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Waddle
To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble;
Wait
To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; .
Waking
The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
Wallow
To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.
Wan
To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.
Wareful
Wary; watchful; cautious.
Warine
A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.
Warray
To make war upon. .
Warty
Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; .
Water beech
The American hornbeam. See .
Waterbok
A water buck.
Water crake
The dipper.
Water hemlock
A poisonous umbelliferous plant () of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus.
Water ice
Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
Waterless
Destitute of water; dry.
Water pimpernel
A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.
Water radish
A coarse yellow-flowered plant () related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.
Water tick
Same as .
Water torch
The common cat-tail (), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil.
Waver
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
Wawaskeesh
The wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk.
Waxy
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
Weak-minded
Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic.
Wear
To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm , instead of as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
Weatherboarding
The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.
Weeper
One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.
Weeping
The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
Weigher
One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.
Wentletrap
Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially , which was formerly highly valued; -- called also . See .
Whatever
Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.
Whaup
See .
Whene'er
Whenever.
Whewellite
Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.
Whiggism
The principles of the Whigs.
Whinchat
A small warbler () common in Europe; -- called also , , .
Whipstock
The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
White horse
A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil. Also, the part of the head in which it occurs.
Whitethroat
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (), called also , , , and , the , or (), and the ().
Whitsunday
The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.
Wholeness
The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
Whorled
Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; .
Widely
In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; .
Wiggle
Act of wiggling; a wriggle.
Wiggler
The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also .
Wimble
An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle.
Wince
The act of one who winces.
Wincing
The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince.
Winding
A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; .
Windowed
Having windows or openings.
Withwind
A kind of bindweed ().
Wolvish
Wolfish.
Woodsy
Of or pertaining to the woods or forest.
Workmanship
The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.
Worry
To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe;
Wretchless
Reckless; hence, disregarded.
Wrought
Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude.