Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 13
Water willow () An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
Water wing () One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.
Water witch () The dabchick.
Water witch () The stormy petrel.
Water-white (n.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
Waterwork (n.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.
Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Waterworn (a.) Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as, waterworn stones.
Waterwort (n.) Any plant of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.
Watery (a.) 水的；充滿水的；濕的；像水的；稀薄的；淡的 Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.
Watery (a.) Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
Watery (a.) Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.
Watery (a.) Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
Watery (a.) Filled with water; "watery soil".
Watery (a.) Wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: {reeking}, {watery}].
Watery (a.) Relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery substance"; "a watery color".
Watery (a.) Overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" [syn: {watery}, {washy}, {weak}].
Watt (n.) A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.
Wattmeter (n.) An instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used in measuring the energy of an electric current.
Wattle (n.) A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
Wattle (n.) A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
Wattle (n.) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.
Wattle (n.) Barbel of a fish.
Wattle (n.) The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.
Wattle (n.) The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna.
Wattled (imp. & p. p.) of Wattle.
Wattling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wattle.
Wattle (v. t.) To bind with twigs.
Wattle (v. t.) To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.
Wattle (v. t.) To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.
Wattlebird (n.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands.
Wattlebird (n.) The Australian brush turkey.
Wattled (a.) Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat.
Wattling (n.) The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed.
Waucht (n.) Alt. of Waught
Waught (n.) A large draught of any liquid.
Waul (v. i.) To cry as a cat; to squall; to wail.
Waur (a.) Worse.
Wave (v. t.) See Waive.
Waved (imp. & p. p.) of Wave.
Waving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wave.
Wave (v. i.) To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
Wave (v. i.) To be moved to and fro as a signal.
Wave (v. i.) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
Wave (v. t.) To move one way and the other; to brandish.
Wave (v. t.) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
Wave (v. t.) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
Wave (v. t.) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.
Wave (v. i.) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
Wave (v. i.) Water; a body of water.
Wave (v. i.) Unevenness; inequality of surface.
Wave (v. i.) A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
Wave (v. i.) The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
Waved (a.) Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge.
Waved (a.) Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.
Waved (a.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.
Waveless (a.) Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the waveless sea.
Wavelet (n.) A little wave; a ripple.
Wavellite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.
Wavered (imp. & p. p.) of Waver.
Wavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waver.
Waver (v. i.) 搖擺，顫抖，擺動，搖曳，猶豫 To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
Waver (v. i.) To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
Waver (n.) 動搖，躊躇，揮動者 A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
Waver (n.) Someone who communicates by waving.
Waver (n.) The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: {hesitation}, {waver}, {falter}, {faltering}].
Waver (n.) The act of moving back and forth [syn: {waver}, {flutter}, {flicker}].
Waver (v.) Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" [syn: {hesitate}, {waver}, {waffle}].
Waver (v.) Be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: {falter}, {waver}].
Waver (v.) Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: {falter}, {waver}].
Waver (v.) Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated" [syn: {fluctuate}, {vacillate}, {waver}].
Waver (v.) Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: {flicker}, {waver}, {flitter}, {flutter}, {quiver}].
Waver (v.) Sway to and fro [syn: {waver}, {weave}].
Waver (v.) Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency [syn: {quaver}, {waver}].
Waverer (n.) One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like.
Wavering (n.) 猶豫；顫抖 Indecision in speech or action. (syn: hesitation, vacillation) (related words: indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution)
Wavering (n.) The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations". (syn: fluctuation) (related words: unregularity, irregularity, scintillation)
Wavering (a.) 猶豫不決的，動搖的，顫抖的；搖曳的 Uncertain in purpose or action. (syn: vacillant, vacillating) (related words: irresolute)
Waveringly (adv.) In a wavering manner.
Waveringness (n.) The quality or state of wavering.
Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea.
Waveworn (a.) Worn by the waves.
Wavey (n.) The snow goose.
Waviness (n.) The quality or state of being wavy.
Wavure (n.) See Waivure.
Wavy (a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.
Wavy (a.) Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames.
Wavy (a.) Undulating on the border or surface; waved.
