Reverse Dictionary: WASH

ADJECTIVES
► ABLUTED washed away, washed clean → 1650 obs.
► ABLUTIONARY pert. to washing the body, or parts of it → 1761
► ILLUTIBLE that cannot be washed away → 1623 obs.
► LAVATORIAL pert. to washing → 1839 
► LAVATORY pert. to washing → 1846 
► LUSTRATIVE washing → 1875 jocular usage

NOUNS
► ABDEST the ritual washing of parts of the body before prayer or handling the Qur’an → 1667 Islam
► ABLUTION the act of washing clean; the washing or cleansing of one’s person → 1664
► ABLUTOMANIA an abnormal desire to wash, especially the hands → 1991 (Bk.)
► ABLUVION a washing off or away; that which is washed away → 1805 US obs.
► APC a quick wash (Arm Pits and Crotch) → 1988 sl.
► BITCH BATH a cursory wash in a minimal amount of water → 2001 US sl.
► BLANKET BATH an all-over wash administered to someone who is bed-bound → 1846
► BOB SQUASH a wash → 1972 UK rhyming sl.
► BOGEY an act of washing oneself, a bathe, a wash → 1836 Aust. sl.
► CAT-LICK a hasty, indifferent washing → 1859 colloq.
► CAT-WASH a hasty, indifferent washing → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAIBLE a slight washing → 1825 Sc.
► DAR a small, hasty wash → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DUCK’S BREAKFAST a drink of water and a wash → 1908 Aust. sl.
► DUTCH BATH a very cursory wash → 1953 US sl.
► ENGLISH SHOWER a cursory wash or the application of deodorant to unwashed armpits → 2002 sl.
► EWER a pitcher with a wide spout, used to bring water for washing the hands → 1400
► FACE BOWL a small bowl in which to wash the face → 1900 African-American sl.
► GEMELLION one of a pair of basins used for washing the hands before meals, the water being poured over the hands from one basin and caught in the other → 1889
► JAYBIRD BATH a wash confined to parts of the body that show, usually the face and hands → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LABRUM in Roman History: a large shallow basin used for washing → 1649
► LAMBETH a wash → 1909 UK sl.
► LAUNDRY the act of process of washing → 1530 obs.
► LAVABO a basin for washing the hands or body → 1818
► LAVAMENT a washing → 1597 obs.
► LAVATION the act of washing → 1627 
► LAVATORY 1. a vessel for washing; a bath → 1375 
2. a lotion, a wash → 1490 obs.
3. the act of washing → 1620 
► LAVATORY BOWL a washbasin → 1872
► LAVATUR 1. a place for washing → 1535 Sc. obs.
2. a vessel for ceremonial or ritual washing → 1600 Sc. obs.
► LAVATURE a lotion, a wash → 1601 obs.
► LAVE the act of laving, wash → 1865 
► LAVEMENT the act of washing, or cleansing → 1650 
► LAVENDRY the act or process of washing → 1377 obs.
► LAVER a vessel, basin, or cistern for washing; in early use, chiefly a wash-hand-basin or a water-jug, usually of metal; occasionally, a pan or bowl for water, irrespective of its purpose → 1386 poetic or rhetorical usage
► LEMON (SQUASH) a wash → 1905 Aust. rhyming sl.
► LICK a slight and hasty wash → 1780 UK sl.
► LICK AND A PROMISE a quick, if not well-performed, piece of work; orig. said of a hasty wash → M19 sl.
► LUSTRATION washing → 1826 chiefly jocular usage
► MARINE BATH a brief wash of the armpits and a dab or aftershave or perfume → 1974 US sl.
► MEXICAN SHOWER a rudimentary wash, cleaning only the face and armpits → 1996 US sl.
► MOAB an outdoor conduit for washing; a tub, trough, or other container for water; a washroom → 1865 chiefly English public schools’ usage
► MUNDATION a cleansing or washing something; a being cleansed → 1633 obs.
► MUNDATORY an implement or means of washing → 1860 obs.
► NET a wash or rinse → 1703 Eng. dial.
► POLISH SHOWER a cursory wash or the application of deodorant to unwashed armpits → 1993 sl.
► P.T.A. the washing by a woman of only the genital area, the breasts and armpits, all of which are most likely to smell (pussy, tits and armpits/pits, tits, and ass) → 1971 African-American sl.
► RUBBEDY DUB a wash, a ‘scrub’ → 2016 Aust. sl.
► SAILOR’S WASH a method of washing in which cupped hands are used instead of a facecloth → 1906 UK sl.
► SCOTCH LICK a very slight wash of the face or hands → 1904 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► SLOOSH ► SLUISH ► SLUSH a quick or copious wash → 1893 colloq.
► SLOSH DOWN a quick wash → 1915 UK sl.
► SLUSH a copious wash → 1902 colloq.
► SOLDIER’S WASH a method of washing in which cupped hands are used instead of a facecloth → 1906 UK sl.
► SOUSE  a wash → 1741 Eng. dial.
► STEAMIE a public wash-house → 1926 Sc.
► SWILL a washing tub → 1624 obs.
► TOILET BOWL a bowl used for washing, especially one forming part of an arrangement for washing in a person’s bedroom; a washbasin → 1850
► TUBBING a washing in a bath → 1839
► WARM UP a wash before intercourse → 1970 sl.
► WASH-BALL a ball of soap used for washing the hands and face, and for shaving → 1601
► WASH-DISH a wash-hand basin → 1805 US
► WASHDOWN a washing oneself all over at a washbasin or sink, as distinct from in a bath or under a shower → 1849
► WASHEL a bath; a vessel for washing → 1375 obs.
► WASHING-BOWL a basin for washing the hands → 1500 obs.
► WHORE BATH ► WHORE’S BATH an impromptu and quick cleaning of the body at a sink, with special attention to cleaning the genitals → 1944 US sl.
► WHORE SPLASH an impromptu and quick cleaning of the body at a sink, with special attention to cleaning the genitals → 1949 US sl.
► WHORE’S WASH an impromptu and quick cleaning of the body at a sink, with special attention to cleaning the genitals → 2014 sl.
► WUDU the ritual washing of parts of the body before prayer or handling the Qur’an → 1712 Islam

