Index of English words, starting with "wa"

(1) - Waxwing (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.

(1) - Waxworker (n.) A bee that makes or produces wax.
(2) - Waxworker (n.) One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.

(1) - Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

(1) - Way (n.) Sphere or scope of observation.
(2) - Way (n.) That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
(3) - Way (n.) Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
(4) - Way (n.) A moving; passage; procession; journey.
(5) - Way (n.) Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
(6) - Way (n.) The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
(7) - Way (adv.) Away.
(8) - Way (n.) Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
(9) - Way (v. i.) To move; to progress; to go.
(10) - Way (n.) Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
(11) - Way (n.) Progress; as, a ship has way.
(12) - Way (n.) The timbers on which a ship is launched.
(13) - Way (n.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
(14) - Way (n.) Right of way. See below.
(15) - Way (v. t.) To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
(16) - Way (n.) Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.