wire fraud |
a type of criminal act that involves deception for personal gain and that makes use of telecommunications devices or the internet. |
wire gauge |
a gauge calibrated for determining the diameter of wire or thickness of sheet metal. |
wirehair |
a pedigreed dog with a wiry coat, esp. one of a breed in which two or more types of coat are recognized. [2 definitions] |
wire-haired |
having coarse stiff tightly crimped hair, as certain breeds of dogs. |
wireless |
not having wires, or operating, transmitting, or being transmitted without wires. [5 definitions] |
wireless telegraph |
radiotelegraph. |
wireless telephone |
a telephone that is operated by radio-transmitted signals. |
Wirephoto |
trademark for a system of transmitting photographs by telephone wire, or a photograph so sent. |
wirepuller |
one who manipulates wires or strings, as of a puppet. [2 definitions] |
wire recorder |
a device, a forerunner of the tape recorder, that records and plays back sound on magnetized steel wire. |
wire service |
a business that transmits news stories, photographs, features, stock market prices, and the like, by electronic means to newspapers and radio and television that subscribe for the service. |
wiretap |
a concealed device attached to the wires, usu. of a telephone, to permit eavesdropping on or recording of private conversations. [5 definitions] |
wirework |
netting, mesh, and other articles made of wire. |
wiring |
the act of one who wires. [2 definitions] |
wiry |
of, pertaining to, made of, or in the form of wire. [3 definitions] |
Wisconsin |
a midwestern U.S. state between Minnesota and Lake Michigan. (abbr.: WI) |
wisdom |
the state of being wise. [3 definitions] |
Wisdom of Solomon |
a book of the Apocrypha. |
wisdom tooth |
the third and rearmost molar on each side of both the upper and lower jaws of humans that is the last tooth to erupt and one that sometimes causes problems, esp. when there is insufficient room for it to grow. |
-wise |
in (such) a way, direction, position, or manner. [2 definitions] |
wise1 |
having an understanding of that which is right, true or important together with having sound judgment. [5 definitions] |