WAS

Definition: WAS

WAS

Imperative

1. Of Be

Verb

1. The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

WAS

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Absence

Absence makes the heart grow fonder; "absent in body but present in spirit"; absento nemo ne nocuisse velit; "Achilles absent was Achilles still"; aux absents les os; briller par son absence; "conspicuous by his absence"; "in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet".

Confutation

Phrase: the argument falls to the ground, cadit quaestio, it does not hold water, " suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo"; his argument was demolished by new evidence.

Desire

Cassius has a lean and hungry look; " hungry as the grave "; " I was born to other things "; " not what we wish but what we want "; " such joy ambition finds "; " the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none "; ubi mel ibi apes.

Deterioration

Phrase: out of the frying pan into the fire; agrescit medendo; "what a falling off was there! ".

Knowledge

Phrase: one's eyes being opened; (disclosure); ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner; empta dolore docet experientia;gr/gnothi seauton/gr "half our knowledge we must snatch not take"; Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher; "knowledge comes but wisdom lingers"; "knowledge is power"; les affaires font les hommes; nec scire fas est omnia; "the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds"; was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss.

Negation

Phrase: there never was a greater mistake; I know better; non haec in faedera; a thousand times no.

Oldness

Adverb: since the world was made, since the year one, since the days of Methuselah.

Possession

Phrase: entbehre gern was du nicht hast; meum et tuum; tuum est.

Prodigality

Phrase: amor nummi; facile largiri de alieno; wie gewonnen so zerronnen; les fous font les festins et les sages les mangent; "spendthrift alike of money and of wit"; "squandering wealth was his peculiar art".

Relinquishment

Phrase: aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben; entbehre gern was du nicht hast.

Scholar

Phrase: "he was a scholar and a ripe and good one"; "the manifold linguist".

The Past

Phrase: time was; the time has been, the time hath been; you can't go home again; fuimus Troes; fruit Ilium; hoc erat in more majorum; "O call back yesterday, bid time return"; tempi passati; "the eternal landscape of the past"; ultimus Romanorum; "what's past is prologue"; "whose yesterdays look backward with a smile".

Adverb: paleo-; archaeo-; formerly; of old, of yore; erst, whilom, erewhile, time was, ago, over; in the olden time; Noun: anciently, long ago, long since; a long while, a long time ago; years ago, yesteryear, ages ago; some time ago, some time since, some time back.

Unconformity

Phrase: never was seen the like, never was heard the like, never was known the like.

Will

Phrase: stet pro ratione voluntas; sic volo sic jubeo; a vostro beneplacito; beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere; Deus vult; was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden.

Crosswords: WAS

Afrikaan (wax), Dutch (was, wax), German (any, anything, how much, some, something, that, what, what for, what's, which, why), Papiamen (wax).

Well, uh, I was asking Chris to the prom (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz)

You just couldn't stand it that she was going to kiss me and not you, wasn't it (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I was filming this dead bird (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

If it doesn't, then it was never yours to begin with (Indecent Proposal; writing credit: Amy Holden Jones)

Traffic was murder (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman)

I can't believe, today was a good day (It Was a Good Day; performing artist: Ice Cube)

I'll be wishing I, wishing I, wishing I was there (Wishing I Was There; performing artist: Natalie Imbruglia)

I had a dream I was your hero (Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover; performing artist: Sophie B. Hawkins)

It was the third of September (Papa Was a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Temptations)

Hey Sis, one kiss, and I was heaven bound (The Dean And I; performing artist: 10CC)

Modesty died when false modesty was born. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Whoever called it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. (references; author: Groucho Marx)

The skin was moist and dry. (references; author: unknown)

I'm serious. It was a joke. (references; author: unknown)

Patient was alert and unresponsive. (references; author: unknown)

Big Billy, who had a big belly was also a big bully. (references; author: unknown)

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he? (references; author: unknown)

One-One was a racehorse. Two-Two was one, too. When One-One won one race, Two-Two won one, too. (references; author: unknown)

The owner of the Inside Inn was outside his Instde Inn with his inside outside his Inside Inn. (references; author: unknown)

The sawingest saw I ever saw saw was the saw I saw saw in Arkansas. (references; author: unknown)

Schulmädchen-Report 8: Was Eltern nie erfahren dürfen (1974)

