Index of English words, starting with "wa"

(1) - Waiver (n.) The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.

(1) - Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
(2) - Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.
(3) - Wake (n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
(4) - Wake (n.) The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.
(5) - Wake (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
(6) - Wake (v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
(7) - Wake (v. t.) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
(8) - Wake (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awake.
(9) - Wake (v. i.) To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
(10) - Wake (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
(11) - Wake (v. i.) To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
(12) - Wake (v. i.) To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
(13) - Wake (n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

(1) - Wake-robin (n.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).

(1) - Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.