warthog
         n 1: African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and
               large protruding tusks

English Dictionary: words	by the DICT Development Group
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weird sister n (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae Synonym(s): Norn, weird sister
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word accent n the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word Synonym(s): word stress, word accent
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word class n one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context Synonym(s): part of speech, form class, word class
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word game n any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words
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word salad n jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophrenia
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word sense n the accepted meaning of a word [syn: word meaning, {word sense}, acceptation]
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word square n a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across Synonym(s): word square, acrostic
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word stress n the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word Synonym(s): word stress, word accent
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word string n a linear sequence of words as spoken or written [syn: string of words, word string, linguistic string]
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word structure n the admissible arrangement of sounds in words [syn: morphology, sound structure, syllable structure, word structure]
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word-splitting n making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" Synonym(s): hairsplitting, word-splitting
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words n the words that are spoken; "I listened to his words very closely" the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" Synonym(s): lyric, words, language language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words" an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" Synonym(s): quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech" Synonym(s): actor's line, speech, words
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words per minute n the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing) Synonym(s): words per minute, wpm
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wordsmith n a fluent and prolific writer
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Wordsworth n a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850) Synonym(s): Wordsworth, William Wordsworth
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Wordsworthian adj in the manner of William Wordsworth
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wretch n performs some wicked deed someone you feel sorry for Synonym(s): poor devil, wretch
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wretched adj of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" Synonym(s): deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor" Synonym(s): miserable, wretched very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" Synonym(s): miserable, suffering, wretched morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" Synonym(s): despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" Synonym(s): hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
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wretchedly adv in a wretched manner; "`I can't remember who I am,' I said, wretchedly"
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wretchedness n a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" Synonym(s): misery, wretchedness, miserableness the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey wretchedness of the rain" the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"
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write copy v write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar"
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wurtzite n a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Ward penny} (O. Eng. Law), money paid to the sheriff or             castellan for watching and warding a castle.          {Ward staff}, a constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.]
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Ward-corn \Ward"-corn`\, n. [Ward + F. corne horn, L. cornu.]       (O. Eng. Law)       The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under       {Watch}, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of       surprise. --Burrill.
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Wardcorps \Ward"corps`\, n. [Wars + corps.]       Guardian; one set to watch over another. [Obs.] [bd]Though       thou preyedest Argus . . . to be my wardcorps.[b8] --Chaucer.
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-ward \-ward\ (w[etil]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[etil]rdz). [AS.       -weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G.       -w[84]rts, Icel. -ver[eb]r, Goth. -va[a1]r[ed]s, L. vertere       to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become. [fb]143. See       {Worth}. v. i., and cf. {Verse}. Adverbs ending in -wards       (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides,       betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were originally genitive       forms used adverbially.]       Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency       toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards,       etc.
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-wards \-wards\       See {-ward}.
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Wardship \Ward"ship\, n.       1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a             ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.                         Wardship is incident to tenure in socage.                                                                               --Blackstone.          2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.                         It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. --B.                                                                               Jonson.
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Wardsman \Wards"man\, n.; pl. {Wardsmen}.       A man who keeps ward; a guard. [R.] --Sydney Smith.
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Wardsman \Wards"man\, n.; pl. {Wardsmen}.       A man who keeps ward; a guard. [R.] --Sydney Smith.
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Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G.       warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte;       perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca       wart.]       1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by             enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of             the epidermis which covers them.          2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a             true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or             hardened protuberance on plants.          {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed             or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed             into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma.             Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A.             Duhring.          {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}.          {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having             the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose             scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes.          {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia             Helioscopia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wart hog \Wart" hog`\ (Zo[94]l.)       Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs       of the genus {Phacoch[oe]rus}. These animals have a pair of       large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second       pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and       both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with       bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African       species ({Phacoch[oe]rus [92]thiopicus}) is the best known.       Called also {vlacke vark}. The second species ({P.       [92]liani}) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G.       warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte;       perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca       wart.]       1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by             enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of             the epidermis which covers them.          2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a             true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or             hardened protuberance on plants.          {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed             or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed             into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma.             Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A.             Duhring.          {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}.          {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having             the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose             scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes.          {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia             Helioscopia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G.       warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte;       perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca       wart.]       1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by             enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of             the epidermis which covers them.          2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a             true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or             hardened protuberance on plants.          {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed             or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed             into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma.             Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A.             Duhring.          {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}.          {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having             the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose             scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes.          {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia             Helioscopia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warty \Wart"y\, a.       1. Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a             warty leaf.          2. Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence.          {Warty egg} (Zo[94]l.), a marine univalve shell ({Ovulum             verrucosum}), having the surface covered with wartlike             elevations.
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Weird \Weird\, a.       1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.          2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting,             magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a             weird appearance, look, sound, etc.                         Myself too had weird seizures.            --Tennyson.                         Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird                      incantation.                                       --Longfellow.          {Weird sisters}, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas.          Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in                Macbeth.                            The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the                         sea and land.                                 --Shak.