The Way It Was (1974)

This Is the West That Was (1974)

Die malen Was halten Sie von Leuten (1974)

And When She Was Bad (1973)

First I Was A Hippie (performing artist: The Bobs)

It Was A Good Day (performing artist: Ice Cube)

Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love? (performing artist: Lobo)

Once Was A Time I Thought (performing artist: The Mamas And The Papas)

Wishing I Was There (performing artist: Natalie Imbruglia)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Paris Was a Woman: Portraits from the Left Bank (reference)

• Sappho Was a Right on Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism (reference)

• Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated From the Grip of Organized Crime (reference)

• I Didn't Know It Was Loaded (reference)

• The Great Big Wagon That Rang: How the Liberty Bell Was Saved (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Was - World Automotive Statistics (reference)

• Who Was Who (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• How the West Was Won (reference)

• How the West Was Fun (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• I Just Started Hatin Cheatin Songs Today / It Was (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Was 3.5 Advanced 128B Processor Program Pack Upgrade (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured are rows of artificially sweetened sodas on a grocery shelf with a "saccharin warning label" in front of them. The legal banning of artificially sweetened products was prevented by consumer pressure. FDA warning labels are on such products and the consumer must make a personal decision about using these products containing saccharin. In 1997 the FDA was considering taking saccharin off the list of possible carcinogens. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Magnetic resonance image (MRI) of individual breast, demonstrating marked enhancement (bright area) which was confirmed to be cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The ultraviolet pass box cabinet was used in Maximum Containment labs, through which possibly contaminated objects were passed in order to render any pathogens lifeless during transfer between laboratory rooms. Credit: CDC.

The Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities, established in the offices of PHS, February 10, 1942, was renamed the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas, MCWA, April 27, 1942. Credit: CDC.

Most of the eastern U.S. was cloud free October 11.  Such widespread cloudlessness in this part of the world is rare. These clear skies are associated with a region of high pressure over the eastern central U.S. Credit: NASA.

A team of astronomers has announced that a recently detected gamma-ray burst was as bright as ... Credit: NASA.

The Hubble telescope snapped pictures of comet Hyakutake March 25, 1996, when the comet was ... Credit: NASA.

View of Africa and Saudi Arabia from Apollo 17.Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972,it was the first time that the trajectory of an Apollo mission enabled a view ofthe south pole. Credit: NASA.

This image was taken by Clementine as it came over the north lunar pole at thecompletion of mapping orbit 102 on March 13, 1994. The angular separation between lunar horizon and Earth has been reduced for illustration purposes.The large crater at the bottom of the image is Plaskett (180 W longitude, 82 N latitude).(A version of this image with just the Earth in the image is available on theNSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth page.). Credit: NASA.

This image is true stereo from GOES-East and GOES-West satellites. Use red/green stereo glasses with the red lens on the right eye. The date/time for this image was 15 Sepember 1988 16:18:55 UTC. Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The law man was under, was rather for appropriating. (Second Treatise of Government)

Ratification was completed on June 21, 1788. (reference)

But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. (reference)

This would be to overthrow in fact what was established in theory; and would seem, at first view, an absurdity too gross to be insisted on. (reference)

Thus the ten-hours' bill in England was carried. (reference)

Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom." (Abraham Lincoln)

Lorraine on date of November 11, 1918, and the maintenance of which was a charge on the budget of the German Empire. (reference)

Lloyd-George, who was the head of the British delegation at Versailles. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. (reference)

In fact, any education of Negroes was forbidden by law in some states. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But then Patty came in, and said it was you.

It was scalding hot, and he decided not to drink it.

He was at home in five minutes

Ford was practicing being sullen and getting quite good at it.

