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Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) Woordeboek van die Afrikaaanse Taal (Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language), generally known as the WAT, is the largest descriptive Afrikaans dictionary. As a comprehensive descriptive dictionary, it strives to reflect the Afrikaans language in its entirety.
Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal (English: "Dictionary of the Dutch language") is a dictionary of the Dutch language which claims to be the largest dictionary in the world. It has over 430,000 entries of Dutch words from 1500 to 1921 and the paper edition consists of 43 volumes and close to 50.
Wooroloo Prison Wooroloo Prison Farm is an Australian prison located in Wooroloo, Western Australia, Australia. It was established in 1972 under an arrangement that it would offer some of its amenities to the community of Wooroloo.
Woose A Woose is a haunting spirit present at the killing of Aslan in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. According to Nancy-Lou Patterson in Mythlore 27, the term is derived from the Woodwose or "Wild Man of the Woods", a figure carved in East Anglia churches and mentioned in 16th and 17th Century literature.
Wooster (manufacturer) Wooster was a model airplane manufacturer that introduced plane model collectors to snap together plastic commercial airline models. In 2000, Wooster was bought over by another plastic plane model manufacturer, PPC Holland, and now their line of planes is known as Wooster PPC.
Wooster (Mario) Wooster is a fictional character created for the comic books based on the Mario video games. As a citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom, he is of the same species as other characters such as Toad, Toadsworth, and Toadette.
Wooster Square Wooster Square is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut to the east of downtown. The name refers to a park square (named for the American Revolutionary War hero, David Wooster) located between Greene Street, Wooster Place, Chapel Street and Academy Street in the center of the neighborhood.
Wooster, Ohio Wooster (IPA ; first syllable pronounced with a short double-O) is a city in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. Located in eastern Ohio approximately 50 mi (80 km) SSW of Cleveland, Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster.
Wooton desk The Wooton desk is a variation of the Fall front desk. It is the embodiment (in the field of desk design and construction) of the phenomenon of conspicuous consumption which swept over moneyed society in the United States at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, and was described by Thorstein Veblen in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class.
Wootten Way (VIVA) Wootten Way is a proposed Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It will open roughly in July 1, 2007 at the intersection of Wootten Way and Highway 7 in Markham, Ontario.
Wootton Wawen railway station Wootton Wawen railway station serves the village of Wootton Wawen in Warwickshire, England. Served by trains between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon, it is a request stop: passengers wishing to board a train here must signal to the driver; those wishing to alight must inform the train conductor.
Wootton, Bedfordshire Wootton is a large village located to the south-west of Bedford, in the north of Bedfordshire. Wootton has had a long association with brickmaking, but is now mainly a dormitory community for Bedford and Milton Keynes.
Wootton, Northamptonshire Wootton, Northamptonshire is a village some four or five miles south of the town centre of Northampton and has in all but name now become a suburb of Northampton as the town expands southwards to the M1 motorway at junction 15.
Woozy Winks Woozy Winks is the sidekick to the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man. He is a bumbling, inept, overweight and slobbish man who served primarily as a comic relief, much like other golden age sidekicks such as Doiby Dickles.
WoO The letters WoO, an abbreviation for the German "Werk ohne Opuszahl" ("work without opus number"), followed by a number are used to uniquely identify pieces of music that do not have opus numbers. WoO numbers are particularly used in reference to works by Ludwig van Beethoven – they were assigned by Georg Kinsky and Hans Halm in their 1955 catalogue of his works ("Für Elise", for example, is WoO 59).
Wopkaimin The Wopkaimin are a small aboriginal tribe that lives in the remote Star Mountains in western Papua New Guinea in what is known as the Fly River socio-ecological region. The Ok Tedi Mine, the third largest open pit copper and gold mine in the world is located in their traditional territory.
Wor-Wic Community College Wor-Wic Community College is a 2-year institution located in Salisbury, Maryland, offering both credit and continuing education classes for Delmarva residents. It is named after Maryland's Worcester and Wicomico counties.
Woranut Wongsawan Woranut Wongsawan (also Woranuch Wongsawan under a different transliteration, ; nickname Noon ) is a Thai actress in Thai soap operas. She made her feature-film debut playing "Nual" in the 2005 Thai film Cherm (), or Midnight My Love, directed by Kongdate Jaturunrusamee.
Worcester The city of Worcester (pronounced ) is a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England, situated some 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Birmingham and 29 miles (47 km) north of Gloucester. The River Severn runs through the middle, with the city's large cathedral overlooking the river.
