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Wur
The Wur (also known as Wara), along with the Kakazai and Salarzai, are a division of the Tarkani Pashtun tribe. There are about 3,000 of them living principally in the Watelai valley in Bajaur. References "A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India" published by The Ge..
Wurdulac
A type of Russian vampire, also spelled "verdilak", that must consume the blood of its loved ones and convert its whole family. Alexei Tolstoy wrote most famously of one such family, and Mario Bava made a film of it starring Boris Karloff in his portmanteau film, Black Sabbath (1963). ..
Wurd Becomes Flesh (EP)
Wurd Becomes Flesh is a 3 track poetry EP by Otep that was available only during the Mouth of Madness Tour in 2005. Track Listing Adrenochrome DreamDaily ResurrectionWurd Becomes Flesh See also Otep ..
Wurfl
WURFL stands for Wireless Universal Resource File. It is part of a FOSS (which stands for Free and Open Source Software) community effort focused on the problem of presenting content on the wide variety of wireless devices. The WURFL itself is an XML configuration file which contains information..
Wurfrahmen 40
The Wurfrahmen 40 (literally throwing frame 40) was a German World War II artillery unit. It combined the SdKfz 251 halftrack with rocket artillery to form a more mobile, hardened artillery piece than the Nebelwerfer. It was nicknamed Stuka zu Fuss (Stuka on Foot) and "Bellowing Cow" ([link ..
Wuri's Family
Uri's Family (aka My Home) was a popular Korean household drama, broadcast by MBC in 2002. Contents 1 Storyline2 Cast3 See also4 External links Storyline The story had different issues to deal with throughout its run, but the main issue that resurfaced repeatedly throughou..
Wurih
Wurih (烏日) is a rural township in southern Taichung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Both of the two north-south freeways (No.1 and No.3) passes Wurih. Area: 43.40 km²Population: 65,413 people (2003) ..
Wuriupranili
In Australian aboriginal mythology, Wuriupranili is a solar goddess who carries a torch that is the sun. At the ocean to the West, she douses the torch in water and uses the glowing embers to find her way beneath the Earth back to the East again. The colours of dawn and dusk come from the ochre bo..
Wurlitzer
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of Stringed instruments, Woodwind, Brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs (orchestrions) and jukeboxes. Over time Wurlitzer changed to producing only its organs and jukeboxes,..
Wurlitzer electric piano
The Wurlitzer electric piano was one of a series of electromechanical stringless pianos manufactured and marketed by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Corinth, Mississippi, USA. The Wurlitzer company actually called the instrument (inaccurately in retrospect) the "Electronic Piano", but musicians usual..
Wurly
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Wurm
See also Wurm (disambiguation). River Wurm Wurm (German, in Dutch: Worm) is a river in Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia). The source of the Wurm are several brooks in the forests southwest of Aachen, which form the Wurm after the Diepenbenden reservoir. From there the Wurm nowadays flows thro..
Wurmberg Aerial Tramway
The Wurmberg Aerial Tramway is 1953 in enterprise taken 2.8 kilometers long wire ropeway, which leads from Braunlage on the 971 meters high Wurmberg. The wire ropeway implemented as passenger ropeway with small cars is considered as the longest wire ropeway in Northern Germany and overcomes an ele..
Wurmbrand-Stuppach
Wurmbrand-Stuppach is an old noble family of Austria, and the name of the County they ruled. During the 17th and 18th Centuries, the Counts of Wurmbrand-Stuppach gained notability in wars against the Turks in the Balkans, and Prince Eugene gained fame fighting against the French in the Netherlands. ..
Wurmple
Wurmple, (ケムッソ Kemusso in Japanese, Waumpel in German and Chenipotte in French) is a fictional species from the Pokémon franchise. It was one of the Pokémon which were first introduced in the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire video games. Wurmple is a combination of the words worm, and rumple..
Wurmsbach Abbey
Wurmsbach Abbey (Kloster Mariazell-Wurmsbach) is a Cistercian nunnery located in Bollingen near Rapperswil, in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is located on the north shore of Lake Zurich. The house is now part of the Order of the Cistercians of the Primitive Congregation (OCist). Conten..
Wurm (disambiguation)
Wurm can refer to several things. Wurm, a river in GermanyWurm, another name used for a dragon, common in fantasy fiction, from the Old English wordWurm MUD, a multi-user dungeon computer game.Wurm Online, a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game1785 Wurm, an asteroid named after the 20th c..
Wurm MUD
Wurm Mud [ftp resource] is a muli user dungeon ( MUD ) written by Joseph Murphy of Toosquare Magazine. It was one of the first MUD's to incorporate a realistic feel to the game, so much so that many players deemed it impossible to play. It was forked from ROM mud and is a derivative of D..
