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   W
         n 1: a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used
               mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several
               ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: {tungsten},
               {wolfram}, {W}, {atomic number 74}]
         2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn:
            {west}, {due west}, {westward}, {W}]
         3: a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power
            dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a
            resistance of 1 ohm [syn: {watt}, {W}]
         4: the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: {W}, {w},
            {double-u}]

English Dictionary: weewee by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
WA
n
  1. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Washington, Evergreen State, WA]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wahoo
n
  1. upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
    Synonym(s): strawberry bush, wahoo, Euonymus americanus
  2. deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
    Synonym(s): wahoo, burning bush, Euonymus atropurpureus
  3. large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
    Synonym(s): wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waw
n
  1. the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
way
adv
  1. to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on"
    Synonym(s): way, right smart
n
  1. how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
    Synonym(s): manner, mode, style, way, fashion
  2. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
    Synonym(s): means, agency, way
  3. a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
    Synonym(s): direction, way
  4. the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
  5. a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
    Synonym(s): way, path, way of life
  6. any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
  7. a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
  8. space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
    Synonym(s): room, way, elbow room
  9. the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
  10. doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
  11. a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
  12. a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the loot three ways"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wee
adj
  1. (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy]
  2. very early; "the wee hours of the morning"
n
  1. a short time; "bide a wee"
v
  1. eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
    Synonym(s): make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wee-wee
v
  1. eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
    Synonym(s): make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weewee
n
  1. liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
    Synonym(s): urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wei
n
  1. any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556
    Synonym(s): Wei, Wei dynasty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whey
n
  1. the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese
    Synonym(s): whey, milk whey
  2. watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
WHO
n
  1. a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
    Synonym(s): World Health Organization, WHO
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
why
n
  1. the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
    Synonym(s): why, wherefore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
WI
n
  1. a midwestern state in north central United States [syn: Wisconsin, Badger State, WI]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woe
n
  1. misery resulting from affliction
    Synonym(s): suffering, woe
  2. intense mournfulness
    Synonym(s): woe, woefulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woo
v
  1. seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: woo, court]
  2. make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
    Synonym(s): woo, court, romance, solicit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wow
n
  1. a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot]
v
  1. impress greatly; "The speaker wowed the audience"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wu
n
  1. a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta [syn: Wu, Wu dialect, Shanghai dialect]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
WWW
n
  1. computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
    Synonym(s): World Wide Web, WWW, web
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
WY
n
  1. a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east
    Synonym(s): Wyoming, Equality State, WY
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wye
n
  1. the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: Y, y, wye]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Labial \La"bi*al\, n.
      1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an
            articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the
            lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}.
  
      2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue
            pipe.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a
            fish or reptile.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   W \W\ (d[ucr]b"'l [umac]),
      the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a
      consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second
      element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its
      written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this
      being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we
      call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V,
      and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially
      in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the
      other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine,
      and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation,
      [sect][sect] 266-268.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Labial \La"bi*al\, n.
      1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an
            articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the
            lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}.
  
      2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue
            pipe.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a
            fish or reptile.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   W \W\ (d[ucr]b"'l [umac]),
      the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a
      consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second
      element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its
      written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this
      being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we
      call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V,
      and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially
      in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the
      other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine,
      and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation,
      [sect][sect] 266-268.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waahoo \Waa*hoo"\ (w[aum]*h[oomac]"), n. (Bot.)
      The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine
      made from it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wae \Wae\, n.
      A wave. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wah \Wah\ (w[aum]), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The panda.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
      Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
      (a) A certain shrub ({Evonymus atropurpureus}) having purple
            capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
            seeds; -- called also {burning bush}.
      (b) Cascara buckthorn.
      (c) Basswood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
      A dark blue scombroid food fish ({Acanthocibium solandri [or]
      petus}) of Florida and the West Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wawe \Wawe\, n. [OE. wawe, waghe; cf. Icel. v[be]gr; akin to E.
      wag; not the same word as wave.]
      A wave. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &
      G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[84]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via,
      and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.
      [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via},
      {Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.]
      1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
            opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;
            road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a
            way to the mine. [bd]To find the way to heaven.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     The season and ways were very improper for his
                     majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
                                                                              --Evelyn.
  
      2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a
            long way.
  
                     And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began
                     to fail.                                             --Longfellow.
  
      3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
  
                     I prythee, now, lead the way.            --Shak.
  
      4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of
            action; advance.
  
                     If that way be your walk, you have not far.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.
  
      5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
            accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
  
                     My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.
  
                     By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.
  
                     What impious ways my wishes took!      --Prior.
  
