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1: a band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans) 2: a political party that supports a war

1: an extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime

1: a room where strategic decisions are made (especially for military or political campaigns)

1: head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947 [syn: {Secretary of War}]

1: a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turk...

1: a government ship that is available for waging war [syn: {warship}, {combat ship}]

1: a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle [syn: {war cry}, {rallying cry}, {battle cry}]

1: a woman whose husband has died in war

1: a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especiallya designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war)

1: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war" [syn: {belligerent}, {fighting}, {militant}, {warring}]

1: laid waste by war [syn: {war-worn}]

1: laid waste by war [syn: {war-torn}]

1: straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes [syn: {Telopea speciosissima}] 2: tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and...

1: a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly v 1: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below [syn: {trill}, {quaver}] 2...

1: hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle

1: a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song 2: a small active songbird

1: German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970) [syn: {Otto Heinrich Warburg}] 2: German art histo...

1: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another 2: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections 3: block forming a division of a...

1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: {debar}, {obviate}, {deflect}, {avert}, {head off}, {stave off},...

1: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends [syn: {machine politician}, {political hack}, {hack}]

1: the chief official in charge of a prison [syn: {warder}]

1: the position of warden

1: the chief official in charge of a prison [syn: {warden}]

1: the position of warder

1: a woman warder

1: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: {closet}, {press}] 2: collection of clothing belonging to one person 3: co...

1: military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain)

1: articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: silverware; software v : spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: {consume}, {squander}, {waste}]

1: a storehouse for goods and merchandise [syn: {storage warehouse}] v : store in a warehouse

1: a workman who manages or works in a warehouse [syn: {warehouser}]

1: right of a warehouseman to retain goods until all storage charges have been paid

1: a workman who manages or works in a warehouse [syn: {warehouseman}]

1: depositing in a warehouse [syn: {repositing}, {reposition}, {storage}]

1: commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" [syn: {merchandise}, {product}]

1: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" [syn: {war}] 2: an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomati...

1: an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus [syn: {Coumadin}]

1: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents [syn: {payload}, {load}]

1: United States artist who was a leader of the pop art movement (1930-1987) [syn: {Andy Warhol}]

1: a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition 2: an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has...

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1: in a wary manner; "the sailor watched the sky warily" [ant: {unwarily}]

1: the trait of being cautious and watchful [syn: {chariness}] [ant: {unwariness}]

1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria

1: inclined to make war [syn: {unpacific}] 2: suggesting war or military life [syn: {martial}]

1: a male witch or demon

1: supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak

1: a language of Australian aborigines [syn: {Walbiri}]

1: having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; "a warm body"; "a warm room"; "a warm climate"; "a warm coat" [ant: {cool}] 2: psychologically warm;...

1: the front of an advancing mass of warmer air

1: be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game" [syn: {ride the bench}]

1: become excited about; "He warmed to the idea of a trip to Antarctica"

1: run until the normal working temperature is reached; "We warmed up the car for a few minutes" 2: become more friendly or open; "She warmed up after we had lunch together" 3: get warm or warmer; "Th...

1: having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated) [ant: {cold-blooded}]

1: used of music

1: exercising in preparation for strenuous activity [syn: {tune-up}, {prolusion}]

1: having been warmed up; "a cup of warmed milk"

1: uneaten and saved for eating later; "leftover food served at a later meal"; "yesterday's reheated soup" [syn: {leftover}, {cooked-over}, {reheated}]

1: device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room [syn: {heater}]

1: marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity; "gave a warmhearted welcome to the stranger" [ant: {coldhearted}]