| waste | Garbage, rubbish or trash. |
| water current | Generally, a horizontal movement of water. Currents may be
classified as tidal and nontidal. Tidal currents are caused by
gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth and
are part of the same general movement of the sea that is
manifested in the vertical rise and fall, called tide. |
| wave | Energy disturbance moving through or over a surface, resulting in
oscillations in the properties of the medium. |
| wave crest | The highest portion of a wave, or that portion above the level of
still water. |
| wave length | The distance between one point on a wave and
the same point on the next wave (e.g., one full crest and its accompanying trough). |
| WHO | Acronym for World Health Organisation. |