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WRIS may refer to: WRIS-FM, a radio station (106.7 FM) licensed to Mount Horeb, Wisconsin WRTZ, a radio station (1410 AM) licensed to Roanoke, Virginia
WRIS
Topics referred to by the same term
WRI is an initialism for: Worldtech Resources Institute, a business college in Camarines Sur province, Philippines Weingarten Realty Investors, an American
WRI
"Tungabhadra Dam". India-WRIS. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016. "Krishnarajasagar Dam". India-WRIS. Retrieved 27 July 2016
List of dams and reservoirs in India
List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_India
Non-profit organization
The World Resources Institute (frequently just WRI) is a global non-profit research organization established in 1982 with funding from the MacArthur Foundation
World_Resources_Institute
Radio station in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States
as "The Resistance 106.7." WRIS-FM broadcasts from a tower near Barneveld, Wisconsin, about 25 miles west of Madison. WRIS-FM's history dates back to
WRIS-FM
Basic word processor formerly included with Microsoft Windows
from this program. Early versions of Write only work with Write Document (.wri) files, which are a subset of the Rich Text Format (RTF). After Windows 3
Microsoft_Write
U.S. nonprofit organization
National Novel Writing Month, often shortened to NaNoWriMo (/ˌnænoʊˈraɪmoʊ/ NAN-oh-RY-moh), is an annual creative writing challenge that takes place in
National_Novel_Writing_Month
27 July 2016. "Vani Vilasa Sagara Dam". India-WRIS/. Retrieved 21 October 2016. "Bhadra Dam". India-WRIS. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016
List of dams and reservoirs in Karnataka
List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Karnataka
Dam
http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kakkad_Hydroelectric_Project_JH01238 https://web.archive.org/web/20180419021140/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov
Kakkad_Hydro_Electric_Project
Online mathematics reference work
public. In 1999 Weisstein went to work for Wolfram Research, Inc. (WRI), and WRI renamed the Math Treasure Trove to MathWorld and hosted it on the company's
MathWorld
as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides
National_Poetry_Writing_Month
Software information file
A README file contains descriptive information about the content of a directory in which the file is located. The scope of the information generally includes
README
Basic word processor formerly included with Microsoft Windows
later versions of Windows and its service packs reduced support for opening .WRI. Windows 10 and later versions support voice typing. Windows XP Tablet PC
WordPad
Country in Southeast Europe
November 1998, retrieved 6 July 2016 "Albania to end conscription by 2010". wri-irg.org. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved
Albania
River in India
Dam D06235". India-WRIS. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018. "Aji II Dam D02457". India-WRIS. Archived from the
Aji_River_(Gujarat)
Nearly extinct dialect cluster of Western Australia
Warriyangga Dhiin Jiwarli Language codes ISO 639-3 Variously: dhr – Dhargari wri – Warriyangga iin – Thiin dze – Djiwarli Glottolog mant1266 AIATSIS W21 Tharrkari
Mantharta_language
Academic Writing Month (also known as "AcWriMo") is an annual internet-based writing event in which participants challenge themselves to meet a self-set
Academic_Writing_Month
River in Maharashtra, India
D03211". India-wris.nrsc.goc.in. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2016. "Khadakpurna Dam D03024". India-wris.nrsc.goc.in
Purna River (tributary of Godavari)
Purna_River_(tributary_of_Godavari)
Lake in Maharashtra, India
Hydroelectric Project Koyna Dam Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary "Koyna D05104 -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 30
Shivsagar_Lake
Dam in km from Bhawanipatna, Odisha, India
Project JI02388". India WRIS. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016. "Indrawati Dam D01012". India WRIS. Retrieved 11 February
Indravati_Dam
International anti-war organisation
War Resisters' International (WRI) is an international anti-war organisation headquartered in London, with members and affiliates in over 40 countries
War_Resisters'_International
Dam in India
reservoir about 10 kilometres from Chittorgarh "Gosunda Dam D00250 -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26
Gosunda_Dam
British businesswoman and environmentalist
