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Wood (album) Wood was the 1995 second studio album by Canadian artists Moxy FrĂĽvous. This noticeably less accessible album saw the band moving in a less electric, more "woodsy" direction, with noticeable country and folk influences and less overt political commentary.
Wood (crater) Wood is a lunar impact crater that lies entirely within the interior of the much larger Landau walled plain, on the far side of Moon. Wood crater is situated along the northwestern part of the floor of Landau, and shares a common northwestern rim with the larger impact.
Wood as a medium As a contemporary artistic medium, wood is used in traditional and modern styles, and is an excellent medium for new art. Wood is used in forms of sculpture, craft, and decoration including chip carving, wood burning, and marquetry.
Wood blewit The Wood blewit (Clitocybe nuda = Lepista nuda = Tricholoma nudum), is an edible mushroom, found in both coniferous and deciduous woodlands. It is especially common where there is a large amount of duff built up on the forest floor.
Wood Bison The Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae) or Wood Buffalo is a distinct northern subspecies of the North American Bison whose original range included much of the boreal forest regions of Alaska, Yukon, western Northwest Territories, northeastern British Columbia, northern Alberta, and northwestern Saskatchewan. (The words "[and "bison]" are often used interchangeably in popular parlance.
Wood Boulden Wood Boulden (January 20, 1811 - October 10, 1876) was born in Charlotte County, Virginia. In his early youth, he attended a private school in Richmond and later entered New London Academy in Bedford County, Virginia.
Wood Buffalo National Park Wood Buffalo National Park, located in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, is the largest national park in Canada at 44,807 km². The park was established in 1922 to protect the world's largest herd of free roaming Wood Bison, currently estimated at more than 2,000.
Wood Buffalo, Alberta [regional municipality] of Wood Buffalo is located in the northeastern corner of [[Alberta. Created in 1995 as an amalgamation of the community of Fort McMurray and Improvement District 143Municipal Profile - Alberta Municipal Affairs, it now ranks, by area, among the largest municipalities in North America, and is the largest in Canada.
Wood carving Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures, to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery.
Wood drying Wood drying also know as seasoning lumber or timber seasoning in the UK refers to reducing the moisture content of wood prior to its use. The two most important issues are 1) the level of moisture desirable and 2) the means to achieve this.
Wood Elves (Warhammer) In the Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe the Wood Elves are the Elves who dwell within the enchanted forest realms of Athel Loren, although small forest enclaves also exist elsewhere in the warhammer world. Also known as the 'Asrai' in their elven tongue, their ancestors were once High Elves who chose to stay in the forest when other High Elves chose to return to their island home of Ulthuan after the great War of the Beard which severely weakened elven dominance in the Old World.
Wood fibre Wood fibres are usually cellulosic elements that are extracted from trees, straw, bamboo, cotton seed, hemp, sugar cane and other sources. The dimensions of individual fibres typically used in North America can range from 0.
Wood filler Wood filler, also known as Wood putty or Plastic wood, is a substance used to fill imperfections, nail holes or pores in wood prior to finishing. "Wood putty" or "plastic wood" usually refer to a the thicker version used to fix imperfections and small holes, while "Wood filler" refers to the thinner version used to fill pores.
Wood flour Wood flour is finely pulverized wood, generally made from sapless softwoods such as pine or fir, or less frequently from hardwoods. Wood flour is used as a filler in thermosetting resins such as Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, also known as Bakelite; and in Linoleum floor coverings.
Wood Farm Set in a secluded corner of the Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, England is Wood Farm, a modest cottage. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was born on 22 June 1856, at Wood Farm on Bradenham Hall estate, as the Sandringham Estate was known then.
Wood Frisian Wood Frisian is a dialect spoken in the eastern part of the Dutch part of Friesland, which is called the "wâlden" (English: woods). The dialect is also spoken in parts of Groningen - a province on the east border of Fryslân.
Wood gas Wood gas, also known as holzgas, air gas or blue gas, is the product of thermal gasification of biomass or other carbon containing materials such as coal in a gasifier or wood gas generator. It is the result of a high temperature reaction (>700 °C), where carbon reacts with steam or a limited amount of air or oxygen producing carbon monoxide (CO), molecular hydrogen (H2), and carbon dioxide (CO2).
Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency) Wood Green was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wood Green area of North London. It which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Wood Green ricin plot In January 2003 there was a cluster of arrests of men of North African origin centred around Wood Green, London, alleged to have been involved in a plot to manufacture the poison ricin to use for a terrorist attack on the London Underground, and for connections with Al Qaeda.
Wood Green School Wood Green School (established 1953 as a comprehensive school) is a secondary school located in Oxfordshire (Oxon), England which serves the town of Witney and surrounding villages such as North Leigh, Hailey and Finstock.
Wood Harris Wood Harris, born Sherwin David Harris (born October 17, 1969), is an American actor who previously starred in the television drama The Wire. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to John and Mattie Harris, and holds a Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts from Northern Illinois University (NIU) and a Masters of Arts from New York University.
Wood Hite Robert Woodson "Wood" Hite (circa 1856-1882) was a first cousin of Frank and Jesse James. With his brother Clarence, Hite joined the James gang in Logan County, Kentucky where their mother Nancy gave safe housing for the gang.
Wood Horsetail The Wood Horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum) is a horsetail (family Equisetaceae) native to the Northern Hemisphere, occurring in North America, Eurasia, and Asia. Because of its lacy appearance, it is considered among the most attractive of the horsetails.
Wood chopping Woodchop or wood chooping is a woodworking task that has become a traditional sport in several cultures. In wood chopping competitions, skilled contestants attempt to be the first to cut or saw through a log or other block of wood.
