Name Report For First Name WAS:
WAS
First name WAS's origin is Other. WAS means "from the flooding brook". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with WAS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of was.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with WAS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with WAS - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming WAS
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES WAS AS A WHOLE:
wasim henwas wambli-waste washbourne washburne washburn waseem washington melwasNAMES RHYMING WITH WAS (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (as) - Names That Ends with as:
almas inas cinyras demas dorcas apsaras ushas faras rafas rakkas firas abracomas ghoukas antfortas briefbras claudas dinas druas gildas egomas kubas nicolaas tuomas aindreas piaras proinsias seumas andreas aeneas aonghas arcas artemas athamas atlas boreas calchas cosmas feodras galinthias hylas idas lichas loxias marsyas midas mikolas nicholas pelias phineas phorbas polydamas teuthras thaumas tiresias zenas thomas tas beathas felicitas honoratas istas karas sileas barnabas blas chas dallas dnias douglas dubhglas elias erikas haestingas hungas ilias isaias jeremias jonas josias judas lucas lukas mathias matias matthias mattias matyas meliodas nastas nickolas niklas nikolas rodas scottas shreyas silas tamas tobias tohias wokaihwokomasNAMES RHYMING WITH WAS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (wa) - Names That Begins with wa:
wa'il wacfeld wachiru wachiwi wacian wacleah wacuman wada wadanhyll wade wadi wadley wadsworth waed waefreleah waelfwulf waer waerheall waeringawicum waescburne wafa' wafeeq wafeeqa wafid wafiq wafiqah wafiya wafiyy wafiyyah wagaye wagner wahanassatta wahchinksapa wahchintonka wahed wahibah wahid wahkan wain wainwright wait waite wajeeh wajeeha wajih wajihah wakanda wake wakefield wakeley wakeman waki wakil wakiza wakler walborga walborgd walbridge walbrydge walby walcot walcott walda waldburga waldemar waldemarr walden waldhramm waldhurga waldifrid waldmunt waldo waldon waldr waldrom waldron waleed waleis walford walfr walfred walfrid walid walidah walker wallace wallache waller wallis walliyullah wally walmond walsh walt walten walter walthari walton waluyo walworthNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH WAS:
First Names which starts with 'w' and ends with 's':
watkins wattkins watts welles wells welss wes wevers williams willisEnglish Words Rhyming WAS
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES WAS AS A WHOLE:
| awash | adjective (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it. |
| black wash | noun (n.) Alt. of Blackwash |
| blackwash | noun (n.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water. |
| noun (n.) A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny. |
| candlewaster | noun (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. |
| dishwasher | noun (n.) One who, or that which, washes dishes. |
| noun (n.) A European bird; the wagtail. |
| eyewash | noun (n.) See Eyewater. |
| galliwasp | noun (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous. |
| hogwash | noun (n.) Swill. |
| iowas | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region now included in the State of Iowa. |
| kirschwasser | noun (n.) An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry. |
| ottawas | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior. |
| overwasted | adjective (a.) Wasted or worn out; /onsumed; spent |
| swashing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swash |
| adjective (a.) Swaggering; hectoring. | |
| adjective (a.) Resounding; crushing. |
| swash | noun (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water. |
| noun (n.) A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes. | |
| noun (n.) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. | |
| noun (n.) A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. | |
| noun (n.) A swaggering fellow; a swasher. | |
| verb (v. t.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. | |
| verb (v. t.) Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. | |
| verb (v. i.) To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place. | |
| verb (v. i.) To fall violently or noisily. | |
| verb (v. i.) To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag. |
| swashbuckler | noun (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer. |
| swasher | noun (n.) One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms. |
| swashway | noun (n.) Same as 4th Swash, 2. |
| swashy | adjective (a.) Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash. |
| sweepwasher | noun (n.) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used. |
| swastika | noun (n.) Alt. of Swastica |
| swastica | noun (n.) A symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms at right angles all in the same direction, and each prolonged to the height of the parallel arm of the cross. A great many modified forms exist, ogee and volute as well as rectilinear, while various decorative designs, as Greek fret or meander, are derived from or closely associated with it. The swastika is found in remains from the Bronze Age in various parts of Europe, esp. at Hissarlik (Troy), and was in frequent use as late as the 10th century. It is found in ancient Persia, in India, where both Jains and Buddhists used (or still use) it as religious symbol, in China and Japan, and among Indian tribes of North, Central, and South America. It is usually thought to be a charm, talisman, or religious token, esp. a sign of good luck or benediction. Max MuLler distinguished from the swastika, with arms prolonged to the right, the suavastika, with arms prolonged to the left, but this distinction is not commonly recognized. Other names for the swastika are fylfot and gammadion. |
| unwashed | adjective (a.) Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean. |
| unwashen | adjective (a.) Not washed. |
| wase | noun (n.) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head. |
| washing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wash |
| noun (n.) The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution. | |
| noun (n.) The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. | |
| noun (n.) Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place where this is done; a washery. | |
