English words: wave-particle to Waylon

300 English words, part 14 of 56 of the words starting with W, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words wave-particle to Waylon

wave-particle noun: An entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.
wave-particle duality noun: The concept applying to all matter and radiation, but most evident in light and particles such as the electron, that properties of waves and of particles...
wave picking noun: A warehouse management system that assigns groups of orders into short intervals called "waves", which are then commenced and coordinated throughout the...
wave plate noun: Alternative form of waveplate.
wave pool noun: A swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, reasonably large waves, similar to the ocean's.
wave power noun: Transport and harnessing of energy by ocean surface waves.
wave processing noun: Synonym of wave picking.
wave rider noun: Alternative form of waverider.
wave runner noun: Alternative form of waverunner.
wave scroll noun: Synonym of Vitruvian scroll.
wave shoaling noun: The effect on a wave, in a body of water, of increasing wave height with decreasing water depth. Particularly noticeable at the sea shore.
wave ski noun: A short watercraft seating one rider, propelled by a two-ended paddle, designed for surfing waves.
wave the bloody shirt verb: To mention the fallen and wars (especially the American Civil War) in an effort to draw empathy.
wave the white flag verb: To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering.
wave through verb: To indicate to a person or vehicle that they can proceed, by giving a wave (hand gesture).
wave train noun: A regular sequence of wave pulses
wave turn noun: A rollercoaster element consisting of a 90-degree banked turn incorporating a small camelback.
wave vector noun: A vector whose direction is that of the direction of propagation of a wave, and whose magnitude is inversely proportional to its wavelength
wave washing noun: A form of hunting used by some pods of orcas to drive a prey animal (such as a seal) seeking refuge on a sheet of ice into the water, in which members of...
waveable adjective: Alternative form of wavable.
waveband noun: A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio.
wavebase noun: Alternative form of wave base.
waveblock noun: Something that stops the progress of a wave (in any of several contexts).
wavebreak noun: The breaking of a wave (instance of wavebreaking)
wavebreaking noun: The process in which the amplitude of a wave increases to such an extent that turbulence occurs
wavecut adjective: Formed by the action of waves.
waved adjective, verb /weɪvd/: Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
wavedash noun, verb: A momentum technique within competitive Super Smash Bros. done by performing an air dodge diagonally into the ground.
wavefield noun: The extended area or space taken up by a wave.
wavefolding noun: An audio synthesis effect where waveforms that exceed a maximum volume are folded back on themselves rather simply than being clipped.
waveform noun: The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable.
wavefront noun: An imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.
waveful adjective, noun: Full of or abounding in waves
wavefunction noun /ˈweɪv.fʌŋ(k).ʃən/: A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the...
wavefunction collapse noun: The phenomenon in which a wavefunction – initially in a superposition of several different possible eigenstates – appears to reduce to a single one of those...
wavegram noun: A visual representation of laryngographic analysis of the voice
waveguide noun, verb: A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves.
waveicle noun: Alternative form of wavicle.
wavelength noun /ˈweɪvlɛŋ(k)θ/: The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as...
waveless adjective: Free from waves.
waveless picking noun: An order picking method where orders are continuously picked.
waveless processing noun: Synonym of waveless picking.
wavelessly adverb: Without being disturbed by waves; tranquilly.
wavelessness noun: Absence of waves.
wavelet noun: A small wave; a ripple.
wavelet compression noun: A method of data compression, especially of images, that uses mathematical functions.
wavelet matrix noun: A type of data structure that represents a sequence of or the process of sorting elements while allowing query operations.
wavelet modulation noun: A method of modulating signals that uses wavelets to represent the data being transmitted.
wavelet series noun: A wavelet-generated representation of a square-integrable function.
waveleted adjective: Having wavelets.
wavelike adjective: Having some properties or characteristics of a wave; used especially of physical particles.