Wood Jackson "Wood Jackson" is a song written by David Bowie during the sessions for the album Heathen in 2002. The song did not make it to the main release of the album, but appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese release of Heathen.
Wood kindergarten A Wood Kindergarten, also called an Outdoor Preschool, is a type of preschool that was first conceived in Scandinavia. A Wood Kindergarten is a daycare for children between the ages of 3 and 6 that is held exclusively outdoors, in nature.
Wood Lane (Hammersmith & City Line) tube station Wood Lane is a future London Underground station currently under construction in west London on the Hammersmith & City Line. It will be located adjacent to Wood Lane in the White City area and will serve the new Westfield London shopping centre being developed nearby.
Wood Lane (Metropolitan Line) tube station Wood Lane was a station in west London on the Metropolitan Railway (now London Underground's Metropolitan Line). It was located on the Hammersmith & City Line viaduct adjacent to the bridge over Wood Lane and close to a similarly named station on the Central London Railway.
Wood mouse The Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) or Long-tailed Field Mouse is a common rodent, closely related to the Yellow-necked Mouse, that was recognised as a distinct species in 1894. It differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, has slightly smaller ears, and is usually slightly smaller overall: around 90mm in length.
Wood preservation All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment). Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different (chemical) preservatives and processes (also known as timber treatment or lumber treatment) that can extend the life of wood, timber, wood structures or engineered wood.
Wood Quay Wood Quay is a riverside area of Dublin that was a site of Viking settlement. Dublin Corporation acquired Wood Quay gradually between 1950 and 1975, finally announcing that it would be the location of their new offices.
Wood router A router is a woodworking tool used to rout out (hollow out) an area in the face of a piece of wood. It was a tool particularly used by pattern makers and staircase makers and consisted of a broad-based wooden hand plane with a narrow blade projecting well beyond its base plate gaining it the nickname Old Woman's Tooth.
Wood shaper A wood shaper usually just shaper in North America or spindle moulder in the UK is a stationary woodworking machine in which a spindle spins at moderately high speeds. Specially shaped bits are mounted on the spindle.
Wood shingle Because trees were plentiful from the earliest days of settlement of North America, the use of wood for all aspects of construction is not surprising. Wooden shingles were lightweight, made with simple tools, and easily installed.
Wood stain A Wood stain, is a sub-category of paint, consists of a pigment suspended in a "vehicle" of solvent and binding agent (alkyd, linseed oil, acrylic, polyurethane, lacquer, or resin). It is formulated to impart or transport the pigment into the pores of the surface rather than creating a film on top of the surface.
Wood Snipe The Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola) is a species of snipe which breeds in the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and southern China. In winter, it occurs at lower altitudes in the Himalayas, as a regular visitor in small numbers to north Vietnam.
Wood Street Counter (HM Prison) The Wood Street Counter (or Compter) was a London jail, primarily serving as a debtors prison, as well as those for misdemenors such as public drunkness (although some wealthier prisoners were able to obtain alcohol through bribery). Among the prisoners housed there were Captain George Orrell, Catholic martyr George Napper, the Sabbatarian dissenter John Traske, poet Edmund Gayton and highwayman James Hind.
Wood veneer Veneer, in woodworking, refers to thin slices of wood, usually thinner than 3 millimetres (1/8 inch). Veneer layers are usually glued and pressed onto core panels of different materials (such as wood, particle board or medium density fiberboard) to obtain doors, tops and side panels for cabinets, parquet floors and pieces of furniture.
Wood wasp The term wood wasp is a colloquial name applied to various unrelated families of Symphyta, whose only shared feature is that the larvae are found in wood. The name is thus applied to "wood wasps" (family Xiphydriidae), "parasitic wood wasps" (family Orussidae), "cedar wood wasps" (Family Anaxyelidae), or, at times, to "horntails" (family Siricidae).
Wood's glass Wood's glass was developed by Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955) as a light filter used in communications during World War I. His "invisible radiation" technique worked both in infrared daylight communication and ultraviolet night communications.
Wood's lamp A Wood's lamp is a diagnostic tool used in dermatology by which ultraviolet light is shone (at a wavelength of approximately 365 nanometers) onto the skin of the patient; a technician then observes any subsequent fluorescence. For example, porphyrins — associated with some skin diseases — will fluoresce pink.
Wood-pellet heating Wood pellets are small cylinders made of natural wood waste such as wood chips and sawdust. They are used in modern central heating systems, notably in Austria and Germany and other parts of Europe, but also in Canada and the USA.
Wood-plastic composite Wood-plastic composite is a composite material lumber or timber made of recycled plastic and wood wastes. Its most widespread use is in outdoor deck floors, but it is also used for railings, fences, landscaping timbers, cladding and siding, park benches, molding and trim, window and door frames, and indoor furniture.
Wood-quail The Wood-quails are birds in the genus Odontophorus of the New World quail family, which occur as resident breeding species in New World tropical cloud- and rainforests. The core range of the genus is centred on the lowlands and foothills of the northern Andes of Colombia and the mountain ranges of Central America; however, some species occur elsewhere in tropical South America.
Wood-Ridge High School Wood-Ridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Wood-Ridge, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Wood-Ridge School District.
Woodah Island Woodah Island is an island in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, at . It is perhaps most famous as the site of some of the killings in the Caledon Bay crisis, which marked a turning point in the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Woodard Schools Woodard Schools are a group of Anglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard. The Woodard Corporation has schools in both the independent (fee paying) and maintained sectors.
Woodbastwick Woodbastwick is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the River Bure between Cockshoot Broad and Salhouse Broad, within The Broads National Park and close to Bure Marshes NNR (National Nature Reserve).