      6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
            expressing one's ideas.
  
      7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
            conduct; mode of dealing. [bd]Having lost the way of
            nobleness.[b8] --Sir. P. Sidney.
  
                     Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
                     are peace.                                          --Prov. iii.
                                                                              17.
  
                     When men lived in a grander way.         --Longfellow.
  
      8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.
  
                     The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,
            to have one's way.
  
      10. (Naut.)
            (a) Progress; as, a ship has way.
            (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
  
      11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,
            on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a
            table or carriage moves.
  
      12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
  
      {By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though
            connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
           
  
      {By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
           
  
      {Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.
  
      {In the family way}. See under {Family}.
  
      {In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,
            etc.
  
      {In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being
            with; in the presence of.
  
      {Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1.
  
      {No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the
            Vocabulary.
  
      {On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process;
            advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this
            country; on the way to success.
  
      {Out of the way}. See under {Out}.
  
      {Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over
            another's ground. It may arise either by grant or
            prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,
            well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
           
  
      {To be under way}, [or] {To have way} (Naut.), to be in
            motion, as when a ship begins to move.
  
      {To give way}. See under {Give}.
  
      {To go one's way}, [or] {To come one's way}, to go or come;
            to depart or come along. --Shak.
  
      {To go the way of all the earth}, to die.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Way \Way\, adv. [Aphetic form of away.]
      Away. [Obs. or Archaic] --Chaucer.
  
      {To do way}, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] [bd]Do way your
            hands.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {To make way with}, to make away with. See under {Away}.
            [Archaic]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Way \Way\, v. t.
      To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path. [Obs.] [bd]In
      land not wayed.[b8] --Wyclif.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Way \Way\, v. i.
      To move; to progress; to go. [R.]
  
               On a time as they together wayed.            --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   We \We\ (w[emac]), pron.; pl. of I. [Poss. {Our} (our) or {Ours}
      (ourz); obj. {Us} ([ucr]s). See {I}.] [As. w[emac]; akin to
      OS. w[c6], OFries. & LG. wi, D. wij, G. wir, Icel. v[emac]r,
      Sw. & Dan. vi, Goth. weis, Skr. vayam. [root]190.]
      The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first
      person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing
      denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the
      subject of an action expressed by a verb.
  
      Note: We is frequently used to express men in general,
               including the speaker. We is also often used by
               individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of
               themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism
               in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The
               plural style is also in use among kings and other
               sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John
               of England. Before that time, monarchs used the
               singular number in their edicts. The German and the
               French sovereigns followed the example of King John in
               a. d. 1200.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   I \I\ ([imac]), pron. [poss. {My} (m[imac]) or {Mine}
      (m[imac]n); object. {Me} (m[emac]). pl. nom. {We} (w[emac]);
      poss. {Our} (our) or {Ours} (ourz); object. {Us} ([ucr]s).]
      [OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G.
      ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ.
      ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. 'egw`, 'egw`n, Skr. aham. [root]179.
      Cf. {Egoism}.]
      The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the
      word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wee \Wee\, n. [OE. we a bit, in a little we, probably originally
      meaning, a little way, the word we for wei being later taken
      as synonymous with little. See {Way}.]
      A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance. [Obs. or
      Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wee \Wee\, a.
      Very small; little. [Colloq. & Scot.]
  
               A little wee face, with a little yellow beard. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wey \Wey\, n.
      Way; road; path. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wey \Wey\, v. t. & i.
      To weigh. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wey \Wey\, n. [OE. weye, AS. w[?]ge weight. [?][?][?][?]. See
      {Weight}.]
      A certain measure of weight. [Eng.] [bd]A weye of Essex
      cheese.[b8] --Piers Plowman.
  
      Note: A wey is 6[?] tods, or 182 pounds, of wool; a load, or
               five quarters, of wheat, 40 bushels of salt, each
               weighing 56 pounds; 32 cloves of cheese, each weighing
               seven pounds; 48 bushels of oats and barley; and from
               two cwt. to three cwt. of butter. --Simmonds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whahoo \Wha*hoo"\, n. (Bot.)
      An American tree, the winged elm. ({Ulmus alata}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whew \Whew\ (hw[umac]), n. & interj.
      A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment,
      scorn, or dislike.
  
      {Whew duck}, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whew \Whew\, v. i.
      To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover. [Prov. Eng. &
      Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whey \Whey\, n. [AS. hw[91]g; cf. D. wei, hui, Fries. weye, LG.
      wey, waje. ]
      The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more
      thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making
      cheese.
  