environmentalist. She is the Senior fellow and Director of Food Loss and Waste for WRI (World Resources Institute)[1]. She was previously the CEO of the waste reduction
Liz_Goodwin
Country in Southern Africa
Conservancies Archived 13 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. UNEP, UNDP, WRI, and World Bank. 2005. Simmons, R. E.; Griffin, M.; Griffin, R. E.; et al
Namibia
Dam
Minister of Tamil Nadu Palaniswami. "Kalingarayan Anicut A00214". India-WRIS. Retrieved 23 December 2016. "Kalingarayan Canal is 725 years old". The Hindu
Kalingarayan_Anicut
Country in East Asia
"Country report and updates: Korea, South – War Resisters' International". www.wri-irg.org. June 15, 2023. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022
South_Korea
Valley in Manipur, India
Shodhganga Government of India, Water Resource Information System (WRIS) (Aug 2021). "Manipur WRIS". Indiawris. Retrieved 5 Oct 2023. (Singh, 1982) "Manipur ::
Imphal_Valley
Dam in North Karnataka, India
The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 February 2020. "wrpinfo". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved
Almatti_Dam
Human-caused changes to climate on Earth
"Indicators of Forest Extent / Forest Loss /". World Resources Institute (WRI). Archived from the original on 30 April 2026. Chart in section titled "Annual
Climate_change
2011 fantasy novel by Erin Morgenstern
written for the annual writing competition National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) over the span of three competitions. The novel has a nonlinear narrative
The_Night_Circus
Dam
Completion- 1959 Purpose of Dam- Irrigation of agricultural land http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Morel_Bund/_Bundh_JI01573[permanent dead
Morel_dam
American writer
and the former executive director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Grant Faulkner was born and raised in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He earned a B
Grant_Faulkner
constituent L Brands spun off Victoria's Secret. August 4, 2021 GME GameStop WRI Weingarten Realty S&P 500 constituent Kimco Realty acquired Weingarten Realty
List_of_S&P_400_companies
River and ultimately ends up joining the Godavari River. "Pranhita Basin". WRIS. Retrieved 2 September 2016. 20°18′02″N 78°47′56″E / 20.3005°N 78.7988°E
Wena_river
British social reformer and pacifist (1883–1968)
and a member of the International Council of War Resisters' International (WRI). Lester was born at Gainsborough Lodge in Leytonstone on 9 December 1883
Muriel_Lester
Dam in Tamil Nadu, India
original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2011. "Grand Anicut A00677". WRIS, India. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 7 November
Kallanai_Dam
1936–1939 civil war in Spain
Crime Against Humanity: The Story of War Resisters' International, London, WRI, 2005. Also see Hunter, Allan, White Corpsucles in Europe, Chicago, Willett
Spanish_Civil_War
Dam across the Yamuna River in India
sanctuary Sahibi River Sultanpur National Park "New Okhla Barrage B00374". India-WRIS. Retrieved 28 December 2018. "Yamuna in Okhla was best fishing ground". The
New_Okhla_Barrage
Initiative for global standardisation of greenhouse gas reporting
lambdastore.net/. GHG Protocol, WRI, WBCSD. Retrieved 12 July 2023. "Terms of Use". ghgprotocol.org. GHG Protocol, WRI, WBCSD. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
GHG Protocol Corporate Standard
GHG_Protocol_Corporate_Standard
Country in East Africa
20 January 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2015. World Resources Institute (WRI) (2006). "Agriculture and Food: Country profile – Rwanda". EarthTrends: The
Rwanda
River in Andhra Pradesh, India
industries were set up around this reservoir. "Krishna River -". www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Retrieved 6 November 2018. "Wyra Lake | Khammam District". khammam
Wyra_River
British pacifist and Chair of ''War Resisters International'' (2006 – 2013)
Resisters' International (WRI) from 2006 until his sudden death from a heart attack. As well as having played an important role in the WRI from the 1980s, he
Howard_Clark_(pacifist)
Dam in Uttar Pradesh, India
December 2018. "Matatila Dam". India-WRIS. Retrieved 27 December 2018. "Matatila Power House PH00273". India-WRIS. Archived from the original on 27 December
Matatila_Dam
River in India
names: authors list (link) "Penna river basin status report, 2014" (PDF). WRIS, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 13 June
Penna_River
Climate Action Plan by the Maharashtra Government for Mumbai
