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   Walapai
         n 1: a member of a North American people formerly living in the
               Colorado river valley in Arizona [syn: {Walapai},
               {Hualapai}, {Hualpai}]
         2: the Yuman language spoken by the Walapai [syn: {Walapai},
            {Hualapai}, {Hualpai}]

English Dictionary: well up by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wall up
v
  1. enclose with a wall
    Synonym(s): wall in, wall up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wallaby
n
  1. any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
    Synonym(s): wallaby, brush kangaroo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wallop
n
  1. a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"
    Synonym(s): impact, wallop
  2. a severe blow
v
  1. hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy" [syn: whack, wham, whop, wallop]
  2. defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well up
v
  1. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
    Synonym(s): well up, swell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-off
adj
  1. in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"
    Synonym(s): comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do
  2. fortunately situated; "doesn't know when he's well-off"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whelp
n
  1. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf [syn: pup, whelp]
v
  1. birth; "the dog whelped"
    Synonym(s): whelp, pup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wolf
n
  1. any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
  2. Austrian composer (1860-1903)
    Synonym(s): Wolf, Hugo Wolf
  3. German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
    Synonym(s): Wolf, Friedrich August Wolf
  4. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
    Synonym(s): wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher
  5. a cruelly rapacious person
    Synonym(s): beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
v
  1. eat hastily; "The teenager wolfed down the pizza" [syn: wolf, wolf down]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wolf boy
n
  1. a male person assumed to have been raised by wolves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wolfe
n
  1. United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931)
    Synonym(s): Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr.
  2. United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938)
    Synonym(s): Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, Thomas Clayton Wolfe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wolff
n
  1. German anatomist (1733-1794) [syn: Wolff, {Kaspar Friedrich Wolff}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wolffia
n
  1. minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond
    Synonym(s): Wolffia, genus Wolffia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wolof
n
  1. the West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Woolf
n
  1. English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)
    Synonym(s): Woolf, Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a
      stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf.
      {Interval}.]
      1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,
            raised to some height, and intended for defense or
            security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a
            field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright
            inclosing parts of a building or a room.
  
                     The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.
                                                                              v. 5.
  
      2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the
            plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
  
                     The waters were a wall unto them on their right
                     hand, and on their left.                     --Ex. xiv. 22.
  
                     In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the
                     Troyan walls.                                    --Shak.
  
                     To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.
  
      3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls
            of a steam-engine cylinder.
  
      4. (Mining)
            (a) The side of a level or drift.
            (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.
  
      Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the
               formation of compounds, usually of obvious
               signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall
               fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
  
      {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind},
            etc.
  
      {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to
            extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.
  
      {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the
            weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.
  
      {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that
            is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
            [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of
            Montague's.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum})
            much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below.
  
      {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird
            ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe.
            It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of
            insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing
            coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red
            at the base and black distally, some of them with white
            spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider
            catcher}.
  
      {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous
            herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under
            {Mouse-ear}.
  
      {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a
            pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the
            wall; -- called also {wall box}.
  
      {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
  
      {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over
            the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by
            means of suckers on the feet.
  
      {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
            muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks
            and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}.
  
      {Wall louse}, a wood louse.
  
      {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.
  
      {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak.
  
      {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper
            hangings.
  
      {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria
            officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed
            medicinal.
  
      {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus})
            having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in
            Western Europe.
  
      {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre})
            with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and
            bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in
            Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.
  
      {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.
  
      {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.
  
      {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally
            upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
            See Illust. of {Roof}.
  
      {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.
            S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium
            Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.
  
      {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified
            rocks.
  
      {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to
            the walls of a house.
  
      {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp
            ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices
            of walls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallaba \Wal"la*ba\, n. (Bot.)
      A leguminous tree ({Eperua falcata}) of Demerara, with
      pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown
      wood is used for palings and shingles. --J. Smith (Dict.
      Econ. Plants).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. {Wallabies}. [From a native name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
      genus {Halmaturus}, native of Australia and Tasmania,
      especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo ({H.
      Bennettii}) and the pademelon ({H. thetidis}). The wallabies
      chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
      [Written also {wallabee}, and {whallabee}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. {Wallabies}. [From a native name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
      genus {Halmaturus}, native of Australia and Tasmania,
      especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo ({H.
      Bennettii}) and the pademelon ({H. thetidis}). The wallabies
      chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
      [Written also {wallabee}, and {whallabee}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallop \Wal"lop\, v. i. [Cf. OFlem. walop a gallop; of uncertain
      origin. Cf. {Gallop}.]
      To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. [Prov.
      Eng. & Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallop \Wal"lop\, n.
      A quick, rolling movement; a gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallop \Wal"lop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Walloped}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Walloping}.] [Probably fr. AS. weallan to spring up, to
      boil or bubble. [root]147. See {Well}, n. & v. i.]
      1. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling,
            with noise. [Prov. Eng.] --Brockett.
  