Woodberry Forest School Woodberry Forest School is a private all male boarding school located in Woodberry Forest, Madison County, Virginia. It was founded in 1889 by Captain Robert Stringfellow Walker, a former member of Mosby's Rangers during the American Civil War.
Woodbine (VIVA) Woodbine, or Woodbine Avenue, is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on September 4, 2005, on the intersection of Woodbine Avenue and Highway 7 in Markham, Ontario.
Woodbine Corridor Woodbine Corridor is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto that is bordered by Coxwell Ave to the West, to the South it runs along Queen Street and up Kingston road where it is bordered to the East by Woodbine. The North end of the neighbourhood stretches just beyond Danforth at Milverton blvd.
Woodbine Entertainment Group Woodbine Entertainment Group is responsible for operations of the casino and race track at Woodbine Race Track in Toronto. The group changed their name from the Ontario Jockey Club in 2001 and also operates/operated at other tracks in Southern Ontario:
Woodbine Mile The Woodbine Mile is a Grade I stakes race on turf for Thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up held annually in September at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. The inaugural race in 1988 was sponsored by Molson Breweries with a purse of $750,000 and run as the Molson Export Challenge, reflecting the name of the company's flagship beer.
Woodbine Racetrack Woodbine Racetrack in the northwestern suburb of Rexdale in Toronto, Ontario is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day. It is owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, formerly the Ontario Jockey Club.
Woodbine-Lumsden Woodbine-Lumsden is a neighbourhood in the former East York area of the city of Toronto. Woodbine-Lumsden is bordered by Woodbine Avenue to the West, Strathmore Blvd to the South, Main street to the East and Taylor Bush Park to the North.
Woodblock printing in Japan Woodblock printing in Japan (木ç‰ç”», moku hanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre; however, it was also used very widely for printing books in the same period. Woodblock printing had been used in China for centuries to print books, long before the advent of moveable type, but was only widely adopted in Japan suprisingly late, during the Edo period (1603-1867).
Woodbourne Correctional Facility Woodbourne Correctional Facility is a medium security men's prison operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services in Woodbourne, NY of Sullivan County. It is located on the same tract of land as maximum security Sullivan Correctional Facility.
Woodbridge (Irvine) Woodbridge is a large suburban housing development, begun in 1975 by The Irvine Company, in the central region of Irvine, California. It covers roughly four square miles, has two large man-made lakes at its center, and is considered by many to be the Irvine Company's crowning achievement.
Woodbridge (NJT station) The Woodbridge Train Station was built in the 1930s as a Depression-era public works project. It currently serves approximately 1,700 riders a day, making it one of the busiest stations on the North Jersey Coast Line.
Woodbridge College Woodbridge College was originally founded in 1958, then known as Woodbridge High School. In 1991 it became an academy alternative school, changing its name to Woodbridge College, and offering classes to students in grades 7 through 13.
Woodbridge High School (London) Woodbridge High School is a mixed secondary comprehensive school located in Woodford Green in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is designated as a Specialist Language College, and, since September 2006, has been designated as a school with "vocational specialism".
Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge, New Jersey Woodbridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, as part of the Woodbridge Township School District. The high school is one of three in the district, together with Colonia High School and John F.
Woodbridge Senior High School Woodbridge Senior High School was established in 1964 and the students went to school at 2201 York Drive in Woodbridge Virginia at what is now Woodbridge Middle School. In 1973 the current school was opened at 3001 Old Bridge Road in Woodbridge Virginia.
Woodbridge Township School District The Woodbridge Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. All schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Woodburn Stud Woodburn Stud was an American horse breeding farm located in Woodford County, Kentucky about ten miles from the city of Lexington. It was established in the 1700s as an original land grant property of General Hugh Mercer to whom it had been granted for his military services during the Revolutionary War.
Woodbury Langdon Woodbury Langdon (1739 - January 13, 1805) was a merchant and ship owner from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After attending the Latin grammar school at Portsmouth, Langdon went into the counting room of Henry Sherburne, a prominent local merchant.
Woodbury matrix identity In mathematics (specifically linear algebra), the Woodbury matrix identity says that the inverse of a rank-k correction of some matrix can be computed by doing a rank-k correction to the inverse of the original matrix. Alternative names for this formula are the matrix inversion lemma, Sherman-Morrison-Woodbury formula or just Woodbury formula.
Woodcliff Lake (NJT station) Woodcliff Lake is a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line. The station is in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey and is located at Broadway and Woodcliff Avenue, on the eastern shore of the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir.
Woodcock The woodcocks are a group of seven extant very similar wading bird species in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localised island species.
Woodcroft halt Woodcroft Halt was a railway halt located in the parish of Buriton between Rowlands Castle and Petersfield on the Portsmouth Direct Line. During World War II, in 1940 the Admiralty requisitioned Ditcham Park (), a nearby country house for use as a convalescent home for sailors.
Woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges. The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel, leaving the characters or image to show in 'black' at the original surface level.
Wooden fish A wooden fish (Chinese: [pinyin: mĂąyĂş), (Japanese]: mokugyo), ([[Korean language|Korean: Moktak), sometimes known as a Chinese block, is a wooden percussion instrument similar to the Western wood block. The wooden fish is used by monks ordained in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition.
Wooden hybrid roller coaster A wooden hybrid roller coaster is primarily of traditional coaster design but with the primary structure made of steel and the coaster track is made of wood. This design first gained some popularity in the late 1990's.
Wooden Head Wooden Head is the final album by The Turtles, and actually it's a compilation of B-sides and rarities mostly recorded in their early years and in some cases left unfinished. Originally it was released in 1969 on the White Whale Records label.
