stone wall
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~ a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields
Siberian wall flower
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~ showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
satin walnut
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~ reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
Sir Robert Walpole
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~ Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
Sir Walter Norman Haworth
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~ English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950)
Sir Walter Ralegh
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~ English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
Sir Howard Walter Florey
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~ British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
Sir Walter Raleigh
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~ English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
Sir Walter Scott
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~ British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
Sir Harold Walter Kroto
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~ British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)