waveless
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a word derived from
wave.
wavenouna disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
Example Sentences
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Gone were the shin-nicking wooden frames, and the early sloshings, as water beds went waveless and mainstream, encased in soft-edged mattress forms that looked just like their coil-filled cousins.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
Yes, soft lighting, copious usage of wood and stone, and one of the most spectacular waveless indoor swimming pools you’ll ever see help to set a mood.
From Forbes ● Jun. 18, 2014
On a starry night, aloft on a waveless ocean, the ship is seen steaming serenely toward New York City at 22 knots.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Yet no breath of rising wind or gathering tempest stirred the black waveless plain which stretched for so many a mile seaward and lay illimitable between the murky shores.
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
The dark oak-pannels chilled us from their waveless depths; the cumbrous organ, carved with fruit and flowers, kept frozen silence; while in the chapel, Sir Nicholas in stone and mildew struck to our marrow.
From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by James Payn