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wright 
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| a worker, esp. a constructive worker (used chiefly in combination): a wheelwright; a playwright. |
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Wright
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Wright
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| 1. | Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet. |
| 2. | Frances or Fanny, 1795–1852, U.S. abolitionist and social reformer, born in Scotland. |
| 3. | Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, U.S. architect. |
| 4. | James, 1927–80, U.S. poet and translator. |
| 5. | Joseph (Wright of Derby), 1734–97, English painter. |
| 6. | Joseph, 1855–1935, English philologist and lexicographer. |
| 7. | Mary Kathryn (Mickey), born 1935, U.S. golfer. |
| 8. | Or·ville
Audio Help [awr-vil] Pronunciation Key, 1871–1948, and his brother Wilbur, 1867–1912, U.S. aeronautical inventors. |
| 9. | Richard, 1908–60, U.S. novelist. |
| 10. | Rus·sel
Audio Help [ruhs-uhl] Pronunciation Key, 1904–76, U.S. industrial designer. |
| 11. | Willard Huntington (S. S. Van Dine), 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, critic, and author. |
| 12. | a male given name. |
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n. One that constructs or repairs something. Often used in combination: a playwright; a shipwright. [Middle English, from Old English wryhta; see werg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Wright
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Scottish-born American reformer who lectured nationwide on women's rights, birth control, and public education and wrote Views of Society and Manners in America (1823). |
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| Wright, Frank Lloyd 1869-1959.
American architect whose distinctive style, based on natural forms, had a great influence on the modern movement in architecture. His designs include private homes, the Johnson Wax Company Building in Racine, Wisconsin (1939), and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City (1943-1959). |
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| Wright, James Arlington 1927-1980.
American poet who won a Pulitzer Prize for his Collected Poems (1971). |
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| Wright, Joseph 1855-1930.
British lexicographer and philologist who is best known for The English Dialect Dictionary (1905). |
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| Wright, Mary Kathryn Known as "Mickey." Born 1935.
American golfer who had 82 career wins, including four U.S. Women's Open titles (1958, 1959, 1961, and 1964) and four Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship titles (1958, 1960, 1961, and 1963). |
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| Wright, Orville 1871-1948.
American aviation pioneer who with his brother Wilbur (1867-1912) invented the airplane. On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they made the first controlled, sustained flights in a powered heavier-than-air vehicle. |
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| Wright, Richard 1908-1960.
American author whose writing explores the oppression suffered by African Americans. His works include the novel Native Son (1940) and the autobiography Black Boy (1945). |
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wright
O.E. wryhta "worker," variant of earlier wyhrta, from wyrcan "to work" (see work). Now usually in combinations (wheelwright, playwright, etc.) or as a common surname. Common W.Gmc.; cf. O.S. wurhito, O.Fris. wrichta, O.H.G. wurhto.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| wright | |
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| 1. | United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939) |
| 2. | United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) |
| 3. | United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912) |
| 4. | United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948) |
| 5. | influential United States architect (1869-1959) |
| 6. | United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852) |
| 7. | someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination) |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (CDP, FIPS 86660) Location: 39.80158 N, 84.07080 W
Population (1990): 8579 (2452 housing units)
Area: 30.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Wright City, MO (city, FIPS 81124) Location: 38.82761 N, 91.02432 W
Population (1990): 1250 (580 housing units)
Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63390
Wright City, OK (town, FIPS 82200) Location: 34.06368 N, 95.00738 W
Population (1990): 836 (306 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74766
Wright County, IA (county, FIPS 197) Location: 42.73298 N, 93.73461 W
Population (1990): 14269 (6636 housing units)
Area: 1504.2 sq km (land), 4.7 sq km (water)
Wright County, MN (county, FIPS 171) Location: 45.17524 N, 93.96809 W
Population (1990): 68710 (26353 housing units)
Area: 1711.6 sq km (land), 138.8 sq km (water)
Wright County, MO (county, FIPS 229) Location: 37.26564 N, 92.46237 W
Population (1990): 16758 (7214 housing units)
Area: 1767.3 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
Wright, WY (town, FIPS 85015) Location: 43.75070 N, 105.49808 W
Population (1990): 1236 (527 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 82732
Wright, MN (city, FIPS 71824) Location: 46.67209 N, 93.00665 W
Population (1990): 144 (71 housing units)
Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55798
Wright, KS Zip code(s): 67882
Wright, AR Zip code(s): 72182
Wright, FL (CDP, FIPS 78800) Location: 30.44565 N, 86.64030 W
Population (1990): 18945 (8289 housing units)
Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Fort Wright, KY (city, FIPS 28612) Location: 39.04712 N, 84.53688 W
Population (1990): 6570 (2637 housing units)
Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Wright
Work\, n. [OE. work, werk, weork, AS. weorc, worc; akin to OFries. werk, wirk, OS., D., & G. werk, OHG. werc, werah, Icel. & Sw. verk, Dan. v[ae]rk, Goth. gawa['u]rki, Gr. ?, ?, work, ? to do, ? an instrument, ? secret rites, Zend verez to work. ????. Cf. Bulwark, Energy, Erg, Georgic, Liturgy, Metallurgy, Organ, Surgeon, Wright.]1. Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physically labor. Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed. --Milton. 2. The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work. Come on, Nerissa; I have work in hand That you yet know not of. --Shak. In every work that he began . . . he did it with all his heart, and prospered. --2 Chron. xxxi. 21. 3. That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat. To leave no rubs or blotches in the work. --Shak. The work some praise, And some the architect. --Milton. Fancy . . . Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams. --Milton. The composition or dissolution of mixed bodies . . . is the chief work of elements. --Sir K. Digby. 4. Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery. I am glad I have found this napkin; . . . I'll have the work ta'en out, And give 't Iago. --Shak. (c) pl. Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works. (d) pl. The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch. 5. Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 6. (Mech.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg. Energy is the capacity of doing work . . . Work is the transference of energy from one system to another. --Clerk Maxwell. 7. (Mining) Ore before it is dressed. --Raymond. 8. pl. (Script.) Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct. He shall reward every man according to his works. --Matt. xvi. 27. Faith, if it hath not works, is dead. --James ii. 17. Muscular work (Physiol.), the work done by a muscle through the power of contraction. To go to work, to begin laboring; to commence operations; to contrive; to manage. "I 'll go another way to work with him." --Shak. To set on work, to cause to begin laboring; to set to work. [Obs.] --Hooker. To set to work, to employ; to cause to engage in any business or labor.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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