| noun (n.) A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver. | |
| noun (n.) The operation of simultaneously buying and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is prohibited by stock-exchange rules. | |
| noun (n.) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze. |
| wash | noun (n.) The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. |
| noun (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire. | |
| noun (n.) Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs. | |
| noun (n.) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. | |
| noun (n.) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. | |
| noun (n.) That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. | |
| noun (n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion. | |
| noun (n.) A liquid dentifrice. | |
| noun (n.) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash. | |
| noun (n.) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion. | |
| noun (n.) A thin coat of color, esp. water color. | |
| noun (n.) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. | |
| noun (n.) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. | |
| noun (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it. | |
| noun (n.) Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. | |
| noun (n.) Gravel and other rock debris transported and deposited by running water; coarse alluvium. | |
| noun (n.) An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a mountain. | |
| noun (n.) The dry bed of an intermittent stream, sometimes at the bottom of a ca–on; as, the Amargosa wash, Diamond wash; -- called also dry wash. | |
| noun (n.) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water. Hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as a carriage wash in a stable. | |
| adjective (a.) Washy; weak. | |
| adjective (a.) Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore. | |
| verb (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment. | |
| verb (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly. | |
| verb (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver. | |
| verb (v. i.) To perform the act of ablution. | |
| verb (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water. | |
| verb (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide. | |
| verb (v. t.) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, esp. by removing soluble constituents. | |
| verb (v. i.) To use washes, as for the face or hair. | |
| verb (v. i.) To move with a lapping or swashing sound, or the like; to lap; splash; as, to hear the water washing. |
| washable | adjective (a.) Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color. |
| washboard | noun (n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them. |
| noun (n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. | |
| noun (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. |
| washbowl | noun (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc. |
| washdish | noun (n.) A washbowl. |
| noun (n.) Same as Washerwoman, 2. |
| washed | adjective (a.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Wash |
| washer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, washes. |
| noun (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening. | |
| noun (n.) The common raccoon. | |
| noun (n.) Same as Washerwoman, 2. |
| washerman | noun (n.) A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others. |
| washerwoman | noun (n.) A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others. |
| noun (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants. |
| washhouse | noun (n.) An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry. |
| washiness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak. |
| washingtonian | noun (n.) A member of the Washingtonian Society. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy. | |
| adjective (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence. |
| washout | noun (n.) The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away. |
| washpot | noun (n.) A pot or vessel in which anything is washed. |
| noun (n.) A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated. |
| washstand | noun (n.) A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person. |
| washtub | noun (n.) A tub in which clothes are washed. |
| washy | adjective (a.) Watery; damp; soft. |
| adjective (a.) Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. | |
| adjective (a.) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. |
| wasite | noun (n.) A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium. |
| wasium | noun (n.) A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium. |
| wasp | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets. |
| waspish | adjective (a.) Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp. |
| adjective (a.) Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish. |
| wassail | noun (n.) An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one. |
| noun (n.) An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse. | |
| noun (n.) The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool. | |
| noun (n.) A festive or drinking song or glee. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl. | |
| verb (v. i.) To hold a wassail; to carouse. |
| wassailer | noun (n.) One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler. |
| wastage | noun (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH WAS (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (as) - English Words That Ends with as:
| abraxas | noun (n.) A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved. |
| acontias | noun (n.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards. |
| alias | noun (n.) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. |
| noun (n.) Another name; an assumed name. | |
| adverb (adv.) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. | |
| adverb (adv.) At another time. |
| allhallowmas | noun (n.) The feast of All Saints. |
| anabas | noun (n.) A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes. |
| ananas | noun (n.) The pineapple (Ananassa sativa). |
| anas | noun (n.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks. |
| argas | noun (n.) A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje. |
| arras | noun (n.) Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures. |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with an arras. |
| asclepias | noun (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. |
| asterias | noun (n.) A genus of echinoderms. |
| atlas | noun (n.) One who sustains a great burden. |
| noun (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name. | |
| noun (n.) A collection of maps in a volume | |
| noun (n.) A volume of plates illustrating any subject. | |
| noun (n.) A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas. | |
| noun (n.) A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio. | |
| noun (n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. | |
| noun (n.) A rich kind of satin manufactured in India. |
| attagas | noun (n.) Alt. of Attagen |
| barras | noun (n.) A resin, called also galipot. |
| batatas | noun (n.) Alt. of Batata |
| bias | noun (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. |
| noun (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination. | |
| noun (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference. | |
| noun (n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias. | |
| adjective (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. | |
| adjective (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth. | |
| adverb (adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias. | |
| verb (v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess. |
| bolas | noun (n. sing. & pl.) A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal. |
| boomdas | noun (n.) A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman. |
| boreas | noun (n.) The north wind; -- usually a personification. |
| bechuanas | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive. |
| caas | noun (n. sing. & pl.) Case. |
| cabas | noun (n.) A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. |
| caecias | noun (n.) A wind from the northeast. |
| cammas | noun (n.) See Camass. |
| candlemas | noun (n.) The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day. |
| canvas | noun (n.) A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. |
| noun (n.) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work. | |
| noun (n.) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. | |
| noun (n.) Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. | |
| noun (n.) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. | |
| adjective (a.) Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent. |
| capias | noun (n.) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias. |
| catawbas | noun (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee. |
| cayugas | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations. |
| charras | noun (n.) The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus. |
| chasselas | noun (n.) A white grape, esteemed for the table. |
| christmas | noun (n.) An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. |
| cocobolas | noun (n.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles. |
| copperas | noun (n.) Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate. |
| corporas | noun (n.) The corporal, or communion cloth. |
| cossas | noun (n.) Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths. |
| cycas | noun (n.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago. |
| cyclas | noun (n.) A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made. |
| chapareras | noun (n. pl.) Same as Chaparajos. |
| chivarras | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Chivarros |
| dakotas | noun (n. pl) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux. |
| deas | noun (n.) See Dais. |
| deinoceras | noun (n.) See Dinoceras. |
| dinoceras | noun (n.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| dipsas | noun (n.) A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst. |
| noun (n.) A genus of harmless colubrine snakes. |
| distringas | noun (n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him. |
| dowlas | noun (n.) A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. |
| dryas | noun (n.) A dryad. |
| dyas | noun (n.) A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, there consisting of two principal groups. |
| degras | noun (n.) Alt. of Degras |
| noun (n.) A semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly solely a by-product of chamois leather manufacture, but is now made for its own sake, being valuable as a dressing for hides. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH WAS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (wa) - Words That Begins with wa:
| waag | noun (n.) The grivet. |
| waahoo | noun (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it. |
| wabble | noun (n.) A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro. |
| verb (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles. |
| wabbly | adjective (a.) Inclined to wabble; wabbling. |
| wacke | noun (n.) Alt. of Wacky |
| wacky | noun (n.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. |
| wad | noun (n.) Woad. |
| noun (n.) A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow. | |
| noun (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose. | |
| noun (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Alt. of Wadd | |
| verb (v. t.) To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton. | |
| verb (v. t.) To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak. |
| wadding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wad |
| noun (n.) A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made. | |
| noun (n.) Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose. |
| wadd | noun (n.) An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties. |
| noun (n.) Plumbago, or black lead. |
| waddling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waddle |
| waddler | noun (n.) One who, or that which, waddles. |
| wade | noun (n.) Woad. |
| noun (n.) The act of wading. | |
| verb (v. i.) To go; to move forward. | |
| verb (v. i.) To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc. | |
| verb (v. i.) Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book. | |
| verb (v. t.) To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps. |
| wading | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wade |
| () a. & n. from Wade, v. |
| wader | noun (n.) One who, or that which, wades. |