It was my folly, and thy weakness

In company one day he heard an account of a criminal case that was about to be tried

So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil

That instant was his ruin

Why she was dead ere thou wast born

His face was set to a thin smile

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Later, LASIK was developed. (references)

Her age was unusual, however. (references)

This trial was well performed. (references)

Business

The boy's family was also detained. (references)

Minimum wages was about 3 US dollars. (references)

It was responsible for overall policy. (references)

Children

Norway

Abuse of children was a problem. (references)

Japan

The penalty for noncompliance was a fine. (references)

Yemen

Child abuse is not prohibited by law, and it was a problem. (references)

Civil Liberties

Turkey

Internet use was growing. (references)

Colombia

Parra later was found dead. (references)

Colombia

Angulo was held for 5 months. (references)

Discrimination

Uganda

Race was not a factor in national politics. (references)

Zambia

A legal challenge to these amendments in 1996 was unsuccessful. (references)

Burundi

The question of exclusion was a central question during the peace talks. (references)

Economic History

Venezuela

He was later released. (references)

Guinea

It was ratified in 1993. (references)

Rwanda

The MRND Party was outlawed. (references)

Human Rights

India

Shah was buried in Tral town. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Al-Sider was injured slightly. (references)

Morocco

The autopsy was not made public. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

The day was observed peacefully in most parts of Papua. (references)

Bolivia

Implementation of the agreement was underway at year's end. (references)

Norway

National/Racial/Minorities In January a 15-year-old boy with an African father was killed in Oslo. (references)

Minorities

Argentina

INADI was investigating the case. (references)

Czech Republic

Her case was pending at year's end. (references)

Argentina

A swastika was found inside the box. (references)

Political Economy

Angola

Impunity was a serious problem. (references)

Senegal

Mob violence also was a problem. (references)

Poland

Child prostitution was a problem. (references)

Political Rights

Cameroon

The Observatory was implemented in October. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The matter was before the court at year's end. (references)

Jordan

The voting age was lowered from 19 to 18 years. (references)

Trade

Romania

The trading volume was generally low. (references)

New Zealand

All import licensing was abolished on July 1, 1992. (references)

Venezuela

This prerequisite was eliminated at the end of 2000. (references)

Travel

Qatar

In 1982, the 660-bed Hamad General Hospital was inaugurated. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

The hotel was constructed in 1968 and extensive renovations are planned. (references)

Ghana

The interbank exchange rate as of September 30, 2001 was 7,150 cedis to 1 USD. (references)

Women

Belarus

Rape was a problem. (references)

Cambodia

Sex tourism was a problem. (references)

Afghanistan

Adultery was punishable by death through stoning. (references)

Worker Rights

Nigeria

Her trial was ongoing at year's end. (references)

Uganda

The ban still was in effect at year's end. (references)

Honduras

A contract was agreed to and signed in December. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "WAS": a fat lot of good that was ♦ ad since the world was made ♦ as he was wont to say ♦ as if nothing was the matter ♦ as was common ♦ as was his wont ♦ before the ink was dry ♦ but worse was to follow ♦ entbehre gern was du nicht hast ♦ he was ♦ he was all but dead ♦ he was all the world to his mother ♦ he was at a loss to answer ♦ he was beside himself ♦ he was eliminated ♦ he was forbidden ♦ he was hard up ♦ he was hit badly ♦ he was hopping mad ♦ he was in full regalia ♦ he was lucky enough to ♦ he was lucky to ♦ he was nowhere ♦ he was very unrestrained ♦ his argument was demolished by new evidence ♦ his mind was in a haze ♦ how much there was to be seen! ♦ i was bored ♦ i was dazzled ♦ i was not a tool in their hands! ♦ i was on pins all the time ♦ i was only fooling ♦ i was pleased at the news! ♦ i was somewhat surprised ♦ if there was not ♦ it was a beery affair ♦ it was a hard slog ♦ it was a near miss ♦ it was a revelation for me ♦ it was a scream! ♦ it was a slog ♦ it was bitter cold ♦ it was great fun ♦ it was high day ♦ it was hilarious ♦ it was his lot ♦ it was lost on him ♦ it was music to his ears ♦ it was noised abroad that ♦ it was none of my doing ♦ it was not my part to interfere ♦ it was not your part to say it ♦ it was nothing! ♦ it was only just ♦ it was plain sailing ♦ it was quite an event ♦ it was quite an occasion ♦ it was quite route ♦ it was rigged! ♦ it was she who told me ♦ it was too funny for words! ♦ justice was done ♦ my guess was right ♦ naked as the day one was born ♦ never was heard the like ♦ never was known the like ♦ never was seen the like ♦ none of us was there ♦ once upon a time there was ♦ once upon a time there was a king ♦ she was ♦ she was dressed in green ♦ since he was a child ♦ so it was that ♦ 'T was ♦ that prove i was right ♦ that was a nasty thing to say ♦ that was a near guess ♦ that was a score ♦ that was a sell! ♦ that was close! ♦ that was the last straw ♦ that was very unhelpful of you ♦ the day was wasting ♦ the garden was well kept ♦ the horse was given a good rub ♦ the question was mooted ♦ the room was overcrowded ♦ the sky was overcast ♦ there never was a greater mistake ♦ there was no necessity for so much noise ♦ this was a lesson to me ♦ was i wrong to believe him? ♦ was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss ♦ was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden ♦ what a lot there was to be seen! ♦ what a state he was in! ♦ what was his name again? ♦ what was the result? ♦ whatever was he doing there? ♦ your number was unobtainable. Additional references.

