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   well-rounded
         adj 1: many-sided; "an all-around athlete"; "a well-rounded
                  curriculum" [syn: {all-around(a)}, {all-round(a)}, {well-
                  rounded}]

English Dictionary: well-worn by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-worn
adj
  1. showing signs of much wear or use
  2. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
    Synonym(s): banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wheel around
v
  1. wheel somebody or something
    Synonym(s): wheel, wheel around
  2. change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left"
    Synonym(s): wheel, wheel around
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woolly rhinoceros
n
  1. extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions [syn: woolly rhinoceros, Rhinoceros antiquitatis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallerian degeneration \Wal*le"ri*an de*gen`er*a"tion\ (Med.)
      A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result
      of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who
      published an account of it in 1850.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Well \Well\, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to
      well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain.
      [?][?][?][?]. See {Well}, v. i.]
      1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
  
                     Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well. --Milton.
  
      2. A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to
            reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form,
            and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth
            from caving in.
  
                     The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to
                     draw with, and the well is deep.         --John iv. 11.
  
      3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
  
      4. Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. [bd]This
            well of mercy.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled. --Spenser.
  
                     A well of serious thought and pure.   --Keble.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around
                  the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to
                  preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their
                  inspection.
            (b) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing
                  vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes
                  perforated in the bottom to let in water for the
                  preservation of fish alive while they are transported
                  to market.
            (c) A vertical passage in the stern into which an
                  auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of
                  water.
            (d) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; --
                  often called the cockpit.
  
      6. (Mil.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from
            which run branches or galleries.
  
      7. (Arch.) An opening through the floors of a building, as
            for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
  
      8. (Metal.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal
            falls.
  
      {Artesian well}, {Driven well}. See under {Artesian}, and
            {Driven}.
  
      {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}, 5
            (a), above.
  
      {Well boring}, the art or process of boring an artesian well.
           
  
      {Well drain}.
            (a) A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or
                  pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land.
            (b) A drain conducting to a well or pit.
  
      {Well room}.
            (a) A room where a well or spring is situated; especially,
                  one built over a mineral spring.
            (b) (Naut.) A depression in the bottom of a boat, into
                  which water may run, and whence it is thrown out with
                  a scoop.
  
      {Well sinker}, one who sinks or digs wells.
  
      {Well sinking}, the art or process of sinking or digging
            wells.
  
      {Well staircase} (Arch.), a staircase having a wellhole (see
            {Wellhole}
            (b) ), as distinguished from one which occupies the whole
                  of the space left for it in the floor.
  
      {Well sweep}. Same as {Sweep}, n., 12.
  
      {Well water}, the water that flows into a well from
            subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whealworm \Wheal"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The harvest mite; -- so called from the wheals, caused by its
      bite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheel-worn \Wheel"-worn`\, a.
      Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
      to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including
            many species, most of which are characterized often used
            as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A
            wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W.
            Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
            person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
  
                     And I must wear the willow garland For him that's
                     dead or false to me.                           --Campbell.
  
      2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
            opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
            projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
            with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
            been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
            though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
            winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
            also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}.
  
      {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See
            under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.
  
      {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly
            ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.
  
      {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
            willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
            strobiloides}).
  
      {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See
            {ptarmigan}.
  
      {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
                  See under {Reed}.
            (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,
                  Africa, and Southern Europe.
  
      {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
            largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
            used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
            tea. --McElrath.
  
      {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or
            Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}.
  
      {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler
            ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},
            {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},
            {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woolly \Wool"ly\, a.
      1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly
            fleece.
  
      2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. [bd]My fleece of
            woolly hair.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. Clothed with wool. [bd]Woolly breeders.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling
            wool.
  
      {Woolly bear} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larva of several species
            of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United
            States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under {Salt}),
            the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella
            moth (see Illust., under {Isabella Moth}), and the yellow
            woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth
            ({Spilosoma Virginica}).
  
      {Woolly butt} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Eucalyptus
            longifolia}), so named because of its fibrous bark.
  
      {Woolly louse} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Schizoneura, [or]
            Erisoma, lanigera}) which is often very injurious to the
            apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white
            filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In
            exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the
            other the branches. See Illust. under {Blight}.
  
      {Woolly macaco} (Zo[94]l.), the mongoose lemur.
  
      {Woolly maki} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed lemur ({Indris
            laniger}) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like
            wool; -- called also {avahi}, and {woolly lemur}.
  
      {Woolly monkey} (Zo[94]l.), any South American monkey of the
            genus {Lagothrix}, as the caparro.
  
      {Woolly rhinoceros} (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros
            ({Rhinoceros tichorhinus}) which inhabited the arctic
            regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair.
            It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the
            flesh and hair well preserved.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Willernie, MN (city, FIPS 70366)
      Location: 45.05390 N, 92.95633 W
      Population (1990): 584 (231 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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