Wolframium
Wol‐fra″mi‐um (?), n. [NL. See Wolfram.] (Chem.) The technical name of the element tungsten. See Tungsten.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Wolfsbane
Wolfs″bane′ (?), n.(Bot.) A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite.
Woll
Woll (?), v. t. & i. See 2d Will.
Wollaston's doublet
Wol″las‐ton's dou″blet (?). [After W. H. Wollaston, English physicist.] (Optics) A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical ab...
Wollastonite
Wol″las‐ton‐ite (?), n. [After Dr. W. H. Wollaston, an English chemist, who died in 1828.] (Min.) A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generall...
Wolle
Wolle (?), n. Wool. Chaucer.
Wolverene
{ Wol′ver‐ene″, Wol′ver‐ine″ } (?), n. [From Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.]1. (Zoöl.) The glutton.2. A nickname for an inhabitant...
Wolverene State
Wol′ver‐ene″ State. Michigan; — a nickname.
Wolves
Wolves (?), n., pl. of Wolf.
Wolvish
Wolv″ish (?), a. Wolfish. Shak.
Woman
Wom″an (?), n.; pl.Women (#). [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wīfmann, wīmmann; wīf woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]1. An adult female person; a gro...
Woman (2)
Wom″an, v. t. 1. To act the part of a woman in; — with indefinite it. Daniel.2. To make effeminate or womanish. Shak.3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. “To have him see m...
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union. An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangel...
Womanhead
{Wom″an‐head (?), Wom″an‐hede (?)}, n. Womanhood. Chaucer.
Womanhood
Wom″an‐hood (?), n. 1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser.Perhaps t...
Womanish
Wom″an‐ish (?), a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; — usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate. “ Thy t...
Womanize
Wom″an‐ize (?), v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. V. Knox.
Womankind
Wom″an‐kind′ (?), n. The females of the human race; women, collectively.A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent access....
Womanless
Wom″an‐less, a. Without a woman or women.
Womanlike
Wom″an‐like (?), a. Like a woman; womanly.Womanlike, taking revenge too deep. Tennyson.
Womanliness
Wom″an‐li‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being womanly.There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence. Udall.
Womanly
Wom″an‐ly, a. Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot.A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.
Womanly (2)
Wom″an‐ly, adv. In the manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness, or affection of a woman. Gascoigne.
Womb
Womb (wo͞om), n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel. vömb, Sw. våmb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.] 1. The belly; the abdo...
Womb (2)
Womb, v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. Shak.
Wombat
Wom″bat (?), n. [From the native name, womback, wombach, in Australia.] (Zoöl.) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially ...
Womby
Womb″y (?), a. Capacious. Shak.