Beginning with "WAS": was-and, was-carefully, was-covered, was-flying, was-in, was-it, was-mentally, was-must, was-no, was-not, was-one, was-the, was-there, was-there-a-mr-qualtrough, was-there-something-else, was-the-risk-exaggerated.

Ending with "WAS": it-was, whatever-it-was.

Containing "WAS": boy-who-was-shaman, emptiness-that-was-not, grandmother-who-was-not, how-green-was-my-valley, how-on-earth-was-it-done, Invigamise-who-was-born, never-was-been, thanks-for-putting-up-with-them-and-that-wasn't-too-bad-was-it, time-was-past.

Albanian

po (am, but, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yup), ishte. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فيما عاذ الله (he was forbidden), ‏إحتدم غيظا (he was beside himself). (various references)

Chinese 

是 (ARE, be, Be-, Been, Being, IS, Is-, Were, Yes). (various references)

Croatian

bila (was to be). (various references)

Czech

min.èas od be. (various references)

Danish

var (var). (various references)

Dutch

was (wax), is (has, is). (various references)

Estonian

tegin (was doing). (various references)

Farsi 

بود. (various references)

Finnish

oli. (various references)

French

faisait, était. (various references)

French Canadian

était. (various references)

Galician

mercaba (I was buying). (various references)

German

war. (various references)

Greek 

αόρ. του be (were). (various references)

Hungarian

volt (ex, ex-, late, money I had none, volt). (various references)

Icelandic

var. (various references)

Indonesian

katanya (allegedly, it was said that..., reportedly). (various references)

Irish

raibh (may there be, were), bhí, ba (would be, would havebeen). (various references)

