entrance entering entry ingress incoming | the act of entering, she made a grand entrance |
Wild West Show Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
West Nile virus West Nile encephalitis virus | the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis |
West Highland white terrier | small white longoated terrier developed in Scotland |
anteroom antechamber entrance hall hall foyer lobby vestibule | a large entrance or reception room or area |
back door backdoor back entrance | an entrance at the rear of a building |
entrance entranceway entryway entry entree | something that provides access (to get in or get out), they waited at the entrance to the garden, beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral |
front door front entrance | exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building |
Mae West air jacket | an inflatable life jacket |
service door service entrance servant's entrance | an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse |
side door side entrance | an exterior door at one side of a building |
University of West Virginia | a university in Morgantown, West Virginia |
West Germanic West Germanic language | a branch of the Germanic languages |
West Midland | a dialect of Middle English |
Southwestern West Saxon | a dialect of Middle English |
West Saxon | a literary dialect of Old English |
Kuchean West Tocharian Kuchean dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
West Chadic | a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria, Hausa in the most important member |
West African | a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa |
entrance examination entrance exam | examination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies |
entrance entering | a movement into or inward |
acerola barbados cherry surinam cherry West Indian cherry | acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C |
west | a location in the western part of a country, region, or city |
Midwest middle west midwestern United States | the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) |
west side | the side that is on the west |
east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude |
West Occident | the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America |
West western United States | the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River |
Wild West | the western United States during its frontier period |
Namibia Republic of Namibia South West Africa | a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa), achieved independence from South Africa in , the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa |
West Indies the Indies | the string of islands between North America and South America, a popular resort area |
British West Indies | the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad |
French West Indies | the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France |
West Germany Federal Republic of Germany | a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea, established in from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat, reunified with East Germany in |
West Berlin | the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until |
West Bank | an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river, populated largely by Palestinians |
British West Africa | the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast |
West End | the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas |
West Sussex | a county in southern England on the English Channel |
West Yorkshire | a metropolitan county in northern England |
West Country | the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) |
West Bengal | a state in eastern India |
West Malaysia | the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula |
Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan West Pakistan | a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley, formerly part of India, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in |
West Coast | the western seaboard of the United States from Washington to southern California |
Key West | a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico |
West Palm Beach | a town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach, founded as a commercial center for Palm Beach |
Saint Louis St. Louis Gateway to the West | the largest city in Missouri, a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River, was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the th century |
West Point | United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City, site of United States Military Academy |
West Virginia Mountain State WV | a state in east central United States |