wan

  • 31wan — (adj.) O.E. wann dark, lacking luster, later leaden, pale, gray, of uncertain origin, and not found in other Germanic languages. The connecting notion is colorlessness. Perhaps related to WANE (Cf. wane) …

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  • 32WAN — (Wide Area Network) wÉ‘n /wÉ’n n. communications network intended to connect between remote local area networks (Computers) …

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  • 33wan — pallid, *pale, ashen, ashy, livid Analogous words: blanched, whitened, decolorized (see WHITEN): *languid, languishing, languorous: *haggard, cadaverous, worn …

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  • 34wan- — *wan germ.: Quelle: Personenname; Sonstiges: Reichert, Lexikon der altgermanischen Namen 2, 1990, 643 (Vanni) …

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  • 35wan — [adj] colorless, weak anemic, ashen, ashy, bilious, blanched, bleached, bloodless, cadaverous, dim, discolored, faint, feeble, forceless, ghastly, haggard, ineffective, ineffectual, livid, pale, pallid, pasty, peaked, sickly, washed out, waxen,… …

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  • 36WAN — ► ABBREVIATION Computing ▪ wide area network …

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  • 37wan — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a person) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion. 2) (of light) pale; weak. 3) (of a smile) weak; strained. DERIVATIVES wanly adverb. ORIGIN Old English, «dark, black», later «of an unhealthy greyish colour, as …

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  • 38wan|na-be — «WON uh BEE, WN », noun. U.S. Informal. a person who aspires to a position; aspirant or candidate: »We didn t even try to get the presidential wanna bes to tell us…what they d do (Rolling Stone). ╂[< contraction of want to be] …

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  • 39wan|y — «WAY nee», adjective. 1. having a natural curve or bevel: »a plank with a wany edge. 2. (of lumber) poor because of curved or beveled edges. Also, waney. ╂[< wane + y1] …

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  • 40wan — aj·o·wan; ang·wan·ti·bo; at·ti·wan·da·ronk; bhil·a·wan; cu·li·la·wan; de·wan; dur·wan; for·wan·der; ikh·wan; me·ra·wan; ol·do·wan; ot·ta·wan; pa·ka·wan; pa·la·wan; pur·wan·nah; rit·wan; sar·wan; sas·katch·e·wan; sa·wan; sea·wan·ha·ka; se·wan;… …

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