Worcester and Birmingham Canal The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England. It starts in Worcester, as an 'offshoot' of the River Severn (just after the river lock) and ends in Gas Street Basin in Birmingham.
Worcester Academy Worcester Academy is an independent coeducational preparatory school spread over 67 acres in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school is divided into a middle school, serving approximately 150 students in grades six to eight, and an upper school, serving approximately 500 students in grades nine and above, including some postgraduates.
Worcester Center for Crafts The Worcester Center for Crafts, located in Worcester, MA, is one of Worcester’s oldest cultural institutions and was one of the first organizations of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1856 by the Worcester Employment Society, the Center provided women with the skills needed to make and sell handcrafts.
Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Its predecessor was an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century, even though the current college was founded only in the eighteenth century.
Worcester County Mathematics League The Worcester County Mathematics League (WOCOMAL) is a high school mathematics league composed of 32 high schools, most of which are in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It organizes seven mathematics competitions per year, four at the "varsity" level (up to grade 12) and three at the "freshman" level (up to grade nine, including middle school students).
Worcester Foregate Street railway station Worcester Foregate Street railway station is situated in the centre of the city of Worcester, in Worcestershire, England. It is physically the smaller of the two stations serving the city, the other being Worcester Shrub Hill which is situated to the east.
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology The Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology (WFEB) was an independent non-profit biological research institute founded in 1944 by Hudson Hoagland and Gregory Pincus. It is best known for the development of the birth control pill by Pincus and Min Chueh Chang and for pioneering research on in vitro fertilization by Chang.
Worcester Junior College Worcester Junior College was a private 2-year college located in Worcester, Massachusetts. Prior to its closure in 1989, the College offered Associate's degrees in liberal arts and sciences, business and engineering.
Worcester Kings Worcester Kings were an American soccer team, founded in 2002, who were members of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2003, after which the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.
Worcester News The Worcester News is a tabloid newspaper based in Worcester, UK. The Worcester newspaper, which was re-branded from the Worcester Evening News in July 2005, is the largest selling daily local newspaper in Worcester.
Worcester Park House Worcester Park House, built in 1607Brief local history, whose ruins are in Surrey, in the United Kingdom was one of the residences of the 4th Earl of Worcester, who was appointed Keeper of the Great Park in 1606. The area known as Worcester Park was once part of a Great Park surrounding the Nonsuch Palace of Henry VIII, and was used extensively for hunting.
Worcester Sixth Form College Worcester Sixth Form College was founded on the site of the Worcester Grammar School for Girls following reorganisation in 1983. The campus, of the college, is over 10 acres in area and the college shares playing fields and sports facilities extending to a further 25 acres.
Worcester State College Worcester State College is a public, 4-year college founded in 1874 as Worcester Normal School in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. Although WSC traditionally has an emphasis on education, business, and biotechnology, the College now offers Bachelors and Masters degrees in over 20 academic disciplines.
Worcester Tornadoes The Worcester Tornadoes are a Can-Am League team based in Worcester, Massachusetts. Since the 2005 season, they have played in the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, which is not affilitated with Major League Baseball.
Worcester's Men The Earl of Worcester's Men was an acting company in Renaissance England. An early formation of the company, wearing the livery of William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester, is among the companies known to have toured the country in the mid-sixteenth century.
Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester (pronounced ) is a city in the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America. A 2004 estimate put the population at 175,966, making it the third-largest city in New England, after Boston and Providence, Rhode Island, making it also the second-largest city in Massachusetts, and the county seat of Worcester County.
Worcester, Western Cape Worcester, in the Western Cape South Africa, with a population of 76,894, is the largest town in the Breede River Valley. Located 120km north-east of Cape Town on the N1 highway north to Johannesburg, it is the administrative capital of the Breede Valley Local Municipality and the hub of the Western Cape interior's commercial and retail activity.
Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency) Worcestershire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832.
Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. It was formed in 1970 through the amalgamation of two other regiments:
Worcestershire Beacon Worcestershire Beacon is a hill whose summit is the highest point of the Malvern Hills, a range of hills running some 13 kilometres north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, though Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
Worcestershire County Cricket Club Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Worcestershire Royals, although unofficially the county is known by some fans as "the Pears".
Worcestershire County Cricket Club in 2005 Worcestershire County Cricket Club in 2005 played their County Championship games in Division Two and their totesport League games in Division One. Under their new captain, Vikram Solanki, they were tipped to go straight back up to the top flight of the County Championship, and started the season 9-2 second favourites to end up as Division Two champions.