Wurm Online
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Wurm Online is a community-centric fantasy MMOFS developed in Java and OpenGL. Contents 1 Gameplay2&n..
WURP
WURP (1550 The Edge) is a talk radio station serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. The station, which is owned by IcBc Holdings, broadcasts on 1550 kHz with a power of 1,000 watts daytime (4 watts at night), and is licensed to Braddock, Pennsylvania. The station features "hot talk" hosts..
Wurrukatte
The national god of the Hittites. Wurrukatte was a war god worshipped in Anatolia by Hattic and Luwian tribes. He was later amalgamated with the Akkadian god Zababa. Sources [Encyclopedia Mythica] ..
Wurrunna
In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Wurrunna is a culture hero. ..
Wurruri
In the Aboriginal mythology of the Encounter Bay tribe, in Australia, Wurruri is an old woman who appears in the myth of how the different languages came about. The story appeared in "The Manners and Customs of the Aborigines of the Encounter Bay Tribe" by Rev A. Meyer. External links [The ..
Wurstelprater
Wurstelprater viewed from the Riesenrad The Wurstelprater is an amusement park and section of the Wiener Prater (a park) in the second district of Vienna, Leopoldstadt. The best-known attraction is the Riesenrad, a ferris wheel. The park also features various rides, bumper cars, carousels, an..
Wurtland, Kentucky
Wurtland is a city in Greenup County, Kentucky, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,049 at the 2000 census. Wurtland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649. The northern terminus of the I..
Wurtsboro, New York
Wurtsboro is a village in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 1,234 at the 2000 census. The Village of Wurtboro is located in the Town of Mamataking on US Route 209. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Interesting facts5 External links..
Wurtzite
Wurtzite structure Wurtzite is a less frequently encountered mineral form of zinc sulfide. The crystal structure is a member of the hexagonal crystal system and consists of tetrahedrally coordinated zinc and sulfur atoms that are stacked in an ABABAB pattern. The structure is closely related..
Wurtz reaction
The Wurtz reaction, named after Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, is a coupling reaction in organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry and recently inorganic main group polymers where by two alkyl halides are reacted with sodium to form a new carbon-carbon bond: 2 R-X + Na → R-R + 2 Na+X- This reactio..
Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl (Grid reference ) is a 0.2 hectare (0.5 acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1987. This site consists of the two largest subsidence depressions in the Mendips, formed by the underlying limestones having been d..
Wurugag and Waramurungundi
In Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Gunwinggu), Wurugag and Waramurungundi are the first man and woman, respectively. Waramurungundi gave birth to all living things and taught language to the people of Australia. ..
Wurundjeri
The Wurundjeri are Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation, who occupied the Yarra River Valley and its tributaries in what is now Melbourne, Australia prior to European settlement of the area. They take their name from 'wurun' or 'Manna Gum' (Eucalyptus viminalis) which is common along the Yarra..
Wurz
Wurzbach: Varinats are: Würth, Würtzburg, Würzburger, Würzer, Wurzburger, Wurzelbauer, etc. Contents 1 Place names2 Supposed forms3 Wurz3.1 Würz4 Wurzel5 Wurzbach5.1 Place names5.2 People5.3 Würzbach6 Wurzbauer7 Wurzberg8 Wurzbur..
Wurzel
Michael Burston (born October 23, 1949), commonly known by the stage name Würzel, is an English musician. Formerly a guitarist in the heavy metal band Motörhead, Würzel is currently a figure in British ambient music. Burston was born in Cheltenham, England. Before joining Motörhead in 1984, Bu..
Wurzel-Flummery
Wurzel-Flummery is a play by A. A. Milne, which was performed for the first time in 1917, in London. It was the first play Milne wrote. He originally wrote it in three acts, but when he got a good offer for a production if he cut it down to a two-act play, he rewrote it. By removing another charac..
Wurzelbauer (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Wurzen
Wurzen is a town in the Muldentalkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the Mulde, 25 km east of Leipzig. It has a cathedral dating from the 12th century, a castle, at one time a residence of the bishops of Meissen and later utilized as law courts. References ..
Wu (region)
Wu (吳) is a region in the Jiang Nan area (the south of Yangtze River), surrounding Suzhou, in Jiangsu province of China. It is also the abbreviation of several kingdoms or states based in Wu. The largest city in the Wu region today is Shanghai. Most of the region speaks the Wu dialect. The first..
W Ursae Majoris
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W Ursae Majoris variable
A W Ursae Majoris variable is a type of variable star. These stars are close binary stars, whose surfaces are in contact with one another. They are termed common envelope binaries because they essentially share material in their outer layers. The class is divided into two subclasses: A-type and W-..
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