wash (n.)
- ablution
- babble
- backwash
- bath
- bathe
- bog
- bottom
- bottomland
- bottoms
- brew
- bubble
- calcimine
- canvas
- cathartic
- chromogen
- cleaner
- cleanser
- coat
- coating
- color
- coloring
- complexion
- contrail
- cover
- cream
- dab
- daub
- dentifrice
- detergent
- dip
- distemper
- diuretic
- douche
- drier
- dye
- dyestuff
- elution
- emetic
- enamel
- enema
- exhaust
- face
- fen
- fenland
- float
- flush
- fresco
- gargle
- gild
- glade
- glaze
- gloss
- gouache
- grain
- grisaille
- ground
- gurgle
- hold
- holm
- holystone
- hue
- illumination
- illustration
- impasto
- irrigation
- japan
- lacquer
- lap
- lapping
- lather
- laundering
- laundry
- lavabo
- lavage
- lavation
- lave
- leach
- lip
- lotion
- marsh
- marshland
- meadow
- medium
- mere
- mire
- monochrome
- moor
- moorland
- mop
- mopping
- morass
- moss
- mouthwash
- mud
- nauseant
- oil
- paint
- painting
- parget
- percolate
- pigment
- plash
- portraiture
- prime
- primer
- priming
- purgative
- purge
- purifier
- purl
- quagmire
- quicksand
- ride
- rinse
- rinsing
- ripple
- scour
- scouring
- scrub
- scrubbing
- shade
- shadow
- shampoo
- shellac
- shower
- slough
- sluice
- smear
- soak
- soap
- solvent
- sop
- souse
- splash
- sponge
- stain
- steep
- stream
- sump
- swab
- swabbing
- swale
- swamp
- swampland
- swash
- swish
- syringe
- tempera
- thinner
- tinct
- tinction
- tincture
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- toothpaste
- track
- trill
- tub
- turpentine
- turps
- undercoat
- varnish
- vehicle
- vortex
- wake
- wallow
- washday
- washing
- washout
- washup
- water
- whitewash
wash (v.)
- babble
- baptize
- bathe
- bedaub
- bedizen
- begild
- besmear
- bog
- bottom
- brew
- bubble
- burble
- calcimine
- canvas
- coat
- color
- complexion
- cover
- cream
- dab
- daub
- deep-dye
- dip
- distemper
- douche
- drench
- dye
- emblazon
- enamel
- engild
- exhaust
- face
- fen
- float
- flush
- fresco
- gargle
- gild
- glaze
- gloss
- grain
- ground
- guggle
- gurgle
- hold
- holystone
- hue
- illuminate
- imbrue
- imbue
- impregnate
- infiltrate
- infuse
- ingrain
- inject
- irrigate
- japan
- lacquer
- lap
- lather
- launder
- lave
- leach
- lip
- macerate
- mire
- moor
- mop
- mud
- oil
- paint
- parget
- percolate
- permeate
- pigment
- plash
- prime
- purge
- purl
- ride
- rinse
- ripple
- saturate
- scour
- scrub
- seethe
- shade
- shadow
- shampoo
- shellac
- shower
- slosh
- slough
- sluice
- smear
- soak
- soap
- sop
- sough
- souse
- splash
- sponge
- stain
- steep
- stipple
- stream
- swab
- swamp
- swash
- swish
- syringe
- tinct
- tinction
- tincture
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- track
- trill
- tub
- undercoat
- varnish
- wake
- wallow
- water
- whitewash
wash (adj.)
The king [Frederic] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time.
When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds too late that men betray,
What charm can soothe her melancholy?
What art can wash her guilt away?
