w

the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet ; 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 ; the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees ; 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 ;

w. b. yeats

Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939) ;

w. c. fields

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946) ;

w. c. handy

United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) ;

w. e. b. du bois

United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963) ;

w. h. auden

United States poet (born in England) (1907-1973) ;

w. h. hudson

English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922) ;

w. k. kellogg

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) ;

w. somerset maugham

English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965) ;

w. v. quine

United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001) ;

w. w. jacobs

English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943) ;

w.c.

a toilet in England ;

w.m.d.

a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) ;

wa

a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific ;

wabash

a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana ;

wabash river

a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana ;

wac

an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army ; a member of the Women's Army Corps ;

wacko

a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad ;

waco

a city in east central Texas ;

wad

a wad of something chewable as tobacco ; (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" ; a small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter" ;

wadding

any material used especially to protect something ;

waddle

walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle" ;

waddler

someone who walks with a waddling gait; "fat waddlers who walk like pigeons" ;

wade

English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945) ;

wader

any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food ;

waders

waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers ;

wadi

gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season ;

wading

walking with your feet in shallow water ;

wading bird

any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food ;

wading pool

a shallow pool for children ;

wads

a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers" ;

wafer

thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist) ; a small thin crisp cake or cookie ; a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters ;

waffle

pancake batter baked in a waffle iron ;

waffle iron

a kitchen appliance for baking waffles; the appliance usually consists of two indented metal pans hinged together so that they create a pattern on the waffle ;

waffler

someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner ;

waft

a long flag; often tapering ;

wafture

the act of signaling by a movement of the hand ;

wag

causing to move repeatedly from side to side ; a witty amusing person who makes jokes ;

wage

something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings" ;

wage claim

the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives ;