WOLFS-BANE
WOLFS-BANE, noun1. A poisonous plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite.2. The winter aconite, or Helleborus hyemalis.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WOLFS-CLAW
WOLFS-CLAW, noun A plant of the genus Lycopodium.
WOLFS-MILK
WOLFS-MILK, noun An herb.
WOLFS-PEACH
WOLFS-PEACH, noun A plant of the genus Solanum, (S. Lycopersicum)
WOLVERENE
WOLVERIN, WOLVERENE noun The glutton, a carnivorous animal of voracious appetite. The name WOLVERENE is applied to an animal of North America, considered by Linne as a peculiar ...
WOLVERIN
WOLVERIN, WOLVERENE, noun The glutton, a carnivorous animal of voracious appetite. The name wolverene is applied to an animal of North America, considered by Linne as a peculiar...
WOLVISH
WOLVISH, adjective More properly wolfish, which see.
WOMAN
WOMAN, nounplural women. [a compound of womb and man.]1. The female of the human race, grown to adult years.And the rib, which the Lord god had taken from the man, made he a wom...
WOMAN-HATER
WOMAN-HATER, noun [woman and hater.] One who has an aversion to the female sex.
WOMANED
WOMANED, adjective Accompanied or united with a woman. [Not used.]
WOMANHOOD
WOMANHOOD, noun [woman and hood.] the state, character or collective qualities of a woman.
WOMANISE
WOMANISE, verb transitive To make effeminate. [Not used.]
WOMANISH
WOMANISH, adjective Suitable to a woman; having the qualities of a woman; feminine; as womanish habits; womanish tears; a womanish voice.
WOMANKIND
WOMANKIND, noun [woman and kind.] The female sex; the race of females of the human kind.
WOMANLY
WOMANLY, adjective Becoming a woman; feminine; as womanly behavior.A blushing womanly discovering grace.WOMANLY, adverb In the manner of a woman.
WOMB
WOMB, noun Woom. [G.]1. The uterus or matrix of a female; that part where the young of an animal is conceived and nourished till its birth.2. The place where any thing is produc...
WOMBAT
WOMBAT, noun An animal of New Holland, of the opossum family.
WOMBY
WOMBY, adjective Wommy. Capacious. [Not in use.]
WOMEN
WOMEN, nounplural of woman. pronoun wimen. But it is supposed the word we pronounce is from Sax. wifman, and therefore should be written wimen.
WON
WON, preterit tense and participle passive of win; as victories won
WONDER
WONDER, noun [G., Gr., to show; and hence a sight; a panic.]1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind, of something new, unusual, str...
WONDER-WORKING
WONDER-WORKING, adjective Doing wonders or surprising things.
WONDERER
WONDERER, noun One who wonders.
WONDERFUL
WONDERFUL, adjective Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; exciting surprise; strange; astonishing. Job 42:3.
WONDERFULLY
WONDERFULLY, adverb In a manner to excite wonder or surprise.I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalms 139:14.
WONDERFULNESS
WONDERFULNESS, noun The state or quality of being wonderful.
WONDERING
WONDERING, participle present tense Indulging or feeling wonder. Genesis 24:21. Luke 24:12.