Wooden Churches of MaramureĹź The MaramureĹź wooden churches in Northern Transylvania are a selection of eight examples of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They are narrow but high timber constructions with characteristic tall, slim clock towers at the western end of the building.
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland and Subcarpathia of the UNESCO inscription are located in Gorlice, Nowy Targ, Bochnia counties ( Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Małopolskie), and Brzozów County (Subcarpathian Voivodeship) and are in Binarowa, Blizne, Debno, Haczow, Lipnica Murowana, and Sękowa. There are in fact many others of the region which fit the description:
Wooden iron Wooden Iron is a polemical term often used in philosophic rhetoric to describe the impossibility of an opposing argument. The term is a German proverbial oxymoron or sideroxylon which synthesizes the concept of the "wooden", which is organic, with the concept of "iron" which is inorganic.
Wooden language In rhetoric, wooden language (calque of the French expression langue de bois) refers to a diverting of attention from reality by using certain words, such as banalities too abstract or pompous, either appealing to sentiment rather than to facts.
Wooden Leather Wooden Leather is the follow-up from the Kentucky-based rap sextet Nappy Roots, to their first album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz. It was released on August 26, 2003 and featured singles "Roun' the Globe", and "Sick and Tired" (featuring Anthony Hamilton).
Wooden nickel Wooden nickels are wood token coins, which are usually issued by a merchant or bank as a promotion, sometimes redeemable for a specific item such as a drink. Wooden nickels were most commonly issued in the US in the 1930s, after the great depression.
Wooden ox The wooden ox was created by Zhuge Liang while he served Shu-Han. It was a mechanical, walking replica of an oxen whose main purpose was to carry supplies such as grain to an army that was running low on supplies.
Wooden ramps Wooden ramps were used by the Germans in World War II to defend areas from terrestrial and aquatic/semi-aquatic vehicles. It consisted of a medium sized tree trunk turned at a 15-20 degree angle with 2-4 legs and mines strapped to the top.
Wooden roller coaster A wooden roller coaster or woodie is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlayed upon a wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design.
Wooden spoon (award) A 'wooden spoon' is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events.
Wooden Ships and Iron Men Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a naval board wargame in which the players simulate combat by sailing ships of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The game was originally published by Battleline Publications in 1974 and republished by Avalon Hill in 1975, and is known as the definitive simulation of the period.
Wooden Shoe Books Wooden Shoe Books & Records is an all-volunteer anarchist collective in Philadelphia, run by consensus. It has existed around for 30 years, a long stretch for any business let alone a non-hierarchical business whose goal is not profit but rather to challenge the system of profit itself.
Wooden Stars Wooden Stars are a Canadian indie rock band formed in the 1990s. The band, from Ottawa, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Julien Beillard, guitarist Mike Feuerstack, bassists Josh Latour and Mathieu Beillard, and drummer Andrew McCormack.
Woodend Hospital Woodend Hospital is a hospital in the Mastrick area of Aberdeen, Scotland. Previously a general hospital, it now provides elective orthopaedic surgery, rehabilitation and care of the elderly in conjunction with the other hospitals in NHS Grampian.
Woodend, Cumbria Woodend is the name of several places in Cumbria, England. One of these is situated between the Duddon Valley and the village of Ulpha and the valley of Eskdale, high up on Birker Fell, approximately 950 feet above sea level.
Woodentop In the British Police, "Woodentop" is a slang term used by Criminal Investigation Department detectives to refer to uniformed police officers. It may be a reference to the wooden construction of a bobby's custodian helmet.
Woodfield Mall Woodfield Mall is a shopping mall located in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois at the intersection of Golf Road and Illinois Route 53. Woodfield opened on September 9, 1971 with 59 stores, growing to 189 stores with 1.
Woodfjord Woodfjord is a fjord on the north shore of Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is the fourth longest fjord in the Svalbard archipelago with the mouth facing north adjacent to Wijdefjord, and goes 64 km into the island, west of Andrée Land.
Woodford Green Woodford Green is part of the North East London suburb of Woodford, on the edge of Epping Forest, mostly within the London Borough of Redbridge with a small part on the western side of the green within the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
Woodford Halse Woodford Halse is a village in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England, and is situated approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Daventry and 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Banbury. The village is one of three in the parish of Woodford cum Membris, the other two being Hinton and West Farndon; these are separated from Woodford Halse by the infant River Cherwell.
Woodford Island Woodford Island is an inland island in the Far-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is formed by the Clarence River where it splits into the South Arm and North Arm at the small village of Brushgrove then reforms at the town of Maclean.
Woodford Reserve Woodford Reserve is a brand of premium bourbon whiskey made by the distillery formerly known as 'Labrot & Graham Distillery', near Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky. (It changed its name to The Woodford Reserve Distillery in 2003.
Woodham Community Technology College Woodham Community Technology College (usually abbreviated Woodham CTC) is a comprehensive school and sixth form college in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, in the United Kingdom. It one of two secondary schools within Newton Aycliffe, the other being Greenfield School Community and Arts College.
Woodhatch Woodhatch is a village in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead it orignally developed after a giant egg gave birth to a massive woody near the town of Surrey, England. It lies just north of the two giant balls calledReigate on the old Harry London to Brighton road.
Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line) Woodhaven Boulevard, sometimes referred as Woodhaven Boulevard–Slattery Plaza, is a local station on the New York City Subway's IND Queens Boulevard Line. However, there were plans to convert this station into an express one once the line from lower Roosevelt Avenue Terminal station and the Rockaway–Winfeld Spur opens.
Woodhaven Boulevard (Queens) Woodhaven Boulevard is a major boulevard that runs mostly north/south in the West-Central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Beginning at the Queens Center shopping mall in Elmhurst at the intersection with Queens Boulevard, the boulevard runs south through the neighborhoods of Rego Park, Elmhurst, Middle Village, Glendale, Woodhaven (for which it is named), and Ozone Park.
