Welsh Corgi The Welsh Corgi (International Phonetic Alphabet for English#Quick reference chart of IPA symbols used for English: ) is a dog breed that originated in Wales. They are believed to be descended from Swedish Vallhund dogs that came to Wales with the Vikings. Cor gi means "dwarf dog" in Welsh language.
	Welsh onion Welsh onion is a species in the onion genus Allium. A perennial, Welsh onions never form solid bulbs and the Scape, like the leaf, are hollow as well as fragile. In taste and odor they are very like the garden onion and hybrids between the two exist.
	Welsh poppy The Welsh poppy is a perennial plant of the family Papaveraceae. Its habitat is damp shady places on rocky ground, and it is native to south-western England, Wales, Ireland and Western Europe. In its most western locations, it is increasingly found on more open ground with less cover.
	Welsh Springer Spaniel The Welsh Springer Spaniel is a dog breed of dog and a member of the spaniel family.
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	Welwitschia Welwitschia is a monotypic genus of gymnosperm plant, comprising the very distinct Welwitschia mirabilis. It is the only genus of the family Welwitschiaceae, in the order Welwitschiales, in the division Gnetophyta. The plant is considered a living fossil .
	WEND WEND-FM, is a modern rock radio station based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts at 106.5 Megahertz with an ERP of 84kw.
	Werewolf A werewolf in folklore and mythology is a person who shapeshifting into a Gray Wolf, either purposely, by using magic , or after being placed under a curse. The medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury associated the transformation with the appearance of the full moon, but this concept was rarely associated with the werewolf until the idea was picked up by modern fiction writers.
	Wernher von Braun Doctor Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr' von Braun was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the United States. The German scientist who led Germany's rocket development program before and during World War II, entered the United States at the end of the war through the then-secret Operation Paperclip.
	Wernicke's area Wernicke's area is a part of the human brain that forms part of the Cerebral cortex, on the left posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus, encircling the auditory cortex, on the Sylvian fissure. It can also be described as the posterior part of Brodmann area Brodmann area 22.
	Weser River The Weser is a river in north-western Germany. Formed at Hannoversch Muenden by the confluence of the Fulda River and Werra, it flows through the historic port city of Bremen and 50 km later it enters the North Sea at Bremerhaven, which is also a port.
	Wesley Wesley can refer to: *The Wesley family, founding fathers of the Methodist Church includes: **John Wesley, the Founder of the Methodism Religious denomination of Protestant Christianity **Charles Wesley, hymn writer and younger brother of John Wesley
	Wessex Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxons kingdoms that preceded the Kingdom of England. It was named after the West Saxons and situated in the south and southwest of England. It existed as a kingdom from the 6th century until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, and as an earldom between 1016 and 1066.
	West West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of east and at right angles to north and south. By Norm , the left side of a map is west.
	West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries: * Benin * Burkina Faso * Cape Verde * Cte d'Ivoire
	West Bank The West Bank , is a landlocked territory on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. It was Israeli-occupied territories by Israel from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered by the United Nations Security Council , the United Nations General Assembly, the International Court of Justice, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Supreme Court of Israel to be under Israeli Military occupation.
	West Bengal West Bengal is a States and territories of India in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies on its eastern border the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. To its northeast lie the states of Assam and Sikkim, and to its southeast lies the state of Orissa.
	West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors established in 1945. It was in many ways integrated with, although legally not a part of, West Germany. The Soviet Union sector became East Berlin, which East Germany claimed as its capital; however, the Western Allies did not recognize this claim, as they asserted that the whole city was legally under four-power occupation.
	West Germanic languages The West Germanic languages constitute the largest branch of the Germanic languages family of languages and includes languages such as German language, English language and Dutch language. The other branches of the Germanic languages are the North Germanic languages and East Germanic languages.