Wawaskeesh (n.) The wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk.
Wave (n.) Woe.
Wawe (n.) A wave.
Wawl (v. i.) See Waul.
Waxed (imp.) of Wax.
Waxed (p. p.) of Wax.
Waxen () of Wax.
Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wax.
Wax (v. i.) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
The waxing and the waning of the moon. -- Hakewill.
Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane. -- P. Plowman.
Wax (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. -- Deut. xxix. 5.
Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound. -- Milton.
Waxing kernels (Med.), Small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children; -- popularly so called, because supposed to be caused by growth of the body. -- Dunglison.
Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).
Wax (n.) Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance. Specifically:
Wax (n.) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See Cerumen.
Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
Wax (n.) (Zool.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
Wax (n.) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
Wax (n.) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
Wax (n.) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.]
Wax (n.) Any of numerous substances or mixtures composed predominantly of the longer-chain saturated hydrocarbons such as the paraffins, which are solid at room teperature, or their alcohol, carboxylic acid, or ester derivatives.
Japanese wax, A waxlike substance made in Japan from the berries of certain species of Rhus, esp. Rhus succedanea.
Mineral wax. (Min.) See Wax, 2 (f), above.
Wax cloth. See Waxed cloth, under Waxed.
Wax end. See Waxed end, under Waxed.
Wax flower, A flower made of, or resembling, wax.
Wax insect (Zool.), Any one of several species of scale insects belonging to the family Coccidae, which secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially the Chinese wax insect ({Coccus Sinensis) from which a large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained. Called also pela.
Wax light, A candle or taper of wax.
Wax+moth+(Zool.),+A+pyralid+moth+({Galleria+cereana">Wax moth (Zool.), A pyralid moth ({Galleria cereana) whose larvae feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also bee moth.
Wax myrtle. (Bot.) See Bayberry.
Wax painting, A kind of painting practiced by the ancients, under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted with hot irons and the color thus fixed.
Wax palm. (Bot.) (a) A species of palm ({Ceroxylon Andicola) native of the Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion, consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax, which, when melted with a third of fat, makes excellent candles.
Wax palm. (Bot.) (b) A Brazilian tree ({Copernicia cerifera) the young leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy secretion.
Wax paper, Paper prepared with a coating of white wax and other ingredients.
Wax plant (Bot.), A name given to several plants, as:
Wax plant (Bot.) (a) The Indian pipe (see under Indian).
Wax plant (Bot.) (b) The Hoya carnosa, a climbing plant with polished, fleshy leaves.
Wax plant (Bot.) (c) Certain species of Begonia with similar foliage.
Wax tree (Bot.) (a) A tree or shrub ({Ligustrum lucidum) of China, on which certain insects make a thick deposit of a substance resembling white wax.
Wax tree (Bot.) (b) A kind of sumac ({Rhus succedanea) of Japan, the berries of which yield a sort of wax.
Wax tree (Bot.) (c) A rubiaceous tree ({Elaeagia utilis) of New Grenada, called by the inhabitants "arbol del cera."
Wax yellow, A dull yellow, resembling the natural color of beeswax.
Waxed (imp. & p. p.) of Wax.
Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wax.
Wax (v. t.) To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
Waxed cloth, Cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also wax cloth.
Waxed end, A thread pointed with a bristle and covered with shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots, shoes, and the like; -- called also wax end. -- Brockett.
Wax (n.) Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water.
Wax (v.) Cover with wax; "wax the car".
Wax (v.) Go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane].
Wax (v.) Increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" [syn: wax, full] [ant: wane].
Wax, () Made by melting the combs of bees. Mentioned (Ps. 22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4) in illustration.
Waxberry (n.) (Bot.) The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
Waxberry (n.) Deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries [syn: snowberry, common snowberry, waxberry, Symphoricarpos alba].
Waxberry (n.) Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries [syn: bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica].
Waxbill (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.
Waxwing (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax.
The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.
Waxbird () (Zool.) The waxwing.
Waxen (a.) Made of wax. "The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells." -- Milton.
Waxen (a.) Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.