(veterinary, pathology) A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in deer, typified by chronic weight loss leading to death.

plural of was-sceptre

Synonym of wastepaper basket

plural of wastepaper bin

a ball-shaped object used to clean clothes by mechanical action when used in a washing machine, used as a substitute for laundry detergent

A dry riverbed.

plural of wastebasket taxon

a very slim waist resembling that of a wasp, especially one attained by tightlacing (corseting)

It is easy to lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially related to the original goal.

(simile, transitive) to remember very well, especially something that happened long ago