Vocabulary : Wash-off to Waspish
Wash-off : Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.
Washout : The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.
Washpot : A pot or vessel in which anything is washed. ;; A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.
Washstand : A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.
Washtub : A tub in which clothes are washed.
Washy : Watery; damp; soft. ;; Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. ;; Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse.
Wasite : A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.
Wasium : A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.
Wasp : Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.
Waspish : Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp. ;; Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.
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