Italian

il sondaggio è otturato mediante un tappo autocalante,rivestito e cementato (and was then cased and cemented, the borehole was closed by an auto-sealing- plug), il campione fu assottigliato elettroliticamente finoal punto che la lamella poteva essere attraversata dagli elettroni nel microscopio elettronico (the specimen was electrolytically polished until it was thin enough to be examined by transmission in the electron microscope), il criterio di von Mises sembrava rispondente alla determinazione della velocità di scorrimento (the von Mises second order invariant stress criterium was found to control the creep rate), il frenaggio dei treni è assicurato da un'inversione di fasi sui motori: il campo rotante che spingeva il treno cambia allora di senso ed esercita un'assai energica frenatura del convoglio (so applying heavy braking to the pan, the braking of the trains is achieved by phase inversion on the motors: the sliding field which was driving the train will change direction), il gas di acido cloridrico fu preparato in un generatore e fatto passare attraverso un dispositivo di dosatura comprendente una bottiglia conta bolle a gorgogliamento (the hydrogen chloride gas was prepared in a gas generator and passed through a metering device - tap and bubble counter), il lavoro è stato iniziato il (the work was begun on the), il lavoro è stato ultimato il (the work was completed on the), il potenziale del tubo a raggi X è stato determinato mediante un milliamperometro e un resistore tipo Taylor da 125 megaohm (the x-ray tube potential was determined by means of a milliammeter and a 125-megohm Taylor-type resistor), il potenziale fra gli elettrodi era più che sufficiente per impedire la ricombinazione ionica nei campi a bassa irradiazione (the interelectrode potential was found ample to prevent ion recombination in low exposure rate radiation fields), il principio delle linee di trasmissione a perdita o leaky feeder principle è stato scoperto casualmente (the transmission liner or leaky feeder principle was first discovered by accident), a livello istochimico è stato dimostrato che subito dopo il suo apporto,il piombo si ritrova interno ai canali di Havers e solo più tardi lungo le trabecole del midollo osseo (and later along the trabeculae of the bone marrow, it was proved histochemically that lead can be found around the Haversian canals very soon after its intake), il resto della corrente elettronica totale è stato derivato dal regolatore verso la sbarra B+ del circuito (the remainder of the total electron current was shunted by the regulator to the B+ bus of the circuit), giudice del luogo dell'esecuzione del fallimento (court having jurisdiction in the country in which the bankruptcy was opened), in un nuovo tipo di tubo non c'era alcun fascio di raggi X discendente e la banda laterale di raggi X era molto ridotta e distribuita più uniformemente (from a new type of tube there was no downward beam of X-rays and the lateral band of X-rays was much reduced in quantity and more uniformly distributed), la concentrazione di Sr 85 nei sedimenti contenenti solidi organici degradabili era maggiore di quella riscontrata nei sedimenti non inquinati (the 85 Sr concentration in sediments containing degradable organic solids was higher than that found in the unpolluted sediments), la deformazione plastica era considerata di stimolo alla trasformazione, generando nuclei di martensite nelle zone deformate della fase principale (plastic deformation was considered to stimulate the transform=tion by generating martensite nuclei in the distorted regions of the parent phase), la dose è stata determinata in base all'annerimento della pellicola (the dose was determined by the film-darkening method), la dose e' stata determinata in base all'annerimento della pellicola (the dose was determined by the film-darkening method), la granulometria delle particelle e' stata eseguita su filtri, esaminati al microscopio elettronico analizzatore (particle size analysis was carried out with the aid of filters which were examined under a scanning electron microscope), la laccatura del campione fu fatta in una beuta a collo largo (the replication of the microsection was carried out in a wide-mouthed bottle), la lamiera fu ottenuta da acciaio Martin calmato debolmente con silicio (this was an Open Hearth steel slightly killed with silicon), la maggior quantità di raggi X è stata prodotto da una serie di valvole a filamento da l volt (the greatest quantity of X-rays was produced by a series of l-volt filament tubes), la perlite è in bande più distanziate (the pearlite was widely spaced), il procedimento è stato sperimentato nella coltivazione mediante martello-piccone adottando tutte le precauzione per evitare il deterioramento delle canne e dei cavi di alimentazione (every precaution being taken in order not to damage the infusion probes and supply hoses, the method was carried out in a pneumatic-pick face), credito sorto prima della dichiarazione di fallimento (debt arisen before the bankruptcy was opened), a quel tempo la dose massima ammissibile - DMA - era basata soltanto sulle lesioni da radiazioni e non teneva conto degli effetti genetici (the maximum permissible dose - MPD - at that time only took into account the danger of somatic radiation injury; no consideration was given to genetic effects), a quel tempo la dose massima ammissibile - DMA era basata soltanto sulle lesioni da radiazioni e non teneva conto degli effetti genetici (the maximum permissible dose - MPD - at that time only took into account the danger of somatic radiation injury ; no consideration was given to genetic effects of somatic radiation), è da ritenere che questo campo di temperature sia stato leggermente superato, per cui si è verificato un eccessivo ingrossamento dei carburi (it is assumed that this temperature range was slightly exceeded so taht the carbides are coarser than usual), è stato scavata una nicchia lunghissima dal lato di deflusso della ventilazione con un maggior lavoro di abattimento con mine (a generous stable was cut by additional shotfiring at the return end), é stato applicato un sistema uniforme di rilievo delle forme delle dimensioni e dei giochi per 40 accoppiamenti battenti per porta-telai (dimensions and play in forty examples of door panel and door frame assembly, on each site an identical method was aplied to establish form), areole di martensite indicanti che anche dopo un'ora di permanenza a temperatura la trasformazione non era ancora terminata (areas of martensite, which indicate that the transformation was not complete even after one hour), caso d'impossibilità assoluta di esecuzione (it was absolutely impossible for the decision to be complied with), c'era (there was), c'era una buona corrispondenza tra i valori calcolati con le misure della camera di ionizzazione e quelli ottenuti con la pellicola commerciale a bassa sensibilità (there was reasonably good agreement between values calculated from ion chamber measurements and those obtained on the slow commercial film), com'era (how was it?), i vini sono stati un tempo imbottati in grosse botti esposte alla muffa e alle quali si attribuiva un'influenza d'invecchiamento (wines awere formerly stocked in vats exposed to moulds and to which a maturing action or aging process was attributed, wines were formerly stocked in vats exposed to moulds and to which a maturing action or aging process was attributed), condanna pecuniaria estinta (part of which has been paid since the judgment was given, the judgment whose enforcement is sought orders the payment of a sum of money), giudice del luogo in cui è nata l'obbligazione (court for the place where the contract was concluded), data di notificazione della decisione impugnata (date on which the decision appealed against was notified), dato l'alto coefficiente di assorbimento di massa, i raggi X a debole energia vengono assorbiti quasi completamente (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed), dopo instillazione per via endotrachëale effettuata su gatti si è potuto costatare che anche composti di piombo difficilmente solubili possono essere assorbiti dal polmone (after intratracheal instillation with cats, it was noticed that even lead compounds which are not easily soluble can be reabsorbed in the lung), dopo la tempra l'acciaio è stato rinvenuto e poi temprato (after quenching, the steel was aged and finally quenched), e'entrato nell'uso chiamare ledeburite anche questo eutettico contenente carburi de lega,pure se originariamente con questo nome s'intendeva solo l'eutettico con la cementite (although this name originally was given to the eutectic which contains cementite, is also called ledeburite, usually this eutectic, which contains alloy carbides), era (age, Eon, era, he had, he was, it was), facevo (I was doing), flusso d'acquisto o di creazione dell'attività finanziaria (original value of the asset when it was acquired or created), gelai (freezed, was cold), la provetta è stata raffredata lentamente fino a che si è prodotta d'improvviso una trasformazione martensitica (the specimen was slowly cooled until a burst of martensi tic transformation occured), con una pretensione più bassa,il sistema d'ormeggio sarebbe stato troppo allentato,cio che avrebbe provocato una troppo larga deviazione dal pozzo,prima d'aver potuto applicare un sufficiente ripristino di forza al sistema d'ormeggio (if the pretension been lower, the mooring system would have been "too loose" resulting in too large excursions off the well before sufficient restoring force was supplied by the mooring system), risulto evidente che una preparazione che si dimostrava idonea per l'osservazione al microscopio ottico non era ancora sufficiente per micrografie elettroniche, specialmente con le repliche (especially using replicas, it was also shown that a preparation suitable for observation in the optical microscope was not necessarily suitable for the electron microscope), la polimentazione finale fu eseguita manualmente usando una sospensione di allumina, prima su un panno di lana fine e poi su uno a peli molto morbidi, con ripetuti attacchi intermedi con soluzione alcoolica di acido picrico o nitrico (the final polishing was done by hand at first on a wool cloth, then on a very soft haired cloth using alumina. Several intermediate etching treatments with alcoholic picric acid or nitric acid were used). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

