W, n.
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a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
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| watt |
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the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
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| due west |
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| west |
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| westward |
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a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
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| atomic number 74 |
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| tungsten |
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| wolfram |
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W-shaped, adj.
W. B. Yeats, n.
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W. C. Fields, n.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
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| W. C. Fields |
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| William Claude Dukenfield |
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W. C. Handy, n.
United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
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| W. C. Handy |
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| William Christopher Handy |
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W. E. B. Du Bois, n.
United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)
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| W. E. B. Du Bois |
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| William Edward Burghardt Du Bois |
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W. H. Auden, n.
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W. H. Hudson, n.
English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922)
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| W. H. Hudson |
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| William Henry Hudson |
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W. K. Kellogg, n.
United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn; he established a company to manufacture the cereal (1860-1951)
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| W. K. Kellogg |
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| Will Keith Kellog |
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W. Somerset Maugham, n.
English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)
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| Somerset Maugham |
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| W. Somerset Maugham |
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| William Somerset Maugham |
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W. V. Quine, n.
United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001)
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| W. V. Quine |
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| Willard Van Orman Quine |
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W. W. Jacobs, n.
English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
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| W. W. Jacobs |
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| William Wymark Jacobs |
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W.C., n.
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W.H.O., n.
a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
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| WHO |
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| World Health Organization |
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W.M.D., n.
a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
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| WMD |
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| weapon of mass destruction |
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W.V., n.
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WA, n.
a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
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| WA |
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| Wash. |
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| Washington |
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Pacific Northwest
Mount Rainier National Park
North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park
Cape Flattery
Aberdeen
Bellingham
Kennewick
Olympia, capital of Washington
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Mount Saint Helens, Mount St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens
Adams, Mount Adams
Lake Chelan
Columbia, Columbia River
Inland Passage, Inside Passage
Puget Sound
Rainier, Mount Tacoma, Mount Rainier, Mt. Rainier
scablands
Snake, Snake River
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WAC, n.
an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army
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| Women's Army Corps |
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WAN, n.
a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
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| wide area network |
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WASP, n.
a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
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| white Anglo-Saxon Protestant |
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WATS, n.
a telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service
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| WATS line |
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WATS line, n.
a telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service
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| WATS line |
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WBC, n.
blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
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| leucocyte |
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| leukocyte |
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| white blood cell |
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| white blood corpuscle |
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| white cell |
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| white corpuscle |
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WHO, n.
a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
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| W.H.O. |
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| WHO |
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| World Health Organization |
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WI, n.
a midwestern state in north central United States
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| WI |
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| Wis. |
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| Wisc. |
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| Wisconsin |
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middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
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WIMP, n.
a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe
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| weakly interacting massive particle |
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WLAN, n.
a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol
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| WiFi |
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| wireless fidelity |
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| wireless local area network |
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WMD, n.
a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
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| W.M.D. |
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| WMD |
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| weapon of mass destruction |
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WMO, n.
the United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data
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| WMO |
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| World Meteorological Organization |
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WNW, n.
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