w
- n a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
- n the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
- n a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
- n the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
w. c. handy
- n United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
w. e. b. du bois
- n United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)
w. k. kellogg
- n United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn; he established a company to manufacture the cereal (1860-1951)
w. somerset maugham
- n English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)
w. v. quine
- n United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001)
w.m.d.
- n a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
wabash
- n a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana
wabash river
- n a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana
wac
- n a member of the Women's Army Corps
- n an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army
wad
- n a small mass of soft material
he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter - n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a wad of money - n a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- v compress into a wad
wad paper into the box - v crowd or pack to capacity