Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation weather permitting
- abbreviation white phosphorus
- abbreviation word processing
- abbreviation word processor
from The Century Dictionary.
- A contraction of worship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism newspaper Washington Post
- initialism Wiktionary and WMF jargon
Wikipedia - initialism software WordPerfect
- initialism military
white phosphorus .
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– Not everything in WP is self-explanatory, but if you need anything just ask. on 09 Aug 2006 at 10: 08 pm Therese Walsh
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Holy Cow! News, News and a Contest! 2006
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The Phosphorus in WP is pure phosphorus that when exposed to air reacts with oxygen, and goes thru some chemical reactions ending with polyphosphoric acid, which is hydroscopic.
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You can argue back and forth about whether WP is a chemical weapon, what you have to understand is the science behind it and not draw one-to-one conclusions just because of the word phosphorus.
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It appears WP is having some sort of fit at present.
Think Progress » Utah state senator wants to create holiday honoring ‘gun pioneer’ on MLK Day. 2010
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I guess I need to go back through and find out how to display the built-in WP version of tags, or something. * grumble*
just stuff 2008
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I mean, an op-ed in the WP is not the same thing as a comment in a blog!
Balkinization 2007
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I mean, an op-ed in the WP is not the same thing as a comment in a blog!
Balkinization 2007
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The most fascinating portion of the WP article reveals that the GOP provided multiple US attorneys with evidence, not mere complaints, of Dem voter fraud which the WP is reporting was completely ignored or actively obstructed:
Balkinization 2007
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I mean, an op-ed in the WP is not the same thing as a comment in a blog!
Balkinization 2007
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The most fascinating portion of the WP article reveals that the GOP provided multiple US attorneys with evidence, not mere complaints, of Dem voter fraud which the WP is reporting was completely ignored or actively obstructed:
Balkinization 2007
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