wants (noun)
51applause — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin applausus, from Latin, beating of wings, from applaudere Date: 15th century 1. marked commendation ; acclaim < the kind of applause every really creative writer wants Robert Tallant > 2 …
52attention — noun Etymology: Middle English attencioun, from Latin attention , attentio, from attendere Date: 14th century 1. a. the act or state of attending especially through applying the mind to an object of sense or thought b. a condition of …
53completist — noun Date: 1951 one who wants to make something (as a collection) complete …
54consumer goods — noun plural Date: 1890 goods that directly satisfy human wants …
55consumption — noun Etymology: Middle English consumpcioun, from Latin consumption , consumptio, from consumere Date: 14th century 1. a. a progressive wasting away of the body especially from pulmonary tuberculosis b. tuberculosis …
56destiny — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle English destinee, from Anglo French, from feminine of destiné, past participle of destiner Date: 14th century 1. something to which a person or thing is destined ; fortune < wants …
57producer goods — noun plural Date: 1948 goods (as tools and raw materials) used to produce other goods and satisfy human wants only indirectly …
58schnorrer — noun Etymology: Yiddish shnorer Date: 1892 beggar; especially one who wheedles others into supplying his wants …
59wishful thinking — noun Date: 1932 the attribution of reality to what one wishes to be true or the tenuous justification of what one wants to believe …
60fair wind — noun A wind blowing in the direction the sailor wants to go, ie. favourably. (Reference: , H. M. Bark Endeavour, , second edition 2003, ISBN 0 522 85093 6, page 210.) Ant: foul wind …
