| backwash | (noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | Synonyms: wake |
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| (noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: airstream, race, slipstream, wash |
| (noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: aftermath, wake |
| blackwash | (noun) a wash that colors a surface black | - |
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| (noun) a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores | Synonyms: black lotion |
| (noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | Synonyms: assassination, character assassination |
| brainwashing | (noun) forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
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| dishwasher | (noun) a machine for washing dishes | Synonyms: dish washer, dishwashing machine |
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| (noun) someone who washes dishes | - |
| dishwashing | (noun) the act of washing dishes | Synonyms: washup |
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| eyewash | (noun) lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes | Synonyms: collyrium, eye-lotion |
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| hogwash | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, rot |
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| kwashiorkor | (noun) severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein | - |
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| mouthwash | (noun) a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth | Synonyms: gargle |
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| pigwash | (noun) wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk | Synonyms: pigswill, slop, slops, swill |
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| swash | (noun) the movement or sound of water | - |
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| swashbuckler | (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, madcap |
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| swashbuckling | (noun) flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior | - |
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| swastika | (noun) the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction | Synonyms: Hakenkreuz |
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| wasabi | (noun) the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish | - |
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| (noun) a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root | - |
| wash | (noun) any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out | - |
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| (noun) the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) | Synonyms: lavation, washing |
| (noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: laundry, washables, washing |
| (noun) a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other | Synonyms: wash drawing |
| (noun) a thin coat of water-base paint | - |
| (noun) the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) | Synonyms: dry wash |
| (noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: airstream, backwash, race, slipstream |
| (noun) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) | Synonyms: washout |
| washables | (noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: laundry, wash, washing |
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| washbasin | (noun) a basin for washing the hands | Synonyms: handbasin, lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbowl |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: basin, lavatory, washbowl, washstand |
| washboard | (noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side | Synonyms: splashboard |
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| (noun) device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on | - |
| washbowl | (noun) a basin for washing the hands | Synonyms: handbasin, lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: basin, lavatory, washbasin, washstand |
| washcloth | (noun) bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body | Synonyms: face cloth, flannel, washrag |
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| washday | (noun) a day set aside for doing household laundry | Synonyms: washing day |
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| washer | (noun) a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically | Synonyms: automatic washer, washing machine |
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| (noun) seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage | - |
| (noun) someone who washes things for a living | - |
| washerman | (noun) a man who operates an industrial washing machine | Synonyms: laundryman |
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| washerwoman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundress, laundrywoman, washwoman |
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| washhouse | (noun) a building or outbuilding where laundry is done | - |
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| washing | (noun) the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) | Synonyms: lavation, wash |
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| (noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: laundry, wash, washables |
| washman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | - |
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| washout | (noun) someone who is unsuccessful | Synonyms: dud, flop |
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| (noun) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) | Synonyms: wash |
| (noun) the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water | - |
| washpot | (noun) a pot or vessel in which anything is washed. | - |
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| washrag | (noun) bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body | Synonyms: face cloth, flannel, washcloth |
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| washroom | (noun) a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place) | - |
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| washstand | (noun) furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term | Synonyms: wash-hand stand |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: basin, lavatory, washbasin, washbowl |
| washtub | (noun) a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed | - |
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| washup | (noun) the act of washing yourself (or another person) | Synonyms: bathing |
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| (noun) the act of washing dishes | Synonyms: dishwashing |
| washwoman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundress, laundrywoman, washerwoman |
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| wasp | (noun) social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting | - |
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| wassail | (noun) a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas | - |
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| wassailer | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: carouser |
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| (noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: toaster |
| wastage | (noun) anything lost by wear or waste | - |
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| (noun) the process of wasting | - |
| waste | (noun) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | Synonyms: dissipation, wastefulness |
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| (noun) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | Synonyms: permissive waste |
| (noun) the trait of wasting resources | Synonyms: thriftlessness, wastefulness |
| (noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | Synonyms: barren, wasteland |
| (noun) any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted | Synonyms: waste material, waste matter, waste product |
| wastebasket | (noun) a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish | Synonyms: circular file, waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastepaper basket |
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| wastebin | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can |
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| wastefulness | (noun) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | Synonyms: dissipation, waste |
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| (noun) the trait of wasting resources | Synonyms: thriftlessness, waste |
| wasteland | (noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | Synonyms: barren, waste |
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| waster | (noun) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently | Synonyms: wastrel |
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| (noun) a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | Synonyms: destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter |
| wastewater | (noun) water mixed with waste matter | Synonyms: effluent, sewer water |
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| wasteweir | (noun) a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction | Synonyms: spill, spillway |
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| wasteyard | (noun) a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | Synonyms: dump, dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard |
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| wasting | (noun) a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | Synonyms: atrophy, wasting away |
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| (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexia, cachexy |
| wastrel | (noun) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently | Synonyms: waster |
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| whitewash | (noun) a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects | - |
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| (noun) wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces | - |
| (noun) a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score | - |