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Look up word problem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Word problem may refer to: Word problem (mathematics education), a type of textbook exercise or
Word_problem
Problem in finite group theory
combinatorial group theory, the word problem for a finitely generated group G {\displaystyle G} is the algorithmic problem of deciding whether two words
Word_problem_for_groups
Decision problem pertaining to equivalence of expressions
In computational mathematics, a word problem is the problem of deciding whether two given expressions are equivalent with respect to a set of rewriting
Word_problem_(mathematics)
Mathematical exercise presented in ordinary language
education, a word problem is a mathematical exercise (such as in a textbook, worksheet, or exam) where significant background information on the problem is presented
Word problem (mathematics education)
Word_problem_(mathematics_education)
Yes/no problem in computer science
decision problem is a computational problem that can be posed as a yes–no question on a set of input values. An example of a decision problem is deciding
Decision_problem
Theorem in algebra
Muller–Schupp theorem states that a finitely generated group G has context-free word problem if and only if G is virtually free. The theorem was proved by David Muller
Muller–Schupp_theorem
Computational problems no algorithm can solve
recursively enumerable. Many, if not most, undecidable problems in mathematics can be posed as word problems: determining when two distinct strings of symbols
List_of_undecidable_problems
String rewriting system
of a monoid. Thus they constitute a natural framework for solving the word problem for monoids and groups. An SRS can be defined directly as an abstract
Semi-Thue_system
Process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles
Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities. Problems in need of solutions range from
Problem_solving
Branch of mathematical linguistics
Fibonacci word Kolakoski sequence Levi's lemma Partial word Shift space Word metric Word problem (computability) Word problem (mathematics) Word problem for
Combinatorics_on_words
Word processor
than half of the Windows word processor market. When Microsoft became aware of the Year 2000 problem, it made Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS available for
Microsoft_Word
Yes-or-no question that cannot ever be solved by a computer
every question A in the problem either "the answer to A is yes" or "the answer to A is no". Because of the two meanings of the word undecidable, the term
Undecidable_problem
Problem on words in group theory
theory; the other two being the word problem and the isomorphism problem. The conjugacy problem contains the word problem as a special case: if x and y
Conjugacy_problem
Set of mathematical functions concerning algebraic group isomorphism
Fouxe-Rabinovitch generators. A particularly simple case of the word problem for groups and the isomorphism problem for groups asks if a finitely presented group is
Nielsen_transformation
Word-for-word translation of a text
translation, word-for-word translation, word-by-word translation, or word-to-word translation is the translation of a text done by translating each word separately
Literal_translation
Rage comic character
2012, a viral video showed a banner emblazoned with Trollface and the word "Problem?" being used by fans of the Turkish Second League football team Eskişehirspor
Trollface
Pedagogy emphasizing problem-solving mastery
multiplication and division of fractions and can solve difficult multi-step word problems. In the U.S., it was found that Singapore math emphasizes the essential
Singapore_math
Problem caused by profanity filters on the Internet
Hotmail because it contains the substring cock, a slang word for the penis. Separately, he had problems with his workplace email because his job title, software
Scunthorpe_problem
British drama television series
The A Word is a British television drama series, based on the Israeli series Yellow Peppers. The series follows a young boy and how his family cope with
The_A_Word
Early artificial intelligence program
word problems. It is written in Lisp by Daniel G. Bobrow as his PhD thesis in 1964 (Bobrow 1964). It was designed to read and solve the kind of word problems
STUDENT
2021 poetry collection by Ian Williams
Word Problems is a 2021 poetry collection by Canadian writer Ian Williams. Abiola Regan of the Capilano Review wrote that "Williams delivers moments of
Word_Problems_(book)
Group theory function
algorithmic complexity of the word problem in groups. In particular, a finitely presented group has solvable word problem if and only if the Dehn function
Dehn_function
Group whose operation is a composition of braids
braid groups. The word problem is also efficiently solved via the Lawrence–Krammer representation. In addition to the word problem, there are several
Braid_group
Mathematical concept
element of X, then a ∨ 1 = 1 and a ∧ 1 =a. The word problem for free bounded lattices is the problem of determining which of these elements of W(X) denote
Free_lattice
Thought experiment in ethics
The trolley problem is a thought experiment in moral philosophy and moral psychology with many variations, involving hypothetical ethical dilemmas about
Trolley_problem
Puzzles, board games, or video games based on language
Word games are spoken, board, card or video games often designed to test ability with language or to explore its properties. Word games are generally
Word_game
algebraic word problems with 5 choices per problem, and an annotation for the correct choice with natural language rationales. 34,202 "seed problems" were
Language_model_benchmark
Content management system
notified WordPress developers, and within six days WordPress released a high-priority patch to version 4.7.2, which addressed the problem. As of WordPress
WordPress
Mathematical word problem
The age of the captain is a mathematical word problem which cannot be answered even though there seems to be plenty of information supplied. It was given
Age_of_the_captain
Decision problem
the word problem and conjugacy problem, is one of three fundamental decision problems in group theory he identified in 1911. All three problems, formulated
Group_isomorphism_problem
American mathematician (1920–1983)
that the word problem for G is undecidable. A different proof was obtained by Boone in a paper published in 1958. W. W. Boone, Decision problems about algebraic
William_Boone_(mathematician)
require longest word-representants? Is the line graph of a non-word-representable graph always non-word-representable? Which (hard) problems on graphs can
List of unsolved problems in mathematics
List_of_unsolved_problems_in_mathematics
satisfying sufficiently strong small cancellation conditions are word hyperbolic and have word problem solvable by Dehn's algorithm. Small cancellation methods
Small_cancellation_theory
Basic word processor formerly included with Microsoft Windows
Vista support for reading Microsoft Word DOC files was removed because of the incorrect rendering and formatting problems, and because a Microsoft security
WordPad
undecidable word problem. Indeed, it is fairly easy to construct a finitely generated recursively presented group with undecidable word problem. Then any
Higman's_embedding_theorem
inhabitation problem for simply typed lambda calculus Integer circuit evaluation Word problem for linear bounded automata Word problem for quasi-realtime
List of PSPACE-complete problems
List_of_PSPACE-complete_problems
Device or computer program used for writing and editing documents
additional features. Early word processors were stand-alone devices dedicated to the function, but current word processors are primarily word processor programs
Word_processor
Semi-decision algorithm for transforming a set of equations
rewriting system. When the algorithm succeeds, it effectively solves the word problem for the specified algebra. Buchberger's algorithm for computing Gröbner
Knuth–Bendix completion algorithm
Knuth–Bendix_completion_algorithm
the free group can be written uniquely as a reduced word in S. Word problem (mathematics) Word problem for groups for example, fdr1 and r1fc in the group
Word_(group_theory)
Problem that can be possibly solved via mathematics
"5 − 3", even if one knows the mathematics required to solve the problem. Known as word problems, they are used in mathematics education to teach students to
Mathematical_problem
Replacing subterm in a formula with another term
transitive symmetric closure of → {\displaystyle \rightarrow } . The word problem for an ARS is determining, given x and y, whether x ↔ ∗ y {\displaystyle
Rewriting
Keyword spotting (or more simply, word spotting) is a problem that was historically first defined in the context of speech processing. In speech processing
Keyword_spotting
Sequence of words formed by specific rules
early example of an undecidable problem. Post would later use this paper as the basis for a 1947 proof "that the word problem for semigroups was recursively
Formal_language
Specification of a mathematical group by generators and relations
generators and the Cayley table for relations. The negative solution to the word problem for groups states that there is a finite presentation ⟨S | R⟩ for which
Presentation_of_a_group
Human writing practice
language processing. The problem is non-trivial, because while some written languages have explicit word boundary markers, such as the word spaces of written
Text_segmentation
Word used to describe a person who is 13 to 19 years old
that its members’ problems can safely be ignored." Hine wrote in the same article under The Teenage Mystique chapter that the word embodies extreme ambivalence
Teenager_(word)
Branch of mathematics
Babylonians were able to solve quadratic equations specified as word problems. This word problem stage is classified as rhetorical algebra and was the dominant
Abstract_algebra
Problems which attempt to find the most efficient way to pack objects into containers
Packing problems are a class of optimization problems in mathematics that involve attempting to pack objects together into containers. The goal is to
Packing_problems
Problem in historical fiction
The Tiffany problem or Tiffany effect refers to the issue where a historical or realistic fact seems anachronistic or unrealistic to modern audiences
Tiffany_problem
Branch of mathematics
classification of finitely presented groups. By the word problem for groups, which is equivalent to the halting problem, it is impossible to classify such groups
Differential_topology
Question about single-shape aperiodic tiling
Such a shape is called an einstein, a word play on ein Stein, German for "one stone". Several variants of the problem, depending on the particular definitions
Einstein_problem
number of algorithmically insoluble problems, most notably the word problem for groups; and the classical Burnside problem. See the book by Chandler and Magnus
Combinatorial_group_theory
Most important word or expression in a year
The word(s) of the year, sometimes capitalized as "Word(s) of the Year" and abbreviated "WOTY" (or "WotY"), refers to any of various assessments as to
Word_of_the_year
Norwegian mathematician (1863–1922)
He stated in 1914 the so-called word problem for semigroups or Thue problem, closely related to the halting problem. His only known PhD student was Thoralf
Axel_Thue
Mathematical conjecture
length, can never be synchronized. Given a DFA, the problem of determining if it has a synchronizing word can be solved in polynomial time using a theorem
Synchronizing_word
23 mathematical problems stated in 1900
Hilbert's problems are 23 problems in mathematics published by German mathematician David Hilbert in 1900. They were all unsolved at the time, and several
Hilbert's_problems
Study of computable functions and Turing degrees
in the 1950s that the word problem for groups is not effectively solvable: there is no effective procedure that, given a word in a finitely presented
Computability_theory
English word
The English word god comes from the Old English god, which itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic *gudą. Its cognates in other Germanic languages include
God_(word)
Word processor application
popularity in the early 1980s, these problems allowed WordPerfect to take WordStar's place as the most widely used word processor from 1985 on. Seymour I
WordStar
1991 video game
problem-solving mode, and presents a word problem randomly selected from a set of problems appropriate for the current difficulty setting. The word problems
Operation Neptune (video game)
Operation_Neptune_(video_game)
American mathematician (1957–2022)
groups. The second paper proved that a finitely presented group has the word problem solvable in non-deterministic polynomial time (NP) if and only if this
Mark_Sapir
Partially ordered set in which all subsets have both a supremum and infimum
itself is not a problem: as the case of free complete semilattices above shows, it can well be that the solution of the word problem leaves only a set
Complete_lattice
Soviet mathematician (1903–1979)
computer science. An important result that he proved in 1947 was that the word problem for semigroups was unsolvable; Emil Leon Post obtained the same result
Andrey_Markov_Jr.
River crossing puzzle
The wolf, goat, and cabbage problem is a river crossing puzzle. It dates back to at least the 9th century AD from a manuscript by Alcuin of York, and
Wolf, goat and cabbage problem
Wolf,_goat_and_cabbage_problem
Joyful exclamation at a striking discovery
refers to experience-based techniques for problem-solving, learning, and discovery. The accent of the English word is on the second syllable, following Latin
Eureka_(word)
that the recognition problem of word-representability is in NP. In 2014, Vincent Limouzy observed that it is an NP-complete problem to recognise whether
Word-representable_graph
Ethical problem in religion
The problem of Hell is an ethical problem in the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam, in which the existence of Hell or Jahannam for the punishment
Problem_of_Hell
Type of decision problem in computer science
first known PSPACE-complete problem was the word problem for deterministic context-sensitive grammars. In the word problem for context-sensitive grammars
PSPACE-complete
Logic puzzle
August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12. Mary Jane Sterling (2007), Math Word Problems for Dummies, For Dummies, p. 209, ISBN 978-0-470-14660-6, retrieved
Ages_of_Three_Children_puzzle
Area in mathematics devoted to the study of finitely generated groups
finitely presentable; being a finitely presentable group with solvable Word Problem; and others. Theorems which use quasi-isometry invariants to prove algebraic
Geometric_group_theory
Mathematical term in group theory
inductive arguments on the length of a word. The group G has solvable word problem and solvable conjugacy problem (consequence of the contraction property)
Grigorchuk_group
Problem or enigma that tests a person's ingenuity
logical problems. In such cases, their solution may be a significant contribution to mathematical research. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the word puzzle
Puzzle
Type of countable group in group theory
SQ-universal group all of whose non-trivial quotients have unsolvable word problem. In addition much stronger versions of the Higmann-Neumann-Neumann theorem
SQ-universal_group
Common word that search engines avoid indexing to save time and space
using the concept when introducing his Key Word in Context automatic indexing process. The phrase "stop word", which is not in Luhn's 1959 presentation
Stop_word
degree of the halting problem. 1947 - Andrey Markov Jr. and Emil Post independently prove the undecidability of the word problem for semigroups. 1948 -
Timeline of mathematical logic
Timeline_of_mathematical_logic
1987 aircraft hijacking and crash in California
that was mostly unintelligible on the recording but ended with the word "problem." The FBI's transcript notes that this may have been Burke's voice.
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
Pacific_Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1771
Computer science string term
been developed for the problem of "string matching with don't cares", in which the input is a long text and a shorter partial word and the goal is to find
Partial_word
Video game genre
of puzzles can test problem-solving skills, including logic, pattern recognition, sequence solving, spatial recognition, and word completion. Many puzzle
Puzzle_video_game
Words can be read horizontally and vertically
as follows: However, "word researchers have always regarded the tautonymic ten-square as an unsatisfactory solution to the problem." 80% solution In 1976
Word_square
Graph defined from a mathematical group
the problem of constructing the Cayley graph of a given presentation P {\displaystyle {\mathcal {P}}} is equivalent to solving the Word Problem for P
Cayley_graph
Computational problem in algebraic topology
recognition problem is undecidable for the d-dimensional sphere S d {\displaystyle S^{d}} for any d ≥ 5. The proof is by reduction from the word problem for groups
Simplicial complex recognition problem
Simplicial_complex_recognition_problem
Method in natural language processing
In natural language processing, a word embedding is a representation of a word. The embedding is used in text analysis. Typically, the representation is
Word_embedding
1970 studio album by Yes
Time and a Word is the second studio album by English rock band Yes, first released in the UK on 24 July 1970 and later in the US on 2 November 1970 by
Time_and_a_Word
Fifteen problems in mathematical physic
In mathematics, the Simon problems (or Simon's problems) are a series of fifteen questions posed in the year 2000 by Barry Simon, an American mathematical
Simon_problems
Estimate of time taken for running an algorithm
1774. Mayr, Ernst W.; Meyer, Albert R. (1982). "The complexity of the word problems for commutative semigroups and polynomial ideals". Advances in Mathematics
Time_complexity
List of unsolved computational problems
NP? NC = P problem NP = co-NP problem P = BPP problem P = PSPACE problem L = NL problem PH = PSPACE problem L = P problem L = RL problem Unique games
List of unsolved problems in computer science
List_of_unsolved_problems_in_computer_science
Group type in algebra
groups are used to study molecular knots The word problem for a finitely generated group is the decision problem of whether two words in the generators of
Finitely_generated_group
assumes that the word size matches the problem size, that is, for a problem of size n, w ≥ log n {\displaystyle w\geq \log n} , the word RAM model is a
Word_RAM
Basic framework of mathematics
showed that there exists a finitely presented group G such that the word problem for G is undecidable. 1963: Paul Cohen showed that the Continuum Hypothesis
Foundations_of_mathematics
Subfield of mathematical topology
structures on 3-manifolds whose fundamental group have a solution to the word problem. At present the JSJ decomposition has not been implemented algorithmically
Computational_topology
Canadian mathematician
presented 3-step solvable group with unsolvable word problem (solution of the Novikov–Adian problem) and for the solution together with A. Myasnikov
Olga_Kharlampovich
Person skilled in information technology
“hacking” often refers more broadly to rapid, inventive or unconventional problem-solving ("Life hack") rather than unauthorised access. Because these meanings
Hacker
American animated children's television series
synthetic phonics to solve a problem. Some episodes focus on concepts such as rhymes, compound words, and plural formation with -s. WordWorld is designed to teach
WordWorld
Spiritual gift in Christianity
In Christianity, the word of knowledge is a spiritual gift listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8. It has been associated with the ability to teach the faith or
Word_of_Knowledge
Type of mathematical expression
equations, which encode a wide range of problems, from elementary word problems to complicated scientific problems; they are used to define polynomial functions
Polynomial
Formal system for transcribing expressions into equivalent terms
name of the property. In an ARS with the Church–Rosser property the word problem may be reduced to the search for a common successor. In a Church–Rosser
Abstract_rewriting_system
Query of largest element in a set less than an element
can be stored with a word size of w, implying that U ≤ 2 w {\displaystyle U\leq 2^{w}} . Data structures that solve the problem support these operations:
Predecessor_problem
Manifold of dimension five
5-manifolds are impossible to classify, as this is harder than solving the word problem for groups. Simply connected compact 5-manifolds were first classified
5-manifold
English-language vulgarism
Jackson, who frequently utters the word in some films. His use of the word helped him overcome a lifelong stuttering problem. The Compleat Motherfucker: A
Motherfucker
British and American mathematician (1925–1991)
mathematician specializing in abstract algebra, finite geometry, and the word problem. Originally British, he worked for many years in the US. Evans was born
Trevor_Evans_(mathematician)
WORD PROBLEM
WORD PROBLEM
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of St. Ola, Orkney.English : from Old English (ge)weorc ‘work’, ‘fortification’, hence probably a topographic name or an occupational name for someone who worked on fortifications or at a fort.Danish : habitational name from a place so called.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Old English word ford, FORD means "ford, river crossing."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Gourd.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the vocabulary word lord, presumably for someone who behaved in a lordly manner, or perhaps one who had earned the title in some contest of skill or had played the part of the ‘Lord of Misrule’ in the Yuletide festivities. It may also have been an occupational name for a servant in the household of the lord of the manor, or possibly a status name for a landlord or the lord of the manor himself. The word itself derives from Old English hlÄford, earlier hlÄf-weard, literally ‘loaf-keeper’, since the lord or chief of a clan was responsible for providing food for his dependants.Irish : English name adopted as a translation of the main element of Gaelic Ó Tighearnaigh (see Tierney) and Mac Thighearnáin (see McKiernan).French : nickname from Old French l’ord ‘the dirty one’.Possibly an altered spelling of Laur.The French name is particularly associated with Acadia in Canada, around 1760.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a ford, Middle English, Old English ford, or a habitational name from one of the many places named with this word, such as Ford in Northumberland, Shropshire, and West Sussex, or Forde in Dorset.Irish : Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example Mac Giolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran).Jewish : Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.Translation of German Fürth (see Furth).
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : variant spelling of Vold (see Voll).English : topographic name for someone who lived on any of the areas of open upland known from Middle English times onwards as wolds (e.g. the Yorkshire Wolds or the Cotswolds). This term derives from Old English wald ‘forest’ (see Wald). After the extensive clearance of forests in England, from before the Norman Conquest onward, the Old English term wald came to denote open uplands (wolds) in Middle English in certain areas of England.
Male
English
Short form of English Gordon, GORD means "spacious fort."
Male
English
 English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English weard, WARD means "guard, watchman."Â
Boy/Male
Teutonic American English Irish
Guard.
Surname or Lastname
German (Wörl)
German (Wörl) : variant of Wehrle.English : perhaps a habitational name for someone from Worle in Somerset, which is most probably named with Old English wÅr ‘wood grouse’ + lÄ“ah ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’.
Female
Scandinavian
Short form of Scandinavian Tordis, TORD means "Thor's goddess" or "Thor's woman."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria) and Scottish
English (Northumbria) and Scottish : habitational name from East Ord in Northumberland, named with Old English ord ‘point’. Compare Ort 3.English : from a Germanic personal name (see Ort 2).Scottish : habitational name from various minor places named with Gaelic ord ‘hammer’, used as a topographical term for a rounded hill.
Surname or Lastname
German and Danish
German and Danish : variant of Wurm.English : nickname from Middle English wurm ‘serpent’, ‘dragon’ (Old English wyrm).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’ (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).Irish : reduced form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.Surname adopted by bearers of the Jewish surname Warshawski, Warshawsky or some other Jewish name bearing some similarity to the English name.Americanized form of French Guerin.The surname Ward was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), author of the MA legal code, was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Agawam (Ipswich, MA) in 1633. William Ward was one of the original settlers of Sudbury, MA, in about 1638. Miles Ward came from England to Salem, MA, in about 1639. Thomas Ward (d. 1689) settled in Newport, RI, in 1671; among his descendants were two governors of colonial RI.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Blossoms, Flowers
Boy/Male
American, British, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Swedish
Bold Adviser; Wise; Courageous Advice; Cord Maker; Wise Counsel; Honest Adviser; Surname
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood or a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter or forester, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu).English and Scottish : nickname for a mad, eccentric, or violent person, from Middle English wÅd ‘mad’, ‘frenzied’ (Old English wÄd), as in Adam le Wode, Worcestershire 1221.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Herd.Respelling of Swedish HÃ¥rd (see Hard 2).
Girl/Female
Shakespearean
The Merry Wives of Windsor' Mistress Ford.
WORD PROBLEM
WORD PROBLEM
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Teutonic
Son of William; Will-helmet
Girl/Female
Welsh
Brave.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sindhi, Tamil
Magnificent Poetess; Orator
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Change.
Boy/Male
Greek
Well born.
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Golden
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Dreams; Utopia
Boy/Male
Hindu
Pride, Peaceful
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Faithful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Woodleigh in Devon, Woodley in Berkshire, or some other place named with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + lēah ‘clearing’, ‘pasture’.
WORD PROBLEM
WORD PROBLEM
WORD PROBLEM
WORD PROBLEM
WORD PROBLEM
adv.
With close adherence to words; word by word.
v. t.
To flatter with words; to cajole.
superl.
Containing many words; full of words.
n.
A wood; a forest.
superl.
Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war.
v. t.
To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.
v. t.
To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.
v. t.
To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.
n.
See Wood worm, under Wood.
n.
A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
n.
Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.
v. t.
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
v. t.
To express in words; to phrase.
v. i.
To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
n.
Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
n.
One who cavils at words.
n.
The word or words governed.
v. i.
To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
superl.
Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker.
a.
Respecting words; full of words; wordy.