The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
A shallow body of water.
In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
(architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
(uncountable, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia)Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
(countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
The liquid used to wash an ore.
A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
A thin covering or coat.
(stock exchange) A fraudulenttransaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
(pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