	West Highland White Terrier altname= Poltalloch TerrierRoseneath TerrierWhite Roseneath Terrier | akcgroup = Terrier | akcstd = ankcgroup = Group 2 | ankcstd = ckcgroup = Group 4 - Terriers | ckcstd = country = Scotland | fcigroup = 3 | fcinum = 085 | fcisection = 2 | fcistd = image = West_Highland_White_Terrier-2.jpg
	West Midlands The West Midlands is an area of central England. It has several specific meanings.
	West Nile virus West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae, found in both tropics and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, and domestic rabbits. The main route of human infection is through the bite of an infected mosquito.
	West Sussex West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial counties of England until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1972.
	West Virginia West Virginia is a U.S. state of the United States in the region of Appalachia, also known as The Mountain State. West Virginia broke away from the Commonwealth of Virginia during the American Civil War and was admitted to the Union as a separate state on June 20, 1863 .
	West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of Yorkshire of the Traditional counties of England of Yorkshire. It borders on Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.
	Western Australia Western Australia is Australia's largest States and territories of Australia in area, covering the western third of the mainland, and is bordered by South Australia and the Northern Territory. It is, after the Sakha Republic in Russia, the Ranked list of subnational entities subnational entity in the world.
	Western blind snake The western blind snake is a member of the reptile family Leptotyphlopidae, which includes the blind snakes. They are sometimes known as the threadsnakes. This species, like many of the others in the family, resembles a long earthworm. It lives underground in burrows, and since it has no use for vision, its eyes are mostly vestigial organ.
	Western culture Western culture or Western civilization is a term used to refer to the cultures of the people of European origin and their descendants. It comprises the broad heritage of social norms, ethics, Convention and specific artifacts and technologies as shared within the Western world sphere of influence.
	Western fence lizard The Western Fence Lizard is the common lizard of much of California. It is also known as the Blue-belly or Swift. It is a spiny lizard. Although California is the heart of the range of this lizard, it is also found in eastern Oregon, southwest Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, western Utah, and northwestern Baja California, and some of the islands off the coast of both California and Baja California.
	Western Gray Squirrel The Western Gray Squirrel is a tree squirrel found along the western coast of the United States. At various times and places, this species has also been known as the silver-gray squirrel, the California gray squirrel, the Oregon gray squirrel, the Columbian gray squirrel, the banner-tail, and simply as the gray squirrel.
	Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere, or Western hemisphere, is a geopolitics term for the Americas and associated islands and waters. It is derived from the geography term of western hemisphere, which is the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian.
	Western Hemlock The Western Hemlock is a large evergreen pinophyta tree growing to 50-70 m tall, exceptionally 78 m, and with a trunk diameter of up to 2.7 m. It is the largest species of Tsuga, with the next largest reaching a maximum of 59 m. It is native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Sonoma County, California, California.
	Western Kingbird The Western Kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher. Adults are grey-olive on the upperparts with a grey head and a dark line through the eyes; the underparts are light becoming light orange-yellow on the lower breast and belly. They have a long black tail with white outer feathers. Their breeding habitat is open areas in western North America.
	Western Larch Western Larch is a species of larch native to the mountains of western North America, in Canada in southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, and in the United States in eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho and western Montana.
	Western Lowland Gorilla The Western Lowland Gorilla is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla that lives in montane forest, primary forest, and secondary forests and lowland swamps throughout all or parts of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
	Western Meadowlark The Western Meadowlark is a medium-sized icterid, very similar in appearance to the Eastern Meadowlark. Adults have yellow underparts with a black "V" on the breast and white flanks with black streaks. The upperparts are mainly brown with black streaks. They have a long pointed bill; the head is striped with light brown and black.
	Western Roman Empire The Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian in 286. It existed intermittently in several periods between the 3rd century and the 5th century, after Diocletian's Tetrarchy and the reunifications associated with Constantine I, and Julian the Apostate.
