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Wang
() See Whang.
Wangan
() A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen.
Wanger
() A pillow for the cheek; a pillow.
Wanghee
() The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks.
Wango
() A boomerang.
Wanhope
() Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Wanhorn
() An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga.
Waniand
() The wane of the moon.
Waning
() The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
Wanion
() A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion, apparently equivalent to with a vengeance, with a plague, or with misfortune.
Wankle
() Not to be depended on; weak; unstable.
Wanly
() In a wan, or pale, manner.
Wanned
() Made wan, or pale.
Wanness
() The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.
Wannish
() Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.
Want
() The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
Want
() Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
Want
() That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
Want
() A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
Wanted
() of Want
Wanting
() of Want
Want
() To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
Want
() To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
Want
() To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
Want
() To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
Want
() To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
Wa'n't
() A colloquial contraction of was not.
Wantage
() That which is wanting; deficiency.
Wanting
() Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.
Wantless
() Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
Wanton
() Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
Wanton
() Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
Wanton
() Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
Wanton
() Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
Wanton
() A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.
Wanton
() One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
Wanton
() A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
Wantoned
() of Wanton
Wantoning
() of Wanton
Wanton
() To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Wanton
() To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
Wanton
() To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
Wantonize
() To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton.
Wantonly
() In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
Wantonly
() Unintentionally; accidentally.
Wantonness
() The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
Wantrust
() Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.
Wantwit
() One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.
Wanty
() A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope.
Wany
() To wane.