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341. wing(e n.

Additional spellings: winge
132 quotations in 10 senses
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An organ of flight, usu. paired: (a) a wing of a creature whose sole or primary means of locomotion is flight (a bird, an insect, a bat, etc.);—occas. with sg. for pl.; also in fig. context; also, fig

342. wǒlled adj.

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(a) Covered with wool; also, unshorn; (b) made of wool, woolen; (c) anat. covered with villi, fibrous.

343. wǒrm n.

255 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A dragon or dragonlike creature (b) a serpent, snake; also fig.; also, a sacred serpent serving as an object of cult worship, a temple snake [1st quot.]; one of the serpents of Greek or Roman…

344. wōsen n.

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Anat. (a) A tube by which blood or similar essential bodily spirit is conveyed, an artery (b) the tube or set of tubes by which air is conveyed between the lungs and the mouth, the windpipe, trachea;…

345. wough n.(1)

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(a) An upright enclosing structure, usu. constructed of stone or brick, serving to bound and defend a city or castle; also in fig. context (b) the flat top of a city wall as a surface for…

346. wrapping(e ger.

Additional spellings: wrappinge
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The process of winding or wrapping a bandage around something; also, a single turn or circumvolution of a bandage (b) the act of wrapping up or covering something; pl. coverings, veils;—used fig.

347. wrēching(e ger.

Additional spellings: wrechinge
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(a) ?Distention, swelling; (b) anat. forcible dislocation.

348. wrinkle n.

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(a) A curving passageway, tortuous or winding path; (b) anat. a bend or curving in the path of the urethra at a point just above the bulb of the penis.

349. wrīthing(e ger.

Additional spellings: writhinge
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The action of twisting something, torsion; also, a turning or rotary motion; writhing abouten (b) convulsive or writhing motion; (c) anat. & physiol. partial dislocation; wrenching, a sprain;…

350. zirbāl(e adj.

Additional spellings: zirbale
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Anat. Affecting or related to the peritoneal fold that envelops the bowels, omental; also, as noun: = zirbus n. [last quot.].

351. zirbus n.

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Anat. A peritoneal serous membrane that envelops the bowels, the greater omentum.

352. zīzamīne adj.

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Anat. Sesamoid.