Worcestershire sauce Worcestershire sauce (IPA ) is a widely used fermented liquid condiment manufactured by Lea and Perrins, in Midland Road, Worcester. The genuine product, manufactured to the original recipe, available in the U.
Worcestershire Senior Cup The Worcestershire Senior Cup is a football competition organised by the Worcestershire Football Association, mostly featuring teams affiliated to the association. It began in the 1893-94 season, with Redditch Town taking the first honours.
Worcestershire Senior Urn The Worcestershire Senior Urn is a football competition for Worcestershire County FA club teams, organized by the Worcestershire County Football Associations. It began in the 1973/74 season with Malvern Town taking the honours in the first final.
Word A word is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together, and has a phonetical value. Typically a word will consist of a root or stem and zero or more affixes.
Word Alive Ministries Word Alive Ministries (WAM) is the name given to various ministry initiatives that are sponsored by several Winnipeg, Manitoba area churches and organized by the WAM Committee. Although independent and non-denominational, these local churches would often be described as “Christian Brethren” assemblies.
Word Bearers In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Word Bearers are one of the twenty First Founding Legions of the Space Marines, who have turned to worship of the malevolent Chaos Gods. They were in many ways the most zealous of Legions, and have refocused this religious fanaticism in the service of their new masters.
Word clock A word clock or wordclock (sometimes sample clock, which can have a broader meaning) is a clock signal (not the actual device) used to synchronise other devices, such as digital audio tape machines and compact disc players, which interconnect via digital audio. S/P-DIF, AES/EBU, ADAT, TDIF and other formats use a word clock.
Word completion Word completion is a common feature in web browsers and similar text entry contexts. When a user begins the entry of a frequently-used word, the computer automatically completes it, or proposes a list of choices.
Word golf Word golf is a game, a version of Word Ladders, in which one word is turned into another through a process of substituting single letters. A new English word must be formed each time a letter is replaced, and players score points according to the number of steps taken.
Word grammar Word grammar is a grammar model developed by Richard Hudson in the 1980s. It is based on the dependency grammar model, in which information is almost entirely contained in the lexical entries for particular words, and syntax is seen as consisting primarily of rules for combining words.
Word is Out "Word Is Out" is a pop–dance song written by British duo Stock and Waterman for Kylie Minogue's fourth album Let's Get to It (1991). It was produced by Stock and Waterman, and received a mixed of the reception from music critics.
Word metric In group theory, a word metric on a group G is a way to measure distance between any two elements of G . As the name suggests, the word metric is a metric on G , assigning to any two elements g , h of G a distance d(g,h) that measures how efficiently their difference g^{-1} h can be expressed as a word whose letters come from a generating set for the group.
Word Munchers Word Munchers is an educational/edutainment computer game in the Munchers series produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) for several operating systems. Designed to teach basic grammar skills, it was popular among American schoolchildren in the 1980s and 1990s.
Word of Faith Word of Faith, also known as Word-Faith or simply Faith, is a movement within Pentecostal and charismatic churches worldwide. Its central doctrine is that health and prosperity are promised to all believers, and are available through faith.
Word of God Many religions have religious texts which are sometimes described as the Word of God. For example, Christians often refer to the Bible as God's word, though some interpretations suggest that Jesus was the word of God.
Word of Knowledge A Word of Knowledge is a spiritual gift mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:8 but not in any other New Testament list of Spiritual Gifts. Among apostolic and prophetic Christians it is often taught to be a gift of knowledge given by the Holy Spirit to one individual for the benefit of another, as opposed to a prophecy which is usually for a immanent God - that God is present and deals intimately with the individual as they live their life.
Word of Life Church Word of Life Church is a non-denominational Christian church located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA. Established by Pastor Brian Zahnd in November 1, 1981, it is now a congregation with over 4000 active members with numerous outreaches and programs reaching people from all walks of life, around the globe.
Word of mouth Word of mouth (WOM) , aka Word of Mouth Marketing (WOMM), is the passing of information by verbal means, especially recommendations, but also general information, in an informal, person-to-person manner, rather than by mass media, advertising, organized publication, or traditional marketing. Word of mouth is typically considered a spoken communication, although web dialogue, such as blogs, message boards and emails are often now included in the definition of word of mouth or Buzz marketing.
Word of mouth marketing Word-of-Mouth Marketing, or WOMM, is a term used in the marketing and advertising industry to describe activities that companies undertake to generate personal recommendations as well as referrals for brand names, products and services.
