Woodcock The woodcock are a group of seven very similar wader bird species in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localised island species. These are woodland birds which feed at night or in the evenings, searching for invertebrates in soft ground with their long bills.
	Woodcut A woodcut is a wooden printing surface used in woodblock printing, a method in which an image is carved into the surface of a piece of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges. The surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller, leaving ink upon the flat surface but not in the non-printing areas.
	Wooden Leg Wooden Leg was a Northern Cheyenne warrior who fought against Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Wooden Leg was born, in 1858, in the region of the Black Hills, near the Cheyenne river. He was son of Many Bullet Wounds and Eagle Feather on the Forehead. He had three brother and two sister.
	Wooden spoon A wooden spoon is a spoon made from wood.
	Woodland iologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. In these terms, a forest has a largely-closed canopy -- in other words, the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade. A woodland, however, has a largely-open canopy, with sunlight penetrating between trees.
	Woodlouse Woodlice are terrestrial crustaceans with a rigid, segmented, calcareous exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. They form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, with over 3000 known species. Woodlice need moisture because they breathe through gills, called pseudotrachea, and so are usually found in damp, dark places, such as under rocks and logs.
	Woodpecker Woodpeckers are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes. They are found worldwide and include about 180 species. Some woodpeckers and wrynecks in the order Piciformes have zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backward. These feet, though adapted for clinging to a vertical surface, can be used for grasping or perching.
	Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States . A devout Presbyterianism, he became a noted historian and political scientist. As a Reform Democrat History of the United States, he was elected as the List of Governors of New Jersey Governor of New Jersey of New Jersey in 1910 and as President in 1912.
	Woodruff Woodruff is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and north Africa. It grows to 30-50 cm long, often lying flat on the ground or supported other plants. The plant is also known in English as Sweetscented bedstraw, Sweet Woodruff, Wild Baby's Breath, Cudweed, Master of the woods, and Ladies Bedstraw.
	Woodworking Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood.
	Woodworm A woodworm is not a specific species. It is the larval stage of certain wood-boring beetles including: *Ambrosia beetles *Bark borer beetle / Waney edge borer *Common furniture beetle *Death watch beetle *House longhorn beetle *Powder post beetle *Weevils
	Woody Allen Woody Allen is an Academy Awards-winning Cinema of the United States film director, writer, actor, musician, and comedian. His large body of work and cerebral film style have made him one of the most widely respected and prolific filmmakers in the modern era.
	Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was an influential and prolific American folk music noted for his identification with the common man, and for his abhorrence of fascism, politicians, hypocrites and economic exploitation. He is best known for his song "This Land Is Your Land".
	Woofer Woofer is the term for a loudspeaker driver that is designed to produce low-frequency sounds, typically from around 40 Hertz up to a few thousand Hertz. The name, derived from one of the words for a dog's bark, contrasts with the name used for speakers designed to reproduce high-frequency sounds, tweeters.
	Wool Wool is the fibre derived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep and Goat, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as alpacas and rabbits may also be called wool. This article deals explicitly with the wool produced from domestic sheep.
	Woolly bear caterpillar The common moth Pyrrharctia isabella is known by different common names at its two main life stages. The adult is the Isabella tiger moth and the larva is called the banded woolly bear. The larvae of many species of Arctiidae moths are called "woolly bears" because of their long, thick, furlike setae.
	Woolly monkey The woolly monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae. There are four species of woolly monkey. All originate from the rainforests of South America. They have a prehensile tail and live in relatively large social groups.
	Woolly Rhinoceros The Woolly Rhinoceros is an extinct species of rhinoceros that lived during the Pleistocene epoch, but survived the last ice age. The woolly rhinoceros is a member of the Pleistocene megafauna. It lived on the northern steppes of Eurasia, whereas its relative the Elasmotherium had a more southern range.
	Worcester The city of Worcester is a City status in the United Kingdom and the county town of Worcestershire in England, situated some 30 miles southwest of Birmingham and 29 miles north of Gloucester. The River Severn runs through the middle, with the city's large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river.