Wood (crater) Wood is a lunar impact crater that lies entirely within the interior of the much larger Landau walled plain, on the far side of Moon. Wood crater is situated along the northwestern part of the floor of Landau, and shares a common northwestern rim with the larger impact.
Wood as a medium As a contemporary artistic medium, wood is used in traditional and modern styles, and is an excellent medium for new art. Wood is used in forms of sculpture, craft, and decoration including chip carving, wood burning, and marquetry.
Wood blewit The Wood blewit (Clitocybe nuda = Lepista nuda = Tricholoma nudum), is an edible mushroom, found in both coniferous and deciduous woodlands. It is especially common where there is a large amount of duff built up on the forest floor.
Wood Bison The Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae) or Wood Buffalo is a distinct northern subspecies of the North American Bison whose original range included much of the boreal forest regions of Alaska, Yukon, western Northwest Territories, northeastern British Columbia, northern Alberta, and northwestern Saskatchewan. (The words "[and "bison]" are often used interchangeably in popular parlance.
Wood Boulden Wood Boulden (January 20, 1811 - October 10, 1876) was born in Charlotte County, Virginia. In his early youth, he attended a private school in Richmond and later entered New London Academy in Bedford County, Virginia.
Wood Buffalo National Park Wood Buffalo National Park, located in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, is the largest national park in Canada at 44,807 km². The park was established in 1922 to protect the world's largest herd of free roaming Wood Bison, currently estimated at more than 2,000.
Wood Buffalo, Alberta [regional municipality] of Wood Buffalo is located in the northeastern corner of [[Alberta. Created in 1995 as an amalgamation of the community of Fort McMurray and Improvement District 143Municipal Profile - Alberta Municipal Affairs, it now ranks, by area, among the largest municipalities in North America, and is the largest in Canada.
Wood carving Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures, to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery.
Wood drying Wood drying also know as seasoning lumber or timber seasoning in the UK refers to reducing the moisture content of wood prior to its use. The two most important issues are 1) the level of moisture desirable and 2) the means to achieve this.
Wood Elves (Warhammer) In the Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe the Wood Elves are the Elves who dwell within the enchanted forest realms of Athel Loren, although small forest enclaves also exist elsewhere in the warhammer world. Also known as the 'Asrai' in their elven tongue, their ancestors were once High Elves who chose to stay in the forest when other High Elves chose to return to their island home of Ulthuan after the great War of the Beard which severely weakened elven dominance in the Old World.
Wood fibre Wood fibres are usually cellulosic elements that are extracted from trees, straw, bamboo, cotton seed, hemp, sugar cane and other sources. The dimensions of individual fibres typically used in North America can range from 0.
Wood filler Wood filler, also known as Wood putty or Plastic wood, is a substance used to fill imperfections, nail holes or pores in wood prior to finishing. "Wood putty" or "plastic wood" usually refer to a the thicker version used to fix imperfections and small holes, while "Wood filler" refers to the thinner version used to fill pores.
Wood flour Wood flour is finely pulverized wood, generally made from sapless softwoods such as pine or fir, or less frequently from hardwoods. Wood flour is used as a filler in thermosetting resins such as Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, also known as Bakelite; and in Linoleum floor coverings.
Wood Farm Set in a secluded corner of the Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, England is Wood Farm, a modest cottage. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was born on 22 June 1856, at Wood Farm on Bradenham Hall estate, as the Sandringham Estate was known then.
Wood Frisian Wood Frisian is a dialect spoken in the eastern part of the Dutch part of Friesland, which is called the "wâlden" (English: woods). The dialect is also spoken in parts of Groningen - a province on the east border of Fryslân.
Wood gas Wood gas, also known as holzgas, air gas or blue gas, is the product of thermal gasification of biomass or other carbon containing materials such as coal in a gasifier or wood gas generator. It is the result of a high temperature reaction (>700 °C), where carbon reacts with steam or a limited amount of air or oxygen producing carbon monoxide (CO), molecular hydrogen (H2), and carbon dioxide (CO2).
Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency) Wood Green was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wood Green area of North London. It which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Wood Green ricin plot In January 2003 there was a cluster of arrests of men of North African origin centred around Wood Green, London, alleged to have been involved in a plot to manufacture the poison ricin to use for a terrorist attack on the London Underground, and for connections with Al Qaeda.
Wood Green School Wood Green School (established 1953 as a comprehensive school) is a secondary school located in Oxfordshire (Oxon), England which serves the town of Witney and surrounding villages such as North Leigh, Hailey and Finstock.
Wood Harris Wood Harris, born Sherwin David Harris (born October 17, 1969), is an American actor who previously starred in the television drama The Wire. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to John and Mattie Harris, and holds a Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts from Northern Illinois University (NIU) and a Masters of Arts from New York University.
Wood Hite Robert Woodson "Wood" Hite (circa 1856-1882) was a first cousin of Frank and Jesse James. With his brother Clarence, Hite joined the James gang in Logan County, Kentucky where their mother Nancy gave safe housing for the gang.
Wood Horsetail The Wood Horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum) is a horsetail (family Equisetaceae) native to the Northern Hemisphere, occurring in North America, Eurasia, and Asia. Because of its lacy appearance, it is considered among the most attractive of the horsetails.
Wood chopping Woodchop or wood chooping is a woodworking task that has become a traditional sport in several cultures. In wood chopping competitions, skilled contestants attempt to be the first to cut or saw through a log or other block of wood.
Wood Jackson "Wood Jackson" is a song written by David Bowie during the sessions for the album Heathen in 2002. The song did not make it to the main release of the album, but appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese release of Heathen.
