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Westwood Studios
Westwood Studios, formerly Westwood Associates, was a Las Vegas video game developer founded in 1985 by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle, best known for Dune II and Command & Conquer.
Westwood, Los Angeles
Westwood is a Westside Los Angeles neighborhood containing UCLA and Westwood Village, the 1929 Janss Investment Company shopping district. Landmarks include the Hammer Museum, Geffen Playhouse, and Regency Village Theatre.
Westworld
Westworld: HBO science-fiction drama series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, based on Michael Crichton's 1973 film about an android theme park; ran 2016-2022, four seasons, 54 Emmy nominations, 9 wins, cancelled November 2022.
Westworld (film)
Westworld (1973) is Michael Crichton's MGM science fiction Western about a robot theme park, starring Yul Brynner as the Gunslinger; the first feature film to use computer-processed imagery.
Westworld (TV series)
Westworld is an American HBO science fiction series developed by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, adapted from Michael Crichton's 1973 film and running four seasons from 2016 to 2022.
Wet air oxidation
Wet air oxidation (WAO) is a wastewater treatment process that oxidizes dissolved or suspended organic contaminants in the liquid phase at elevated temperature and pressure using air, suited to wastes too toxic for biological treatment.
Wet and messy fetishism
Wet and messy fetishism (WAM, sploshing) is a sexual fetish for slimy or messy substances like food, mud, or gunge applied to body or clothing, excluding body fluids; named partly after the 1989 British magazine Splosh!.
Wet beriberi
Wet beriberi (湿性脚気, ICD-11 5B5A.01) is the cardiovascular form of beriberi caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, presenting as high-output heart failure with vasodilation and edema; Shoshin beriberi is its fulminant cardiogenic-shock form, and thiamine 100–300 mg daily is treatment.
Wet bottom boiler
A wet bottom boiler, also called a slag tap furnace, is a coal-fired furnace that removes ash as molten slag rather than dry ash, mainly for low-ash-fusion coals.
Wet chemical analysis
Wet chemical analysis is a class of analytical chemistry methods in which substances are dissolved, reacted, or separated in liquid solution to identify or quantify their composition.
Wet clutch
A wet clutch is a friction clutch that runs immersed in oil, which cools the friction surfaces and damps engagement, making it the standard clutch on most motorcycles.
Wet digestion
Wet digestion is an analytical chemistry sample preparation method that decomposes samples with hot acids, producing a clear solution for elemental analysis by ICP-MS or AAS.
Wet Dreams (몽정기)
Wet Dreams (몽정기, Mongjunggi) is a 2002 South Korean teen sex comedy directed by Jung Cho-shin, starring Lee Beom-su and Kim Seon-ah, set in 1988, with 2.5 million admissions and a 2005 sequel.
Wet etching
Wet etching is a microfabrication technique that removes material from a substrate, typically a semiconductor wafer, by immersing it in liquid chemical etchants under a protective mask.
Wet feet, dry feet policy
Wet feet, dry feet policy: 1995-2017 U.S.-Cuba migration rule under which Cubans intercepted at sea were returned to Cuba while those reaching U.S. soil could stay and apply for permanent residency after one year under the Cuban Adjustment Act; ended by Obama January 12, 2017.
Wet grinding
Wet grinding is a machining process in which a rotating abrasive wheel removes material from a workpiece while coolant limits heat, flushes away chips, and keeps the wheel clean.
Wet Hot American Summer
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) is a David Wain and Michael Showalter cult comedy set on the last day of Camp Firewood in 1981, starring Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, and Bradley Cooper, a box office failure that later spawned two Netflix prequel series.
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is an eight-episode 2015 Netflix prequel to the 2001 cult film, reuniting Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, and the original cast at Camp Firewood, 1981.
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later is an eight-episode 2017 Netflix limited comedy series by David Wain and Michael Showalter, a sequel to the 2001 cult film set at the Camp Firewood ten-year reunion in 1991, with the original cast returning.
Wet lease
A wet lease is an aircraft leasing arrangement in which the lessor provides the aircraft with crew, maintenance, and insurance, known in the airline industry as ACMI.
Wet Leg
Wet Leg: English indie rock band formed 2019 on the Isle of Wight by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers; viral 2021 single "Chaise Longue," 2022 UK No. 1 debut, Grammy and BRIT winner, five-piece since moisturizer (2025).
Wet limestone scrubbing
Wet limestone scrubbing is a flue gas desulfurization process that removes sulfur dioxide from coal-fired power plant exhaust with a limestone slurry, producing gypsum. It is the most widely used desulfurization method.
Wet market
Wet market: a traditional fresh-food market where independent vendors sell perishables such as vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood, kept cool with water and ice; also called traditional food markets, common across Asia, distinct from dry markets and supermarkets.
Wet milling
Wet milling is a mechanical size-reduction method in which particles are milled while suspended in a liquid, yielding fine or nano-scale particles in a stable slurry.
Wet nurse
Wet nurse: a woman who breastfeeds another woman's child, also called wet-nursing or cross-feeding. Documented from the Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BC) and Code of Hammurabi to the 1920s; replaced by formula and donor milk banks.
Wet peroxide oxidation
Wet peroxide oxidation (WPO) is a chemical treatment method that degrades organic contaminants in water, sludges, and soils by oxidizing them with hydrogen peroxide in hot liquid water.
Wet season
The wet season, also called the rainy or monsoon season, is the part of the year when a region receives most of its rainfall, common in the tropics.
Wet sieving
Wet sieving is a particle size analysis method that washes a sample through stacked sieves with water, separating particles into size ranges down to about 20 µm.
Wet spinning
Wet spinning is a fiber-forming process in which dissolved polymer is extruded through a spinneret into a coagulation bath, producing filaments used for polyurethane, polyacrylonitrile, and rayon.
Wet T-shirt contest
Wet T-shirt contest: bar and spring-break event, also called wet T-shirt competition, in which women in soaked white T-shirts are judged on appearance; originated in 1970s America, declined after the 2000s, persists in northern Australia.