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Waxbill
- - Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.
Waxlike
- adjective - having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"
Waxwing
- noun - brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
Waxxing
- verb - cover with wax; "wax the car"
- go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
- increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"
Waybill
- noun - a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery
Wayside
- noun - edge of a way or road or path; "flowers along the wayside"
Weakish
- - Somewhat weak; rather weak.
Weaning
- verb - detach the affections of
- gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
- the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
Wearied
- adjective - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"