	Worcestershire Worcestershire is a county located in the West Midlands of central England. From 1974 to 1998 it was administered as part of Hereford and Worcester. The county borders Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands , Warwickshire, and Gloucestershire.
	Worcestershire sauce Worcestershire sauce also known as Worcester sauce is a widely used fermentation liquid condiment. It is currently made with vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, water, chilli peppers, soy sauce, black pepper, tamarinds, anchovy, onions, shallots, cloves, asafoetida and garlic.
	Word A word is a unit of language that carries Meaning and consists of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together. Typically a word will consist of a root or stem and zero or more affix. Words can be combined to create phrases, clauses and sentence.
	Word processor A word processor is a computer Application software used for the production of any sort of printable material. A word processor may also refer to a stand-alone computer unit similar to a typewriter, but often including technological advancements such as a screen, advanced formatting and printing options, and the ability to save documents onto memory cards or diskettes.
	Workbench A workbench is a Table used in woodworking, metalworking, and other trades upon which work of a specific nature may take place. Workbenches often have vise attached to them. Woodworking benches also make use of dog holes and bench dogs. Category:Woodworking
	Workbook Workbook is the title of Bob Mould's first solo album after leaving Hsker D. The album is primarily acoustic and has a strong folk influence - very different from much of his group's heavier music. The single See a Little Light was a hit on the US Modern Rock chart. Drummer Anton Fier and bassist Tony Maimone, of Pere Ubu fame, served as Mould's rhythm section.
	Working dog A working dog refers to a canine working animal, i.e. a dog that is not merely a pet but learns and performs tasks to assist and/or entertain its human companions, or a breed of such origin. Some might argue that the variety of often exclusive canine jobs is a better justification for the dog's honorary title "man's best friend" than the more accidental popularity as the most popular kind of pet in Western cultures.
	Working Girl Working Girl is an Academy Awards nominee for Best Picture and an Academy Award winner for Best Song, which tells the story of a Staten Island, New York secretary, Tess McGill, working in Manhattan whose ideas are stolen by her boss, Katharine Parker.
	Workstation A workstation, such as a unix workstation, RISC workstation or Engineering workstation, is a high-end technical computing desktop computer microcomputer designed primarily to be used by one person at a time, but can also be accessed remotely by other users when necessary.
	World World is refers primarily to a planet or to the Earth. Unlike the term "earth", "world" is used in combination with the core topics describing our world society or world community .
	World Health Organization The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Historically, WHO inherited much of the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health Organization , which had been an agency of the League of Nations.
	World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873. Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology , operational hydrology and related Geophysics.
	World Series The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball and the culmination of the sport's playoff each October. The World Series is played between the American League and National League champions. The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and is awarded the World Series Trophy, as well as World Series rings.
	World Trade Center The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings, mostly designed by Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It was initiated by a Lower Manhattan Association created and chaired by David Rockefeller, along with strong backing from the then New York governor, his brother, Nelson Rockefeller.
	World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization is an international, multilateral organization, which sets the rules for the global Trade system and resolves disputes between its member states; all of whom are signatories to its approximately 30 agreements. WTO headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.
	World war A world war is a military conflict affecting the majority of the world's major nations. World wars usually span multiple continents, and are very bloody and destructive. The term has usually been used to apply to two conflicts of unprecedented scale and slaughter that occurred during the 20th century.
	World War I World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and "The War to End All Wars" was a World war war that took place mostly in Europe between 1914 and 1918. It was a total war which left millions dead and shaped the modern world.
	World War II World War II, or the Second World War, was a World war War fought between the Allies of World War II and the Axis Powers , from 1939 until 1945. It was the largest armed conflict the world has ever seen - involving air, land and sea battles spanning much of the globe and including military forces from most nations.
	World Wide Web The World Wide web is a global, read-write information space. Text documents, images, multimedia and many other items of information, referred to as resources, are identified by short, unique, global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers so that each can be found, accessed and cross referenced in the simplest possible way.
