英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Wanger
(n.)
A pillow for the cheek; a pillow.
Wanghee
(n.)
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
(n.)
A boomerang.
Wanhope
(n.)
Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope;
delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Wanhorn
(n.)
An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger
family. See Galanga.
Waniand
(n.)
The wane of the moon.
Waning
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wane
Waning
(n.)
The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
Wanion
(n.)
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
(a.)
Not to be depended on; weak; unstable.
Wanly
(adv.)
In a wan, or pale, manner.
Wanned
(a.)
Made wan, or pale.
Wanness
(n.)
The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale
color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.
Wannish
(a.)
Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.
Want
(v. i.)
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
(v. i.)
Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution;
poverty; penury; indigence; need.
Want
(v. i.)
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
(v. i.)
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the
subsequent deposition took place.
Want
(v. t.)
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
(v. t.)
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.