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W
W (abbreviation)
W particle
Wöhler, Friedrich
wadi
Wafd
wage
Wagenfeld, Wilhelm
wages council
Wagner, (Wilhelm) Richard
Wagner, Otto
Wagram, Battle of
wagtail
Wahabi
Wailing Wall
Wain, John (Barrington)
Wainwright, Alfred
Waite, Terry
Waits, Tom (Thomas Alan)
Wajda, Andrzej
Wakefield
Waksman, Selman Abraham
Walachia
Walcheren
Walcott, Derek Walton
Waldenses
Waldheim, Kurt
Wales
Wales: the Act of Union
Wales, Church in
Wales, Prince of
Walesa, Lech
walkabout
Walker, Alice Malsenior
wall pressure
Wall Street
Wall Street Crash, 1929
Wall, Max
Wallace line
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Wallace, Richard
Wallace, William
Wallachia
Wallenberg, Raoul
Wallenstein, Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von
Waller, Fats (Thomas Wright)
wallflower
Wallis and Futuna
Walloon
Walloon Brabant
wallpaper
walnut
Walpole, Horace
Walpole, Robert
Walpurga, St
Walras, (Marie Esprit) Léon
walrus
Walsall
Walsh, Courtney Andrew
Walsingham
Walsingham, Francis
Walter, Hubert
Walters, Alan Arthur
Walther von der Vogelweide
Walton, Izaak
Walton, William Turner
waltz
Walvis Bay
wampum
Wandering Jew
Wang, An
WAP
wapiti
Wapping
war
War between the States
war communism
war crime
War of 1812
War Office
War on Want
war poetry
War Powers Act
Warbeck, Perkin
warble fly
warbler
Warburg, Otto Heinrich
ward of court
warfarin
Warhol, Andy
warlord
Warne, Shane Keith
Warner, Deborah
warning coloration
Warren, Robert Penn
Warrington (authority)
Warrington (town)
Warsaw
Warsaw Pact
warship
Warszawa
wart
wart hog
Warwick (UK)
Warwick, Richard Neville, 1st or 16th Earl of Warwick
Warwickshire
Wash, the
washing soda
Washington (UK)
Washington (USA)
Washington, Booker T(aliaferro)
Washington, DC
Washington, George
WASP
wasp
waste
waste disposal
watch
water
water beetle
water boatman
water closet
water cycle
water flea
water gas
water glass
water hyacinth
water lily
water meadow
water mill
water pollution
water polo
water skiing
water supply
water table
water-borne disease
waterbuck
watercolour painting
watercress
waterfall
Waterford (county)
waterfowl
Watergate
Waterhouse, Alfred
Waterloo, Battle of
watermelon
Waters, Muddy
watershed
waterspout
Watling Street
Watson, James Dewey
Watson, John Broadus
watt
Watt, James
Watteau, (Jean-)Antoine
wattle
wattle and daub
Watts, George Frederick
Waugh, Evelyn (Arthur St John)
Waugh, Mark Edward
Waugh, Steve
WAV
wave (earth science)
wave (physics)
wave power
wave-cut platform
waveguide
wavelength
Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell
Waverley, John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
wax
waxbill
waxwing
wayfaring tree
Wayne, John
Wazyk, Adam
Wb
WCC
weak nuclear force
weak verb
weakon
Weald, the
wealth
weapon
Wear
weasel
weather
weather area
weather forecast
weathering
weaver
weaving
Web authoring tool
Web page
Web site
Webb
Webb, Philip Speakman
Webber, Andrew Lloyd
Webcam
weber
Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von
Weber, Max (sociologist)
Webern, Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von)
Webmaster
Webster, John
Webster, Noah
Weddell Sea
Weddell, James
Wedekind, Frank
wedge
wedging
Wedgwood, Josiah
weedkiller
weever fish
weevil
weft and warp
Wegener, Alfred Lothar
Wei, Jingsheng
Weigel, Helene
weight
weightlessness
weightlifting
weights and measures
Weights and Measures Act 1963
Weil's disease
Weil, Simone
Weill, Kurt Julian
Weimar Republic
weir
Weir, Peter (Lindsay)
Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold
Weizmann, Chaim Azriel
Weizsäcker, Richard, Baron von
welding
Weldon, Fay
Welensky, Roy
welfare state
welfare to work
Welland Ship Canal
Welles, (George) Orson
Wellington (city)
Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge)
Welsh
Welsh Assembly
Welsh corgi
Welsh language
Welty, Eudora Alice
welwitschia
Wembley Stadium
Wenceslas, St
Wends
werewolf
Wesak
Wesker, Arnold
Wesley, Charles
Wesley, John
Wessex
West African Economic Community
West Bank
West Bengal
West Berkshire
West Dunbartonshire
West Germany
West Glamorgan
West Indian
West Indies
West Indies, Federation of the
West Irian
West Midlands
West Pakistan
West Point
West Sussex
West Virginia
West Yorkshire
West, American
West, Benjamin
West, Mae
West, Nathanael
West, Rebecca
Westall, Robert
westerlies
Western
Western Australia
Western Cape
Western European Union
Western Front
Western Isles
Western Sahara
Westinghouse, George
Westmacott, Richard
Westman Islands
Westmeath
Westminster Abbey
Westminster, City of
Westphalia
Westphalia, Treaty of
wet
wetland
Wexford (county)
Wexford (town)
Wexford, Battle of
Weyden, Rogier van der
whale
whaling
Wharton, Edith Newbold
wheat
wheatear
wheel of life
Wheeler, (Robert Eric) Mortimer
whelk
whey
Whig Party (UK)
Whig Party (USA)
whimbrel
whip
whip snake
whiplash injury
whippet
Whipple, George Hoyt
