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   wage earner
         n 1: someone who earn wages in return for their labor [syn:
               {earner}, {wage earner}]

English Dictionary: wage- earning	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wage-earning adj working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor" Synonym(s): wage-earning, working- class of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw Synonym(s): propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue- collar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wagram n a town in northeastern Austria a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians Synonym(s): Wagram, battle of Wagram
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wash room n a toilet that is available to the public [syn: {public toilet}, comfort station, public convenience, convenience, public lavatory, restroom, toilet facility, wash room]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
washerman n operates industrial washing machine [syn: washerman, laundryman]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
washerwoman n a working woman who takes in washing [syn: washwoman, washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
washroom n a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wasserman reaction n a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection Synonym(s): Wassermann test, Wasserman reaction, Wassermann
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wassermann n German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925) Synonym(s): Wassermann, August von Wassermann a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection Synonym(s): Wassermann test, Wasserman reaction, Wassermann
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wassermann test n a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection Synonym(s): Wassermann test, Wasserman reaction, Wassermann
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wax crayon n writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing Synonym(s): crayon, wax crayon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Weisshorn n a mountain in the Alps in Switzerland (14,804 feet high)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wagering \Wa"ger*ing\, a. Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. {Wagering policy}. (Com.) See {Wager policy}, under {Policy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wager \Wa"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wagered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wagering}.] To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet. And wagered with him Pieces of gold 'gainst this which he wore. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wager \Wa"ger\, n. {Wagering, [or] gambling}, {contract}. A contract which is of the nature of wager. Contracts of this nature include various common forms of valid commercial contracts, as contracts of insurance, contracts dealing in futures, options, etc. Other wagering contracts and bets are now generally made illegal by statute against betting and gambling, and wagering has in many cases been made a criminal offence. Wages \Wa"ges\, n. pl. (Theoretical Economics) The share of the annual product or national dividend which goes as a reward to labor, as distinct from the remuneration received by capital in its various forms. This economic or technical sense of the word wages is broader than the current sense, and includes not only amounts actually paid to laborers, but the remuneration obtained by those who sell the products of their own work, and the wages of superintendence or management, which are earned by skill in directing the work of others.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wagering \Wa"ger*ing\, a. Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. {Wagering policy}. (Com.) See {Wager policy}, under {Policy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Washerman \Wash"er*man\, n.; pl. {Washermen}. A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Washerman \Wash"er*man\, n.; pl. {Washermen}. A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Washerwoman \Wash"er*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Washerwomen}. 1. A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Itch \Itch\, n. 1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the {Sarcoptes scabei}), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact. 2. Any itching eruption. 3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also {scabies}, {psora}, etc. 4. A constant irritating desire. An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden. {Baker's itch}. See under {Baker}. {Barber's itch}, sycosis. {Bricklayer's itch}, an eczema of the hands attended with much itching, occurring among bricklayers. {Grocer's itch}, an itching eruption, being a variety of eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus sacchari}). {Itch insect} (Zo[94]l.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in Append. {Itch mite}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Itch insect}, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox. {Sugar baker's itch}, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin. {Washerwoman's itch}, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Washerwoman \Wash"er*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Washerwomen}. 1. A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whisky \Whisky\, [or] Whiskey Ring \Whiskey, Ring\ . (U. S. Hist.) A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wagram, NC (town, FIPS 70480) Location: 34.88994 N, 79.36566 W Population (1990): 480 (208 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28396
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wickerham Manor-Fisher, PA (CDP, FIPS 84931) Location: 40.17542 N, 79.90452 W Population (1990): 1931 (750 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Wasserman A.I. Wasserman (Tony), president of {IDE}. (1995-02-15)