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   Warlpiri
         n 1: a language of Australian aborigines [syn: {Walbiri},
               {Warlpiri}]

English Dictionary: whirlybird by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
werewolf
n
  1. a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
    Synonym(s): werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Werlhof's disease
n
  1. purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors
    Synonym(s): thrombocytopenic purpura, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, Werlhof's disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whirlpool
n
  1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
    Synonym(s): whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom
v
  1. flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whirlybird
n
  1. an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
    Synonym(s): helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wehrwolf \Wehr"wolf`\, n.
      See {Werewolf}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. {Werewolves}. [AS. werwulf; wer a
      man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[84]rwolf, w[84]hrwolf, wehrwolf,
      a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See {Were} a man, and
      {Wolf}, and cf. {Virile}, {World}.]
      A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either
      temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural
      influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope.
      Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.
  
               The werwolf went about his prey.            --William of
                                                                              Palerne.
  
               The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves
               of the human race.                                 --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. {Werewolves}. [AS. werwulf; wer a
      man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[84]rwolf, w[84]hrwolf, wehrwolf,
      a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See {Were} a man, and
      {Wolf}, and cf. {Virile}, {World}.]
      A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either
      temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural
      influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope.
      Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.
  
               The werwolf went about his prey.            --William of
                                                                              Palerne.
  
               The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves
               of the human race.                                 --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirlabout \Whirl"a*bout`\, n.
      Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a
      whirligig.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirlbat \Whirl"bat`\, n.
      Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to
      augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of
      ancient boxers.
  
               The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for
               C[91]sar.                                                --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirl-blast \Whirl"-blast`\, n.
      A whirling blast or wind.
  
               A whirl-blast from behind the hill.         --Wordsworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirlbone \Whirl"bone`\, n. (Anat.)
      (a) The huckle bone. [Obs.]
      (b) The patella, or kneepan. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirlpit \Whirl"pit`\, n.
      A whirlpool. [Obs.] [bd]Raging whirlpits.[b8] --Sandys.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirlpool \Whirl"pool`\, n.
      1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water
            where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a
            depression or cavity in the center, into which floating
            objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or
            less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular
            channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or
            the like.
  
      2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
                     The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest
                     fishes that are; among which the whales and
                     whirlpools, called [bd]bal[91]n[91],[b8] take up in
                     length as much as four . . . arpents of land.
                                                                              --Holland.
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