Municipal Corporation (MCGM) in assistance with World Resources Institute (WRI), a knowledge partner. This plan will serve as a 30-year roadmap and systematic
Mumbai_Climate_Action_Plan
Dam
structure spans 2003 meters and is 11.8 m high. "Dhuti Weir W00077". India-WRIS. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018
Dhuty_Dam
Fictional character
1914) Dir/Wri: Maurice Tourneur. Cast: Maurice de Féraudy, Charles Kraus, Fernande Petit, Henry Roussel. Monsieur Lecoq (US, B&W, 1915) Dir/Wri: Maurice
Monsieur_Lecoq
Conversion of forest to non-forest for human use
"Indicators of Forest Extent / Forest Loss /". World Resources Institute (WRI). Archived from the original on 30 April 2026. Chart in section titled "Annual
Deforestation
River in India
Retrieved 2016-11-24. "Lower Terna Major Irrigation Project JI00479 -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-11-24. 18°03′47″N 76°57′04″E / 18.0631°N 76
Terna_River
Process of population movement to cities
Watch. 21 (5): 34–39. "About Eutrophication | World Resources Institute". wri.org. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved
Urbanization
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
the World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities in Washington, D.C., focusing on climate
Ahmad_Iqbal_Chaudhary
Canadian musical duo
NaNoWriMo, and Errol pens the NaNoToons, the webcomic for NaNoWriMo.[citation needed] In 2012, Debs & Errol did a Project for Awesome video for NaNoWriMo
Debs_and_Errol
Dam on the Manipur River in India
estimated expenditure of ₹115 crore (US$12 million). "LOKTAK HE Project". India-WRIS. Retrieved 30 December 2018.[permanent dead link] H Tombi, Singh (7 October
Ithai_Barrage
American novelist and essayist
Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2018-01-18. "WRI An Interview with Nonfiction Professor Leslie Jamison | Columbia - School
Leslie_Jamison
Israeli antimilitarist and feminist organisation
New Profile is an associated organization of War Resisters' International (WRI). It was established in 1998, primarily by female activists, including Rela
New_Profile
Indian entrepreneur
Development. He is on the board of directors at World Resources Institute India (WRI India), and serves as the chairman of the board of directors for the Council
Jamshyd_Godrej
Dam in Madhya Pradesh, India
"Indira Sagar /Narmada Sagar Project Major Irrigation Project JI00836". India-WRIS. Indira Sagar Power Station at NHPC India Indira Sagar Dam News related to
Indirasagar_Dam
Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Valley". www.jktdc.co.in. Retrieved 12 February 2019. "Chenab -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Retrieved 20 February 2019. "Geology of part of Warwan Valley
Warwan_Valley
American businessman and sports team owner (born 1940)
and USA Track & Field. In 2020, he committed $63.5 million to support the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, bringing his total contribution to the
Stephen_M._Ross
Rabindranath Tagore. He worked internationally with War Resisters' International (WRI) for several decades, serving in its London office as general secretary from
Devi_Prasad_(artist)
Major river in the United States
Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2012. UA-WRI Research Station, Historical Archeology. "Ghost Boats of the Mississippi"
Mississippi_River
River in Gujarat, India
capacity of 49,000,000 cubic metres (40,000 acre⋅ft). "Bhadar River". India-WRIS Wiki. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016
Bhadar_River
Public transportation system
Planning Guide (PDF). ITDP. p. 22. Retrieved 14 August 2025. EMBARQ – The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport (November 2016). "Global BRT Data — Worldwide
Bus_rapid_transit
Gravity dam across the Kali Sindh River in Rajasthan, India
after Matrikundiya Dam which has 52 gates. "Kalisindh Dam D00521 -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 15
Kalisindh_Dam
Process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species
and in areas of high human population density has already been destroyed (WRI, 2003). Islands suffering extreme habitat destruction include New Zealand
Habitat_destruction
Dam
farmers to harvest their crops, and is also used when nearby towns are running out of water. "Mazam Dam". India-WRIS. Retrieved 27 December 2018. v t e
Mazum_reservoir
Novel by Sara Gruen
Gregg Edelman as Mr. Jankowski, and Paul Alexander Nolan as August. "NaNoWriMo Media Kit". Nanowrimo.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010