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Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[c6]rr, Dan.       vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin       to E. withy. [?][?][?][?].]       1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance             formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved             rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.          Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square,                triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in                the drawplate, or between the rollers.          2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph;             as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.]          {Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or             mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in             various ways.          {Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made             of wire.          {Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed             in a wire cage.          {Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, --             used for strainers, and for various other purposes.          {Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes             formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening             it.          {Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained             horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework,             between.          {Wire gauge} [or] {gage}.             (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness                   of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal                   plate with a series of notches of various widths in                   its edge.             (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as                   by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the                   thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is                   used in describing the size or thickness. There are                   many different standards for wire gauges, as in                   different countries, or for different kinds of metal,                   the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge                   being often used and designated by the abbreviations                   B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively.          {Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling             gauze.          {Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses             {Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa             compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}.          {Wire grub} (Zo[94]l.), a wireworm.          {Wire iron}, wire rods of iron.          {Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the             place of wooden lathing for holding plastering.          {Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above.          {Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine             wires, across the field of the instrument.          {Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed             and pointed.          {Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary             wire gauze.          {Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.                      {Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of             wires.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Word \Word\, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord,       G. wort, Icel. or[edh], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[a3]rd,       OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or       perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.]       1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate             or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal             sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom             expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of             human speech or language; a constituent part of a             sentence; a term; a vocable. [bd]A glutton of words.[b8]             --Piers Plowman.                         You cram these words into mine ears, against The                      stomach of my sense.                           --Shak.                         Amongst men who confound their ideas with words,                      there must be endless disputes.         --Locke.          2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of             characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a             page.          3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language.                         Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak.                         Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the                      sword forbear.                                    --Dryden.          4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; --             used only in the singular.                         I pray you . . . bring me word thither How the world                      goes.                                                --Shak.          5. Signal; order; command; direction.                         Give the word through.                        --Shak.          6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of             the person who utters it; statement; affirmation;             declaration; promise.                         Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak.                         I know you brave, and take you at your word.                                                                               --Dryden.                         I desire not the reader should take my word.                                                                               --Dryden.          7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute.                         Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me.                                                                               --Shak.          8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase,             clause, or short sentence.                         All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this;                      Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v.                                                                               14.                         She said; but at the happy word [bd]he lives,[b8] My                      father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound.                                                                               --Tennyson.                         There is only one other point on which I offer a                      word of remark.                                 --Dickens.          {By word of mouth}, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle.          {Compound word}. See under {Compound}, a.          {Good word}, commendation; favorable account. [bd]And gave             the harmless fellow a good word.[b8] --Pope.          {In a word}, briefly; to sum up.          {In word}, in declaration; in profession. [bd]Let us not love             in word, . . . but in deed and in truth.[b8] --1 John iii.             8.          {Nuns of the Word Incarnate} (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns             founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The             order, which also exists in the United States, was             instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the             [bd]Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.[b8]          {The word}, or {The Word}. (Theol.)             (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a                   revelation of God. [bd]Bold to speak the word without                   fear.[b8] --Phil. i. 14.             (b) The second person in the Trinity before his                   manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those                   who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of                   the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1.          {To eat one's words}, to retract what has been said.          {To have the words for}, to speak for; to act as spokesman.             [Obs.] [bd]Our host hadde the wordes for us all.[b8]             --Chaucer.          {Word blindness} (Physiol.), inability to understand printed             or written words or symbols, although the person affected             may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write             correctly. --Landois & Stirling.          {Word deafness} (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken             words, though the person affected may hear them and other             sounds, and hence is not deaf.          {Word dumbness} (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in             verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired.                      {Word for word}, in the exact words; verbatim; literally;             exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word.          {Word painting}, the act of describing an object fully and             vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the             mind, as if in a picture.          {Word picture}, an accurate and vivid description, which             presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a             picture.          {Word square}, a series of words so arranged that they can be             read vertically and horizontally with like results.          Note: H E A R T E M B E R A B U S E R E S I N T R E N T (A                word square)          Syn: See {Term}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Word-catcher \Word"-catch`er\, n.       One who cavils at words.
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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.
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Wordish \Word"ish\, a.       Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney.       -- {Word"ish*ness}, n.                   The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. --Sir                                                                               K. Digby.
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Wordish \Word"ish\, a.       Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney.       -- {Word"ish*ness}, n.                   The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. --Sir                                                                               K. Digby.
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Wordsman \Words"man\, n.       One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. [R.]       [bd]Some speculative wordsman.[b8] --H. Bushnell.
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Worthy \Wor"thy\, n.; pl. {Worthies}.       A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful       and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; --       much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church;       political worthies; military worthies.                   The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. --Cowper.