Wood kindergarten A Wood Kindergarten, also called an Outdoor Preschool, is a type of preschool that was first conceived in Scandinavia. A Wood Kindergarten is a daycare for children between the ages of 3 and 6 that is held exclusively outdoors, in nature.
Wood Lane (Hammersmith & City Line) tube station Wood Lane is a future London Underground station currently under construction in west London on the Hammersmith & City Line. It will be located adjacent to Wood Lane in the White City area and will serve the new Westfield London shopping centre being developed nearby.
Wood Lane (Metropolitan Line) tube station Wood Lane was a station in west London on the Metropolitan Railway (now London Underground's Metropolitan Line). It was located on the Hammersmith & City Line viaduct adjacent to the bridge over Wood Lane and close to a similarly named station on the Central London Railway.
Wood mouse The Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) or Long-tailed Field Mouse is a common rodent, closely related to the Yellow-necked Mouse, that was recognised as a distinct species in 1894. It differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, has slightly smaller ears, and is usually slightly smaller overall: around 90mm in length.
Wood preservation All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment). Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different (chemical) preservatives and processes (also known as timber treatment or lumber treatment) that can extend the life of wood, timber, wood structures or engineered wood.
Wood Quay Wood Quay is a riverside area of Dublin that was a site of Viking settlement. Dublin Corporation acquired Wood Quay gradually between 1950 and 1975, finally announcing that it would be the location of their new offices.
Wood router A router is a woodworking tool used to rout out (hollow out) an area in the face of a piece of wood. It was a tool particularly used by pattern makers and staircase makers and consisted of a broad-based wooden hand plane with a narrow blade projecting well beyond its base plate gaining it the nickname Old Woman's Tooth.
Wood shaper A wood shaper usually just shaper in North America or spindle moulder in the UK is a stationary woodworking machine in which a spindle spins at moderately high speeds. Specially shaped bits are mounted on the spindle.
Wood shingle Because trees were plentiful from the earliest days of settlement of North America, the use of wood for all aspects of construction is not surprising. Wooden shingles were lightweight, made with simple tools, and easily installed.
Wood stain A Wood stain, is a sub-category of paint, consists of a pigment suspended in a "vehicle" of solvent and binding agent (alkyd, linseed oil, acrylic, polyurethane, lacquer, or resin). It is formulated to impart or transport the pigment into the pores of the surface rather than creating a film on top of the surface.
Wood Snipe The Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola) is a species of snipe which breeds in the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and southern China. In winter, it occurs at lower altitudes in the Himalayas, as a regular visitor in small numbers to north Vietnam.
Wood Street Counter (HM Prison) The Wood Street Counter (or Compter) was a London jail, primarily serving as a debtors prison, as well as those for misdemenors such as public drunkness (although some wealthier prisoners were able to obtain alcohol through bribery). Among the prisoners housed there were Captain George Orrell, Catholic martyr George Napper, the Sabbatarian dissenter John Traske, poet Edmund Gayton and highwayman James Hind.
Wood veneer Veneer, in woodworking, refers to thin slices of wood, usually thinner than 3 millimetres (1/8 inch). Veneer layers are usually glued and pressed onto core panels of different materials (such as wood, particle board or medium density fiberboard) to obtain doors, tops and side panels for cabinets, parquet floors and pieces of furniture.
Wood wasp The term wood wasp is a colloquial name applied to various unrelated families of Symphyta, whose only shared feature is that the larvae are found in wood. The name is thus applied to "wood wasps" (family Xiphydriidae), "parasitic wood wasps" (family Orussidae), "cedar wood wasps" (Family Anaxyelidae), or, at times, to "horntails" (family Siricidae).
Wood's glass Wood's glass was developed by Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955) as a light filter used in communications during World War I. His "invisible radiation" technique worked both in infrared daylight communication and ultraviolet night communications.
Wood's lamp A Wood's lamp is a diagnostic tool used in dermatology by which ultraviolet light is shone (at a wavelength of approximately 365 nanometers) onto the skin of the patient; a technician then observes any subsequent fluorescence. For example, porphyrins — associated with some skin diseases — will fluoresce pink.
Wood-pellet heating Wood pellets are small cylinders made of natural wood waste such as wood chips and sawdust. They are used in modern central heating systems, notably in Austria and Germany and other parts of Europe, but also in Canada and the USA.
Wood-plastic composite Wood-plastic composite is a composite material lumber or timber made of recycled plastic and wood wastes. Its most widespread use is in outdoor deck floors, but it is also used for railings, fences, landscaping timbers, cladding and siding, park benches, molding and trim, window and door frames, and indoor furniture.
Wood-quail The Wood-quails are birds in the genus Odontophorus of the New World quail family, which occur as resident breeding species in New World tropical cloud- and rainforests. The core range of the genus is centred on the lowlands and foothills of the northern Andes of Colombia and the mountain ranges of Central America; however, some species occur elsewhere in tropical South America.
Wood-Ridge High School Wood-Ridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Wood-Ridge, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Wood-Ridge School District.
Woodah Island Woodah Island is an island in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, at . It is perhaps most famous as the site of some of the killings in the Caledon Bay crisis, which marked a turning point in the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Woodard Schools Woodard Schools are a group of Anglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard. The Woodard Corporation has schools in both the independent (fee paying) and maintained sectors.
Woodbastwick Woodbastwick is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the River Bure between Cockshoot Broad and Salhouse Broad, within The Broads National Park and close to Bure Marshes NNR (National Nature Reserve).
Woodberry Forest School Woodberry Forest School is a private all male boarding school located in Woodberry Forest, Madison County, Virginia. It was founded in 1889 by Captain Robert Stringfellow Walker, a former member of Mosby's Rangers during the American Civil War.
