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wait |
Verb
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serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant |
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wait |
Verb
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stay in one place and anticipate or expect something |
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wait |
Verb
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wait before acting |
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welfare |
Noun
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governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need |
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welfare |
Noun
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something that aids or promotes well-being |
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welfare |
Noun
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a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous |
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world affairs |
Noun
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affairs between nations |
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warm-up |
Noun
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exercising in preparation for strenuous activity |
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winemaking |
Noun
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the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
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wine making |
Noun
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the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
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white sale |
Noun
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a sale of household linens |
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white man's burden |
Noun
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the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects |
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walkout |
Noun
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the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest |
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walkout |
Noun
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a strike in which the workers walk out |
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work-in |
Noun
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occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory |
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wallop |
Noun
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a severe blow |
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wallop |
Noun
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a forceful consequence |
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wallop |
Verb
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to defeat soundly and utterly |
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wallop |
Verb
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to hit hard |
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whitewash |
Noun
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a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects |
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whitewash |
Noun
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wash consisting of lime and size in water |
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whitewash |
Noun
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a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score |
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whitewash |
Verb
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exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data |
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whitewash |
Verb
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cover with whitewash |
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whitewash |
Verb
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cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error |
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work to rule |
Noun
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a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace |
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work stoppage |
Noun
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a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions |
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wildcat strike |
Noun
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a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
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winnow |
Noun
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the act of separating grain from chaff |
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winnow |
Verb
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blow away or off with a current of air |
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winnow |
Verb
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select desirable parts from a group or list |
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winnow |
Verb
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separate the chaff from by using air currents |
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winnow |
Verb
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blow on like wind |
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winnowing |
Noun
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the act of separating grain from chaff |
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wakening |
Noun
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the act of waking |
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witching |
Adjective
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possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers |
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witching |
Noun
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the use or practice of witchcraft |
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waking up |
Noun
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the act of waking |
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work animal |
Noun
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an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
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whelp |
Noun
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young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf |
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whelp |
Verb
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birth |
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wolf pup |
Noun
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a young wolf |
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wolf cub |
Noun
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a young wolf |
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wound tumor virus |
Noun
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a tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers |
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wrack |
Noun
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dried seaweed especially that cast ashore |
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wrack |
Noun
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growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp |
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wrack |
Noun
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the destruction or collapse of something |
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wrack |
Verb
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smash or break forcefully |
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whale shark |
Noun
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large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide |
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whitetip shark |
Noun
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large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin |