atomic weight
— Noun
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~ (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
Andre Weil
— Noun
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~ United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998)
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
— Noun
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~ German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914)
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
— Noun
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~ English architect who played a prominent role in the 19th century revival of Gothic architecture (1812-1852)
as well
— Adverb
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~ in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too"
air well
— Noun
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~ a shaft for ventilation
artesian well
— Noun
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~ a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward
Arthur Wellesley
— Noun
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~ British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
as it were
— Adverb
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~ as if it were really so; "she lives here, as it were"
American white birch
— Noun
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~ small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
American white oak
— Noun
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~ large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood
American white pine
— Noun
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~ tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
Andrew D. White
— Noun
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~ United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
Andrew Dickson White
— Noun
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~ United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
Arizona white oak
— Noun
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~ semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups
Atlantic white cedar
— Noun
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~ slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Alfred North Whitehead
— Noun
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~ English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
American widgeon
— Noun
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~ a widgeon the male of which has a white crown