(Arab society, often italicized) Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood

(informal) A taxon that exists only to classify organisms that do not fit anywhere else, being either paraphyletic or polyphyletic and therefore not considered valid under modern rules of taxonomy.

plural of wastage

plural of wastebin

A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.

Without waste.

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become waste (i.e. barren, dejected, dismal, feeble, or sickly) or wasted

(dated, finance) A temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later.

Absence of waste.

plural of wasteboard