Words containing wai
3 letter words containing wai
- wai — A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.
4 letter words containing wai
- waid — (obsolete) Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.
- waie — Obsolete spelling of way.
- waif — a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
- wail — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- wain — (initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
5 letter words containing wai
6 letter words containing wai
- ajwain — A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.
- atwain — into two parts
- awaits — Plural form of await.
- bewail — If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- gawain — Arthurian Romance. one of the knights of the Round Table: a nephew of King Arthur.
7 letter words containing wai
- awaited — to wait for; expect; look for: He is still awaiting an answer.
- awaiter — a person who awaits something or someone
- hawaiki — a legendary Pacific island from which the Māoris migrated to New Zealand by canoe
- hwainan — a city in central Anhui province, in E China.
- kahawai — (NZ) Arripis trutta, a marine fish found around the southeastern coast of Australia and New Zealand, having a dark bluish-green body with indistinct rows of spots forming narrow irregular bands on the upper sides.
8 letter words containing wai
9 letter words containing wai
- boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- cockswain — coxswain
- coxswains — Plural form of coxswain.
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
10 letter words containing wai
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- headwaiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- pantywaist — Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
11 letter words containing wai
- cordwainery — Shoemaking.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- head-waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
12 letter words containing wai
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- swainishness — loutishness
- wainscotings — Plural form of wainscoting.
13 letter words containing wai
- bassenthwaite — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
15 letter words containing wai
- lady-in-waiting — a lady who is in attendance upon a queen or princess.
- lord-in-waiting — a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
- maid-in-waiting — an unmarried woman who serves as an attendant to a queen or princess; lady-in-waiting.
17 letter words containing wai
- ladies-in-waiting — plural of lady-in-waiting.
20 letter words containing wai
- gentleman-in-waiting — a man who comes from a family of high social standing and who is attached to a royal household or to the household of a person of high rank
- hawaii-standard-time — Alaska-Hawaii time.
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