	Western saddle Western saddles are saddles used in or based on the ones used in cattle ranching in the United States. They are the "cowboy saddles" familiar to movie viewers, rodeo fans, and those who have gone on tourist trail rides. The design of the Western saddle derives from the saddles of the Spanish vaqueros, the early cattle and Domestic sheep herders of Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
	Western Sahara Western Sahara is one of the List of countries by population density, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. It is a territory of northwestern Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.
	Western Skink The Western Skink is a small, smooth-Scale lizard with relatively small limbs, measuring about 5 to 8 centimetre from snout to vent. It is one of five species of lizards in Canada.
	Western Tanager The Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, is a medium-sized songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. Adults have pale stout pointed bills, yellow underparts and light wing bars. Adult males have a bright red face and a yellow nape, shoulder, and rump, with black upper back, wings, and tail; in non-breeding plumage the head has no more than a reddish cast and the body has an olive tinge.
	Western toad The Western toad is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm long, of western North America. It has a white or cream dorsal stripe, and is dusky gray or greenish dorsally with skin glands concentrated within the dark blotches. Its parotoid glands are oval, widely separated, and larger than the upper eyelids.
	Western United States The Western United States, also referred to as the American West or simply The West, traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost U.S. state of the United States. Since the United States has Manifest Destiny since its founding, the definition of the West has evolved over time.
	Western Wheatgrass Western Wheatgrass is a common Grass that grows in most of the United_States. It is the state grass of South_Dakota. External links **
	Western White Pine Western White Pine is a species of pine that occurs in the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically the Sierra Nevada, the Cascade Range, the Coast Range, and the northern Rocky Mountains. The tree extends down to sea level in many areas, particularly in Oregon and Washington.
	Western Wood Pewee The Western Wood-Pewee, Contopus sordidulus, is a small Tyrant flycatcher. Adults are grey-olive on the upperparts with light underparts, washed with olive on the breast. They have two wing bars and a dark bill. This bird is very similar in appearance to the Eastern Wood-Pewee; the two birds were formerly considered to be one species.
	Westernization Westernization is a process whereby traditional, long-established societies come under the influence of Western culture in such matters as industry , technology, law, politics , economics, lifestyle , diet, language , alphabet, religion and western culture.
	Westminster Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London, England. It is the location of the Palace of Westminster and the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Westminster is situated south west of the City of London and half a mile south west of Charing Cross.
	Westminster Abbey The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic architecture church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of Coronation of the British monarch and List of famous cemeteries for List of monarchs of England .
	Weston cell The Weston cell, invented by Edward Weston in 1893, is a wet cell that produces a highly stable voltage suitable as a laboratory standard for calibration of voltmeters. It was adopted as the International Standard for electromotive force in 1911.
	Wet cell A wet cell is a galvanic electrochemical cell with a liquid electrolyte. A dry cell, on the other hand, is a cell with a pasty electrolyte. Wet cells were a precursor to dry cells and are commonly used as a learning tool for electrochemistry. It is often built with common laboratory supplies, like beaker, for demonstrations of how electrochemical cells work.
	Wetland In Geography, a wetland is an environment "at the interface between truly terrestrial ecoregion ecosystems...and truly aquatic habitat systems...making them different from each yet highly dependent on both". In essence, wetlands are ecotones.
	Wetting Wetting is the contact between a fluid and a surface, when the two are brought into contact. When a liquid has a high surface tension, it will form a droplet, whereas a liquid with low surface tension will spread out over a greater area. On the other hand, if a surface has a high surface energy, a drop will spread, or wet, the surface.
	Whale The term whale is ambiguous: it can refer to all cetaceans, to just the larger ones, or only to members of particular Family within the order Cetacea. The last definition is the one followed here. Whales are those cetaceans which are neither dolphins nor porpoises. This can lead to some confusion because Orcas and Pilot Whales have "whale" in their name, but they are dolphins for the purpose of classification.
	Whale louse The Whale louse is a parasite crustacean of the family Cyamidae, the only family in the infraorder Cyamida. It is related to the better known skeleton shrimp. Whale lice are external parasites, found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils, and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea.