NOUNS – PERSON
► EWERER a servant who supplied guests, etc. at a table with water to wash their hands → 1450
► LAVATRIX a woman who washes → 1623 obs.

VERBS
► ABLUTE to wash oneself or a part of the body → 1703 colloq.
► BAIN to bathe or wash; to drench → 1398 obs.
► BATTLE to wash thoroughly → 1949 Amer. dial.
► BELAVE to wash all over → 1300 obs.
► BOGEY to wash oneself → 1830 Aust. sl.
► BOIL UP to wash one’s clothes or oneself → 1919 Amer. dial.
► BOUNDER to scrub or wash the body thoroughly → 1895 Amer. dial.
► BUCK to wash something → 1949 Amer. dial.
► CAT-LICK to wash in a perfunctory manner → 1859 colloq.
► DABBLE to wash or rinse quickly → 1938 Amer. dial.
► DAB OUT to do the laundry; to wash → 1860 lower classes’ usage
► DAFF to wash → 1910 taxi-drivers’ sl.
► DAIBLE to wash perfunctorily → 1825 Sc.
► DETERGE to wash off or out, to cleanse → 1623
► DOUCHE to wash oneself; to shower → 1843 obs.
► ELAVATE to wash clean → 1599 obs.
► LAGE to wash down or off with water → M16 sl.
► LAG OFF to wash → 1560 cant
► LAMBETH to wash → 1909 sl.
► LAUNDRY to launder → 1880 Amer. dial.
► LAVE to wash, to bathe → a1000 chiefly poetic usage
► LOTE to wash, to cleanse, to purify → 1547 obs.
► NALKEN to wash → tinkers’ usage → 1899 
► NET to wash or rinse out in clean water → 1703 Eng. dial.
► POLISH THE MUG to wash the face → 1927 US tramps’ sl.
► SIND to rinse; to wash out or down → 1350 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SLOOSH 1. to wash with a copious supply of water → 1912 colloq.
2. to wash in a hurry and in a perfunctory fashion → 1992 Norfolk Island
► SLOUSE to wash with a copious supply of water → 1726 Eng. dial.
► SLUSH to wash with a copious supply of water → 1854
► SOUSE to haver a thorough wash → 1895 Eng. dial.
► SOZZLE to splash; to wash by splashing → 1845 US
► TOILET to wash and attire oneself; to dress, to attire → 1840 
► TUB to wash oneself in a bath or tub → 1650 sl.