Wavell proper noun: A surname.
wavellite noun: A hydrated aluminium phosphate, Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH,F)₃·5H₂O, sometimes mined as a source of phosphorus.
wavellitic adjective: Of or relating to the mineral wavellite.
wavemaker noun: An oscillating device that creates reproducible waves in a liquid.
wavemark noun: A mark left behind by a wave (disturbance in level of liquid).
wavement noun: A waving motion.
wavemeter noun: An instrument which measures radio (and other electromagnetic) wavelengths
Waveney proper noun: A river on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk in England which joins the River Yare at Breydon Water.
wavenumber noun: A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
waveoff noun: An order to a pilot to abort a landing and go around for another attempt.
wavepacket noun: Alternative spelling of wave packet.
waveplate noun: A thin layer of a birefringent material that is used to introduce a controlled phase shift between the two polarization components of a light wave, thereby...
waveproof adjective: Resistant to waves (undulations in a liquid such as the ocean).
wavepulse noun: A wave of very short duration.
waver noun, verb /ˈweɪvə/: To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
waverable adjective: Liable to waver; inconstant.
waverer noun: A person who wavers.
waverider noun: A hypersonic aircraft that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves generated by its own flight as a lifting surface.
wavering adjective, noun, verb: Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.
waveringly adverb: In a wavering way; in a way involving wavering.
waveringness noun: The quality or state of wavering.
Waverley proper noun: A very rare Scottish surname of unknown origin.
Waverleyan adjective: Of or relating to the Waverley Novels, a long series of popular novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832).
Waverly proper noun: A small town in Chambers County and Lee County, Alabama.
waverous adjective: wavering; unsteady
waversome adjective: Characterised or marked by wavering
Waverton proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4564).
Wavertree proper noun: A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3889).
waverunner noun: Synonym of jet ski.
wavery adjective: Tending to waver; uncertain or hesitant.
waveshape noun: The shape of a waveform.
waveshaper noun: An audio effect that performs waveshaping.
waveshaping noun: A type of distortion synthesis in which complex spectra are produced from simple tones by altering the shape of the waveform.
waveson noun: Goods found floating on the sea after a shipwreck.
wavespeed noun: The speed/velocity of a wave.
wavestacking noun: The summing of waveforms to create a composite sound.
wavetable noun: A collection of many single-cycle waveforms with subtly changing harmonic contents, sometimes based on a sample of a real musical instrument, used in sound...
wavetop noun: The top of a wave of liquid.
wavetrain noun: Alternative spelling of wave train.
wavevector noun: Alternative spelling of wave vector.
waveward adjective, adverb: Toward a wave or waves.
wavewashing noun: Alternative form of wave washing.
wavewise adjective, adverb: In the manner of a wave.
wavey adjective, noun: The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
wavicle noun /ˈweɪvɪk(ə)l/: A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.
wavicular adjective: Relating to wavicles.
wavily adverb: crookedly, twistingly, in a curved and winding manner
waviness noun: The quality of being wavy; the extent to which something is wavy.
waving noun, verb /ˈweɪvɪŋ/: The motion of something that waves.
wavingly adverb: So as to wave; with a waving motion.
Wavoid noun: A person who believes (often fervently) that Wave Systems Corp. will be a financial success.
wavy adjective, noun /ˈweɪvi/: Rising or swelling in waves.
wavy-leaved eremophila noun: Eremophila undulata, a species of eremophila plant in the figwort family.
wavyish adjective: Somewhat wavy.
wavyleaf adjective: Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by wavy leaves.
waw noun, verb /wɔː/: To stir; move; wave.
waw-waw noun: Alternative form of wau-wau
wawa noun /ˈwaˌwa/: A snow goose.
wawaskeesh noun: The wapiti, or American elk.
wawation noun: The addition of a seemingly superfluous waw to the end of nouns, particularly names, in early Arabic, still found in the name عَمْرو (ʕamr).
wawayandaite noun: A monoclinic mineral containing beryllium, boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
wawe noun: Alternative form of waw (“wave”).
Wawinak noun: A subgroup of the Abenaki people.
wawl verb: Alternative form of waul.
wawling noun, verb: Alternative form of wauling.