	Worm gear A worm gear, or worm wheel, is a type of gear that engages with a worm to greatly reduce Revolutions per minute, or to allow higher torque to be transmitted. The image shows a section of a gear box with a bronze worm gear being driven by a worm. A worm gear is an example of a screw, one of the six simple machines.
	Wormhole In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topology feature of spacetime that is essentially a "shortcut" or "abbreviation" through space and time. A wormhole has at least two mouths which are connected to a single throat. If the wormhole is traversable, matter can 'travel' from one mouth to the other by passing through the throat.
	Wormy "Wormy" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. Brief summary: Sandy's taking a trip and puts SpongeBob and Patrick in charge of her pet caterpillar, Wormy. When the caterpillar turns into a butterfly overnight, SpongeBob and Patrick are convinced this new creature ate Wormy and is now after them and the rest of Bikini Bottom.
	WORT WORT 89.9 FM is a listener-sponsored community radio station, broadcasting from 118 S. Bedford St. in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. WORT offers a whole host of programming made possible by listener sponsors. WORT's FM signal reaches a roughly 50-mile radius around Madison.
	Wound A wound is type of physical trauma wherein the skin is torn, cut or punctured, or where blunt force physical trauma causes a bruise. Before any medical or paramedical evaluation, a wound is considered as minor when: * it is superficial; * it is away from natural orifices;
	Wrasse The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with about 500 species in 60 genera. Some species are popular aquarium fish; others are popular food fish. In the western Atlantic, the most commonly eaten is the tautog.
	Wreath A wreath is a circle made of flowers, leaf, and sometimes fruits, used as an ornament, hanging on a wall or door, or resting on a table.
	Wreckfish The wreckfishes are a family, Polyprionidae, of perciform fishes. They are deep-water marine fishes and can be found on the ocean bottom, where they inhabit caves and shipwrecks. Their scientific name is from Greek language poly meaning "many" and prion meaning "saw", a references to their prominent spiny fins.
	Wren The true wrens are members of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae containing 79 species. A troglodyte means a cave-dweller, and wrens get their scientific name from the tendency of some species to forage in dark crevices. They are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs.
	Wrench A wrench or spanner is a tool used to provide a mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn screw, Nut or other hard-to-turn items. In American English, wrench is the standard term, while spanner refers to a specialized wrench with a series of pins or tabs around the circumference.
	Wrestling Wrestling is a sport in which two opponents attempt to control the other without the use of striking. Wrestling has evolved into many different styles and forms, ranging from world-wide, commercialised stadium events to less publicized, local amateur competitions. Generally, two unarmed fighters compete against each other for each contest.
	Wrestling ring A wrestling ring is the name for the ring stage that professional wrestlers wrestle in. It is composed of an elevated stage covered by a canvas that drapes into an apron on all sides of the ring. In each corner, a "turnbuckle" is located to provide support for the ring as well as to hold the ropes up.
	Wrinkle A wrinkle is a ridge or crease of a surface. It usually refers to folds on fabric or clothes, or on the skin of an organism; the folds are generally random and do not exhibit any repeating pattern. Skin wrinkles typically appear as a result of aging processes such as glycation or, temporarily, as the result of prolonged submersion in water
	Wrist ||- |In human anatomy, the wrist is the flexible and narrower connection between the forearm and the hand. The wrist is essentially a double row of small short bones, called carpals, intertwined to form a malleable hinge. The wrist-joint is a condyloid articulation allowing three degrees of freedom.
	Wristband Wristbands are encircling strips worn on the wrist, made of any of a variety of materials depending on the purpose. The term can be used to refer to the bracelet-like band of a watch, to the cuff or other part of a sleeve that covers the wrist, or to decorative or functional bands worn on the wrist for other reasons.
	Writhe In knot theory, the writhe is a property of an oriented knot or link. More precisely, it is a property of a 2-dimensional representation of a knot or link. The writhe is the total number of positive crossings minus the total number of negative crossings. Crossings are classed as positive or negative by assigning an orientation to the knot.