| noun (n.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves. |
| wadmol | noun (n.) A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes. |
| wadset | noun (n.) A kind of pledge or mortgage. |
| wadsetter | noun (n.) One who holds by a wadset. |
| wady | noun (n.) A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season. |
| wae | noun (n.) A wave. |
| waeg | noun (n.) The kittiwake. |
| wafer | noun (n.) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients. |
| noun (n.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church. | |
| noun (n.) An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents. | |
| verb (v. t.) To seal or close with a wafer. |
| wafering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wafer |
| waferer | noun (n.) A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner. |
| waffle | noun (n.) A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer. |
| noun (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron. |
| wafting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waft |
| waft | noun (n.) A wave or current of wind. |
| noun (n.) A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air. | |
| noun (n.) An unpleasant flavor. | |
| noun (n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. | |
| verb (v. t.) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. |
| waftage | noun (n.) Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water. |
| wafter | noun (n.) One who, or that which, wafts. |
| noun (n.) A boat for passage. |
| wafture | noun (n.) The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft. |
| wagging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wag |
| wagati | noun (n.) A small East Indian wild cat (Felis wagati), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat. |
| waging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage |
| wagel | noun (n.) See Waggel. |
| wagenboom | noun (n.) A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels. |
| wagering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wager |
| adjective (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. |
| wagerer | noun (n.) One who wagers, or lays a bet. |
| wages | noun (n.) A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2. |
| noun (n. pl.) The share of the annual product or national dividend which goes as a reward to labor, as distinct from the remuneration received by capital in its various forms. This economic or technical sense of the word wages is broader than the current sense, and includes not only amounts actually paid to laborers, but the remuneration obtained by those who sell the products of their own work, and the wages of superintendence or management, which are earned by skill in directing the work of others. |
| waggel | noun (n.) The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species. |
| waggery | noun (n.) The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. |
| waggie | noun (n.) The pied wagtail. |
| waggish | adjective (a.) Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome. |
| adjective (a.) Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick. |
| waggling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waggle |
| wagnerite | noun (n.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms. |
| wagon | noun (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise. |
| noun (n.) A freight car on a railway. | |
| noun (n.) A chariot | |
| noun (n.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain. | |
| verb (v. t.) To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city. | |
| verb (v. i.) To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs. |
| wagoning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wagon |
| wagonage | noun (n.) Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon. |
| noun (n.) A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively. |
| wagoner | noun (n.) One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon. |
| noun (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa. |
| wagonette | noun (n.) A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver. |
| wagonful | noun (n.) As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload. |
| wagonload | noun (n.) Same as Wagonful. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH WAS:
English Words which starts with 'w' and ends with 's':
| waileress | noun (n.) A woman who wails. |
| waitress | noun (n.) A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman. |
| waldenses | noun (n. pl.) A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles. |
| walloons | noun (n. pl.) A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively. |
| walrus | noun (n.) A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse. |
| wanness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever. |
| wantless | adjective (a.) Having no want; abundant; fruitful. |
| wantonness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. |
| wardcorps | noun (n.) Guardian; one set to watch over another. |
| warefulness | noun (n.) Wariness; cautiousness. |
| wareless | noun (n.) Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware. |
| wares | noun (n. pl.) See 4th Ware. |
| wariness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. |
| warlikeness | noun (n.) Quality of being warlike. |
| warmness | noun (n.) Warmth. |
| warmthless | adjective (a.) Being without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold. |
| warrioress | noun (n.) A female warrior. |
| wartless | adjective (a.) Having no wart. |
| wasteness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation. |
| noun (n.) That which is waste; a desert; a waste. |
| watches | noun (n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets. |
| wateriness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity. |
| waterishness | noun (n.) The quality of being waterish. |
| waterless | adjective (a.) Destitute of water; dry. |
| waveless | adjective (a.) Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the waveless sea. |
| waveringness | noun (n.) The quality or state of wavering. |
| waviness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wavy. |
| waxiness | noun (n.) Quality or state of being waxy. |
| wayless | adjective (a.) Having no road or path; pathless. |
| weakishness | noun (n.) Quality or state of being weakish. |
| weakness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness. |