      Note: In this process, the thick part is called {curd}, and
               the thin part whey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheyey \Whey"ey\, a.
      Of the nature of, or containing, whey; resembling whey;
      wheyish. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Who \Who\, pron. [Possess. {whose}; object. {Whom}.] [OE. who,
      wha, AS. hw[be], interrogative pron., neut. hw[91]t; akin to
      OFries. hwa, neut. hwet, OS. hw[emac], neut. hwat, D. wie,
      neut. wat, G. wer, neut. was, OHG. wer, hwer, neut. waz,
      hwaz, Icel. hvat, neut., Dan. hvo, neut. hvad, Sw. ho, hvem,
      neut. hvad, Goth. hwas, fem. hw[omac], neut. hwa, Lith. kas,
      Ir. & Gael. co, W. pwy, L. quod, neuter of qui, Gr. po`teros
      whether, Skr. kas. [root]182. Cf. {How}, {Quantity},
      {Quorum}, {Quote}, {Ubiquity}, {What}, {When}, {Where},
      {Whether}, {Which}, {Whither}, {Whom}, {Why}.]
      1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative
            pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as
            singular or plural. See the Note under {What}, pron., 1.
            As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question:
            What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative
            pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of
            persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things),
            but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of
            animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives,
            are also used especially of persons, meaning the person
            that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever. [bd]Let
            who will be President.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                     [He] should not tell whose children they were.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire; Who
                     fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. --Daniel.
  
                     Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Whom I could pity thus forlorn.         --Milton.
  
                     How hard is our fate, who serve in the state.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death.
                                                                              --Young.
  
                     The brace of large greyhounds, who were the
                     companions of his sports.                  --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. One; any; one. [Obs., except in the archaic phrase, as who
            should say.]
  
                     As who should say, it were a very dangerous matter
                     if a man in any point should be found wiser than his
                     forefathers were.                              --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whoa \Whoa\, interj.
      Stop; stand; hold. See {Ho}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.]
      1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give
            notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak.
            [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E.
            whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by
            teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of
            anything. [Written also {whoa}, and, formerly, {hoo}.]
  
                     The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried
                     [bd]Hoo![b8]                                       --Chaucer.
  
                     An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.   --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whoa \Whoa\, interj.
      Stop; stand; hold. See {Ho}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ho \Ho\, Hoa \Hoa\ (h[omac]), interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho.]
      1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give
            notice of approach. [bd]What noise there, ho?[b8] --Shak.
            [bd]Ho! who's within?[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E.
            whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by
            teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of
            anything. [Written also {whoa}, and, formerly, {hoo}.]
  
                     The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried
                     [bd]Hoo![b8]                                       --Chaucer.
  
                     An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.   --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Why \Why\, n.
      A young heifer. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Why \Why\, adv. [OE. whi, why, AS. hw[c6], hw[?], instrumental
      case of hw[be], hw[91]t; akin to Icel. hv[c6] why, Dan. & Sw.
      hvi; cf. Goth. hw[?]. [?]. See {Who}.]
      1. For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account;
            wherefore; -- used interrogatively. See the Note under
            {What}, pron., 1.
  
                     Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will
                     ye die, O house of Israel?                  --Ezek.
                                                                              xxxiii. 11.
  
      2. For which; on account of which; -- used relatively.
  
                     No ground of enmity between us known Why he should
                     mean me ill or seek to harm.               --Milton.
  
                     Turn the discourse; I have a reason why I would not
                     have you speak so tenderly.               --Dryden.
  
      3. The reason or cause for which; that on account of which;
            on what account; as, I know not why he left town so
            suddenly; -- used as a compound relative.
  
      Note: Why is sometimes used as an interjection or an
               expletive in expression of surprise or content at a
               turn of affairs; used also in calling. [bd]Why,
               Jessica![b8] --Shak.
  
                        If her chill heart I can not move, Why, I'll
                        enjoy the very love.                     --Cowley.
               Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun.
  
                        The how and the why and the where. --Goldsmith.
  
      {For why}, because; why. See {Forwhy}. [Obs. or Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wo \Wo\, n. & a.
      See {Woe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woe \Woe\, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[be], interj.; akin to D.
      wee, OS. & OHG. w[emac], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve,
      Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. [?]. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.]
      [Formerly written also {wo}.]
      1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
  
                     Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad
                     instrument of all our woe, she took.   --Milton.
  
                     [They] weep each other's woe.            --Pope.
  
      2. A curse; a malediction.
  
                     Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of
                     vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?
                                                                              --South.
  
      Note: Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of
               sorrow. [bd] Woe is me! for I am undone.[b8] --Isa. vi.
               5.
  
                        O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life]. --Chaucer.
  
                        Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! --Isa.
                                                                              xlv. 9.
  