      2. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle. [Prov.
            Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      3. To be slatternly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallop \Wal"lop\, v. t.
      1. To beat soundly; to flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng., Scot., &
            Colloq. U. S.]
  
      2. To wrap up temporarily. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      3. To throw or tumble over. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallop \Wal"lop\, n.
      1. A thick piece of fat. --Halliwell.
  
      2. A blow. [Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {To make one's way}, to advance in life by one's personal
            efforts.
  
      {To make way}. See under {Make}, v. t.
  
      {Ways and means}.
            (a) Methods; resources; facilities.
            (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for
                  revenue.
  
      {Way leave}, permission to cross, or a right of way across,
            land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
  
      {Way of the cross} (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in
            rotation the stations of the cross. See {Station}, n., 7
            (c) .
  
      {Way of the rounds} (Fort.), a space left for the passage of
            the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified
            town.
  
      {Way pane}, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See {Pane},
            n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Way passenger}, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some
            intermediate place between the principal stations on a
            line of travel.
  
      {Ways of God}, his providential government, or his works.
  
      {Way station}, an intermediate station between principal
            stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
  
      {Way train}, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way,
            stations; an accommodation train.
  
      {Way warden}, the surveyor of a road.
  
      Syn: Street; highway; road.
  
      Usage: {Way}, {Street}, {Highway}, {Road}. Way is generic,
                  denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway
                  is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and
                  convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way
                  for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically,
                  a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and,
                  hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or
                  highways in compact settlements.
  
                           All keep the broad highway, and take delight
                           With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.
  
                           There is but one road by which to climb up.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                           When night Darkens the streets, then wander
                           forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence
                           and wine.                                    --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Well \Well\, adv. [Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency
      being supplied by better and best, from another root.] [OE.
      wel, AS. wel; akin to OS., OFries., & D. wel, G. wohl, OHG.
      wola, wela, Icel. & Dan. vel, Sw. v[84]l, Goth. wa[a1]la;
      originally meaning, according to one's will or wish. See
      {Will}, v. t., and cf. {Wealth}.]
      1. In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or
            wickedly.
  
                     If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
                                                                              --Gen. iv. 7.
  
      2. Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a
            proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully;
            adequately; thoroughly.
  
                     Lot . . . beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it
                     was well watered everywhere.               --Gen. xiii.
                                                                              10.
  
                     WE are wellable to overcome it.         --Num. xiii.
                                                                              30.
  
                     She looketh well to the ways of her household.
                                                                              --Prov. xxxi.
                                                                              27.
  
                     Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought The
                     better fight.                                    --Milton.
  
      3. Fully or about; -- used with numbers. [Obs.] [bd]Well a
            ten or twelve.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Well nine and twenty in a company.      --Chaucer.
  
      4. In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish;
            satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
            [bd]It boded well to you.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Know In measure what the mind may well contain.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     All the world speaks well of you.      --Pope.
  
      5. Considerably; not a little; far.
  
                     Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age.
                                                                              --Gen. xviii.
                                                                              11.
  
      Note: Well is sometimes used elliptically for it is well, as
               an expression of satisfaction with what has been said
               or done, and sometimes it expresses concession, or is
               merely expletive; as, well, the work is done; well, let
               us go; well, well, be it so.
  
      Note: Well, like above, ill, and so, is used before many
               participial adjectives in its usual adverbial senses,
               and subject to the same custom with regard to the use
               of the hyphen (see the Note under {Ill}, adv.); as, a
               well-affected supporter; he was well affected toward
               the project; a well-trained speaker; he was well
               trained in speaking; well-educated, or well educated;
               well-dressed, or well dressed; well-appearing;
               well-behaved; well-controlled; well-designed;
               well-directed; well-formed; well-meant; well-minded;
               well-ordered; well-performed; well-pleased;
               well-pleasing; well-seasoned; well-steered;
               well-tasted; well-told, etc. Such compound epithets
               usually have an obvious meaning, and since they may be
               formed at will, only a few of this class are given in
               the Vocabulary.
  
