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  • sun-4 workstation — (computer)   A Unix workstation produced by Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the late 1980s[?], based on SPARC processors. The Sun-4 followed the Sun-3 Workstation. Later SPARC-based workstations were called "SPARCstations".
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • swainson's thrush — a North American thrush, Catharus ustulatus, having olive upper parts and wintering south to Argentina.
  • switching station — A switching station is equipment used to tie together two or more electric circuits through switches.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • tell its own tale — to be self-evident
  • the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
  • the lower regions — hell
  • the whole boiling — the whole lot
  • the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
  • the witching hour — the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight
  • to knit your brow — If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried.
  • to win hands down — If you win hands down, you win very easily.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
  • turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
  • utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
  • wage negotiations — talks between workers and employers over rates of pay
  • waianae mountains — a mountain range in W Oahu, Hawaii. Highest peak, Mount Kaala, 4025 feet (1228 meters).
  • waiting for godot — a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett.
  • wallowa mountains — a mountain range in NE Oregon. Highest peak, Sacajawea Peak, 9838 feet (2999 meters).
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • warsaw convention — a multilateral treaty on aviation set up chiefly to limit air carriers' liability to passengers and shippers on international flights in the event of an accident.
  • washington island — an island off the Door Peninsula, NE Wisconsin, in NW Lake Michigan. 20 sq. mi. (50 sq. km).
  • washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • weapons inspector — a person who inspects a country's weapons
  • wedding reception — party after a marriage
  • well-proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
  • welsh nationalism — the political belief that Wales should be independent
  • welsh nationalist — a person who believes that Wales should be independent
  • wet one's whistle — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • white-nationalism — white supremacy.
  • white-winged dove — a common dove, Zenaida asiatica, of the southwestern U.S. to Chile.
  • wide area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
  • wide-area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
  • wind chill factor — A wind chill factor is a measure of the cooling effect of the wind on the temperature of the air.
  • wind-chill factor — the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
  • wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
  • winter heliotrope — a creeping perennial, Petasites fragrans, related to the butterbur, having lilac to heliotrope-coloured flowers smelling of vanilla: found chiefly on road verges
  • within an inch of — very close to
  • without exception — all included
  • women's institute — (in Britain and Commonwealth countries) a society for women interested in the problems of the home and in engaging in social activities
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
  • world without end — for ever
  • worth one's while — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
  • wrangell-mountain — Mount, an active volcano in SE Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 14,006 feet (4269 meters).
  • writ of execution — a writ ordering that a judgment be enforced
  • write the book on — to be the definitive authority or expert on
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