Word of Wisdom The Word of Wisdom is the common name of of the Doctrine and Covenants — a book that consists of what many churches within the Latter Day Saint movement consider to be revelations from God. It is also the nickname of a health code based on this scripture.
Word painting Word painting, also known as; "Tone Painting" or "Text Painting" is the musical technique of having the music mimic the literal meaning of the words of a song. For example, ascending scales would accompany lyrics about going up; slow, dark music would accompany lyrics about death.
Word play Word play is a literary technique in which the nature of the words used themselves become part of the subject of the work. Puns, phonetic mixups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names are common examples of word play.
Word problem (mathematics education) In mathematics education, the term word problem is often used to refer to any mathematical exercise for students stated in a way that does not let them avoid awareness of the verbal way in which the problem is posed. In fact, all mathematical problems are stated primarily in words, but students unskilled in mathematics often fail to realize that.
Word problem (mathematics) In mathematics and computer science, a word problem for a set S with respect to a system of finite encodings of its elements, is the algorithmic problem of deciding whether two given representatives represent the same element of the set.
Word problem for groups In abstract algebra, the word problem for a recursively presented group G is the algorithmic problem of deciding, given as input two words in the generators for G, whether they represent the same element of G. Although it is common to speak of the word problem for the group G stricly speaking it is a presentation of the group that does or does not have solvable word problem.
Word processor A word processor (more formally known as document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of printable material.
Word Rescue Word Rescue is an educational platform game released by Apogee Software in March, 1992. The game revolves around matching words with their pictures, introducing simple vocabulary such as "sit", "purple", "one", etc.
Word salad (computer science) Word salad is a mixture of seemingly meaningful words that together signify nothing; the phrase draws its name from the common name for schizophasia a symptom of schizophrenia, Word salad. When applied to a physical theory, "word salad" it is a derogatory description that labels the theory as senseless or utterly devoid of meaning.
Word search A word search, word find, word seek or word sleuth puzzle is a generic word game that consists of seemingly random letters arranged in a grid, that usually has a rectangular shape. The object of the game is to find and mark all of the words hidden in the grid.
Word sense disambiguation In computational linguistics, word sense disambiguation (WSD) is the problem of determining in which sense a word having a number of distinct senses is used in a given sentence. For example, consider the word bass, two distinct senses of which are:
Word spacing Word spacing in typography is the process of increasing or decreasing the space between words. Typographers may modify the default spacing of a letter in a body of type to aid readability and copy fit, or for aesthetic effect, but this does not alter word spacing alone, and is rarely done.
Word stem A stem, in linguistics, is the combination of the basic form of a word (called the root) plus any derivational morphemes, but excluding inflectional elements. In other words, the stem is the form of the word to which inflectional morphemes can be added, if applicable.
Word sync Word sync is a technique for synchronizing digital audio signals between high-end professional devices such as CD players, audio I/O cards etc. It is important because it allows all the components in the signal path to process the data and remain in synchronized with each-other.
Word Sandwich Word Sandwich is an online word game written by Robert McKee in which the player must guess the mystery five letter word based on where it stands alphabetically against the player's guesses. A game consists of five rounds, and in each round, points are awarded based on how many guesses were made to guess the word.
Word usage Word Usage is how a word, phrase, or concept is used in a language. Lexicographers gather samples of written or spoken instances where a word is used and analyze them to determine patterns of regional or social usage as well as meaning.
Word Up (SWP) Word Up is a popular SWP (skill with prizes) game which can be found in around 40% of the pubs in Great Britain. Located on the itbox and other terminals, the game was developed by Big Fizz Games in 2003 and quickly became one of the top ten most popular games, a position in which it has remained to the present day.
Word wall A word wall is literacy tool composed of an organized collection of words which are displayed in large visible letters on a wall, bulletin board, or other display surface, usually in a classroom. The word wall is designed to be a tool for students or others to use, not just a display, and contains a list of words that can be used during writing and/or reading to reinforce vocabulary.
Word wrap Word wrap refers to a feature supported by most text editors that allows them to insert soft returns (or hard returns for some text editors) at the right-side margins of a document. As the full view of the text would show excessively long text strings, word wrapping confines text to the viewable window, allowing text to be edited or read from top to bottom without any left-to-right scrolling.
WordAlone WordAlone is a conservative Lutheran grassroots network of congregations and individuals within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. According to its website, WordAlone advocates reform and renewal of the church, representative governance, theological integrity, and freedom from a mandated historic episcopate.