      {As well}. See under {As}.
  
      {As well as}, and also; together with; not less than; one as
            much as the other; as, a sickness long, as well as severe;
            London is the largest city in England, as well as the
            capital.
  
      {Well enough}, well or good in a moderate degree; so as to
            give satisfaction, or so as to require no alteration.
  
      {Well off}, in good condition; especially, in good condition
            as to property or any advantages; thriving; prosperous.
  
      {Well to do}, well off; prosperous; -- used also adjectively.
            [bd]The class well to do in the world.[b8] --J. H. Newman.
  
      {Well to live}, in easy circumstances; well off; well to do.
            --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. {Wallabies}. [From a native name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
      genus {Halmaturus}, native of Australia and Tasmania,
      especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo ({H.
      Bennettii}) and the pademelon ({H. thetidis}). The wallabies
      chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
      [Written also {wallabee}, and {whallabee}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whelped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Whelping}.]
      To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
      some beasts of prey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whelp \Whelp\, v. t.
      To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
  
               Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have
               loved a thing better.                              --B. Jonson.
  
               Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whelp \Whelp\, n. [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf,
      Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
      1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a
            cub; as, a lion's whelps. [bd]A bear robbed of her
            whelps.[b8] --2 Sam. xvii. 8.
  
      2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
  
                     That awkward whelp with his money bags would have
                     made his entrance.                              --Addison.
  
      3. (Naut.) One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the
            barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the
            plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.
  
      4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin
      to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [umac]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan.
      ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr.
      ly`kos, Skr. v[rsdot]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag,
      tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage
            carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely
            allied to the common dog. The best-known and most
            destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}),
            the American gray, or timber, wolf ({C. occidentalis}),
            and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in
            packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy,
            larv[91] of several species of beetles and grain moths;
            as, the bee wolf.
  
      3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person
            or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled
            hard to keep the wolf from the door.
  
      4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
  
      5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.]
  
                     If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf
                     into thy side.                                    --Jer. Taylor.
  
      6. (Mus.)
            (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an
                  organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
            (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective
                  vibration in certain notes of the scale.
  
      7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight.
  
      {Black wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common
                  in the Pyrenees.
            (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.
  
      {Golden wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis
            laniger}); -- called also {chanco}.
  
      {Indian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes})
            which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}.
           
  
      {Prairie wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the coyote.
  
      {Sea wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.) the striped hyena.
  
      {Tasmanian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the zebra wolf.
  
      {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena.
  
      {To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to
            prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson.
  
      {Wolf dog}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees,
                  supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of
                  the St. Bernard dog.
            (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used
                  formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.
            (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo
                  dog.
  
      {Wolf eel} (Zo[94]l.), a wolf fish.
  
      {Wolf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,
            voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas},
            especially the common species ({A. lupus}) of Europe and
            North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful
            jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea wolf}, {stone
            biter}, and {swinefish}.
  
      {Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great
            numbers of fish.
  
      {Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple
            ({Lycopersicum esculentum}).
  
      {Wolf spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or
            family {Lycosid[91]}. These spiders run about rapidly in
            search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or
            blackish in color. See Illust. in App.
  
      {Zebra wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial
            ({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called
            also {Tasmanian wolf}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Welby, CO (CDP, FIPS 83120)
      Location: 39.83825 N, 104.96466 W
      Population (1990): 10218 (4138 housing units)
      Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Wolf
      Heb. zeeb, frequently referred to in Scripture as an emblem of
      treachery and cruelty. Jacob's prophecy, "Benjamin shall ravin
      as a wolf" (Gen. 49:27), represents the warlike character of
      that tribe (see Judg. 19-21). Isaiah represents the peace of
      Messiah's kingdom by the words, "The wolf also shall dwell with
      the lamb" (Isa. 11:6). The habits of the wolf are described in
      Jer. 5:6; Hab. 1:8; Zeph. 3:3; Ezek. 22:27; Matt. 7:15; 10:16;
      Acts 20:29. Wolves are still sometimes found in Palestine, and
      are the dread of shepherds, as of old.
     
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