果然 (as was expected), 果たして　 (as was expected, really), 果たして (as was expected, really), 果して (as was expected, really), 元の通り (as it was before), 大山鳴動してねずみ一匹 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき (much ado about nothing, The mountains have have brought forth a mouse), かぜん (as was expected, fish market, river bank, riverside), もとのとおり (as it was before), はたして (as was expected, really). (various references)

Korean 

있었다. (various references)

Luganda

otyanno (how, how is it, how was it), banzaala (I was born). (various references)

Manx

va (were), v' (were). (various references)

Norwegian

var. (various references)

Pig Latin

asway.(various references)

Portuguese

esteve, estava. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

esteve, estava, era. (various references)

Romanian

trecut de la be (were). (various references)

Russian 

ед. ч. прош. вр. от be, был >быть. (various references)

Scottish

iarr (ask, be willing to, look, request, search : dh'iarradh, seek, want, wish), chaidh (happened, has passed : chaidh aca, went), bu (is, 'twere, were, wert, would be), bha, bhà, bha (were, wert), bh' (before vow., were, wert), b' (were, wert; would be). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

proš. vreme od be. (various references)

Somali

loo (was it). (various references)

Spanish

fue (it was). (various references)

Swedish

var (be, case, each, every, ichor, matter, pus, were, where). (various references)

