for lack of; because of the absence of

A personification of want.

(informal, intransitive) To want to be a part of something.

Full of want or lack; lacking; poor. / Full of want or desire; desirous.

plural of wanting

Obsolete spelling of want

Obsolete spelling of want

(dialectal) A mole (Talpa europea).

(countable) A desire, wish, longing. / (countable, often followed by of) Lack, absence, deficiency. / (uncountable) Poverty. / Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.

wished for; desired; sought / (law) subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.