| noun (n.) That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect. |
| wealthiness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence. |
| weanedness | noun (n.) Quality or state of being weaned. |
| weaponless | adjective (a.) Having no weapon. |
| weariless | adjective (a.) Incapable of being wearied. |
| weariness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue. |
| weasiness | noun (n.) Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual indulgence. |
| weatherglass | noun (n.) An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope. |
| weatherliness | noun (n.) The quality of being weatherly. |
| weddahs | noun (n. pl.) See Veddahs. |
| weedless | adjective (a.) Free from weeds or noxious matter. |
| adjective (a.) Free from weeds; -- said of a kind of motor-boat propeller the blades of which curve backwardly, as respects the direction of rotation, so that they draw through the water, and so do not gather weeds with which they come in contact. |
| weetless | adjective (a.) Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning. |
| weightiness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness. |
| weightless | adjective (a.) Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light. |
| weirdness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being weird. |
| welcomeness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception. |
| wellingtons | noun (n. pl.) A kind of long boots for men. |
| wels | noun (n.) The sheatfish; -- called also waller. |
| wemless | adjective (a.) Having no wem, or blemish; spotless. |
| wenchless | adjective (a.) Being without a wench. |
| wends | noun (n. pl.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists. |
| westness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth. |
| noun (n.) A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season. |
| whereabouts | noun (n.) The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. |
| adverb (adv.) About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him? | |
| adverb (adv.) Concerning which; about which. |
| whereness | noun (n.) The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position. |
| whettlebones | noun (n. pl.) The vertebrae of the back. |
| whiles | noun (n.) Meanwhile; meantime. |
| noun (n.) sometimes; at times. | |
| (conj.) During the time that; while. |
| whimsicalness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness; whimsical disposition. |
| whiskerless | adjective (a.) Being without whiskers. |
| whiteness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. |
| noun (n.) Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. | |
| noun (n.) Nakedness. | |
| noun (n.) A flock of swans. |
| whites | noun (n. pl.) Leucorrh/a. |
| noun (n. pl.) The finest flour made from white wheat. | |
| noun (n. pl.) Cloth or garments of a plain white color. |
| whitishness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white. |
| whittlings | noun (n. pl.) Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife. |
| wholeness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness. |
| wichitas | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees. |
| wickedness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness. |
| noun (n.) A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity. |
| wideness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room. |
| noun (n.) Large extent in all directions; broadness; greatness; as, the wideness of the sea or ocean. |
| wieldless | adjective (a.) Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy. |
| wifeless | adjective (a.) Without a wife; unmarried. |
| wigless | adjective (a.) Having or wearing no wig. |
| wildness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction. |
| wilfulness | noun (n.) See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness. |
| wiliness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile. |
| willingness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear. |
| windas | noun (n.) See 3d Windlass. |
| windiness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season. |
| noun (n.) Fullness of wind; flatulence. | |
| noun (n.) Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables. | |
| noun (n.) Tumor; puffiness. |
| windlass | noun (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift. |
| noun (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam. | |
| noun (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. | |
| verb (v. i.) To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means. | |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass. |
| windless | adjective (a.) Having no wind; calm. |
| adjective (a.) Wanting wind; out of breath. |
| windowless | adjective (a.) Destitute of a window. |
| wineglass | noun (n.) A small glass from which to drink wine. |
| wineless | adjective (a.) destitute of wine; as, wineless life. |
| wingless | adjective (a.) Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly. |
| winnebagoes | noun (n.) A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois. |
| winningness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being winning. |
| winsomeness | noun (n.) The characteristic of being winsome; attractiveness of manner. |
| wiriness | noun (n.) The quality of being wiry. |
| wiseness | noun (n.) Wisdom. |
| witeless | adjective (a.) Blameless. |
| witless | adjective (a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment. |
| wittiness | noun (n.) The quality of being witty. |
| witts | noun (n.) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. |
| wiveless | adjective (a.) Wifeless. |
| wives | noun (n.) pl. of Wife. |
| (pl. ) of Wife |
| woefulness | noun (n.) Alt. of Wofulness |
| wofulness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness. |
| wolves | noun (n.) pl. of Wolf. |
| (pl. ) of Wolf |
| womanless | adjective (a.) Without a woman or women. |
| womanliness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being womanly. |
| wonderous | adjective (a.) Same as Wondrous. |
| wondrous | noun (n.) In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully. |
| adjective (a.) Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange. |
| wontedness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being accustomed. |
| wontless | adjective (a.) Unaccustomed. |
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