a monetary unit of Angola used from 1975-1990, one hundredth of a kwanza.
vliw
vliw
Noun
A very long instruction word; an explicitly created set of processor instructions to be executed simultaneously.
wail
wail
noun
A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
verb
(intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
(intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
(intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
(obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”)
(slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
(transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
wali
wali
noun
(Islam) A saint or prophet.
A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
weil
weli
wild
wild
adj
(electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
(mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
(nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
(slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
Enthusiastic.
Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
From or relating to wild creatures.
Furious; very angry.
Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
Unrestrained or uninhibited.
Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
adv
(of an audio recording) Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
Inaccurately; not on target.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
(often jokingly in reference to sense 2.) civilization at large as opposed to contrived or laboratory conditions.
Alternative form of weald
The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
verb
(intransitive, slang) (In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way.
(intransitive, slang) To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
wile
wile
noun
(usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
verb
(transitive) To entice or lure.
Misspelling of while (“to pass the time”).
wilk
wilk
noun
(zoology) Obsolete form of whelk.
will
will
noun
(archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
(archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
(law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
verb
(archaic) Implying will go.
(auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
(auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in questions and negation.
(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
(now rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
(now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
(transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
(transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
wilt
wilt
noun
(phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of will
(intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
(intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
(transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).