population (1990): 494 (227 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37183
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
wirewater n. Syn. {programming fluid}. This melds the mainstream slang adjective `wired' (stimulated, up, hyperactive) with `firewater'; however, it refers to caffeinacious rather than alcoholic beverages.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wardriving (From {wardialer} in the "carrier scanner" sense of that word) To drive around with a {laptop} with a {wireless card}, and an antenna, looking for accessible {wireless networks}. (2003-06-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wirewater {programming fluid}. This melds the mainstream slang adjective "wired" (stimulated, up, hyperactive) with "firewater"; however, it refers to caffeinacious rather than alcoholic beverages. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
word wrap A feature of {word processors} and most {text editors} where a word which would extend past the right hand margin is moved to the following line. This is more sophisticated than character wrap which only moves to the next line for the first character past the right margin and thus will break some words in the middle. The program may actually insert a new line in the text at the point where it is wrapped or it may only display it as though it contained a new line at that point. (1996-07-24)