<B>wagonload, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the amount that a wagon can hold or carry. <BR> <I>Ex. There in the yard sat a wagonload of hay.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="wagonmaster">
<B>wagon master,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who has charge of one or more wagons, especially one commanding a wagon train. </DL>
<A NAME="wagontrain">
<B>wagon train,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a group of wagons traveling along in a line one after another, especially one carrying a company of settlers. <BR> <I>Ex. Wagon trains bound for the Far West used scouts to guide them through Indian territory.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a convoy of wagons carrying military supplies; military supply train. </DL>
<A NAME="wagonway">
<B>wagonway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a road or track of parallel lines of wooden rails for horse-drawn wagons or carts, built especially formerly over muddy or rutted dirt roads. </DL>
<A NAME="wagsome">
<B>wagsome, </B>adjective. <B>=waggish.</B></DL>
<A NAME="wagtail">
<B>wagtail, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various small birds that have a slender body with a long tail that they habitually move up and down, such as a species of Great Britain or either of the pipits of North America. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) <DD><B> a. </B>one of the water thrushes. <DD><B> b. </B>the ovenbird. </DL>
<A NAME="wahabi">
<B>Wahabi</B> or <B>Wahhabi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a strict Moslem sect, founded in the 1700's and now dominant in Saudi Arabia, which adheres rigidly to the Koran as a guide, rejects all other writings except those of Mohammed's companions, denounces the worship of, or prayers to, the saints, and bars elaborate ritual, dress, or decoration. </DL>
<A NAME="wahabiism">
<B>Wahabiism, </B>noun. <B>=Wahabism.</B></DL>
<A NAME="wahabism">
<B>Wahabism</B> or <B>Wahhabism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrines, principles, or practices of the Wahabis. </DL>
<A NAME="wahabite">
<B>Wahabite</B> or <B>Wahhabite, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an adherent of Wahabism; Wahabi. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Wahabis or Wahabism. </DL>
<A NAME="wahine">
<B>wahine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Hawaiian.) a woman; female; wife. <BR> <I>Ex. a muumuu-clad wahine.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="wahoo">
<B>wahoo</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-hoos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a North American shrub or small tree of the staff-tree family that has a purple fruit and scarlet seeds; burning bush. </DL>
<A NAME="wahoo">
<B>wahoo</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-hoos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several North American trees: <DD><B> a. </B>a small species of elm. <DD><B> b. </B>a species of linden. <DD><B> c. </B><B>=cascara buckthorn.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="wahoo">
<B>wahoo</B> (3), noun, pl. <B>-hoos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various marine food and game fishes of warm waters related to the mackerel, with a long, narrow body and pointed snout; peto; queenfish. </DL>
<A NAME="wahoo">
<B>wahoo</B> (4), interjection, noun, pl. <B>-hoos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><I>interj. </I> an exclamation or shout used to express unrestrained pleasure or to attract attention. <DD><I>noun </I> a call or shout of "wahoo." </DL>
<A NAME="wahwah">
<B>wah-wah, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music, especially Jazz.) <DD><I>adj. </I> producing a wavering muted sound somewhat like the sound of a crying baby. <BR> <I>Ex. a wah-wah trumpet, wah-wah brass, an electronic wah-wah pedal.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a trumpet or trombone mute, or any similar device, for producing a wah-wah sound or effect. Also, <B>wa-wa.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="waiata">
<B>waiata, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ta</B> or <B>-tas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in New Zealand) a native song. <BR> <I>Ex. In common with other waiata, "E Pa To Hau" uses as a formal principle the varied repetition of a basic melody (Mervyn McLean).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="waif">
<B>waif, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person without home or friends, especially a homeless or neglected child. (SYN) foundling. <DD><B> 2. </B>anything without an owner; stray thing or animal. (SYN) estray. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) waft (2). <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) (in English law) goods stolen and abandoned by a thief in his flight. <DD><I>adj. </I> (Scottish.) <B>1. </B>stray; wandering; homeless. <DD><B> 2. </B>current (applied to a report or saying). adj. <B>waiflike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="wail">
<B>wail, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to cry long and loud because of grief or pain. <BR> <I>Ex. The baby wailed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make a mournful or shrill sound. <BR> <I>Ex. The wind wailed around the old house. The sirens were wailing for a total blackout (Graham Greene).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to lament; mourn. <DD><B> 4. </B>to cry out piteously (for). <BR> <I>Ex. a child wailing for its mother.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to grieve for or because of; bewail. <DD><B> 2. </B>to utter (as a wailing cry or bad news). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a long cry of grief or pain. <BR> <I>Ex. Newborn babies begin their life with a wail.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a sound like such a cry. <BR> <I>Ex. the wail of a hungry coyote, the wail of a siren.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any prolonged, bitter complaining; whine. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of wailing. <BR> <I>Ex. Wail shook Earl Walter's house; His true wife shed no tear (Elizabeth Barrett Browning).</I> noun <B>wailer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="wailful">