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]:
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]:
Wreath \Wreath\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Wreaths}. [OE. wrethe, AS.       wr[aemac][edh] a twisted band, fr. wr[c6][edh]an to twist.       See {Writhe}.]       1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of             smoke; a wreath of flowers. [bd]A wrethe of gold.[b8]             --Chaucer.                         [He] of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton                      wreath.                                             --Milton.          2. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.                         Conquest doth grant He dear wreath to the Grecian                      combatant.                                          --Chapman.                         Far back in the ages, The plow with wreaths was                      crowned.                                             --Bryant.          3. (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and             supporting the crest (see Illust. of {Crest}). It             generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one             tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the             principal color in the arms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreath-shell \Wreath"-shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A marine shell of the genus {Turbo}. See {Turbo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wretch \Wretch\, n. [OE. wrecche, AS. wrecca, wr[91]cca, an       exile, a wretch, fr. wrecan to drive out, punish; properly,       an exile, one driven out, akin to AS. wr[91]c an exile, OS.       wrekkio a stranger, OHG. reccheo an exile. See {Wreak}, v.       t.]       1. A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. [bd]The wretch             that lies in woe.[b8] --Shak.                         Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch                      even then, life's journey just begun? --Cowper.          2. One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable             person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.          Note: Wretch is sometimes used by way of slight or ironical                pity or contempt, and sometimes to express tenderness;                as we say, poor thing. [bd]Poor wretch was never                frighted so.[b8] --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wretched \Wretch"ed\, a.       1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep             affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief;             calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. [bd]To what wretched             state reserved![b8] --Milton.                         O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind Than to                      the wretched mortals left behind.      --Waller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wretchedly \Wretch"ed*ly\, adv.       In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n.       1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.             --Sir W. Raleigh.          2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]                         Eat worms and such wretchedness.         --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wretchful \Wretch"ful\, a.       Wretched. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See {Reckless}.]       Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ly},       adv. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com.       Prayer.                   Your deaf ears should listen Unto the wretchless                clamors of the poor.                              --J. Webster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See {Reckless}.]       Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ly},       adv. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com.       Prayer.                   Your deaf ears should listen Unto the wretchless                clamors of the poor.                              --J. Webster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See {Reckless}.]       Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ly},       adv. [Obs.] -- {Wretch"less*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com.       Prayer.                   Your deaf ears should listen Unto the wretchless                clamors of the poor.                              --J. Webster.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ward County, ND (county, FIPS 101)       Location: 48.22425 N, 101.54520 W       Population (1990): 57921 (23585 housing units)       Area: 5213.6 sq km (land), 112.3 sq km (water)    Ward County, TX (county, FIPS 475)       Location: 31.51053 N, 103.10151 W       Population (1990): 13115 (5365 housing units)       Area: 2164.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wardsboro, VT       Zip code(s): 05355
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wardsville, MO (town, FIPS 77002)       Location: 38.48797 N, 92.17340 W       Population (1990): 513 (169 housing units)       Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wirt County, WV (county, FIPS 105)       Location: 39.01903 N, 81.38473 W       Population (1990): 5192 (2795 housing units)       Area: 603.5 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wirtz, VA       Zip code(s): 24184
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worth County, GA (county, FIPS 321)       Location: 31.55269 N, 83.84816 W       Population (1990): 19745 (7597 housing units)       Area: 1475.8 sq km (land), 12.4 sq km (water)    Worth County, IA (county, FIPS 195)       Location: 43.37618 N, 93.26557 W       Population (1990): 7991 (3443 housing units)       Area: 1036.0 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)    Worth County, MO (county, FIPS 227)       Location: 40.48076 N, 94.41960 W       Population (1990): 2440 (1269 housing units)       Area: 690.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wurtsboro, NY (village, FIPS 83272)       Location: 41.57638 N, 74.48543 W       Population (1990): 1048 (461 housing units)       Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 12790
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wurtsmith AFB, MI (CDP, FIPS 88880)       Location: 44.46121 N, 83.38446 W       Population (1990): 5080 (1329 housing units)       Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
word size          The number of bits that a {CPU} can process at one       time.   Processors with many different word sizes have existed       though powers of two (8, 16, 32, 64) have predominated for       many years.   A processor's word size is often equal to the       width of its external data bus though sometimes the bus is       made narrower than the CPU (often half as many bits) to       economise on packaging and circuit board costs.          (1995-04-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
word spamming          Repeating a word many       times in a {web page}, in a (usually futile) attempt to       increase its {relevance} ranking in a {search engine}'s index       (to "{spam}" the index).          "Repeating a word over and over in a Web page (known as word       spamming) has no effect on the [page's] ranking [in the       index]."   -- {Altavista FAQ       (http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=tmpl&v=faq.html)}.          See also {spamdex}.          (1997-04-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
WordTech          Manufacturers of {Quicksilver}.          Address: Orinda, CA, USA.          (1995-05-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wrats nest          (From "wrap" and "rats nest") A       {wire-wrapping} defect where all of the wire piles up around       the bottom of the post instead of wrapping smoothly around it.       It looks like a little bird nest.          (1997-03-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
WRITEACOURSE          A {CAI} language for {IBM 360}.          ["WRITEACOURSE: An Educational Programming Language", E. Hunt       et al, Proc FJCC 33(2) 1968].          (1998-04-28)