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beginning with letter W
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W
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noun
  1. The twenty-third letter of the Appendix:Roman script, English alphabet, preceded by U and followed by X. It is read double-u.
Watt
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proper noun
  1. An English and Scottish surname derived from the given name Wat
wattage
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noun
  1. An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc
  2. The power requirement of some electric appliance
wattmeter
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noun
  1. An electrodynamometer calibrated in watts
WB
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initialism
  1. Warner Brothers
    1. (medicine) whole blood
weber
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noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb
wiper
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noun
  1. something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping
  2. something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping
  3. a movable electric contact in some device
wire
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noun
  1. (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
  2. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable
  3. A metal conductor that carries electricity.
  4. A fence made of usually barbed wire.
  5. (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
  6. (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram
  7. (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
verb (wir, ing)
  1. to fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing
We need to that hole in the fence.
  1. to string on a wire
beads
  1. to equip for use with electricity
  2. to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something
I'll just your camera to the computer screen.
  1. (informal) To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.
Urgent: please me another 100 pounds sterling.
  1. to make someone tense or psyched-up
I'm never going to sleep " I'm completely wired from all that coffee.
  1. (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
We wired the suspects house.
wiring
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noun
  1. A system of electric wires.
  2. The act of installing wiring.
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