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wafer.noun,.plural.wafers
a small, thin, crisp cake,
biscuit or candy; a wafer is a thin crisp biscuit; a wafer is also a circular,
thin piece of special bread (unleavened)
which in some religious.ceremonies,
the individual conducting them
gives people to eat in a service of Holy.Communion
(also called the Eucharist),
where the wafer is symbolic of
Christ;
a small disk of adhesive material used as a seal
for papers; in electronics, a small, thin, circular slice of a semiconducting.material,
such as pure silicon, on which
an integrated circuit
can be formed
wafer,
wafered,
wafering,
wafers.transitive
verbs
to seal or fasten
together with a disk of adhesive
material
wimp.noun,.plural.wimps
an individual who lacks.confident.interaction
with others ineffectual
wimpy,
wimpish.adjectives
wolf.noun,.plural.wolves
either
of two carnivorous.mammals
of the family Canidae, especially the gray wolf of northern regions, that
typically live and hunt in hierarchical
packs and prey on livestock
and wild animals; the fur of such an animal; any of various.similar
or related mammals, such as the hyena
wolf,
wolfed,
wolfing,
wolfs.transitive
verbs
to eat greedily or voraciously
keep the wolf from the door.idiom
to avoid the privation
and suffering resulting from a lack of money (both spouses
had to take jobs in order to keep the wolf from the door)
wolf at the door.idiom
creditors
or a creditor
wolf in sheep's clothing.idiom
one who cloaks
a hostile.intention
with a friendly manner; one who
feigns.congeniality
while actually holding malevolent
intentions
wart.noun,.plural.warts
a hard, rough lump growing
on the skin, caused by accumulation
of cell garbage that must be rid
from the blood stream in order to keep the body in optimum.condition
and which cannot be gotten rid of through peeing, pooping, sweating and
breathing; a wart is often linked with being a virus
by those not understanding and/or not letting the public know what a virus
really is; a similar growth or
protuberance
as on a plant
warted.or.warty.adjective
warthog.noun,.plural.warthogs
a wild African hog
that has two tusks and wart
like growths on the face
wrap,
wrapped.or.wrapt,
wrapping,
wraps.verbs
transitive verb use.to
arrange
or fold.something
about as cover or protection (she wrapped her coat closely around herself);
to cover, envelop or encase,
as by folding or coiling
something about (wrapped my head in a scarf);
to enclose, especially in paper
and fasten (wrapped a package for her for a Thanksgiving
Day.gift;
wrapped up the potato peelings); to clasp,
fold or coil about something (she wrapped her arms about his neck); to
envelop and obscure (fog wrapped
the city); to engross (he was
wrapped in thought)
wrapper.noun,.plural.wrappers
that in which an object
is wrapped or covered, such as material, as paper, in which something is
wrapped (a candy wrapper; the material encircling a magazine or newspaper
sent by mail; a book jacket; the tobacco leaf covering a cigar); one that
wraps, as a store employee who wraps parcels
intransitive
verb use.to
coil or twist about or around something
(the flag wrapped around the pole; to put on warm clothing);
wrap up.phrasal
verb
to conclude
a project (the movie is scheduled to wrap up filming
next week); to summarize; recapitulate;
wrap up means the same as wrap
wrap.noun,.plural.wraps
a garment
to be wrapped or folded about an individual, especially an outer garment
such as a robe, cloak, shawl
or coat; a blanket; a wrapping or wrapper (we ordered two vegan
wraps for lunch); the completion
of filming on a movie
wrapped up in.idiom
completely.immersed
or absorbed in; involved
in (she is wrapped up in her studies)
Western Hemisphere
the Western Hemisphere
is the half of the Earth that includes North and South America, Central
America, the Caribbean, their islands and the surrounding waters; the part
of the globe west of the Atlantic ocean; that half of the Earth traversed
in passing westward from the prime
meridian to 180 degrees longitude;
longitudes
20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries
wherever.adverb.also.where
ever
in or to whatever place
(she used red pencil wherever needed; where ever have you been so long?;
in or to whichever place or situation (he easily makes friends wherever
he goes)
wade,
waded,
wading,