	Writing Writing may refer to two activities: the inscribing of characters on a medium, with the intention of forming Word s and other constructs that represent language or record information, and the creation of material to be conveyed through written language. Writing refers to both activities equally, and both activities may often occur simultaneously.
	Writing desk A writing desk is a sort of compact office. It has a top that closes to hide current work, make the room look neat, maintain privacy and protect the work. Traditionally, they are for writing letters by hand, but, of course, modern ones are designed for lap-top computers. They are typically too small for most desk-top computers.
	Writing implement A writing implement or writing instrument is an object used to produce writing. Most can be used for other functions, such as painting, drawing and technical drawing. One of the critical characteristics of a writing implement is the ability to produce a smooth, controllable line.
	Writing system A writing system is a type of symbolic system used to represent elements or statements expressible in language.
	Writing table A writing table has a series of drawers directly under the surface of the table, to contain writing implements, so that it may serve as a desk. Antique versions have the usual divisions for the inkpot, the blotter and the sand or powder tray in one of the drawers, and a surface covered with leather or some other material less hostile to the Quill or the Fountain pen than simple hard wood.
	Written language A written language is the representation of a language by means of a writing system. Children will instinctively learn or create spoken languages. However, written language must be taught. Written language always appears as a complement to a specific natural language and no purely written languages exist.
	Wroclaw Wroclaw, is the capital of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River . As of 2004, the city's population was estimated to be 638,000. It is the principal city of the Lower Silesia region and the administrative seat of the Lower Silesian Voivodship , previously of Wroclaw Voivodship.
	Wrought iron Wrought iron is commercially pure iron, having a very small carbon content, but usually contains some slag. It is tough, malleable, ductile and can be easily welding. However, it is too soft to make blades and swords, or at least for their cutting edges, which need to be made of steel with a higher carbon content.
	Wrymouth A Wrymouth, sometimes called Ghostfish, is a slim, eel-like creature belongs to the Wrymouth Family, Cryptocanthodidae. It outgrows the blennies, its relatives, and may reach 3 feet. A low spiny dorsal fin stands along the entire back. This includes about 70 spines and unites with the caudal and anal fins.
	Wryneck The wrynecks are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers. Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards. However, they lack the stiff tail feathers that the true woodpeckers use when climbing trees, so they are more likely than their relatives to perch on a branch rather than an upright trunk.
	Wuhan Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central China. It lies at the confluence of the Yangtze River and Han River. It has a population of approximately 9,100,000 people. In the 1920s, Wuhan was the capital of a leftist Kuomintang government led by Wang Jingwei in opposition to Chiang Kai-shek.
	Wulfenite Wulfenite is a lead molybdate mineral with the formula Pbmolybdenumoxygen4. It can be most often found as thin tabular crystals with a bright orange-red to yellow-orange color, sometimes brown, although the color can be highly variable. In its yellow form it is sometimes called "yellow lead ore".
	Wurlitzer The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of Stringed instruments, Woodwind, Brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, Wurlitzer electric piano and jukeboxes. Over time Wurlitzer changed to producing only its organs and jukeboxes, but it no longer produces either.
	Wych Elm The Wych Elm Ulmus glabra is a large elm native to Europe, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus. Essentially a montane species, the tree occurs in Scandinavia as far north as 67N at Beiarn in Norway. In the British Isles, it was by far the most common elm in the north and west of the region.
	Wye Wye is an historic village in Kent, England, located some 12 miles from Canterbury, Kent. It is part of the civil parish of Wye with Hinxhill. Its modern population is about 2,300 but was expanded by an additional 600 students at Wye College, until 2005 an agricultural college and part of Imperial College London.
	Wyeth Wyeth, formerly known as American Home Products, is one of the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. Corporate headquarters are in Madison, New Jersey, but its pharmaceutical division, which comprises the bulk of Wyeth's revenue and profits is run out of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.