Woodbine (VIVA) Woodbine, or Woodbine Avenue, is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on September 4, 2005, on the intersection of Woodbine Avenue and Highway 7 in Markham, Ontario.
Woodbine Corridor Woodbine Corridor is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto that is bordered by Coxwell Ave to the West, to the South it runs along Queen Street and up Kingston road where it is bordered to the East by Woodbine. The North end of the neighbourhood stretches just beyond Danforth at Milverton blvd.
Woodbine Entertainment Group Woodbine Entertainment Group is responsible for operations of the casino and race track at Woodbine Race Track in Toronto. The group changed their name from the Ontario Jockey Club in 2001 and also operates/operated at other tracks in Southern Ontario:
Woodbine Mile The Woodbine Mile is a Grade I stakes race on turf for Thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up held annually in September at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. The inaugural race in 1988 was sponsored by Molson Breweries with a purse of $750,000 and run as the Molson Export Challenge, reflecting the name of the company's flagship beer.
Woodbine Racetrack Woodbine Racetrack in the northwestern suburb of Rexdale in Toronto, Ontario is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day. It is owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, formerly the Ontario Jockey Club.
Woodbine-Lumsden Woodbine-Lumsden is a neighbourhood in the former East York area of the city of Toronto. Woodbine-Lumsden is bordered by Woodbine Avenue to the West, Strathmore Blvd to the South, Main street to the East and Taylor Bush Park to the North.
Woodblock printing in Japan Woodblock printing in Japan (木ç‰ç”», moku hanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre; however, it was also used very widely for printing books in the same period. Woodblock printing had been used in China for centuries to print books, long before the advent of moveable type, but was only widely adopted in Japan suprisingly late, during the Edo period (1603-1867).
Woodbourne Correctional Facility Woodbourne Correctional Facility is a medium security men's prison operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services in Woodbourne, NY of Sullivan County. It is located on the same tract of land as maximum security Sullivan Correctional Facility.
Woodbridge (Irvine) Woodbridge is a large suburban housing development, begun in 1975 by The Irvine Company, in the central region of Irvine, California. It covers roughly four square miles, has two large man-made lakes at its center, and is considered by many to be the Irvine Company's crowning achievement.
Woodbridge (NJT station) The Woodbridge Train Station was built in the 1930s as a Depression-era public works project. It currently serves approximately 1,700 riders a day, making it one of the busiest stations on the North Jersey Coast Line.
Woodbridge College Woodbridge College was originally founded in 1958, then known as Woodbridge High School. In 1991 it became an academy alternative school, changing its name to Woodbridge College, and offering classes to students in grades 7 through 13.
Woodbridge High School (London) Woodbridge High School is a mixed secondary comprehensive school located in Woodford Green in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is designated as a Specialist Language College, and, since September 2006, has been designated as a school with "vocational specialism".
Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge, New Jersey Woodbridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, as part of the Woodbridge Township School District. The high school is one of three in the district, together with Colonia High School and John F.
Woodbridge Senior High School Woodbridge Senior High School was established in 1964 and the students went to school at 2201 York Drive in Woodbridge Virginia at what is now Woodbridge Middle School. In 1973 the current school was opened at 3001 Old Bridge Road in Woodbridge Virginia.
Woodbridge Township School District The Woodbridge Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. All schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Woodburn Stud Woodburn Stud was an American horse breeding farm located in Woodford County, Kentucky about ten miles from the city of Lexington. It was established in the 1700s as an original land grant property of General Hugh Mercer to whom it had been granted for his military services during the Revolutionary War.
Woodbury Langdon Woodbury Langdon (1739 - January 13, 1805) was a merchant and ship owner from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After attending the Latin grammar school at Portsmouth, Langdon went into the counting room of Henry Sherburne, a prominent local merchant.
Woodbury matrix identity In mathematics (specifically linear algebra), the Woodbury matrix identity says that the inverse of a rank-k correction of some matrix can be computed by doing a rank-k correction to the inverse of the original matrix. Alternative names for this formula are the matrix inversion lemma, Sherman-Morrison-Woodbury formula or just Woodbury formula.
Woodcliff Lake (NJT station) Woodcliff Lake is a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line. The station is in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey and is located at Broadway and Woodcliff Avenue, on the eastern shore of the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir.
Woodcock The woodcocks are a group of seven extant very similar wading bird species in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localised island species.
Woodcroft halt Woodcroft Halt was a railway halt located in the parish of Buriton between Rowlands Castle and Petersfield on the Portsmouth Direct Line. During World War II, in 1940 the Admiralty requisitioned Ditcham Park (), a nearby country house for use as a convalescent home for sailors.
Woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges. The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel, leaving the characters or image to show in 'black' at the original surface level.
Wooden fish A wooden fish (Chinese: [pinyin: mĂąyĂş), (Japanese]: mokugyo), ([[Korean language|Korean: Moktak), sometimes known as a Chinese block, is a wooden percussion instrument similar to the Western wood block. The wooden fish is used by monks ordained in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition.
Wooden hybrid roller coaster A wooden hybrid roller coaster is primarily of traditional coaster design but with the primary structure made of steel and the coaster track is made of wood. This design first gained some popularity in the late 1990's.
Wooden Head Wooden Head is the final album by The Turtles, and actually it's a compilation of B-sides and rarities mostly recorded in their early years and in some cases left unfinished. Originally it was released in 1969 on the White Whale Records label.
Wooden Churches of MaramureĹź The MaramureĹź wooden churches in Northern Transylvania are a selection of eight examples of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They are narrow but high timber constructions with characteristic tall, slim clock towers at the western end of the building.