      {Woe worth}, Woe be to. See {Worth}, v. i.
  
                     Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs
                     thy life, my gallant gray!                  --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wo \Wo\, n. & a.
      See {Woe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woe \Woe\, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[be], interj.; akin to D.
      wee, OS. & OHG. w[emac], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve,
      Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. [?]. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.]
      [Formerly written also {wo}.]
      1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
  
                     Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad
                     instrument of all our woe, she took.   --Milton.
  
                     [They] weep each other's woe.            --Pope.
  
      2. A curse; a malediction.
  
                     Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of
                     vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?
                                                                              --South.
  
      Note: Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of
               sorrow. [bd] Woe is me! for I am undone.[b8] --Isa. vi.
               5.
  
                        O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life]. --Chaucer.
  
                        Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! --Isa.
                                                                              xlv. 9.
  
      {Woe worth}, Woe be to. See {Worth}, v. i.
  
                     Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs
                     thy life, my gallant gray!                  --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woe \Woe\, a.
      Woeful; sorrowful. [Obs.]
  
               His clerk was woe to do that deed.         --Robert of
                                                                              Brunne.
  
               Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               And looking up he waxed wondrous woe.      --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woe \Woe\, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[be], interj.; akin to D.
      wee, OS. & OHG. w[emac], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve,
      Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. [?]. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.]
      [Formerly written also {wo}.]
      1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
  
                     Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad
                     instrument of all our woe, she took.   --Milton.
  
                     [They] weep each other's woe.            --Pope.
  
      2. A curse; a malediction.
  
                     Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of
                     vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?
                                                                              --South.
  
      Note: Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of
               sorrow. [bd] Woe is me! for I am undone.[b8] --Isa. vi.
               5.
  
                        O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life]. --Chaucer.
  
                        Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! --Isa.
                                                                              xlv. 9.
  
      {Woe worth}, Woe be to. See {Worth}, v. i.
  
                     Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs
                     thy life, my gallant gray!                  --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woo \Woo\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wooed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wooing}.] [OE. wowen, wo[?]en, AS. w[?]gian, fr. w[?]h bent,
      crooked, bad; akin to OS. w[be]h evil, Goth. unwahs
      blameless, Skr. va[?]c to waver, and perhaps to E.
      vaccilate.]
      1. To solicit in love; to court.
  
                     Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he
                     himself has wrought.                           --Prior.
  
      2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
  
                     Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear
                     thy even song.                                    --Milton.
  
                     I woo the wind That still delays his coming.
                                                                              --Bryant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woo \Woo\, v. i.
      To court; to make love. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woohoo \Woo`hoo"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The sailfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boohoo \Boo"hoo`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The sailfish; -- called also {woohoo}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woohoo \Woo`hoo"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The sailfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boohoo \Boo"hoo`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The sailfish; -- called also {woohoo}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wou-wou \Wou"-wou`\, n. [So called from its cry.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See
      {Gibbon}. [Written also {wow-wow}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wowe \Wowe\, v. t. & i.
      To woo. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wow-wow \Wow"-wow"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Wou-wou}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wou-wou \Wou"-wou`\, n. [So called from its cry.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See
      {Gibbon}. [Written also {wow-wow}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wow-wow \Wow"-wow"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Wou-wou}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wou-wou \Wou"-wou`\, n. [So called from its cry.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See
      {Gibbon}. [Written also {wow-wow}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wye \Wye\, n.; pl. {Wyes}.
      1. The letter Y.
  
      2. A kind of crotch. See {Y}, n.
            (a) .

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wahiawa, HI (CDP, FIPS 72650)
      Location: 21.50290 N, 158.02213 W
      Population (1990): 17386 (5765 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 96786

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wahoo, NE (city, FIPS 50965)
      Location: 41.21516 N, 96.61996 W
      Population (1990): 3681 (1570 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68066

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waihee-Waiehue, HI (CDP, FIPS 75510)
      Location: 20.92624 N, 156.50957 W
      Population (1990): 4004 (1076 housing units)
      Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Why, AZ
      Zip code(s): 85321

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   W3
  
      A {World-Wide Web} {browser} for {Emacs} by William M. Perry
      .
  
      (1994-12-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WA-12
  
      Workflow Analysis in 12 different organisations.   A project
      from the Department of Computer Science from the {University
      of Twente}, Enschede, The Netherlands.   The final report of
      this project is available to the public (ISBN 90-365-0683-2).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WE
  
      A {hypertext} {authoring} system developed at the {University
      of North Carolina}.
  
      (1994-11-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WWW
  
      {World-Wide Web}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WWWW
  
      {World-Wide Web Worm}
  
  
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