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Wine cooler
A beverage made from mixing wine with a fruit-based soft drink.
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Windpipe
The trachea.
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Wind-chill factor
A factor taking into account the relationship of wind velocity to thermometer temperature of the air in determining the effect on living organisms.
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Will
A legal document that describes how a person wishes his or her estate to be disposed of following death.
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Whore-madonna complex
A conflict in which a person perceives women as either pure or sluttish but cannot believe that a decent woman would have sexual urges.
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Whole life policy
A life insurance policy that has a fixed premium that accumulates a cash value over a period of time and is in force for the life of the insured as long as premiums are paid.
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Whole-grain flour
Flour made from grain that has undergone only minimal processing.
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White noise
Noise composed of sounds of all frequencies.
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White matter
The neural tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting of nerve fibers. Nerve tissue in the central nervous system which contains more myelin than grey matter. Nerve tissue of the spinal cord, surrounding the gray matter and made up mostly of myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers in a network of neuroglia cells. It is…
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White corpuscles
Disease-fighting bodies in the blood.
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