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland and Subcarpathia of the UNESCO inscription are located in Gorlice, Nowy Targ, Bochnia counties ( Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Małopolskie), and Brzozów County (Subcarpathian Voivodeship) and are in Binarowa, Blizne, Debno, Haczow, Lipnica Murowana, and Sękowa. There are in fact many others of the region which fit the description:
Wooden iron Wooden Iron is a polemical term often used in philosophic rhetoric to describe the impossibility of an opposing argument. The term is a German proverbial oxymoron or sideroxylon which synthesizes the concept of the "wooden", which is organic, with the concept of "iron" which is inorganic.
Wooden language In rhetoric, wooden language (calque of the French expression langue de bois) refers to a diverting of attention from reality by using certain words, such as banalities too abstract or pompous, either appealing to sentiment rather than to facts.
Wooden Leather Wooden Leather is the follow-up from the Kentucky-based rap sextet Nappy Roots, to their first album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz. It was released on August 26, 2003 and featured singles "Roun' the Globe", and "Sick and Tired" (featuring Anthony Hamilton).
Wooden nickel Wooden nickels are wood token coins, which are usually issued by a merchant or bank as a promotion, sometimes redeemable for a specific item such as a drink. Wooden nickels were most commonly issued in the US in the 1930s, after the great depression.
Wooden ox The wooden ox was created by Zhuge Liang while he served Shu-Han. It was a mechanical, walking replica of an oxen whose main purpose was to carry supplies such as grain to an army that was running low on supplies.
Wooden ramps Wooden ramps were used by the Germans in World War II to defend areas from terrestrial and aquatic/semi-aquatic vehicles. It consisted of a medium sized tree trunk turned at a 15-20 degree angle with 2-4 legs and mines strapped to the top.
Wooden roller coaster A wooden roller coaster or woodie is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlayed upon a wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design.
Wooden spoon (award) A 'wooden spoon' is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events.
Wooden Ships and Iron Men Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a naval board wargame in which the players simulate combat by sailing ships of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The game was originally published by Battleline Publications in 1974 and republished by Avalon Hill in 1975, and is known as the definitive simulation of the period.
Wooden Shoe Books Wooden Shoe Books & Records is an all-volunteer anarchist collective in Philadelphia, run by consensus. It has existed around for 30 years, a long stretch for any business let alone a non-hierarchical business whose goal is not profit but rather to challenge the system of profit itself.
Wooden Stars Wooden Stars are a Canadian indie rock band formed in the 1990s. The band, from Ottawa, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Julien Beillard, guitarist Mike Feuerstack, bassists Josh Latour and Mathieu Beillard, and drummer Andrew McCormack.
Woodend Hospital Woodend Hospital is a hospital in the Mastrick area of Aberdeen, Scotland. Previously a general hospital, it now provides elective orthopaedic surgery, rehabilitation and care of the elderly in conjunction with the other hospitals in NHS Grampian.
Woodend, Cumbria Woodend is the name of several places in Cumbria, England. One of these is situated between the Duddon Valley and the village of Ulpha and the valley of Eskdale, high up on Birker Fell, approximately 950 feet above sea level.
Woodentop In the British Police, "Woodentop" is a slang term used by Criminal Investigation Department detectives to refer to uniformed police officers. It may be a reference to the wooden construction of a bobby's custodian helmet.
Woodfield Mall Woodfield Mall is a shopping mall located in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois at the intersection of Golf Road and Illinois Route 53. Woodfield opened on September 9, 1971 with 59 stores, growing to 189 stores with 1.
Woodfjord Woodfjord is a fjord on the north shore of Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is the fourth longest fjord in the Svalbard archipelago with the mouth facing north adjacent to Wijdefjord, and goes 64 km into the island, west of Andrée Land.
Woodford Green Woodford Green is part of the North East London suburb of Woodford, on the edge of Epping Forest, mostly within the London Borough of Redbridge with a small part on the western side of the green within the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
Woodford Halse Woodford Halse is a village in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England, and is situated approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Daventry and 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Banbury. The village is one of three in the parish of Woodford cum Membris, the other two being Hinton and West Farndon; these are separated from Woodford Halse by the infant River Cherwell.
Woodford Island Woodford Island is an inland island in the Far-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is formed by the Clarence River where it splits into the South Arm and North Arm at the small village of Brushgrove then reforms at the town of Maclean.
Woodford Reserve Woodford Reserve is a brand of premium bourbon whiskey made by the distillery formerly known as 'Labrot & Graham Distillery', near Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky. (It changed its name to The Woodford Reserve Distillery in 2003.
Woodham Community Technology College Woodham Community Technology College (usually abbreviated Woodham CTC) is a comprehensive school and sixth form college in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, in the United Kingdom. It one of two secondary schools within Newton Aycliffe, the other being Greenfield School Community and Arts College.
Woodhatch Woodhatch is a village in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead it orignally developed after a giant egg gave birth to a massive woody near the town of Surrey, England. It lies just north of the two giant balls calledReigate on the old Harry London to Brighton road.
Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line) Woodhaven Boulevard, sometimes referred as Woodhaven Boulevard–Slattery Plaza, is a local station on the New York City Subway's IND Queens Boulevard Line. However, there were plans to convert this station into an express one once the line from lower Roosevelt Avenue Terminal station and the Rockaway–Winfeld Spur opens.
Woodhaven Boulevard (Queens) Woodhaven Boulevard is a major boulevard that runs mostly north/south in the West-Central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Beginning at the Queens Center shopping mall in Elmhurst at the intersection with Queens Boulevard, the boulevard runs south through the neighborhoods of Rego Park, Elmhurst, Middle Village, Glendale, Woodhaven (for which it is named), and Ozone Park.
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