<B>wailful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>full of lamentation; sorrowful. <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling a wail; plaintive. <DD><B> 3. </B>producing plaintive sounds. <BR> <I>Ex. the wailful wind.</I> adv. <B>wailfully.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="wailingwall">
<B>wailing wall,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place where one seeks or finds solace in times of sorrow or unhappiness. <BR> <I>Ex. She retired to her dressing table, which has served as a wailing wall for all the years of our marriage (John Cheever).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="wailsome">
<B>wailsome, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wailing; wailful. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) that is to be bewailed. </DL>
<A NAME="wain">
<B>wain, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic or Dialect.) a wagon, especially a farm wagon. </DL>
<A NAME="wain">
<B>Wain, </B>noun. <B>the,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Charles's Wain (the Big Dipper). </DL>
<A NAME="wainscot">
<B>wainscot, </B>noun, verb, <B>-scoted,</B> <B>-scoting</B> or <B>-scotted,</B> <B>-scotting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a lining of wood on the walls of a room. A wainscot usually has panels. <DD><B> 2. </B>the lower part of the wall of a room when it is decorated differently from the upper part; dado. <DD><B> 3a. </B>a straight-grained white oak of very good quality, such as was originally imported into England from Russia, Germany, and Holland, used especially for paneling rooms. <DD><B> b. </B>a board or piece of this. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to line (the walls of a room), especially with wood. <BR> <I>Ex. a room wainscoted in oak.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="wainscoting">
<B>wainscoting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=wainscot.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>material used for wainscots. </DL>
<B>wainwright, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes or repairs wagons. </DL>
<A NAME="wair">
<B>wair, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) ware (3). </DL>
<A NAME="waist">
<B>waist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the part of a person's body between the ribs and the hips. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=waistline.</B> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a garment or part of a garment covering the body from the neck or shoulders to the hips; shirtwaist, blouse, or bodice. <DD><B> b. </B>(formerly) a child's undergarment to which a petticoat or underpants were buttoned. <DD><B> 4. </B>a narrow middle part; narrowest part or section. <BR> <I>Ex. the waist of a violin, to cross the waist of the peninsula.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>the middle part of a ship, such as that between the forecastle and the quarterdeck of a sailing vessel, or between the forward and stern superstructure of an oil tanker. <DD><B> 6. </B>the middle section of an airplane's fuselage, especially that of a bomber. <DD><B> 7. </B>the slender part of the abdomen of various insects, such as wasps, ants, and some flies. </DL>
<A NAME="waistband">
<B>waistband, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a band around the waist. <BR> <I>Ex. the waistband of a skirt or a pair of trousers.</I> (SYN) belt. </DL>
<A NAME="waistcloth">
<B>waistcloth, </B>noun. <B>=loincloth.</B></DL>
<A NAME="waistcoat">
<B>waistcoat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(British.) a man's vest. <DD><B> 2. </B>an elaborate garment, with or without sleeves, formerly worn by men, so as to show under the doublet. </DL>
<A NAME="waistcoated">
<B>waistcoated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> provided with a waistcoat. </DL>
<A NAME="waistcoating">
<B>waistcoating, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a material for making waistcoats. </DL>
<A NAME="waistdeep">
<B>waist-deep, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of a depth sufficient to reach or cover a person's waist. <BR> <I>Ex. They decided to strike out downthe slope through the waist-deep snow (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. The French literary marketplace was waist-deep in a porridge of ideological dialectics and metaphysical jargon (Atlantic).</I> (SYN) immersed. </DL>
<A NAME="waisted">
<B>-waisted,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having a ______ waist. <BR> <I>Ex. Long-waisted = having a long waist.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="waisting">
<B>waisting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> material for making waists or waistcoats. </DL>
<A NAME="waistless">
<B>waistless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no waist or waistline. <BR> <I>Ex. a waistless velvet tunic.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="waistline">
<B>waistline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an imaginary line around the body at the smallest part of the waist. <BR> <I>Ex. an expanding waistline.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the place of smallest width in a woman's dress between the arms and the knees. <DD><B> 3. </B>the line where the waist and skirt of a dress join. </DL>