Wawona proper noun: A census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States.
wax adjective, noun, verb /waks/: Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
wax and wane verb: To progress cyclically through various phases, such as growth and senescence.
wax apple noun: a tropical plant, Syzygium samarangense, bearing an edible fruit
wax bean noun: Any of several forms of Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean); the butter bean.
wax-candle noun: A candle made of wax.
wax cap noun: Alternative form of waxcap
wax-colour noun: The yellowish colour of wax.
wax comb noun: A comb-like tool used to maintain and remove the wax on a surfboard, sometimes equipped with additional accessories such as a fin key or a bottle opener.
wax currant noun: The fruit of various shrubs of the species Ribes cereum.
wax doll noun: The common fumitory, Fumaria officinalis.
wax down verb: To rub or polish with wax to create a slick, shiny and/or waterproof coating; to wax.
wax end noun: Synonym of waxed end.
wax-eye noun: A bird of the genus Zosterops; a silvereye.
wax flower noun: Alternative form of waxflower.
wax gourd noun: Synonym of winter melon.
wax insect noun: Any of various insects that produce waxy substances, such as Ericerus pela
wax lyrical verb: To speak very enthusiastically about something.
wax moth noun: Achroia spp., possibly only Achroia grisella
wax museum noun: A museum featuring lifelike statues made of wax.
wax myrtle noun: An evergreen bayberry, especially Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera) of the southern U.S., the wax covering its nutlets being used for making scented...
wax on verb: To discuss a particular topic at length.
wax palm noun: Any plant of genus Ceroxylon
wax paper noun: A semitranslucent, moistureproof paper made with a waxy coating, used primarily for wrapping and packaging.
wax pencil noun: A wax-based pencil used for writing on shiny surfaces.
wax philosophical verb /ˈwæks ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkl̩/: To speak in a philosophical way.
wax plant noun: Hoya carnosa, native to East Asia.
wax play noun: Alternative form of waxplay.
wax-pod bean noun: Synonym of wax bean
wax poetic verb /ˈwæks pəʊˈɛtɪk/: To become increasingly verbose.
wax point noun: The temperature below which a hydrocarbon fuel such as kerosene ceases to flow freely due to components of the fuel freezing into solid waxes.
wax print noun: A type of textile with patterns printed on it in wax, popular in much of Africa.
wax-resist noun: The method of using wax to mask parts of a work, such as cloth or pottery, when applying a coating or treatment; the resist method, using wax.
wax someone's tail verb: To lock one's weapons onto the tail of an enemy aircraft.
wax tablet noun: A tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.
wax the dolphin verb: To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
wax-up noun: The use of wax on a cast in planning how to carry out a restorative procedure.
wax vesta noun: A type of early safety match having a wax stem and a phosphorus tip.
wax vine noun: Alternative form of waxvine
wax wode verb: To become angry because of something; be made angry by someone or something.
waxability noun: The quality or degree of being waxable.
waxable adjective: Suitable for being waxed.
Waxahachie proper noun /ˌwɑksəˈhæt͡ʃi/: A city, the county seat of Ellis County, Texas, United States.
waxathon noun: An extended session of waxing the body.
waxbean noun: Alternative form of wax bean
waxberry noun: of species Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle).
waxbill noun /ˈwæksˌbɪl/: A member of any species in the genera Estrilda, Coccopygia, Brunhilda, Glaucestrilda, Amandava, Granatina, and Uraeginthus of the family Estrildidae of...
waxbird noun: A bird, the waxwing (Bombycilla spp.).
waxbush noun: A plant of species Cuphea viscosissima.
waxcap noun: Any agaric mushroom of the family Hygrophoraceae.
waxchandler noun: A maker of candles and other items from wax.
waxchandlery noun: The business of a waxchandler, making items from wax.
waxcloth noun: An oilcloth.
waxed adjective, verb /ˈwækst/: Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or waterproof, or to protect it.
waxed cotton noun: Synonym of cotton wax
waxed end noun: A thread of various filaments, usually pointed with a bristle and covered with shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for making or repairing footwears.
waxed paper noun: wax paper
waxen adjective /ˈwæksən/: Grown.
waxen chatterer noun: Synonym of Bohemian chatterer (that is, the Bohemian waxwing).
waxen image noun: A wax figure or poppet made to resemble a person in order to injure them by sympathetic magic, such as by stabbing the figure or melting it at a fire
waxen vein noun: the Ludus Helmontii; argillaceous septaria
waxer noun: A device used to apply wax.
waxflower noun: Any plant of the genus Hoya.
waxgourd noun: Alternative form of wax gourd.
