Dictionary
Found: 2,467 words.
See Warye.
An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.
of War
A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.
A female warrior.
See Warye.
Warsaw
2 defs
The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States.
Wart
2 defs
A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.
Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair ...
Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a warted capsule.
Having no wart.
Same as Wartwort.
A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
Warty
2 defs
Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf.
A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.
Worn with military service; as, a warworn soldier; a warworn coat.
Wary
2 defs
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex.
Was
2 defs
of Be
A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
Wash
29 defs
A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.
Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.
Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.
Washboard
3 defs
A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.
Washdish
2 defs
A washbowl.
Washed
2 defs
Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.
p. p. of Wash.
Washer
5 defs
A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.
A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.
of Washerman
Washerwoman
2 defs
A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
of Washerwoman
An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
Washing
3 defs
of Wash
Washingtonian
3 defs
A member of the Washingtonian Society.
The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or r...
Washpot
2 defs
A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.
A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.
A tub in which clothes are washed.
Washy
3 defs
Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions.
A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.
A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.
Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are cal...
Waspish
2 defs
Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.
Wassail
6 defs
A festive or drinking song or glee.
One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.
The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was.
Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.