| ward in-Nil |
water hyacinth (Floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes of tropical America, having showy bluish-purple flowers and swollen leafstalks: family Pontederiaceae. It forms dense masses in rivers, ponds, etc., and is a serious pest in the southern U.S., Java, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Africa) |
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| welding |
welding (Joining two metals by applying heat to melt and fuse them, with or without filler metal) |
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| werqa |
leaf (The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants, usually consisting of a flat green blade attached to the stem directly or by a stalk) |
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| wied |
valley (Any low-lying land bordered by higher ground; especially an elongate, relatively large, gently sloping depression of the Earth's surface, commonly situated between two mountains or between ranges of hills or mountains, and often containing a stream with an outlet. It is usually developed by stream erosion, but may be formed by faulting) |
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| wirt bijoloġiku |
biological heritage (The inheritance and preservation of the earth's or a particular region's balanced, integrated functionality as a natural habitat, with special concern for the water resources necessary to maintain the ecosystem) |
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| wirt dinji |
world heritage site (Sites of great cultural significance and geographic areas of outstanding universal value. They include the Pyramids of Egypt, the Grand Canyon of United States, the Taj Mahal of India, the Great Wall of China, etc.) |
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| wirt kulturali |
cultural heritage (The inherited body of beliefs, customs, artistic activity and knowledge that has been transmitted by ancestors) |
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| wirt naturali |
natural heritage (Generally, the world's natural resources as handed down to the present generation, and specifically, the earth's outstanding physical, biological and geological formations, and habitats of threatened species of animals and plants and areas with scientific, conservation or aesthetic value) |
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| wirt tal-annimali |
animal heritage (The sum of the earth's or a particular region's non-human, non-vegetable, multicellular organisms viewed as the inheritance of the present generation, especially animal species deemed worthy of preservation and protection from extinction) |
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| wirt veġetali |
plant heritage (The sum of the earth's or a particular region's herb, vegetable, shrub and tree life viewed as the inheritance of the present generation, especially plant species deemed worthy of preservation and protection from extinction) |
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| Wiżża tal-Maskra Bajda |
white-fronted goose |
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| World Wide Web |
World Wide Web (A graphical, interactive, hypertext information system that is cross-platform and can be run locally or over the global Internet. The Web consists of Web servers offering pages of information to Web browsers who view and interact with the pages. Pages can contain formatted text, background colors, graphics, as well as audio and video clips. Simple links in a Web page can cause the browser to jump to a different part of the same page or to a page on a Web server halfway around the world. Web pages can be used to send mail, read news, and download files. A Web address is called a URL) |
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| write-off |
write-off (Accounting procedure that is used when an asset is uncollectible and is therefore charged-off as a loss) |
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| xaħam li jittiekel |
edible fat (An oil that can be eaten as a food or food accessory) |
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| xagħri |
moor (A tract of unenclosed waste ground, usually covered with heather, coarse grass, bracken, and moss) |
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| xarabank |
bus (A large, long-bodied motor vehicle equipped with seating for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service) |
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| xatba tas-sieqja |
sluice-gate (A valve or gate fitted to a sluice to control the rate of flow of water) |
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| xatt |
bank (The sloping side of any hollow in the ground, especially when bordering a river; land) |
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| xatt il-baħar |
seashore (The zone of unconsolidated material that extends landward from the low water-line to where there is marked change in material or physiographic form or to the line of permanent vegetation) |
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| xejra ekonomika |
economic trend (Changes of variables and parameters of an economic system, analysed in statistical calculations) |
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