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   Wars of the Roses
         n 1: struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the
               house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red
               rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry
               VII [syn: {War of the Roses}, {Wars of the Roses}]

English Dictionary: work over by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warship
n
  1. a government ship that is available for waging war [syn: warship, war vessel, combat ship]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wear ship
v
  1. turn away from the wind; "The sailors decided it was time to wear ship"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wheresoever
adv
  1. where in the world
    Synonym(s): wherever, wheresoever
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work bench
n
  1. a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [syn: workbench, work bench, bench]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work flow
n
  1. progress (or rate of progress) in work being done [syn: work flow, workflow]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work force
n
  1. the force of workers available [syn: work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work of art
n
  1. art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work off
v
  1. cause to go away through effort or work; "work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays"; "we must work off the debt"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work over
v
  1. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
    Synonym(s): beat, beat up, work over
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work papers
n
  1. a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries
    Synonym(s): working papers, work papers, work permit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work party
n
  1. an organized group of workmen [syn: gang, crew, {work party}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work permit
n
  1. a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries
    Synonym(s): working papers, work papers, work permit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work shift
n
  1. the time period during which you are at work [syn: shift, work shift, duty period]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work up
v
  1. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
    Synonym(s): build up, work up, build, progress
  2. develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"
    Synonym(s): work up, get up
  3. bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
    Synonym(s): build up, work up, build, ramp up
  4. come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"
    Synonym(s): work out, work up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
work-board
n
  1. a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work
    Synonym(s): workboard, work-board
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workable
adj
  1. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
    Synonym(s): feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workbag
n
  1. container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
    Synonym(s): workbasket, workbox, workbag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workbasket
n
  1. container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
    Synonym(s): workbasket, workbox, workbag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workbench
n
  1. a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [syn: workbench, work bench, bench]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workboard
n
  1. a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work
    Synonym(s): workboard, work-board
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workbook
n
  1. a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workbox
n
  1. container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
    Synonym(s): workbasket, workbox, workbag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workfellow
n
  1. an associate that one works with [syn: colleague, {co- worker}, fellow worker, workfellow]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workflow
n
  1. progress (or rate of progress) in work being done [syn: work flow, workflow]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workforce
n
  1. the force of workers available [syn: work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workpiece
n
  1. work consisting of a piece of metal being machined
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workplace
n
  1. a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"
    Synonym(s): workplace, work
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
works program
n
  1. a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workshop
n
  1. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
    Synonym(s): workshop, shop
  2. a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
workspace
n
  1. space allocated for your work (as in an office)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worship
n
  1. the activity of worshipping
  2. a feeling of profound love and admiration
    Synonym(s): worship, adoration
v
  1. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
    Synonym(s): idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere
  2. show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva"
  3. attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worship of heavenly bodies
n
  1. the worship of planets or stars [syn: astrolatry, worship of heavenly bodies]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worship of man
n
  1. the worship of human beings [syn: anthropolatry, {worship of man}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worshiper
n
  1. someone who admires too much to recognize faults [syn: worshiper, worshipper]
  2. a person who has religious faith
    Synonym(s): believer, worshiper, worshipper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worshipful
adj
  1. showing adoration
    Synonym(s): adoring, worshipful
  2. showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life"
    Synonym(s): godly, reverent, worshipful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worshipped
adj
  1. regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife"
    Synonym(s): adored, idolized, idolised, worshipped(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worshipper
n
  1. a person who has religious faith [syn: believer, worshiper, worshipper]
  2. someone who admires too much to recognize faults
    Synonym(s): worshiper, worshipper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wreckfish
n
  1. brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
    Synonym(s): stone bass, wreckfish, Polyprion americanus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wuerzburg
n
  1. a city of south central Germany [syn: Wurzburg, Wuerzburg]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wurzburg
n
  1. a city of south central Germany [syn: Wurzburg, Wuerzburg]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warega fly \Wa*re"ga fly`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A Brazilian fly whose larv[91] live in the skin of man and
      animals, producing painful sores.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given
            to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain.
  
      {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the
            other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges
            which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.
            {Brilliant}, n.
  
      {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}.
  
      {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
  
      {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe,
            by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with
            a variety of curved lines. --Craig.
  
      {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}.
  
      {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold.
  
      {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.
  
