War of the Spanish Succession
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~ a general war in Europe (1701-1714) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain; England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power
war room
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~ a room where strategic decisions are made (especially for military or political campaigns)
War of Greek Independence
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~ the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)
War Secretary
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~ head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947
war
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~ a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
War to End War
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~ a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
war cry
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~ a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
War between the States
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~ civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
war correspondent
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~ a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast
war
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~ a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"
war
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~ an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
waratah
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~ straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
waratah
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~ tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
warble fly
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~ hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle
warble
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~ a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
warbler
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~ a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
warbler
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~ a small active songbird
Warburg
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~ German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970)
Warburg
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~ German art historian (1866-1929)
ward
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~ a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections