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widgeon
widget
Widnes
widow
widow-and-orphan stock
widow’s benefit
widow’s cross
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widow’s mite
widow’s peak
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widow’s weeds
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wife
wife [ wīf ] (plural wives [ wīvz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
1. man's spouse: the woman to whom a man is married
2. U.K. regional woman: a woman, especially a mature or married one ( archaic )

[ Old English wīf "woman, wife," origin ?]

wife·hood noun
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