Waxhaw noun: A member of a Native American tribe native to what are now the counties of Lancaster in South Carolina and Union and Mecklenburg in North Carolina, around...
waxhead noun: A surfer (surfboard enthusiast).
Waxiang noun: A member of the ethnic group living in western Hunan, China.
waxie noun: A cobbler.
waxily adverb: In a waxy way.
waxiness noun: The quality of being waxy
waxing noun, verb /ˈwæksɪŋ/: An act of applying wax.
waxing die noun: A tool used in the investment casting process to create precise wax patterns of the parts that are to be cast in metal.
waxing iron noun: A specialized, hand-held tool used to apply hot wax to the bases of skis and snowboards.
waxing kernel noun: A small tumour formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children.
waxing moon noun: A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears larger each night as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon: a moon in any of the...
waxing up noun: A technique of contouring a wax pattern to simulate the final size, shape, and surface of a tooth or denture.
waxish adjective: Similar to wax.
waxless adjective: Without wax.
waxlessness noun: Absence of wax.
waxlight noun: A waxen candle; a taper.
waxlike adjective: Resembling wax.
waxlip orchid noun: Glossodia major
waxmaker noun: A manufacturer of wax, or of items from wax.
waxmaking noun: The manufacture of wax, or of items from wax.
Waxman proper noun: A surname.
waxmoth noun: Alternative form of wax moth.
waxmyrtle noun: Alternative form of wax myrtle.
waxpalm noun: Synonym of wax palm.
waxpaper noun: Alternative form of wax paper.
waxplant noun: Alternative form of wax plant.
waxplay noun: The practice of dripping melted wax onto a person's naked skin (usually from a candle) for sensual and/or sexual stimulation.
waxpod noun: A dwarf variety of French bean.
WAXS noun: Initialism of wide-angle X-ray scattering.
waxup noun: Alternative form of wax-up.
waxweed noun: Any of various plants of the genus Cuphea.
waxwing noun /ˈwæksˌwɪŋ/: Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings.
waxwork noun: A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
waxworker noun: A worker in the wax industry.
waxworking noun /ˈwæks.wɜː.kɪŋ/: the creation of waxworks.
waxworks noun: An exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum.
waxworky adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a waxwork; stiff and artificial.
waxworm noun: A larva of a wax moth.
waxy adjective, noun /ˈwæksi/: Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
waxy cap noun: Any agaric of the family Hygrophoraceae.
waxy corn noun: Field corn having a sticky texture when cooked, due to high amylopectin content.
waxy flexibility noun: A psychomotor symptom of catatonic schizophrenia which leads to a decreased response to stimuli and a tendency to remain in an immobile posture.
waxy rice noun: Synonym of glutinous rice
waxy screw shell noun: Turritella capensis, a species of South African sea snail.
waxy spleen noun: amyloidosis of the spleen
waxycap noun: Alternative spelling of waxy cap.
way adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, suffix, verb /weɪ/: A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
way back adverb, noun: long ago
way back when adjective, adverb: At a time in the distant past.
way-baggage noun: Baggage to be dropped off at a way station, not taken to the terminal point of the journey.
way bill noun: Alternative spelling of waybill.
way-cleaner noun: A person employed to clean the rails, removing coaldust etc.
way enough interjection, verb /weɪ əˈnʌf/: A coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.
way-finding noun: Alternative form of wayfinding.
way-going adjective: Going away; departing; of or relating to one who goes away.
way in noun /weɪ ˈɪn/: An entrance.
way leave noun: Alternative form of wayleave.
way of all flesh noun: The inevitable road to death; mortality.
way of life noun: A style of living that reflects the attitudes of a person or group.