whippoorwill
whirlwind
whisky
whist
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Whistler, Rex (Reginald John)
Whit Sunday
Whitby
Whitby, Synod of
White
White Australia Policy
white blood cell
white dwarf
White Horse
White House
white knight
white light
White Paper
White Sea
white spirit
White terror
White Volta
white-collar worker
White, E(lwyn) B(rooks)
White, Gilbert
White, Patrick Victor Martindale
whitebait
whitebeam
whitefish
Whitehorse
Whitehouse, Mary
whiteout
whitethroat
whiting
Whitlam, (Edward) Gough
Whitman, Walt(er)
Whitney, Eli
Whittington, Dick (Richard)
Whittle, Frank
WHO
Who, the
wholesale
whooping cough
whortleberry
whydah
Whymper, Edward
wickerwork
Wicklow (county)
Wicklow (town)
wide area network
wide-angle lens
Widmark, Richard
Wien's displacement law
Wiener Werkstätte
Wiener, Norbert
Wiesel, Elie(zer)
wigeon
Wight, Isle of
Wilberforce, William
wild type
Wild West
Wilde, Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills)
wildebeest
Wilder, Billy
Wilder, Thornton Niven
wilderness
wildlife trade
Wilfrid, St
Wilkes, John
Wilkins, George Hubert
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick
Wilkins, William
Wilkinson, Jonny
will
will-o'-the-wisp
William (I) the Conqueror
William (II) Rufus
William (III) of Orange
William (prince of the UK)
William I (of Prussia)
William I (of the Netherlands)
William II (of Germany)
William II (of the Netherlands)
William IV
William of Malmesbury
William of Wykeham
William the Lion
William the Marshall
William the Silent
Williams
Williams of Crosby, Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain
Williams, (George) Emlyn
Williams, Hank
Williams, Rowan Douglas
Williams, Serena Jameka
Williams, Tennessee
Williams, Venus Ebone Starr
Williams, William Carlos
Williamson, Henry
Willis, Norman David
willow
willow warbler
willowherb
Wilson, (James) Harold
Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow
Wilson, Angus (Frank Johnstone)
Wilson, Edward Osborne
Wilson, Richard
Wilson, Teddy (Theodore Shaw)
wilting
Wilts
Wiltshire
Wimbledon (tennis centre)
WIMP (computing)
Winchester (UK)
wind
wind farm
wind instrument
wind power
wind turbine
wind-chill factor
Windermere
Windhoek
windmill
window
Windows
Windscale
Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor Castle
Windsor, Duchess of
Windsor, Duke of
Windsor, House of
windsurfing
Windward Islands
wine
wine, fortified
wing
Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Lake
Winter King, the
Winter Olympics
Winter War
wintergreen
Winterson, Jeanette
wire
wire frame
wireless
wireworm
Wisconsin
wisent
Wishart, George
Wisla
wisteria
Witan
witch doctor
witch hazel
witch-hunt
witchcraft
withdrawal
withholding tax
witness
Wittenberg
Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann
Witwatersrand
wizard
woad
Wodehouse, P(elham) G(renville)
Woden
Wokingham (authority)
wolf
Wolf, Christa
Wolf, Hugo (Filipp Jakob)
Wolfe, James
Wolfe, Thomas Clayton
Wolfe, Tom
Wolfowitz, Paul
wolfram
wolframite
Wollaston, William Hyde
Wollongong
Wollstonecraft, Mary
Wolof
Wolsey, Thomas
Wolverhampton
wolverine
womb
wombat
Women's Institute
Women's Land Army
women's movement
women's services
Women's Social and Political Union
women's suffrage
women, medieval
Wonder, Stevie
wood
wood pulp
Wood, Henry Joseph
woodblock
woodcarving
woodcock
Woodcraft Folk
woodcut
woodland
woodlouse
woodmouse
woodpecker
Woods, Tiger
Woodstock
Woodward, Robert Burns
woodwind
woodworking joint
woodworm
Wookey Hole
wool
Woolf, (Adeline) Virginia
Woolley, (Charles) Leonard
Woolman, John
Woolworth, Frank Winfield
Worcester (UK)
Worcestershire
Word
word processing
WordPerfect
Wordsworth, Dorothy
Wordsworth, William
work
work experience
work hardening
work to rule
worker cooperative
worker participation
Workers' Party of Kurdistan
workgroup
workhouse
working men's club
workplane
worksheet
workstation
World Bank
World Council of Churches
World Cup
World Health Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
world music
World Series
World Trade Organization
World War I
World War I alliances
World War I soldiers
World War II
World Wide Fund for Nature
World Wide Web
worm
Worms
wormwood
worship
worsted
Wounded Knee
wpm
wrack
wrasse
wren
Wren, Christopher
wrestling
Wrexham (authority)
Wright
Wright, Billy (William Ambrose)
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Wright, Joseph (artist)
Wright, Richard (Nathaniel)
writ
write protection
written communication
written conventions
Wroclaw
wrought iron
wt
WTO
wudu
Wuhan
Wundt, Wilhelm Max
WWF
Wyatt, Thomas
Wycherley, William
Wycliffe, John
Wye
Wyeth, Andrew Newell
Wyndham, John
Wyoming
WYSIWYG

Green, yellow, and red are the pan-African colours. The flag is modelled on the French tricolour. The design was identical to the Rwandan tricolour, obliging that country to modify its flag. Effective date: 1 March 1961. >>