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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: wolframic - won</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="wolframic"> wolframic, adjective. =tungstic.</DL> <A NAME="wolframite"> wolframite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) an ore consisting of compounds of tungsten with iron, manganese, and oxygen, occurring in crystals or masses. It is an important source of tungsten. </DL> <A NAME="wolframium"> wolframium, noun. =tungsten.</DL> <A NAME="wolfsbane"> wolfsbane or wolf's-bane, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several species of aconite, especially a European species with yellowish flowers, sometimes called monkshood. </DL> <A NAME="wolfskin"> wolfskin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> skin or pelt of a wolf. </DL> <A NAME="wolfspider"> wolf spider,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of large spiders with keen eyesight and strong legs and jaws, that stalk, rather than lie in wait for, their prey. </DL> <A NAME="wolftooth"> wolf tooth,<DL COMPACT><DD> a tiny tooth that grows in front of the molar of a horse, often interfering with the bit. Wolf teeth are usually removed. </DL> <A NAME="wolfwhistle"> wolf whistle,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a whistle consisting of a high and low note, made by a male in appreciation of an attractive female. Ex. This is one of the recognized meeting places of the sexes in Birmingham, and wolf whistles have become an everyday sound (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="wollastonite"> wollastonite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) a native silicate of calcium, occurring as crystals or in massive form. </DL> <A NAME="wolof"> Wolof, noun, pl. -lof or -lofs.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a native tribe of Senegal and Gambia. <DD> 2. the West Atlantic language of this tribe. </DL> <A NAME="wolver"> wolver, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who hunts wolves; wolfer. </DL> <A NAME="wolverene"> wolverene, noun, pl. -ines or (collectively) -ene.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) wolverine. </DL> <A NAME="wolverine"> wolverine, noun, pl. -ines or (collectively) -ine.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a clumsy, heavily built meat-eating mammal of northern North America, Europe, and Asia; carcajou. It is related to the weasel and badger. The wolverine has short legs and dark, shaggy fur. It is noted for its strength, ferocity, and stealth, and is called the glutton in Europe. <DD> 2. its fur. </DL> <A NAME="wolverine"> Wolverine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for a native or inhabitant of Michigan. </DL> <A NAME="wolverinestate"> Wolverine State,<DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for Michigan. </DL> <A NAME="wolves"> wolves, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of wolf. </DL> <A NAME="wolvish"> wolvish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) wolfish. </DL> <A NAME="woman"> woman, noun, pl. women, adjective, verb, -anned, -anning or -aned, -aning.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a female human being. A woman is a girl grown up. <DD> 2. women as a group; the average woman; womankind. Ex. The woman of today rarely has servants. When lovely woman stoops to folly (Oliver Goldsmith). <DD> 3. woman's nature; womanliness. <DD> 4. a female servant or attendant. Ex. The princess told her woman to wait outside. <DD> 5. a wife. <DD> 6. a mistress; paramour. <DD>adj. 1. of a woman or women; feminine. <DD> 2. female (used especially with designations of occupation or profession, and in the plural with a plural noun, now often considered somewhat offensive). Ex. a woman lawyer, women lawyers. <DD>v.t. 1. to supply or staff with women. Ex. a hospital womanned by intelligent nurses. <DD> 2. to call (a person) "woman," especially derogatorily or jocularly. Ex. She was annoyed by his womanning her constantly. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) <DD> a. to cause to act like a woman. <DD> b. to unite to or accompany by a woman. </DL> <A NAME="womanhater"> woman-hater, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who hates or dislikes women. </DL> <A NAME="womanhood"> womanhood, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition or time of being a woman. Ex. The little girl grew up to womanhood. <DD> 2. the character or qualities of a woman; womanliness. Ex. graceful womanhood. <DD> 3. women as a group; womankind. Ex. Joan of Arc was an honor to womanhood. </DL> <A NAME="womanish"> womanish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. characteristic of a woman or women; womanly; feminine. <DD> b. like a grown woman. Ex. a womanish girl. <DD> 2. like a woman; suitable for women rather than for men; womanlike; effeminate (now chiefly derogatory). adv. womanishly. noun womanishness. </DL> <A NAME="womanity"> womanity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the normal disposition or character of womankind; womanliness. Ex. Women did not enter--for example--economics to aerate that ... agglomeration of male abstractions with a little "womanity," but simply to prove they could be as abstract ... as anyone (Werner Pelz). </DL> <A NAME="womanize"> womanize, verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to