      {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See
            {Bedeguar}.
  
      {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to
            resemble a rose; a rosette.
  
      {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and
            madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt.
  
      {Rose mallow}. (Bot.)
            (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus
                  {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers.
            (b) the hollyhock.
  
      {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head.
  
      {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the
            figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward
            III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose}
            (b), under {China}.
  
      {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant
            ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and
            expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection
            plant}.
  
      {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub
            ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for
            some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
            possibly the great lotus flower.
  
      {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from
            various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief
            part of attar of roses.
  
      {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk
            or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also,
            the color of the pigment.
  
      {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.
           
  
      {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}.
  
      {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black
            sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in
            groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and
            are often abundant and very destructive.
  
      {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with
            ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and
            {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}.
  
      {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}.
  
      {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret;
            privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the
            rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and
            hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there
            said was to be divulged.
  
      {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of
            York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the
            House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheresoever \Where`so*ev"er\, adv.
      In what place soever; in whatever place; wherever.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workable \Work"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable
      mine; workable clay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workbag \Work"bag`\, n.
      A bag for holding implements or materials for work;
      especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and
      the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workbasket \Work"bas`ket\, n.
      A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workbench \Work"bench`\, n.
      A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workbox \Work"box`\, n.
      A box for holding instruments or materials for work.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workfellow \Work"fel`low\, n.
      One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in
      work.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workfolk \Work"folk`\, n.
      People that labor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workful \Work"ful\, a.
      Full of work; diligent. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supererogation \Su`per*er`o*ga"tion\, n. [L. supererogatio a
      payment in addition.]
      The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or
      necessity requires.
  
      {Works of supererogation} (R. C. Ch.), those good deeds
            believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of
            being performed by men, over and above what is required
            for their own salvation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workship \Work"ship\, n.
      Workmanship. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Workshop \Work"shop`\, n.
      A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[edh]scipe, AS.
      weor[edh]scipe; weor[edh] worth + -scipe -ship. See {Worth},
      a., and {-ship}.]
      1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
            [Obs.] --Shak.
  
                     A man of worship and honour.               --Chaucer.
  
                     Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in
                     his native land.                                 --Spenser.
  
      2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
  
                     Of which great worth and worship may be won.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
                     that sit at meat with thee.               --Luke xiv.
                                                                              10.
  
      3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
            magistrates and others of rank or station.
  
                     My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.
  
      4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
            religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of
            reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. [bd]God
            with idols in their worship joined.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
                     and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
                                                                              --Tillotson.
  
      5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
            adoration.
  
                     'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your
                     bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can my
                     spirits to your worship.                     --Shak.
  
      6. An object of worship.
  
                     In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the
                     artist's worship and despair.            --Longfellow.
  
      {Devil worship}, {Fire worship}, {Hero worship}, etc. See
            under {Devil}, {Fire}, {Hero}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}[or]
      {Worshipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} [or]
      {Worshipping}.]
      1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
            [Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not
                     worshiped with a waxen epitaph.         --Shak.
  
                     This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
  
      2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
            and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
            of; to adore; to venerate.
  
                     But God is to be worshiped.               --Shak.
  
                     When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
            a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  
                     With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
  
      Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worship \Wor"ship\, v. i.
      To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform
      religious service.
  
               Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that
               in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
                                                                              --John iv. 20.
  
               Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in
               silence?                                                --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worshipability \Wor`ship*a*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.]
      --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worshipable \Wor"ship*a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.]
      --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}[or]
      {Worshipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} [or]
      {Worshipping}.]
      1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
            [Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not
                     worshiped with a waxen epitaph.         --Shak.
  
                     This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
  
      2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
            and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
            of; to adore; to venerate.
  
                     But God is to be worshiped.               --Shak.
  
                     When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
            a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  
                     With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
  
      Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worshiper \Wor"ship*er\, n.
      One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or
      thing; one who adores. [Written also {worshipper}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worshipful \Wor"ship*ful\, a.
      Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming
      respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect,
      sometimes ironically. [bd]This is worshipful society.[b8]
      --Shak.
  
               [She is] so dear and worshipful.            --Chaucer.
      -- {Wor"ship*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Wor"ship*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worshipful \Wor"ship*ful\, a.
      Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming
      respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect,
      sometimes ironically. [bd]This is worshipful society.[b8]
      --Shak.
  
