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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

walk-in(a)
adjective (of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter; `a deep walk-in refrigerator`; `walk-in closets`

walk-on
noun plays a small part in a dramatic production

walk-through
noun a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed

walk-to(a)
walking(a) adjective close enough to be walked to; `walking distance`; `the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory`

walk-up
adjective a building with no elevator; `a walk-up apartment`

walk-up apartment
noun an apartment in a building without an elevator

walker
baby-walker noun an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk

walker
Zimmer frame noun a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk

Walker hound
Walker foxhound noun an American breed of foxhound

Walker Percy
noun United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)

walkie-talkie
walky-talky noun small portable radio link (receiver and transmitter)

walking delegate
noun a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed

walking fern
walking leaf noun ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip

walking leaf
leaf insect noun tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies

walking papers
noun (informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge

walking shoe
noun a light comfortable shoe designed for vigorous walking

walking stick
walkingstick noun any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies

Walkman
noun (trademark) a pocket-sized stereo system with light weight earphones

walkout
noun a strike in which the workers walk out

wall
paries noun (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; `stomach walls`

wall clock
noun a clock mounted on a wall

wall creeper
tichodrome noun crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

wall germander
Teucrium chamaedrys noun European perennial subshrub with red-purple or bright rose flowers with red and white spots

wall panel
noun paneling that forms part of a wall

wall pepper
Sedum acre noun mossy European creeping sedum with yellow flowers; widely introduced as a ground cover

wall plate
noun plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load

wall rock
noun a rock immediately adjacent to a vein or fault

wall rocket
Diplotaxis muralis noun yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places; an adventive weed in North America

wall rue
wall rue spleenwort noun small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America

wall socket
wall plug noun receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices

Wall Street
the Street noun used to allude to the securities industry of the United States

wall tent
noun a canvas tent with four vertical walls

wall unit
noun a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room

Walla Walla
noun a town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border

wallaby
brush kangaroo noun any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos often brightly colored

Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace noun English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin`s (1823-1913)

Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace noun English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)

Wallace Stevens
noun United States poet (1879-1955)

wallah
noun usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing; `a kitchen wallah`; `the book wallah`

wallboard
drywall noun a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses

Wallenstein
Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein noun Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years` War (1583-1634)

Waller
Fats Waller noun United States jazz musician (1904-1943)

wallet
billfold noun a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

walleye
walleyed pike noun pike-like freshwater perches

walleyed
adjective having divergent strabismus

wallflower
noun remains on sidelines at social event

wallflower
Erysimum cheiri noun perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum

Walloon
noun dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France

wallop
noun a severe blow

walloper
noun a winner by a wide margin

wallow
noun an indolent or clumsy rolling about; `a good wallow in the water`

wallpaper
noun a decorative paper for the walls of rooms

wallpaperer
wall-paperer noun a worker who papers walls

Wally
noun a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid

walnut
noun nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

walnut blight
noun a disease of English walnut trees

walnut oil
noun oil from walnuts

Walpole
Robert Walpole noun Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)

Walpole
Horatio Walpole noun English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)

Walpurgis Night
noun eve of May Day

walrus
noun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

walrus mustache
walrus moustache noun a bushy droopy mustache

Walt Whitman
noun United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)

Walt Whitman Bridge
noun a suspension bridge across the Delaware River

Walter
Bruno Walter noun German conductor (1876-1962)

Walter Lippmann
noun United States journalist (1889-1974)

Walter Mitty
noun fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs

Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott noun British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)

Walton
E. T. S. Walton noun Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995)

Walton
noun English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683)

waltz
valse noun a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat

waltzer
noun a dancer who waltzes

Wampanoag
noun a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims

wampum
peag noun small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency

Wanamaker
John Wanamaker noun United States businessman whose business grew into one of the first department stores (1838-1922)

wand
noun a rod used by a magician or water diviner

wander
swan verb 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`; `the laborers drift from one town to the next`; `They rolled from town to town`

wanderer
roamer noun someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

wandering
roving noun travelling about without any clear destination; `she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him`

wandering albatross
Diomedea exulans noun very large albatross; white with wide black wings

Wandering Jew
noun a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion

wanderlust
itchy feet noun very strong or irresistible impulse to travel

wandflower
noun a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers

wangle
wangling noun an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery

waning
adjective (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; `after full moon comes the waning moon`

Wankel engine
Wankel rotary engine noun a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts

wanly
adverb in a weak or pale or languid manner; `she was smiling wanly`

want ad
noun a newspaper advertisement stating what is wanted

wanted
adjective desired or wished for or sought; `couldn`t keep her eyes off the wanted toy`; `a wanted criminal`; `a wanted poster`

wanted notice
wanted poster noun a public announcement by a law enforcement agency that they desire to question or arrest some person

wanter
needer noun a person who wants or needs something; `an owner of many things and needer of none`

wanton
noun lewd or lascivious woman

wanton
trifle away verb spend wastefully; `wanton one`s money away`

wanton away
trifle away verb spend wastefully; `wanton one`s money away`

wapiti
American elk noun large North American deer with large much-branched antlers

war
warfare noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; `thousands of people were killed in the war`

War Admiral
noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1937

war baby
noun conceived or born during war

war bride
noun bride of a serviceman during wartime

war chest
noun a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign)