waistaches
plural of waistache

waitpersons
plural of waitperson

wakelock
A lock that can be acquired by software for the purpose of preventing the mobile device from going into a locked standby state during a particular operation.

wakelocks
plural of wakelock

wakeskating
A water sport that employs a board like that used for wakeboarding, manufactured from maple or fibreglass.

waler
A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse.

walers
plural of waler

walkalong
A type of interview in which the interviewer and subject walk together while talking.
A police detail or other group that walks with someone.
A small forklift used for pallets.
A dandy-horse, a 19th-century precursor of the bicycle.

walkalongs
plural of walkalong

wallboard
A construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface.

wallboards
plural of wallboard

wallings
plural of walling

wallpaper
Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
A roll of such paper.
A style or design of such material.
Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.
An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.
Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.
A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.

wallpapers
plural of wallpaper

wallscreen
A wall-mounted screen display.

wallscreens
plural of wallscreen

wallstone
Stone used for building, especially in the construction of walls.

wallstones
plural of wallstone

wankpanzer
An ostentatiously large or expensive truck or SUV that is used to bolster one's status or ego.
The Tesla Cybertruck.

wankpanzers
plural of wankpanzer

warbag
A bag used by soldiers to carry equipment.

warbags
plural of warbag

warder
A guard, especially in a prison.
One who or that which wards or repels.

warders
plural of warder

wardialer
A program that dials every telephone number in a particular area searching for computers, or trying to guess passwords.

wardialers
plural of wardialer

wareroom
A room used for storing or displaying goods or wares.

warerooms
plural of wareroom

warkloom
A tool; an implement.

warklooms
plural of warkloom

warladies
plural of warlady

warsuit
A suit equipped with technology for use in combat.

warsuits
plural of warsuit

warwood
Wood used for military materiel, especially in the context of historical warfare

washback
The way that tests affect how learners acquire and use a language.

washbacks
plural of washback

washbag
A small bag used to hold toiletries and personal washing items.

washbags
plural of washbag

washball
Alternative form of wash-ball.

washballs
plural of washball (Alternative form of wash-balls.)

washbasin
A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.
A laundry sink or utility sink.

washbasins
plural of washbasin

washcloth
A small cloth used to wash the face and body.

washcloths
plural of washcloth

washer
Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
A person who washes their hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
A face cloth.

washplant
A type of machine used to extract ores from paydirt when mining placer deposits, using water and sedimentation processing.

washplants
plural of washplant

washshed
A shed used for washing.

washsheds
plural of washshed

washtrays
plural of washtray

washwater
Water used for washing, especially in industrial processes.

washway
A channel where water flows during floods, especially one that is carved out by erosion caused by floodwater.
A sluice where manure and other agricultural waste is washed away.
A portion of a device where something is washed.
A means of washing.

washways
plural of washway

washwipe
A device with water jets for washing and wiping the windscreen, headlights, etc. of a vehicle.

washwipes
plural of washwipe

wastebin
A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.

wastebins
plural of wastebin

wataman
Alternative form of ataman.

watamans
plural of wataman

watchcase
The casing that holds the mechanism of a watch.

watchcases
plural of watchcase

watchgeese
plural of watchgoose

watchglassful
Enough to fill a watch glass (item of laboratory equipment).

watchglassfuls
plural of watchglassful

watchgoose
A goose used for protection like a watchdog.

watchlight
A light used to illuminate a night-time vigil.

watchlights
plural of watchlight

watchpersons
plural of watchperson

watchphone
A watch with telephone capabilities.

watchphones
plural of watchphone

watchpoint
A debugging mechanism whereby execution is suspended every time a specified memory location is modified; or, any of various similar such mechanisms.

watchpoints
plural of watchpoint

watchwork
The work produced by watchmaking; the mechanical or electronic arrangements making up a watch (portable timepiece).

waterboiler
Alternative spelling of water boiler.

waterboilers
plural of waterboiler

waterbottle
Alternative form of water bottle.

waterbottles
plural of waterbottle

waterbouget
Alternative form of water-bouget: synonym of bouget.

waterbougets
plural of waterbouget

waterbreak
A pothole or similar break in a road's surface caused by rainwater washing away the surface of the road.
A breakwater.
A barrier built across a steeply sloping road or trail in order to direct the flow of water and prevent erosion.
Any artificially constructed system or device to halt the destructive flow of water.
The time elapsed from an underwater explosion or seismic event until the arrival of the resulting energy wave at a hydrophonic detector.
The formation of beads of water on a smooth surface, especially when used as an indicator of impurities on the surface.
A break in the smooth surface of a body of water, such as a ripple, whitecap, or the roughness that results from water flowing over an uneven surface.

waterbreaks
plural of waterbreak

waterbucket
A bucket used to hold water.

waterbuckets
plural of waterbucket

waterclock
Alternative spelling of water clock.

waterclocks
plural of waterclock

watergun
Alternative form of water gun.

waterguns
plural of watergun

watermaker
A device which generates potable water by performing reverse osmosis on seawater.

watermakers
plural of watermaker

watermaze
A shallow pool of water, containing an escape platform and a variety of visual clues, used to study learning in mice and rats.

watermazes
plural of watermaze

watermill
A mill powered by water.
A mill powered by water.

watermills
plural of watermill

waterpipe
Alternative form of water pipe.

waterpipes
plural of waterpipe

watertank
Alternative form of water tank.

watertanks
plural of watertank

waterwheel
Alternative spelling of water wheel.

waterwork
A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
A textile fabric used like tapestry.
Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
Alternative form of waterworks.
Alternative form of waterworks.