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   wall pepper
         n 1: mossy European creeping sedum with yellow flowers; widely
               introduced as a ground cover [syn: {wall pepper}, {Sedum
               acre}]

English Dictionary: well-favoured by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wall-paperer
n
  1. a worker who papers walls [syn: wallpaperer, {wall- paperer}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wallpaper
n
  1. a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
v
  1. cover with wallpaper
    Synonym(s): wallpaper, paper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wallpaperer
n
  1. a worker who papers walls [syn: wallpaperer, {wall- paperer}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well behaved
adj
  1. (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved child"
    Synonym(s): well-behaved, well behaved
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-behaved
adj
  1. (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved child"
    Synonym(s): well-behaved, well behaved
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-favored
adj
  1. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman
    Synonym(s): fine-looking, good-looking, better- looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-favoured
adj
  1. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman
    Synonym(s): fine-looking, good-looking, better- looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wolf pup
n
  1. a young wolf
    Synonym(s): wolf pup, wolf cub
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]:
  
  
      Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination,
               having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper
               cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or
               paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker;
               paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight,
               or paperweight, etc.
  
      {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in
            payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to
            accommodation paper.
  
      {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used
            for catching flies.
  
      {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}.
  
      {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula
            papyracea}).
  
      {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval
            force.
  
      {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.
  
      {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel
            tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between
            two plate-iron disks. --Forney.
  
      {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such
            as promissory notes, duebills, etc.
  
      {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings.
  
      {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or
            otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against
            the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.
  
      {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come
            in on free passes. [Cant]
  
      {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government
            or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,
            and circulated as the representative of coin.
  
      {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.
  
      {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.
  
      {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}.
  
      {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus.
  
      {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta.
  
      {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De
            Colange.
  
      {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of
            paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.
  
      {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose
            papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.
  
      {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}.
  
      {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to
            protect engravings in books.
  
      {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above.
  
      {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless,
            except for uses of little account.
  
      {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not
            ribbed or watermarked.

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]:
   Well-favored \Well"-fa"vored\, a.
      Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.
  
               Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.   --Gen. xxix.
                                                                              17.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woulfe bottle \Woulfe" bot`tle\, n. (Chem.)
      A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called
      after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wolfeboro, NH (CDP, FIPS 86340)
      Location: 43.58951 N, 71.20868 W
      Population (1990): 2783 (1758 housing units)
      Area: 18.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 03894

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   wallpaper n.   1. A file containing a listing (e.g., assembly
   listing) or a transcript, esp. a file containing a transcript of all
   or part of a login session.   (The idea was that the paper for such
   listings was essentially good only for wallpaper, as evidenced at
   Stanford, where it was used to cover windows.)   Now rare, esp.
   since other systems have developed other terms for it (e.g., PHOTO
   on TWENEX).   However, the Unix world doesn't have an equivalent
   term, so perhaps {wallpaper} will take hold there.   The term
   probably originated on ITS, where the commands to begin and end
   transcript files were `:WALBEG' and `:WALEND', with default file
   `WALL PAPER' (the space was a path delimiter).   2. The background
   pattern used on graphical workstations (this is techspeak under the
   `Windows' graphical user interface to MS-DOS).   3. `wallpaper file'
   n. The file that contains the wallpaper information before it is
   actually printed on paper.   (Even if you don't intend ever to
   produce a real paper copy of the file, it is still called a
   wallpaper file.)
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   well-behaved adj.   1. [primarily {{MS-DOS}}] Said of software
   conforming to system interface guidelines and standards.
   Well-behaved software uses the operating system to do chores such as
   keyboard input, allocating memory and drawing graphics.   Oppose
   {ill-behaved}.   2. Software that does its job quietly and without
   counterintuitive effects.   Esp. said of software having an interface
   spec sufficiently simple and well-defined that it can be used as a
   {tool} by other software.   See {cat}.   3.   Said of an algorithm that
   doesn't {crash} or {blow up}, even when given {pathological} input.
   Implies that the stability of the algorithm is intrinsic, which
   makes this somewhat different from {bulletproof}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   wallpaper
  
      1. A file containing a listing (e.g. assembly listing) or a
      transcript, especially a file containing a transcript of all
      or part of a login session.   (The idea was that the paper for
      such listings was essentially good only for wallpaper, as
      evidenced at {Stanford}, where it was used to cover windows).
  
      The term is now rare, especially since other systems have
      developed other terms for it (e.g. PHOTO on {TWENEX}).
      However, the {Unix} world doesn't have an equivalent term, so
      perhaps wallpaper will take hold there.   The term probably
      originated on {ITS}, where the commands to begin and end
      transcript files were ":WALBEG" and ":WALEND", with default
      file "WALL PAPER" (the space was a path delimiter).
  
      2. The background pattern used on graphical workstations under
      the {Microsoft Windows} {graphical user interface} to
      {MS-DOS}.
  
      (1994-12-22)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   well-behaved
  
      1. [primarily {MS-DOS}] Said of software conforming to system
      interface guidelines and standards.   Well-behaved software
      uses the {operating system} to do chores such as keyboard
      input, allocating memory and drawing graphics.   Oppose
      {ill-behaved}.
  
      2. Software that does its job quietly and without
      counterintuitive effects.   Especially said of software having
      an interface spec sufficiently simple and well-defined that it
      can be used as a {tool} by other software.   See {cat}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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