Wallis Warfield Windsor
1: United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication [syn: {Simpson}, {Mrs. Simpson}, {Wallis Warfield Simpson}, {Duchess of Windsor}]
Walloon
1: a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium 2: an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France 3: dialect of Fre...
wallop
1: a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" [syn: {impact}] 2: a severe blow v 1: hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy" [...
walloper
1: a very hard hitter 2: a winner by a wide margin 3: a gross untruth; a blatant lie [syn: {whopper}]
walloping
1: (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss" [syn: {humongous}, {banging}, {thumping}, {whopping}] n : a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {debacle}, {drubbing}, {slaughter}, {trouncing}, {whippin...
wallow
1: a puddle where animals go to wallow 2: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water" v 1: devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with ...
wallpaper
1: a decorative paper for the walls of rooms v : cover with wallpaper [syn: {paper}]
wallpaperer
1: a worker who papers walls [syn: {wall-paperer}]
Wally
1: a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
walnut
1: nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell 2: hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling 3: any of va...
walnut family
1: trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans [syn: {Juglandaceae}, {family Juglandaceae}]
walnut tree
1: any of various trees of the genus Juglans [syn: {walnut}]
Walpole
1: English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797) [syn: {Horace Walpole}, {Horatio Walpole}, {Fourth Earl of Orford}] 2: Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was eff...
walrus
1: either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber [syn: {seahorse}, {sea horse}]
Walt Disney
1: United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) [syn: {Disney}, {Walter Elias Disney}]
Walt Whitman
1: United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892) [syn: {Whitman}]
Walter
1: German conductor (1876-1962) [syn: {Bruno Walter}]
Walter de la Mare
1: English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956) [syn: {de la Mare}, {Walter John de la Mare}]
Walter Elias Disney
1: United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) [syn: {Disney}, {Walt Disney}]
Walter Gropius
1: United States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969) [syn: {Gropius}]
Walter Hess
1: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) [syn: {Hess}, {Walter Rudolf Hess}]
Walter John de la Mare
1: English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956) [syn: {de la Mare}, {Walter de la Mare}]
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Walter Mitty
1: fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs
Walter Piston
1: United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976) [syn: {Piston}]
Walter Ralegh
1: English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) [syn: {Raleigh}, {Walter Raleigh}, {Sir Walter Raleigh}, {Ralegh}...
Walter Raleigh
1: English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) [syn: {Raleigh}, {Sir Walter Raleigh}, {Ralegh}, {Walter Ralegh},...
Walter Reed
1: United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) [syn: {Reed}]
Walter Rudolf Hess
1: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) [syn: {Hess}, {Walter Hess}]
Walter Scott
1: British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832) [syn: {Scott}, {Sir Walter Scott}]
Walther Hermann Nernst
1: German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941) [syn: {Nernst}]
Walther Richard Rudolf Hess
1: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) [syn: {Hess}, {Rudolf Hess}]
Walton
1: English composer (1902-1983) [syn: {Sir William Walton}, {Sir William Turner Walton}] 2: English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683) [syn: {Izaak Walton}] 3: Irish physicist who...
waltz
1: an assured victory (especially in an election) [syn: {walk-in}] 2: music composed in triple time for waltzing 3: a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat [syn: {valse}...
wamble
1: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion [syn: {waggle}]
Wampanoag
1: a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
wampee
1: American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds [syn: {pickerelweed}, {pickerel weed}, {Pontederia cordata}]
wampum
1: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread}, {cabbage}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale}, {lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf}, {scratch}, {shekels}, {simoleons}, {s...
wampumpeag
1: small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency [syn: {wampum}, {peag}]
wan
1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the stree...
Wanamaker
1: United States businessman whose business grew into one of the first department stores (1838-1922) [syn: {John Wanamaker}]
wand
1: a baton used by a magician or water diviner 2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: {scepter}, {sceptre}, {verge}]
Wanda Landowska
1: United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959) [syn: {Landowska}]
Wandala
1: a Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowels [syn: {Mandara}]
wander
1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"...
wanderer
1: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn: {roamer}, {rover}, {bird of passage}] 2: a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added t...
wandering
1: (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would ha...
wandering albatross
1: very large albatross; white with wide black wings [syn: {Diomedea exulans}]
Wandering Jew
1: a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion
wandering nerve
1: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera [syn: {vagus}, {vagus nerve}, {nervus vagus}, {pneumogastric}, {pn...
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