make effeminate or weak; emasculate. <DD>v.i. (Informal.) to consort illicitly with women. Ex. We womanized, we cheated, and we stole (Edmund Wilson). </DL> <A NAME="womanizer"> womanizer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a man who pursues or consorts illicitly with women. </DL> <A NAME="womankind"> womankind, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> women as a group. </DL> <A NAME="womanless"> womanless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a woman or women. </DL> <A NAME="womanlike"> womanlike, adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. like a woman; womanly. <DD> 2. womanish; effeminate (in derogatory use). <DD>adv. in a manner characteristic of women; in a womanly fashion. </DL> <A NAME="womanliness"> womanliness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> womanly quality, character, or behavior. </DL> <A NAME="womanly"> womanly, adjective, -lier, -liest, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. like a woman. <DD> 2. as a woman is often thought to be; gentle, fine, and ladylike. Ex. She has much womanly sympathy for those who need help. <DD> 3. suitable for a woman; feminine. Ex. Tennis is as much a womanly sport as it is a manly sport. <DD>adv. in a womanly manner. </DL> <A NAME="womanofthestreet"> woman of the street,<DL COMPACT><DD> a prostitute, especially a streetwalker. </DL> <A NAME="womanoftheworld"> woman of the world,<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman who knows people and customs, and is tolerant of both. </DL> <A NAME="womanpower"> womanpower, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> power supplied by the work of women. Ex. Teaching or library work [are] two fields where skilled womanpower is most in demand (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="womansrights"> woman's rights,<DL COMPACT><DD> social, political, and legal rights for women, equal to those of men. </DL> <A NAME="womansuffrage"> woman suffrage,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the political right of women to vote. <DD> 2. women's votes. adj. woman-suffrage. </DL> <A NAME="womansuffragist"> woman-suffragist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who favors the right of women to vote. </DL> <A NAME="womb"> womb, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the part of the body in mammals that holds, protects, and (usually) nourishes the young till birth; uterus. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a place containing or producing anything. Ex. to emerge from the womb of time. <DD> 3. a hollow space or cavity, or something conceived as such, such as the depth of night. <DD> 4. (Obsolete.) the belly. <DD>v.t. to enclose in a womb. Ex. (Figurative.) She prayed in a church wombed in quiet (James T. Farrell). adj. womblike. </DL> <A NAME="wombat"> wombat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a burrowing Australian mammal that looks like a small bear (in Australia also called badger). A female wombat has a pouch for carrying her young. </DL> <A NAME="wombtotomb"> womb-to-tomb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) =cradle-to-grave. </DL> <A NAME="womby"> womby, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a womblike cavity; hollow. </DL> <A NAME="women"> women, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of woman. </DL> <A NAME="womenfolk"> womenfolk, noun pl. =women.</DL> <A NAME="womenfolks"> womenfolks, noun pl. =women.</DL> <A NAME="womenkind"> womenkind, noun. =womankind.</DL> <A NAME="womenslibber"> Women's Libber,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) Women's Liberationist. </DL> <A NAME="womensliberation"> Women's Liberation or Lib,<DL COMPACT><DD> a movement of active feminists demanding equal rights with men in all areas of life. Ex. Women's liberation is a development of possibly very great significance to the future of American society (Harper's). If it is any compensation for Women's Lib, ... distinguished women Prime Ministers are ushered into the Diplomats' Gallery, which has always been a male preserve (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="womensliberationist"> Women's Liberationist,<DL COMPACT><DD> a member or supporter of Women's Liberation. </DL> <A NAME="womensmovement"> women's movement, =Women's Liberation. Ex. Because of the women's movement, men must now take seriously inquiries about the female condition, and women must also (American Scholar). </DL> <A NAME="womensroom"> women's room,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) ladies' room. </DL> <A NAME="womera"> womera, womerah, or wommera, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device used to throw spears by aborigines of Australia. Also, woomera. </DL> <A NAME="won"> won (1), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense and the past participle of win. Ex. Which side won yesterday? </DL> <A NAME="won"> won (2), intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish,) to dwell; live (in a place or with someone). </DL> <A NAME="won"> won (3), noun, pl. won.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the unit of money of North Korea equal to 100 jun. <DD> 2. the unit of money of South Korea, used until 1953 and reestablished in place of the hwan in 1962, equal to 100 chon. </DL> <A HREF="wonder.dic">NEXT</A>