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wall clock
n 1: a clock mounted on a wall

English Dictionary: wholesale price index	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-qualified adj more than adequately qualified; "a well-qualified officer"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole gale n wind moving 55-63 knots; 10 on the Beaufort scale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole-souled adj with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion; "heart- whole friendship"; "gave wholehearted support to her candidacy"; "wholehearted commitment"; "demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance" Synonym(s): heart-whole, wholehearted, whole-souled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wholesale adv at a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale" Antonym(s): retail on a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food wholesale" Synonym(s): wholesale, in large quantities adj ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction" Synonym(s): sweeping, wholesale n the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers Antonym(s): retail v sell in large quantities Antonym(s): retail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wholesale house n a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price [syn: discount house, discount store, discounter, wholesale house]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wholesale price index n an index of changes in wholesale prices [syn: {producer price index}, wholesale price index]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wholesaler n someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers Synonym(s): jobber, middleman, wholesaler
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl[82]e gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. [?] clove tree; [?] nut + [?] leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. {Caryophyllus}, {July-flower}.] (Bot.) 1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white. 2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core. [Written also {gilliflower}.] {Clove gillflower}, the clove pink. {Marsh gillyflower}, the ragged robin ({Lychnis Flos-cuculi}). {Queen's, [or] Winter}, {gillyflower}, damewort. {Sea gillyflower}, the thrift ({Armeria vulgaris}). {Wall gillyflower}, the wallflower ({Cheiranthus Cheiri}). {Water gillyflower}, the water violet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wholesale \Whole"sale`\, n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. {By wholesale}, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wholesale \Whole"sale`\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. 2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. [bd]A time for wholesale trust.[b8] --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whole-souled \Whole"-souled`\, a. Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wallkill, NY (CDP, FIPS 78003) Location: 41.60866 N, 74.16474 W Population (1990): 2125 (823 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12589
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wellesley, MA (CDP, FIPS 74210) Location: 42.30445 N, 71.28680 W Population (1990): 26615 (8764 housing units) Area: 26.4 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02181
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Willow Island, WV Zip code(s): 26134
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wilsall, MT Zip code(s): 59086
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wall clock time The elapsed time between when a {process} starts to run and when it is finished. This is usually longer than the {processor time} consumed by the process because the {CPU} is doing other things besides running the {process} such as running other user and {operating system} processes or waiting for disk or {network} {I/O}. (1998-03-13)