Water_for_Elephants
Fantasy literature series by Marissa Meyer
Grant, Lindsey (May 18, 2012). ""I Sold My NaNoWriMo Novel!" A Q&A with Marissa Meyer". The NaNoWriMo Blog. Retrieved December 28, 2020. Lefferts, Daniel
The_Lunar_Chronicles
rivers, Northwest Greater India Irrigation in India India–Pakistan relations "WRIS geo-visualization map". Retrieved 17 January 2017. "Water Resources Rivers
Rivers_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir
Authoring and animation program
2025-07-04. "Tech Throwback: Flash Websites, The Rise and Fall of a Web Giant". WRIS Web Services. 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2025-07-04. Armstrong, Jay (2005). Macromedia
Macromedia_Flash_8
Island country in the central Pacific
14 May 2010. "Public Health: Physicians per 100,000 people". Earthtrends.wri.org. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2010. Meetai
Kiribati
River in Asia
Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017. "WRIS geo-visualization map". Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved
Sutlej
Czech humanist, pacifist, pedagogue, social worker (1895-1976)
Photo 7 Council 1938, WRI
Přemysl_Pitter
Dam in Tamil Nadu, India
2 August 2016. "Krishnagiri Medium Irrigation Project JI02566 -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 2
Krishnagiri_Dam
Dam in Gujarat, India
across the Madhumati River forms the Dholi Reservoir in Jhagadia city, Gujarat state, India. "Dholi Dam". India-WRIS. Retrieved 27 December 2018. v t e
Dholi_Dam
River in southwest China and northern Vietnam
(2013). South China Sea. Retrieved from Encyclopedia of Earth earthtrends.wri.org, Water Resources eAtlas, Hong (Red River) Bank erosion in Mekong Delta
Red_River_(Asia)
Dam in India
till today i.e. 17 March 2021 and may never be. "Khuga Dam D01434". Indi-WRIS. Retrieved 30 December 2018.[permanent dead link] "Khuga completion still
Khuga_Dam
British pacifist (1921–1987)
organisation, between 1965 and 1972, and chair of the War Resisters International (WRI) between 1975 and 1986. Solomon was born in Kensington, London, the third
Myrtle_Solomon
groups are recognized, with the exception of groups such as the Sámi. A WRI report mentions that "tenure-secure" Indigenous lands generates billions
Indigenous_peoples
Dam in Rajasthan, India
Retrieved 30 May 2018. "Parwan Lift Irrigation Project JI01598". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2018.[permanent dead link]
Parban_Dam_Project
Windber Research Institute (WRI), now known as the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber, is a private, non-profit biomedical research
Windber_Research_Institute
Japanese actor and model (born 1997)
Amagami 2023 Our Secret Diary Haruhito Yoneda 2025 Love Song from Hiroshima Mocchi Lead role Who Cares?: The Movie Sato 2026 Burn Makoto Tsurukawa, AKA Wris
Ryōsuke_Sota
Writer of novels
(December 1, 2010). "The Office of Letters and Light Blog – The Great NaNoWriMo Stats Party". Blog.lettersandlight.org. Retrieved November 29, 2011. "Doing
Novelist
Large rainforest in South America
11, 2021. ● 2021 data: "Forest Pulse: The Latest on the World's Forests". WRI.org. World Resources Institute. June 2023. Archived from the original on
Amazon_rainforest
Model to describe distributed systems
within a WRI-WF-net with a subnet which is a WRI-WF-net. The result is also WRI-WF-net. WRI-WF-nets are G-sound, therefore by using only WRI-WF-net building
Petri_net
Dam in Palakkad District, Kerala
in India Kuttippuram bridge "Malampuzha Dam, Brief about project". India-WRIS, National Remote Sensing Centre. "National Register of Large Dams | Central
Malampuzha_Dam
State in central India
Retrieved 29 December 2019. "Major Rivers Flowing in Chhattisgarh -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October
Chhattisgarh
American film director and producer (born 1936)
Year Title Dir. Pro. Wri. Notes 1968 Single Room Furnished Yes Yes Credited as Matteo Ottaviano 1969 Man & Wife: An Educational Film for Married Adults
Matt_Cimber
Military base in New Jersey, United States
Support Activity Lakehurst Airfield information Identifiers IATA: WRI, ICAO: KWRI, FAA LID: WRI, WMO: 724096 Elevation 42.9 metres (141 ft) AMSL Runways Direction
Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst
Joint_Base_McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst
State in western India
August 2014. "Electricity Governance Initiative" (PDF). electricitygovernance.wri.org/. Government of Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September
