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wasps, plural;
  1. A social winged insect that has a narrow waist and a sting. It constructs a paper nest from wood pulp and raises the larvae on a diet of insects

  2. A solitary winged insect with a narrow waist, mostly distantly related to the social wasps and including many parasitic kinds

  1. a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
  2. social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
  3. The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor ant. ...
  4. The Web Standards Project (WaSP) is a group of professional web developers dedicated to disseminating and encouraging the use of the web standards recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium, along with other groups and standards bodies.
  5. The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASp) is a 502-amino acid protein that is expressed in cells of the hematopoietic system. In the inactive state, WASp exists in an auto-inhibited conformation with sequences near its C-terminus binding to a region near its N-terminus. ...
  6. WAsP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program) is a PC program for predicting wind climates, wind resources, and power productions from wind turbines and wind farms. The predictions are based on wind data measured at stations in the same region. ...
  7. W.A.S.P. is the debut eponymous album by W.A.S.P., released August 17, 1984 (see 1984 in music). The album has been known under three different names. The spine of the vinyl release has Winged Assassins printed on it. ...
  8. Wasp was the fifth and final studio album released by teen-idol, Shaun Cassidy in 1980. In an attempt to salvage a sinking pop career, Cassidy recruited Todd Rundgren to help "reinvent" his music career. ...
  9. WASP (1130 AM) is a radio station licensed to Brownsville, Pennsylvania, USA. It serves the Pittsburgh area. The station is currently owned by Keymarket Licenses, LLC.
  10. W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982. They emerged from the same Los Angeles scene that spawned Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Quiet Riot and others. ...
  11. The Wasp (aka Janet van Dyne) is a fictional character, a superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe and founding member of The Avengers. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #44 (June 1963).
  12. Wasp is a short film (26 minutes) written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Released in 2003, it stars Nathalie Press as a struggling single mother determined not to let her four young children prove an obstacle in the pursuit of rekindling a relationship with an old ex-boyfriend Danny Dyer. ...
  13. Wasp is a 1957 science fiction novel by English author Eric Frank Russell. Notable author of the Discworld series of fantasy books, Terry Pratchett, stated that he "can't imagine a funnier terrorists' handbook." Wasp is generally considered Russell's best novel.
  14. Scorpion is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Although somewhat related to Spider, the method of game play is akin to Yukon. The object of this game is to form four columns of suit sequence cards from king down to ace.
  15. Waspinator is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. He is sometimes called Wasp. Wired Magazine once nominated him as one 12 most ridiculous Transformers of all time.
  16. The Wasp is a 1915 short film directed by B. Reeves Eason.
  17. The Wasp was founded as a weekly satire magazine by the Bohemian expat Francis Korbel and his two brothers in San Francisco in 1876. ...
  18. Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee; A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish
  19. To destroy Wasps rinse a large bottle with spirits of turpentine, and thrust the neck into the principal entrance to their nest, stopping up all the other holes to prevent their escape. In a few days the nest may be dug up. The fumes of the spirit first stupefies and eventually destroys the insects.
  20. Wasps, if seen in dreams, denotes that enemies will scourge and spitefully villify you. If one stings you, you will feel the effect of envy and hatred. To kill them, you will be able to throttle your enemies, and fearlessly maintain your rights.
  21. Western Australian Supercomputer Program
  22. stands for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein; a family of proteins that integrates various signals in pathways involving regulation of the actin cytoskeleton; Connections Map Component -- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein
  23. an aircraft engine. It was a two-row, eighteen-cylinder, air-cooled radial design. It was considered one of the premier radial piston engines ever designed. It became legendary when used in several aircraft during World War II.
  24. Wide Angle Search for Planets survey
  25. A close relative of honey bees, usually in the family  Vespidae; they are carnivorous, some species preying on bees (see also, Hornet).