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Definition of w

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W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

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Pink-sterned :: Pink-sterned (a.) Having a very narrow stern; -- said of a vessel.

Huffcap :: Huffcap (a.) Blustering; swaggering.

Diselenide :: Diselenide (n.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.

Valve :: Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.

Steep-down :: Steep (n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice..

Cilia :: Cilia (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs..

Bicolligate :: Bicolligate (v. t.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment..

Trump :: Trump (n.) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry..

Indicant :: Indicant (n.) That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease..

Famish :: Famish (v. t.) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger..

Flask :: Flask (n.) A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine..

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..

Disprover :: Disprover (n.) One who disproves or confutes.

Prognostication :: Prognostication (n.) That which foreshows; a foretoken.

Unplained :: Unplained (a.) Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented.

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc..

Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.

Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..