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Reference > The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy > Entry Index   PREVIOUS CONTENTS · INDEX · GUIDE · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.  2002.   Entry Index   “The Village Blacksmith” to zygote     “The Village Blacksmith” Villa, Pancho Villon, François viola violin VIP viral infection Virgil Virginia Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Virginia dynasty Virgin Islands virtual reality virulence virus virus virus vis-à-vis viscosity Vishnu vital signs vitamins Vivaldi, Antonio vivisection V-J Day vocal cords voice recognition technology volcano Volga River Volgograd volt Voltaire volume Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. voodoo Voting Rights Act of 1965 voucher vowels voyeurism Vulcan vulcanization Vulgate Bible vulva wages wage scale Wagner, Richard wake Walden Wales Walesa, Lech Walker, Alice walking on water walking papers walk-out Wallace, George Walls have ears Wall Street wampum wanderlust War and Peace war crimes Warhol, Andy war horse War is hell warm-blooded animals warm the cockles of one’s heart War of 1812 War on Poverty warp and woof warranty Warren, Earl Warsaw Warsaw Pact wash dirty linen (laundry) in public Washington Washington and the cherry tree Washington, Booker T. Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington, D.C. Washington, George Washington Mall Washington Monument WASP “The Waste Land” Waste not, want not A watched pot never boils watered stock Watergate Waterloo, Battle of Water Music water off a duck’s back water pollution watershed water table Water, water everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink Watson and Crick watt Watt, James Watts riots wave wavelength wave-particle duality Wayne, John Ways and Means Committee weak force weapons of mass destruction We are such stuff / As dreams are made on wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve weather weathering weather map weather satellite Web Web address Web browser Weber, Max Web page Web site Webster, Daniel Webster, Noah We have met the enemy, and they are ours We have met the enemy, and they are us weight Weimar Republic welfare welfare state welfare state Well begun is half done Welles, Orson Wellington, duke of Wells, H. G. Welty, Eudora werewolves “We Shall Overcome” Wesley, John West Bank westerly Western Europe West Germany West Indies West, Mae Westminster Abbey West Point West Virginia wet behind the ears wet blanket Wharton, Edith What’s good for the country is good for General Motors, and vice versa What’s good for the goose is good for the gander What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet What will be, will be When in Rome, do as the Romans do When it rains, it pours “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” When the cat’s away, the mice will play When the going gets tough, the tough get going “When the Saints Go Marching In” Where are the snows of yesteryear? Where there’s a will, there’s a way Where there’s smoke there’s fire Whig party While there’s life, there’s hope whip Whisky Rebellion Whistler, James Whistler’s Mother white blood cells “White Christmas” white-collar white dwarf white elephant White House white man’s burden White Mountains Whither thou goest, I will go Whitman, Walt Whitney, Eli whole numbers wholesale whole tone whooping cough wildcat strike Wilde, Oscar Wilder, Thornton Wilhelm II William and Mary William Pitt, the Elder Williams, Roger Williams, Tennessee William the Conqueror Wilson, Woodrow windfall wind instruments Wind in the Willows Windsor, duke of Winnie-the-Pooh Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing Winnipeg Win this one for the Gipper Winthrop, John wireless technology Wisconsin wisdom teeth Wise Men witchcraft withdrawal symptoms withholding tax Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful wolf in sheep’s clothing wolves in sheep’s clothing A woman’s work is never done Women’s Christian Temperance Union women’s movement Woods, Tiger Woodstock woodwinds Woolf, Virginia Wordsworth, William A word to the wise is sufficient work Work expands to fill the time available for its completion working class Workmen’s Compensation Works Progress Administration World Health Organization “The World Is Too Much with Us” World Series World Trade Center World War I World War II World Wide Web worth one’s salt Wounded Knee Wren, Christopher Wright brothers Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard write-in candidate Wuthering Heights WWW Wyeth, Andrew Wyoming xenophobia xenotransplantation x-ray x-ray xylem Yahoos Yalta agreement Yangtze River Yankee “Yankee Doodle” “Yankee Doodle Dandy” yarmulke Yeats, William Butler yellow journalism Yellow Peril Yellowstone National Park Yeltsin, Boris Yemen Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus yield yin and yang yoga Yom Kippur Yorktown, Battle of Yosemite National Park You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. You cannot serve God and mammon You can’t fit a round peg in a square hole You can’t go home again You can’t have your cake and eat it too You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear You can’t squeeze blood from a turnip You can’t take it with you You can’t teach an old dog new tricks You can’t unscramble an egg Young, Brigham Young Turk You’ve made your bed, now lie in it Yucatán Yucca Mountain Yugoslavia Yukon Territory Zaire Zambia Zapata, Emiliano Zeitgeist Zen Zeno’s paradox Zephyr zero population growth zero-sum game Zeus Zhou En-lai Zimbabwe Zionism Zion, Mount zodiac zodiac Zola, Émile zoning zoology Zurich zygote     The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 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