8-letter words containing was
- backwash — The backwash of an event or situation is an unpleasant situation that exists after it and as a result of it.
- car wash — a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- flatwash — an area of solid colour, whether in artwork or scenery
- forwaste — to waste completely
- handwash — If you handwash something, you wash it by hand rather than in a washing machine.
- hiwassee — a river in NE Georgia, SW North Carolina, and SE Tennessee, flowing N to the Tennessee River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- kawasaki — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- outwaste — to squander or use up wastefully
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- radwaste — radioactive waste.
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- sea wasp — any of various highly poisonous stinging jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, of tropical seas.
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swastika — a figure used as a symbol or an ornament in the Old World and in America since prehistoric times, consisting of a cross with arms of equal length, each arm having a continuation at right angles.
- the wash — a shallow inlet of the North Sea on the E coast of England, between Lincolnshire and Norfolk
- time was — there was a time
- unwashed — not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner.
- unwasted — waste (defs 26–28).
- wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- wash-rag — A wash-rag is the same as a washcloth.
- washable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- washball — a ball of soap for shaving the face or washing the face and hands
- washbowl — a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.
- washdays — Plural form of washday.
- washdown — the act or process of washing down, as in cleaning something completely.
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- washland — a periodically flooded plain
- washouts — Plural form of washout.
- washroom — a room having washbowls and other toilet facilities.
- washtubs — Plural form of washtub.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- waspnest — the nest of a wasp
- wassails — Plural form of wassail.
- wastages — Plural form of wastage.
- wastebin — A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- wastelot — a vacant lot, especially one overgrown with weeds or covered with rubbish.
- wasteway — an open ditch for the passage of waste water
- wastings — Plural form of wasting.
- wastrels — Plural form of wastrel.
- wastrife — wastefulness
- wet wash — laundry that has been washed but not dried or ironed. Compare dry wash (def 1).
- woodwasp — Any of various unrelated insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.
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