wades.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
walk in or through water or something else that similarly.impedes
normal movement; to make one's way arduously
(waded through a long but interesting report)
transitive verb use.to
cross or pass through water, for example, but with difficulty
(on this hike, we have to wade a swift creek)
wade.noun,.plural.wades
the act or an instance of
wading
wader.noun,.plural.waders
wade in.or.wade
into.phrasal
verb
to plunge
into, begin work on (waded into the
task at hand)
weapon.noun,.plural.weapons
a weapon is something used
to harm someone (he used the baseball
bat and cast iron frying pan to club
the intruder); an instrument
of attack or defense
in combat,
as a gun, missile or sword
weapon,
weaponed,
weaponing,
weapons.transitive
verbs
to supply with weapons or
a weapon
weaponize,
weaponizes,
weaponizing,
weaponized.verbs
if a substance
or material is weaponized, such
as a vaccine, it is used
as a weapon or made into a weapon and if a vaccine it's a bioweapon
weaponization.noun,.plural.weaponizations
weaponry.noun,.plural.weaponries
weaponry is all the weapons
that a group or country has or that are available to it; also called armaments
wholesale.noun,.plural.wholesales
the sale
of goods in larger
quantities
at lower prices as for resale by a retailer at higher cost to the public
wholesale.adjective
of, relating to or engaged
in the sale of goods in large quantities for resale (a wholesale produce
market; wholesale goods; wholesale prices); made or accomplished extensively
and indiscriminately;
blanket (wholesale destruction caused by wildfires)
wholesale.adverb
in large bulk
or quantity; extensively;
indiscriminately
wholesale,
wholesaled,
wholesaling,
wholesales.verbs
transitive verb use.to
sell in large quantities for resale
intransitive verb use.to
engage in wholesale selling; to be sold wholesale
wholesaler.noun,.plural.wholesalers
wrinkle.noun,.plural.wrinkles
a small furrow,
ridge
or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding or
shrinking; a line or crease in the skin, as from worry or poor nutrition
and/or aging; a wrinkle is a raised fold in a piece
of cloth or paper that spoils its appearance (he noticed a wrinkle in her
stocking)
wrinkle,
wrinkles,
wrinkling,
wrinkled.verbs
transitive verb use.to
make wrinkles or a wrinkle in; to draw up into wrinkles; pucker
(wrinkled her nose in disdain);
if cloth wrinkles or if someone or something wrinkles it, it gets folds
or lines in it (her stockings wrinkled at the ankles); when you wrinkle
your nose or forehead or when it wrinkles, you tighten the muscles in your
face so that the skin folds
Frannie wrinkled her nose
at her daughter
intransitive verb use.to
form wrinkles
wrinkled.adjective
(she did indeed looked older
and wrinkled more than last time seeing her; his suit was wrinkled and
he looked very tired)
world.noun,.plural.worlds
the Earth; the multiverse;
the Earth with its inhabitants; the human race;
humanity considered as social.beings;
people as a whole; the public;
a specified part of the Earth
(the Western World); a part of the Earth and its inhabitants
as known at a given period in history (the ancient world before the
flood); a realm or domain
(the animal world; the world of imagination);
a sphere of human activity or interest
(the world of sports); a class or
group
of people with common.characteristics
or pursuits (the scientific
world); a particular.way
of life (the world of the homeless);
all that relates to or affects the life of a person (he saw his world involve
an increasing number of likeminded
people); human existence; life (brought a child into the world); a large
amount; much (the quiet retreat
on the weekend did her a world of good; why are political parties worlds
apart when people all seem to want the same things?)
world.adjective
of or relating to the world
(a world champion in chess)
for all the world.idiom
in
all respects; precisely (she
took in all the scenes of her trip as if she would later describe them
in a book for all the world to read about) looked for all the world like
a movie star
in the world.idiom
out of this world.idiom
extraordinary;
superb
(the dinner was out of this world
the world over.idiom
throughout the world (Bruno
Gröning was known the world over);
world without end.idiom
forever.(Ephesians
3:21)
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