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Waiting
- verb - being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting"
- look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
- serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
- stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
- the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"
- wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
Wanting
- verb - be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"
- feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
- have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
- hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
- inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
- nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
- wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"
Wantons
- noun - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
- behave extremely cruelly and brutally
- engage in amorous play
- indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
- lewd or lascivious woman
- spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
Wasting
- verb - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
- any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
- become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
- get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
- run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
- spend extravagantly;
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
- use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a
Welting
- verb - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
- put a welt on; "welt the shoes"
Westing
- - The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.
Wetting
- verb - a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
- cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
- the act of making something wet
Whitens
- verb - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
Whiting
- verb - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
- a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
- any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
- flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
- found off Atlantic coast of North America
- turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
Wilting
- verb - become limp; "The flowers wilted"
- causing to become limp or drooping
- lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"