WordArt WordArt is a feature found in versions of Microsoft Word. It allows users to create extremely stylized text with various special effects, including shadows, gradient fills, textures, outlines, and many others.
Worden Park Worden Park is a large area of parkland situated on the outskirts of Leyland, a town in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, United Kingdom. It is less than a quarter of a mile away from the town centre, but it is in a peaceful and relaxed environment.
Wordfast Wordfast is a comprehensive computer-assisted translation tool, made up of a set of macros that run in Microsoft Word, version 97 or higher. It is commercial software, but can be used unregistered for any length of time.
Wordfilter A wordfilter is a script typically used on Internet forums or chat rooms that automatically scans users' posts or comments as they are submitted and automatically changes or censors particular words or phrases.
WordFile4ME WordFile4ME is a shareware Object Linked Embedded (OLE) capable word processor with nine different stages/faces, to suit curriculum requirements the stage menu selector allows features to be enabled progressively. Opening a document reconfigures the application to the stage/level at which it was saved, hence solving the configuration problem when, for example, year 1 pupils follow year 6 pupils into the school's computer room.
Wordhunt Wordhunt was a national appeal run the Oxford English Dictionary, looking for earlier evidence of the use of 40 words and phrases in the English language. New evidence found by members of the public in response to the appeal appears in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Wordlist of the Dutch language The Wordlist of the Dutch language, because of its colour better known as the Green Booklet (Groene Boekje) is the publication of the Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie) and includes an overview of the correct official spelling of the Dutch language.
Wordmark (graphic identity) A wordmark, subset of the term logotype, is a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company, institution, or product name used for purposes of identification and branding. A wordmark is a usually a distinct text-only typographic treatment as can be found in the graphic identities of Accenture, the Government of Canada, FedEx, Kellogg's, Microsoft, Sears, and Yahoo!.
WordMARC WordMARC was a scientifically oriented word processor developed by MARC Software, an ofshoot of MARC Analysis Research Corporation (which specialized in high end Finite Element Analysis software for mechanical engineering). It ran originally on minicomputers such as Prime and Digital Equipment Corporation VAX.
WordNet WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It groups English words into sets of synonyms called synsets, provides short, general definitions, and records the various semantic relations between these synonym sets.
Wordplay (website) Created in 1997 by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, Wordplay was one of the first websites run by professional film writers with the goal of sharing the techniques of their craft. At the time, Elliott and Rossio had only four produced film credits, of which only Disney's Aladdin was a commercial and critical success.
WordPerfect WordPerfect is a proprietary word processing application. At the height of its popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was the de facto standard word processor, but has since been eclipsed in sales by Microsoft Word.
WordPress MU WordPress MU is a multi-blog publishing system which is built on WordPress. The main difference between the two is that WordPress MU was created for the sole purpose of allowing simultaneous blogs to exist within one installation.
Words (Unix) words is a standard file on all Unix and Unix-like operating system, and is simply a newline delimited file of dictionary words. With Unix's text processing capabilities, one can use the words file for many purposes.
Words and Music (1948 film) Words and Music was the title of a 1948 movie based on the lives of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The film starred Mickey Rooney and is best remembered for the final screen pairing between Rooney and Judy Garland.
Words and Music: the history of pop in the shape of a city Words and Music: the history of pop in the shape of a city is a book charting the history of popular music, by the acclaimed music journalist and cultural commentator Paul Morley. Its style is highly idiosyncratic, and it takes the form of a robotic Kylie Minogue travelling, with Morley, in a cyber-car towards a city of "sound and ideas.
Words and Rules Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language (ISBN 0-06-095840-5) is a 1999 popular linguistics book by Steven Pinker on the subject of regular and irregular verbs. In Pinker's words, the book "tries to illuminate the nature of language and mind by choosing a single phenomenon and examining it from every angle imaginable.
Words Just Get in the Way "Words Just Get in the Way" is a song by English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft and is featured on his 2006 album, Keys to the World. It was released 10 July 2006 as the third single from that album, charting at #40 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music).
Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds that go Undone Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds that go Undone is an album by Akercocke released in 2005 by Earache Records. This album is the first Akercocke release not to feature the original line-up of the band, featuring Matt Wilcock (ex-The Berzerker), instead of Paul Scanlan on guitar.
Words Worth Words Worth is a five-part hentai OVA series and hentai RPG computer game. It also has a prequel series, Words Worth Gaiden (in Western parts also known as Words Worth Outer Stories, but their respective plots and almost all main characters are different in each series).

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