               [She is] so dear and worshipful.            --Chaucer.
      -- {Wor"ship*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Wor"ship*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worshipful \Wor"ship*ful\, a.
      Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming
      respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect,
      sometimes ironically. [bd]This is worshipful society.[b8]
      --Shak.
  
               [She is] so dear and worshipful.            --Chaucer.
      -- {Wor"ship*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Wor"ship*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}[or]
      {Worshipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} [or]
      {Worshipping}.]
      1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
            [Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not
                     worshiped with a waxen epitaph.         --Shak.
  
                     This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
  
      2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
            and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
            of; to adore; to venerate.
  
                     But God is to be worshiped.               --Shak.
  
                     When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
            a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  
                     With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
  
      Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}[or]
      {Worshipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} [or]
      {Worshipping}.]
      1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
            [Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not
                     worshiped with a waxen epitaph.         --Shak.
  
                     This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
  
      2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
            and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
            of; to adore; to venerate.
  
                     But God is to be worshiped.               --Shak.
  
                     When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
            a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  
                     With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
  
      Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worshiper \Wor"ship*er\, n.
      One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or
      thing; one who adores. [Written also {worshipper}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}[or]
      {Worshipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} [or]
      {Worshipping}.]
      1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
            [Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not
                     worshiped with a waxen epitaph.         --Shak.
  
                     This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
  
      2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
            and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
            of; to adore; to venerate.
  
                     But God is to be worshiped.               --Shak.
  
                     When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
            a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  
                     With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
  
      Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wrackful \Wrack"ful\, a.
      Ruinous; destructive. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wreakful \Wreak"ful\, a.
      Revengeful; angry; furious. [Obs.] -- {Wreak"ful*ly}, adv.
      [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wreakful \Wreak"ful\, a.
      Revengeful; angry; furious. [Obs.] -- {Wreak"ful*ly}, adv.
      [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wreckfish \Wreck"fish`\, n. [So called because it often comes in
      with wreckage.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A stone bass.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wreckful \Wreck"ful\, a.
      Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive. [bd]By wreckful
      wind.[b8] --Spenser.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weyers Cave, VA
      Zip code(s): 24486

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Work Breakdown Structure
  
      (WBS) A division of a project into tasks and
      subtasks.   The tasks are numbered to indicate their
      relationship to each other.   WBSs are indespensible for
      project planning, particularly when estimating time and
      resource requirements.   Some industries use established work
      breakdown structure systems for billing and reporting
      purposes.
  
      (2001-05-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   workflow
  
      1. The {scheduling} of independent jobs on
      a computer.
  
      See also {time-sharing}, {WFL}.
  
      2. The set of relationships between all the activities
      in a project, from start to finish.   Activities are related by
      different types of trigger relation.   Activities may be
      triggered by external events or by other activities.
  
      3. The movement of documents around an organisation for
      purposes including sign-off, evaluation, performing activities
      in a process and co-writing.
  
      [Stef Joosten et.al. "An empirical study about the practice of
      workflow management", {WA-12} report, 1994].
  
      (1995-03-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Workflow Management Coalition
  
      (WfMc) A non-profit, international organisation of
      {workflow} vendors, users, and analysts committed to
      establishing {standards} for {workflow} terminology,
      {interoperability}, and connectivity.
  
      WfMC was founded in 1993 and now (1999) has over 130 members.
  
      {Home (http://www.aiim.org/wfmc)}.
  
      (1999-08-01)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Wars of the Lord, The Book of the
      (Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen.
      14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1-3, 21-25, 33-35; 31.
      The wars here recorded might be thus designated).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Works, Covenant of
      entered into by God with Adam as the representative of the human
      race (comp. Gen. 9:11, 12; 17:1-21), so styled because perfect
      obedience was its condition, thus distinguishing it from the
      covenant of grace. (See COVENANT OF {WORKS}.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Worship
      homage rendered to God which it is sinful (idolatry) to render
      to any created being (Ex. 34:14; Isa. 2:8). Such worship was
      refused by Peter (Acts 10:25,26) and by an angel (Rev. 22:8,9).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Worshipper
      (Gr. neocoros = temple-sweeper (Acts 19:35) of the great goddess
      Diana). This name neocoros appears on most of the extant
      Ephesian coins
     
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