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Walrus
() A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.
Walter
() To roll or wallow; to welter.
Waltron
() A walrus.
Walty
() Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship.
Waltz
() A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.
Waltzed
() of Waltz
Waltzing
() of Waltz
Waltz
() To dance a waltz.
Waltzer
() A person who waltzes.
Walwe
() To wallow.
Waly
() An exclamation of grief.
Wamble
() To heave; to be disturbed by nausea; -- said of the stomach.
Wamble
() To move irregularly to and fro; to roll.
Wamble
() Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea.
Wamble-cropped
() Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected.
Wammel
() To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble.
Wamp
() The common American eider.
Wampee
() A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor.
Wampee
() The pickerel weed.
Wampum
() Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.
Wan
() Won.
Wan
() Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.
Wan
() The quality of being wan; wanness.
Wan
() To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.
Wand
() A small stick; a rod; a verge.
Wand
() A staff of authority.
Wand
() A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
Wandered
() of Wander
Wandering
() of Wander
Wander
() To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
Wander
() To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
Wander
() To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
Wander
() To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
Wanderer
() One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.
Wandering
() a. & n. from Wander, v.
Wanderingly
() In a wandering manner.
Wanderment
() The act of wandering, or roaming.
Wanderoo
() A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.
Wandy
() Long and flexible, like a wand.
Waned
() of Wane
Waning
() of Wane
Wane
() To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
Wane
() To decline; to fail; to sink.
Wane
() To cause to decrease.
Wane
() The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Wane
() Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Wane
() An inequality in a board.
Waney
() A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.
Wang
() The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone.
Wang
() A slap; a blow.
