WAVES
/weɪvz
/plural noun
The women’s section of the US Naval Reserve, established in 1942, or, since 1948, of the US Navy.An important distinction between the WAAC and the WAVES was the fact that the WAAC was an "auxiliary" organization, serving with the Army, not in it....
- Establishing the WAVES was a lengthy effort.
Origin
Acronym from Women Appointed (later Accepted) for Volunteer Emergency Service.
- splinter group
- splinter party
- splinter-proof
- splintery
- split
- splitboard
- split-brain
- split decision
- split end
- split hairs
- split-half
- split image
- split infinitive
- split-level
- split one's sides (also split a gut)
- split pea
- split-personality disorder
- split-phase
- split pin
- split-rail
- split ring
- split run
- split screen
- split second
- split shift