Tswana

ne (did, would). (various references)

Turkish

tam yerindeydi (it was only just), oldu olacak (that was close), hak yerini buldu (justice was done), eli kulağında (about to happen, imminent, impending, in the offing, just around the corner, pending, that was close), bana ders oldu (this was a lesson to me), adı neydi? (what was his name again?). (various references)

Ukrainian

невдаха (dud, fail, flop, loser, might-have-been, misfit, never-was, underdog, unfortunate, washout). (various references)

Wolof

woon. (various references)

Xhosa

ndizalwe (I was born), ibinjani (How was), ibimandi (It was nice). (various references)

erat. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "WAS": wasabi, wasabis, wash, washabilities, washability, washable, washables, washateria, washaterias, washbasin, washbasins, washboard, washboards, washbowl, washbowls, washcloth, washcloths, washday, washdays, washed, washer, washerman, washermen, washers, washerwoman, washerwomen, washes, washeteria, washeterias, washhouse, washhouses, washier, washiest, washing, washings, washout, washouts, washrag, washrags, washroom, washrooms, washstand, washstands, washtub, washtubs, washup, washups, washwoman, washwomen, washy, wasp. (additional references)

Words ending with "WAS": baklawas, bushwas, fatwas, pesewas, pipsissewas, redowas, schwas, twas. (additional references)

Words containing "WAS": awash, backwash, backwashed, backwashes, backwashing, brainwash, brainwashed, brainwasher, brainwashers, brainwashes, brainwashing, brainwashings, carwash, carwashes, dishwasher, dishwashers, downwash, downwashes, eyewash, eyewashes, flatwash, flatwashes, hogwash, hogwashes, kwashiorkor, kwashiorkors, mouthwash, mouthwashes, outwash, outwashes, outwaste, outwasted, outwastes, outwasting, prewash, prewashed, prewashes, prewashing, radwaste, radwastes, rainwash, rainwashed, rainwashes, rainwashing, rewash, rewashed, rewashes, rewashing, stonewashed, swash, swashbuckle. (additional references)

Misspellings

"WAS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awb, Awcc, aws, awsa, awv, cwas, fwas, gwas, hwaz, iwasg, Qwa, Qwaa, uas, wa, waa, waac, wab, wabs, wac, waes, waf, wafs, waj, wak, wans, wao, waq, wasd, Wase, wasi, Wasik, wasn, waso, wass, wasu, wasy, Wats, wau, waus, wavs, waws, waxs, waz, wazy, weas, wees, wes, wesg, wesr, wez, whas, wies, wijs, wiq, wisc, wiso, wisq, wiss, woas, wos, woss, wosy, woz, wrass, ws, wsd, wsi, wso, wua, wus, wuss, wuz, wxs, wys. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: saw.

-1 letter: as, aw.

+1 letter: awes, awls, awns, caws, daws, haws, jaws, laws, maws, paws, raws, sawn, saws, shaw, slaw, snaw, staw, swab, swag, swam, swan, swap, swat, sway, taws, twas, vaws, wabs, wads, waes, wags, wans, waps, wars, wash, wasp, wast, wats, waws, ways, yaws.

+2 letters: askew, avows, awash, awols, bawds, bawls, blaws, braws, chaws, claws, craws, dawks, dawns, dawts, draws, fawns, flaws, gawks, gawps, gawsy, gnaws, hawks, hawse, lawns, pawls, pawns, pshaw, resaw, sawed, sawer, schwa, sewan, sewar, shawl, shawm, shawn, shaws, slaws, snaws, sowar, spawn, squaw, straw, swabs, swage, swags, swail, swain, swale, swami, swamp, swamy, swang, swank, swans, swaps, sward, sware, swarf, swarm, swart, swash, swath, swats, sways, swear, sweat, tawse, thaws, twaes, wacks, wades, wadis, waffs, wafts, wages, waifs, wails, wains, wairs, waist, waits, wakes, wales, walks, walls, wames, wamus, wands, wanes, wants, wards, wares, warks, warms, warns, warps, warts, washy, wasps, waspy, waste, wasts, watts, wauks, wauls, waves, wawls, waxes, weals, weans, wears, wekas, whams, whaps, whats, wisha, woads, wraps, yawls, yawns, yawps.