<B>wanigan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a lumberman's chest or trunk. <DD><B> 2. </B>a kind of boat used especially by loggers for carrying supplies and tools and as a houseboat. </DL>
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<B>waning, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>(of the moon) becoming smaller gradually after the full moon. <DD><B> 2. </B>decreasing or declining, as in importance, power, or influence. <DD><B> 3. </B>declining, as in strength or intensity. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(of the moon) the periodic decrease in apparent size. <DD><B> 2. </B>a decrease or decline, as in importance, power, or influence. </DL>
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<B>wanion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <BR><I>expr. <B>with a</B> (<B>wild</B>) <B>wanion,</B> </I>with a vengeance. <BR> <I>Ex. Come away, or I'll fetch thee with a wanion (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>Wankel engine,</B> or <B>Wankel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an internal-combustion engine in which the difference in shape of a triangular rotor revolving within a cylinder makes firing chambers that replace conventional pistons and cylinders. <BR> <I>Ex. Compared to like-rated conventional engines, the Wankel is 30-50% lighter and smaller, ... operates on nonleaded fuel, and is very responsive to antipollution devices (Frank A. Smith).</I> </DL>
<B>wanna-be, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a person who aspires to a position; aspirant or candidate. <BR> <I>Ex. We didn't even try to get the presidential wanna-bes to tell us ... what they'd do (Rolling Stone).</I> </DL>
<B>want, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to feel that one needs or would like to have; wish for; wish. <BR> <I>Ex. The child wants his dinner. Mother wants more children. My brother wants to become an engineer.</I> (SYN) desire, crave. <DD><B> 2. </B>to be without; lack. <BR> <I>Ex. It sounds fine, but wants sense. The fund for a new church wants only a few hundred dollars of the sum needed.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to need; require. <BR> <I>Ex. Plants want water. Your hands want washing.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to wish to see, speak to, or use (a person). <BR> <I>Ex. Call me if you want me. He is the man we want for the job.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to seek after to catch or arrest. <BR> <I>Ex. The escaped prisoner is wanted by the police.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to need food, clothing, and shelter; be very poor. <BR> <I>Ex. Waste not, want not.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be lacking. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something desired or needed. <BR> <I>Ex. the selfish wants of a spoiled child. He is a man of few wants and is happy with simple pleasures. Food and water are primary wants of human life.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being without something desired; lack. <BR> <I>Ex. a complete want of common sense. The plant died from want of water.</I> (SYN) dearth, deficiency, scarcity, insufficiency. <DD><B> 3. </B>a need. <BR> <I>Ex. to supply a long-felt want.</I> (SYN) requirement, necessity. <DD><B> 4. </B>a lack of food, clothing, or shelter; great poverty. <BR> <I>Ex. The old soldier is now in want.</I> (SYN) destitution, privation, indigence. <BR><I>expr. <B>for want of,</B> </I>because of the lack or absence of. <BR> <I>Ex. We sold the store for want of customers.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>want for,</B> </I>to be in need of; suffer a shortage of; lack. <BR> <I>Ex. to want for nothing.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>want in,</B> </I>(Informal.) to desire to enter or have a share in something. <BR> <I>Ex. That big advertiser liked the show and wanted in (Walter Carlson).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>want out,</B> </I>(Informal.) to desire to leave or take no part. <BR> <I>Ex. Despite his high standing with the boss, Gordon decided ... that he wanted out (Time).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>want to,</B> </I>(Informal.) ought to. <BR> <I>Ex. You want to eat a balanced diet.</I> adj. <B>wantable.</B> </DL>
<B>want ad,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small notice in a newspaper, stating that something, such as an employee or an apartment, is wanted; classified ad. </DL>
<B>wanter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who wants. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Scottish and British Dialect.) a person who wants a wife or a husband. </DL>
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<B>wanting, </B>adjective, preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>lacking; missing. <BR> <I>Ex. The machine had some of its parts wanting. A dollar of the price is still wanting. One volume of the set is wanting.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not satisfactory; not coming up to a standard or need. <BR> <I>Ex. Some people are wanting in courtesy. The vegetables were weighed and found wanting.</I> (SYN) deficient. <DD><B> 3. </B>(British Dialect.) mentally defective; weak-minded. <DD><I>prep. </I> without; less; minus; lacking. <BR> <I>Ex. a year wanting three days, a man wanting one leg.</I> </DL>
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<B>wantless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no want; abundant; fruitful. noun <B>wantlessness.</B> </DL>
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<B>wanton, </B>adjective, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>reckless, heartless, or malicious. <BR> <I>Ex. That boy hurts animals from wanton cruelty.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>without reason or excuse. <BR> <I>Ex. a wanton attack, wanton mischief.</I> (SYN) unjustified. <DD><B> 3a. </B>not moral; not chaste. <BR> <I>Ex. a wanton person.</I> (SYN) dissolute, licentious. <DD><B> b. </B>lewd; lascivious. <BR> <I>Ex. And dancing round him, with wanton looks and bare arms (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>frolicsome; playful. <BR> <I>Ex. a wanton breeze, a wanton child. Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>profuse in growth; luxuriant; rank. <BR> <I>Ex. On the wanton rushes lay you down (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>not restrained. <BR> <I>Ex. a wanton mood. How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise (Joseph Addison).</I> (SYN) extravagant, unrestrained. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) luxurious; lavish. <DD><I>noun </I> a wanton person, especially a woman. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to act in a wanton manner. <BR> <I>Ex. The wind wantoned with the leaves.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to behave as a wanton. <DD><B> 3. </B>(of plants) to grow in profusion; run riot. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to waste foolishly; squander; dissipate. <BR> <I>Ex. With this money the King shall wanton away his time in pleasures (Samuel Pepys).</I> noun <B>wantoner.</B> adv. <B>wantonly.</B> noun <B>wantonness.</B> </DL>
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<B>wantwit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who lacks wit or sense; simpleton. </DL>
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<B>wany, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a natural curve or bevel. <BR> <I>Ex. a plank with a wany edge.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of lumber) poor because of curved or beveled edges. Also, <B>waney.</B> </DL>
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<B>wap</B> (1), verb, <B>wapped,</B> <B>wapping,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to throw quickly or with violence (down or to the ground). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to knock (upon); strike (through). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a blow, knock, or thump. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Scottish.) a sudden storm (of snow). <DD><B> 3. </B>(Scottish.) a fight; quarrel. </DL>
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<B>wap</B> (2), verb, <B>wapped,</B> <B>wapping,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to wrap. <DD><I>noun </I> a turn of a string wrapped around something. </DL>
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<B>wapentake, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (formerly, in certain northern and midland counties in England) a division of the county corresponding to the hundred of other counties. </DL>
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<B>wapiti, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tis</B> or (collectively) <B>-ti.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, reddish deer of western North America, with long, slender antlers; the American elk. </DL>
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<B>wappenschawing</B> or <B>wappenshawing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Scottish history) a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular district. </DL>
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<B>wapper-jawed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) having a crooked or undershot jaw. </DL>
