worthlessness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   ward-heeler
         n 1: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a
               political party for private rather than public ends [syn:
               {machine politician}, {ward-heeler}, {political hack},
               {hack}]

English Dictionary: worthlessness	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wartlike adj (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts Synonym(s): verrucose, warty, wartlike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weirdly adv in a weird manner; "she was dressed weirdly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wherewithal n the necessary means (especially financial means)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whortleberry n erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue- black berries Synonym(s): bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus blue-black berries similar to American blueberries Synonym(s): bilberry, whortleberry, European blueberry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wordily adv in a verbose manner; "she explained her ideas verbosely" Synonym(s): verbosely, windily, long-windedly, wordily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wordless adj expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe Synonym(s): mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wordlessly adv without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her" [syn: mutely, wordlessly, silently, taciturnly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worriedly adv in a worried manner; "`I wonder what to do,' she said worriedly"; "he paused worriedly before calling the bank"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthily adv in a worthy manner; with worthiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthless adj lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler" [ant: valuable] 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthlessly adv in a worthless manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthlessness n having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" Synonym(s): worthlessness, ineptitude Antonym(s): worth the quality of being without practical use
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthwhile adj sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest; "a worthwhile book"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthwhileness n value sufficient to repay time or effort spent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wraithlike adj lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke" Synonym(s): shadowy, wraithlike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
writ large adj made more obvious or prominent; "the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wartless \Wart"less\, a. Having no wart.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wayward \Way"ward\, a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned away. See {Away}, and {-ward}.] Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. My wife is in a wayward mood. --Shak. Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. --Fairfax. Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought? --Keble. -- {Way"wardly}, adv. -- {Way"wardness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wherewithal \Where`with*al"\, adv. & n. Wherewith. [bd]Wherewithal shall we be clothed?[b8] --Matt. vi. 31. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? --Ps. cxix. 9. [The builders of Babel], still with vain design, New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whirtle \Whir"tle\, n. (Mech.) A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whortle \Whor"tle\, n. (Bot.) The whortleberry, or bilberry. [He] looked ahead of him from behind a tump of whortles. --R. D. Blackmore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whortleberry \Whor"tle*ber`ry\, n. [AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See {Wort}, and cf. {Huckleberry}, {Hurtleberry}.] (Bot.) (a) In England, the fruit of {Vaccinium Myrtillus}; also, the plant itself. See {Bilberry}, 1. (b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus {Gaylussacia}; also, any one of these plants. See {Huckleberry}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wire-tailed \Wire"-tailed`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wordily \Word"i*ly\, adv. In a wordy manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wordle \Wor"dle\, n. One of several pivoted pieces forming the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing wire, lead pipe, etc. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wordless \Word"less\, a. Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
While \While\, n. [AS. hw[c6]l; akin to OS. hw[c6]l, hw[c6]la, OFries. hw[c6]le, D. wigl, G. weile, OHG. w[c6]la, hw[c6]la, hw[c6]l, Icel. hv[c6]la a bed, hv[c6]ld rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. quietus quiet, and perhaps to Gr. [?] the proper time of season. [root]20. Cf. {Quiet}, {Whilom}.] 1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. [bd]All this while.[b8] --Shak. This mighty queen may no while endure. --Chaucer. [Some guest that] hath outside his welcome while, And tells the jest without the smile. --Coleridge. I will go forth and breathe the air a while. --Longfellow. 2. That which requires time; labor; pains. [Obs.] Satan . . . cast him how he might quite her while. --Chaucer. {At whiles}, at times; at intervals. And so on us at whiles it falls, to claim Powers that we dread. --J. H. Newman. {The while}, {The whiles}, in or during the time that; meantime; while. --Tennyson. {Within a while}, in a short time; soon. {Worth while}, worth the time which it requires; worth the time and pains; hence, worth the expense; as, it is not always worth while for a man to prosecute for small debts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worth \Worth\, a. [OE. worth, wur[ed], AS. weor[eb], wurE; akin to OFries. werth, OS. wer[eb], D. waard, OHG. werd, G. wert, werth, Icel. ver[eb]r, Sw. v[84]rd, Dan. v[91]rd, Goth. wa[a1]rps, and perhaps to E. wary. Cf. {Stalwart}, {Ware} an article of merchandise, {Worship}.] 1. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. [Obs.] It was not worth to make it wise. --Chaucer. 2. Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for. A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats. --Shak. All our doings without charity are nothing worth. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. If your arguments produce no conviction, they are worth nothing to me. --Beattie. 3. Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. --Milton. This is life indeed, life worth preserving. --Addison. 4. Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of. At Geneva are merchants reckoned worth twenty hundred crowns. --Addison. {Worth while}, [or] {Worth the while}. See under {While}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worthily \Wor"thi*ly\, adv. In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly. You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues. --Dryden. Some may very worthily deserve to be hated. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worthless \Worth"less\, a. [AS. weor[eb]le[a0]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win or lose. --Byron. -- {Worth"lessly}, adv. -- {Worth"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worthless \Worth"less\, a. [AS. weor[eb]le[a0]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win or lose. --Byron. -- {Worth"lessly}, adv. -- {Worth"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worthless \Worth"less\, a. [AS. weor[eb]le[a0]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win or lose. --Byron. -- {Worth"lessly}, adv. -- {Worth"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrathily \Wrath"i*ly\, adv. In a wrathy manner; very angrily; wrathfully. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrathless \Wrath"less\, a. Free from anger or wrath. --Waller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreathless \Wreath"less\, a. Destitute of a wreath.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writhle \Wri"thle\, v. t. [Freq. of writhe.] To wrinkle. [Obs.] --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wardell, MO (town, FIPS 76966) Location: 36.35070 N, 89.81689 W Population (1990): 325 (145 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wurtland, KY (city, FIPS 85008) Location: 38.55036 N, 82.77322 W Population (1990): 1221 (434 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
war dialer n. A cracking tool, a program that calls a given list or range of phone numbers and records those which answer with handshake tones (and so might be entry points to computer or telecommunications systems). Some of these programs have become quite sophisticated, and can now detect modem, fax, or PBX tones and log each one separately. The war dialer is one of the most important tools in the {phreaker}'s kit. These programs evolved from early {demon dialer}s.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wardialer Almost certainly a shortened version of "WarGames dialer", from the film {WarGames}. 1. {carrier scanner} 2. A program which attempts to break a {password} of known length by iterating thru all possible combinations of characters that could make up that password. This approach is not feasable for cracking most passwords these days. However, as late as the mid-1980s, some long-distance companies required only very short numeric access codes (e.g. five digits) to verify the identity of their customers. Wardialers were created which would, running unattended, call up long-distance providers' local connect numbers and iteratively try possible access codes. Codes which worked were logged for later illicit use. These wardialers had a high success rate because of the small range of possibilities to iterate through, e.g. 10000 for a five digit access code, compared to hundreds of trillions of combinations for an eight-character alphanumeric code. Long-distance providers soon required longer passwords and took advantage of technology for rapidly tracing the phone numbers that wardialers were being run from, such that running wardialers became pointless and dangerous. (1997-03-16)