| airwave | (noun) medium for radio and television broadcasting | Synonyms: air |
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| brainwave | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainstorm, insight |
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| (noun) (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: brain wave, cortical potential |
| microwave | (noun) kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food | Synonyms: microwave oven |
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| (noun) a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data | - |
| wave | (noun) a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon | - |
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| (noun) a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair | - |
| (noun) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | Synonyms: wafture, waving |
| (noun) (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | Synonyms: undulation |
| (noun) one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) | Synonyms: moving ridge |
| (noun) something that rises rapidly | - |
| (noun) a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) | - |
| (noun) an undulating curve | Synonyms: undulation |