	Whale shark The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a gentle and slow filter feeder shark that is the largest living fish species. This distinctively-marked shark is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and is a member of the subclass Elasmobranchii of the class Chondrichthyes.
	Whaleboat A whaleboat is a type of open boat that is relatively narrow and pointed at both ends, enabling it to move either forwards or backwards equally well. It was originally developed for whaling, and later became popular for work along beaches, since it does not need to be turned around for beaching or refloating.
	Wharf A wharf is a fixed platform, commonly on pile, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ship are loaded and unloaded. The word comes from the Old English hwearf, meaning "heap," and its plural is either wharfs, or, especially in American English, wharves; collectively a group of these is referred to as wharfing or wharfage.
	Wheat Wheat is a Poaceae that is cultivated worldwide. Globally, it is the most important human food grain and ranks second in total production as a cereal behind maize; the third being rice. Wheat Caryopsis is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads; cookies, cakes, pasta, noodles and couscous; and for fermentation to make beer, alcohol, vodka or biofuel.
	Wheat beer Wheat beer is a beer that is brewing with a significant proportion of malted wheat. It is common for wheat beers to also contain malted barley. The addition of wheat lends wheat beers a light flavour and pale colour. Wheat beers are brewed using both ale and lager brewing techniques.
	Wheatear The wheatears, genus Oenanthe, were formerly considered to be members of the Thrush family Turdidae. They are more commonly now placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. This is an Old World group, but the Northern Wheatear has established a foothold in eastern Canada and Greenland.
	Wheatgrass Wheatgrass is a young plant of the genus Agropyron,. Fresh leaf buds of this plant can be crushed to create a juice or dried to make a powder; the unprocessed plant contains high levels of cellulose which makes it indigestible. It possesses chlorophyll, amino acids, minerals, vitamins, and enzymes.
	Wheatstone bridge A Wheatstone bridge is a measuring instrument invented by Samuel Hunter Christie in 1833 and improved and popularized by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1843. It is used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component.
	Wheel A wheel is a round object that, together with an axle, allows low friction in motion by rolling. Common examples are found in transport applications. More generally the term is also used for other circular objects that rotate or turn, such as a Ship's wheel and flywheel.
	Wheel bug Wheel bugs, family Reduviidae are one of the largest true bugs that exist in modern times, being up to 1 1/2 inches, or 38 mm, in length. A characteristic identifying structure is the wheel-shaped dorsal armour. They are predators upon soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars, japanese beetles, etc., which they pierce with their beak and inject salivary fluids that dissolve soft tissue.
	Wheel lock The wheel lock was a component of early firearms, and was used before the invention of the flintlock. The wheel lock was an improvement to the existing matchlock firearm, which had previously been in use. The matchlock firearm relied upon a slow match, and it had several problems.
	Wheelbarrow A wheelbarrow is a small one- or two-wheeled cart designed to be pushed by a single person using two handles to the rear. Designed to ease the transport of heavy, often loose, loads, their use is common in the construction industry and in gardening. A two-wheel type is more stable, while a one-wheel type has better maneuverability in small spaces or on planks.
	Wheelchair A wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. The device is propelled either manually or via various automated systems. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability. People with both sitting and walking disability often need to use a wheelbench.
	Wheelwright A wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wheels. This occupational name eventually became the English surname Wheelwright. Historically, these tradesmen made wheels for carts and wagons by constructing the hub, the spokes and the rim segments and assembling them all into a unit.
	Wheeze A wheeze is a continuous, coarse, whistling sound produced in the respiratory airways during breathing. For wheezes to occur, some part of the respiratory tree must be narrowed or obstructed, or airflow velocity within the respiratory tree must be heightened. Wheezing is commonly experienced by persons with a lung disease; the most common cause of recurrent wheezing is asthma, a form of reactive airway disease.