Way of the Cross noun: A series of pictures or statues depicting the Stations of the Cross, as laid out around a church, along a road etc.
way of the world noun: The manner, often unavoidable or displeasing, in which events usually unfold or in which people usually behave.
way of thinking noun: An opinion; a viewpoint.
way off adjective: remote; far; distant (in space)
way out adjective, adverb, noun /weɪ ˈaʊt/: A means of exit.
way out of a paper bag phrase: A minimal level of competence or effectiveness, as used in phrases where one is unable to perform.
way out of a wet paper bag phrase: Alternative form of way out of a paper bag.
way passenger noun: A passenger who does not travel the whole journey, in a carriage, train, etc. but is picked up or set down part of the way along.
way-sliding noun: A straying or wandering from the right way, as in religion or morals.
way station noun: A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
way thistle noun: Canada thistle Cirsium arvense.
way to go interjection, noun: An expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval.
way to run a railroad noun: Method of managing a complex operation.
way too adverb /ˈweɪ tu/: To a degree that is very excessive emphatic and strengthened form of too.
way-traffic noun: Local traffic, as distinguished from through or express traffic.
way-train noun: A train stopping at most of the stations on a line.
way way back noun: The third row of seats in a station wagon, especially rear-facing.
way-wise adjective: Expert or knowledgeable in finding or keeping the way; knowing the way or route.
Waya proper noun: An island in the southern part of the Yasawa Islands of Fiji.
Wayana noun: A Carib-speaking people located in the southeastern part of the Guiana highlands.
Wayanad proper noun: A city in Kerala, India.
Wayanad bowtail noun: The dragonfly Macrogomphus wynaadicus.
wayang adjective, noun, verb /ˈwɑjɑŋ/: A theatrical performance of mythological events employing puppets or human dancers in Malaysia and Indonesia (especially Java).
Wayao noun: Synonym of Yao (“a Bantu people”).
wayback noun: A very remote time or place.
wayback machine noun: A time machine or other means of revisiting information from the past.
waybeam noun: A longitudinal timber supporting railway track, especially on a bridge.
waybill noun, verb /ˈweɪ.bɪl/: A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.
wayboard noun: A thin layer or band of rock that separates or defines the boundaries of thicker strata.
waybook noun: A guide book.
waybread noun /ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/: The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).
waybung noun: The white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
waycar noun /ˈweɪˌkɑːr/: A crewed railroad car attached to the end of a freight train, serving as the conductor’s office, lookout (often via a cupola), and living...
Waycest noun /ˈweɪˌsɛst/: The incestuous pairing of the brothers Gerard Way and Mikey Way, of American rock band My Chemical Romance, in certain homoerotic fan fiction.
Waycross proper noun: A city, the county seat of Ware County, Georgia, United States.
wayeb noun: An additional five-day period after the 18 months of the Mayan calendar.
wayed adjective /weɪd/: tame; broken in.
wayfare noun, verb /ˈweɪfɛə(ɹ)/: Travel, journeying.
wayfarer noun /ˈweɪˌfɛəɹ.ə(ɹ)/: A traveller, especially one on foot.
wayfarers noun: plural of wayfarer.
wayfaring adjective, noun, verb: Travelling, especially on foot.
wayfaring tree noun: A much-branched European shrub of large size (Viburnum lantana), with dense cymes of small white flowers, the foliage and young shoots thickly covered with...
wayfellow noun: A fellow wayfarer; one who accompanies another during a journey.
wayfinder noun: One who finds a way: either a physical route or a means to achieve something.
wayfinding noun: The ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting and navigating.
waygate noun: The tailrace of a mill.
waygoing adjective: Alternative form of way-going.
waygone adjective: exhausted from travel
Waygood proper noun: A surname.
waygoose noun: Alternative form of wayzgoose.
wayhouse noun: An inn for travellers.
Wayland proper noun /ˈweɪ.lənd/: A legendary blacksmith in Germanic mythology.
waylandite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, bismuth, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
waylay verb /ˌweɪˈleɪ/: To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
waylayer noun /weɪˈleɪə(ɹ)/: a person who waylays someone
waylaying noun, verb: The act by which somebody is waylaid; an ambush.
wayleave noun: A right of way granted by a landowner.
wayleggo interjection: Used by a shepherd to call a sheepdog back to his side.
wayless adjective: Without a way.
waylessness noun: Absence of a way or path.
Waylon proper noun: A male given name.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under W: 16,520 words, in 56 parts.