Maharashtra
Godavari river. "Mahi Basin". India-WRIS. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. "Tapi Basin". India-WRIS. Archived from the original on 17 January
List of rivers of Madhya Pradesh
List_of_rivers_of_Madhya_Pradesh
Village in Essex, England
escape every day life". Essex Live. 20 July 2024. "World War II bombing decoy WRI Spinnels Farm List Entry Number: 1019883". Historic England. Retrieved 14
Wrabness
List page
Markets". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 15 July 2022. "Shashishekhar Pandit | WRI INDIA". WRI India. Retrieved 15 July 2022. Sathe-Patwardhan, Radhika (2019). "The
List_of_people_from_Pune
Outcrop of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of stony coral skeletons
improve the management of coastal coral reefs, the World Resources Institute (WRI) developed and published tools to calculate the value of coral reef-related
Coral_reef
Sri Lankan-born environmental lawyer
Institute (WRI) in Washington DC. Later he was appointed as the Director of the Environmental Democracy Practice at WRI. During his tenure at WRI, he worked
Lalanath_de_Silva
Forest monitoring web application
in near real-time. GFW is an initiative of the World Resources Institute (WRI), with partners including Google, USAID, the University of Maryland (UMD)
Global_Forest_Watch
Dam in Maharashtra, India
commission, Govt of India "Chaskaman Major Irrigation Project JI00469 -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16
Chaskaman_Dam
2015 international treaty regarding climate change
Joe (18 December 2015). "What Does the Paris Agreement do for Finance?". WRI. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017. "COP21
Paris_Agreement
2022. retrieved from https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/WRI-HRC50.pdf Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine "The men going
National_service_in_Singapore
India's largest inland salt lake
"River basins with Major and medium dams & barrages location map in India, WRIS". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2014. "Sambhar
Sambhar_Salt_Lake
WRIS
WRIS
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, probably from Long Riston in East Yorkshire, named from Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + tūn ‘farmstead’.
Boy/Male
French, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Wrist
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Greek, Hindu, Indian, Irish, Sanskrit, Swedish
Most Beautiful; Modern Variant of Callie; Lark; From the Forest; Ornament of the Wrist; Lovely; Black
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
A Measure of Length which is from the Wrist to the Tip of the Fingers
WRIS
WRIS
Boy/Male
French
Born during Advent.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Increase the world
Girl/Female
Tamil
Life, Born
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Telugu, Traditional
The Full Moon
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Jacquelyn, JAQUELYN means "supplanter."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Victorious
Girl/Female
Latin
Young.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Irish McSally (an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Salaigh), which MacLysaght describes as an earlier form of Solly. Compare Salley.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Excess, Surplus
Girl/Female
Indian
Precious
WRIS
WRIS
WRIS
WRIS
WRIS
n.
A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
n.
A covering for the wrist.
n.
Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.
n.
A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
n.
The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, which covers the wrist.
n.
An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
n.
The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
n.
A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.
n.
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
n.
A small muff worn over the wrist.
a.
To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
n.
In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
n.
The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.
n.
The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
n.
The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.
n.
A cover for the wrist and forearm.
n.
The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
n.
A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.
n.
A stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin.
n.
An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.