For Waste we have terms and definitions in 12 topics. The topics are Canadian Law, Cinematography, Dream, Electric Power, Energy, Environment, Feudal, Film Production, Medieval Towns, Real Estate, Sanitation and Soccer.

Waste (Canadian Law)

The abuse, destruction or permanent change to property by one who is merely in possesion of it as in the case of a tenant or a life tenant.

Waste (Cinematography)

Shining a light on an object, then slowing turning the light away so that some of the light will miss or fall off the object. (Lighting)

Waste (Dream)

To dream of wandering through waste places, foreshadows doubt and failure, where promise of success was bright before you.
To dream of wasting your fortune, denotes you will be unpleasantly encumbered with domestic cares.

Waste (Electric Power)

Refers to radioactive wastes. High-level waste (HLW) is highly radioactive material arising from nuclear fission. It can be recovered from reprocessing spent fuel, though some countries regard spent fuel itself as HLW. It requires very careful handling, storage and disposal. Low-level waste (LLW) is mildly radioactive material usually disposed of by incineration and burial.

Waste (Energy)

Municipal solid waste, landfill gas, methane, digester gas, liquid acetonitrile waste, tall oil, waste alcohol, medical waste, paper pellets, sludge waste, solid byproducts, tires, agricultural byproducts, closed loop biomass, fish oil, and straw.

Waste (Environment)

1. Unwanted materials left over from a manufacturing process. 2. Refuse from places of human or animal habitation.

Waste (Feudal)

The term generally given to land which is unusable or uncultivated
with in a holding. It is not taxed. It is sometimes referred to land
destroyed by war or raids, which is like wise not subject to tax.

Waste (Film Production)

Shining a light on an object, then slowing turning the light away so that some of the light will miss or fall off the object. (Lighting)

Waste (Medieval Towns)

The medieval application of the term is much like its modern connotations, but it was used in a legal sense referring to land that was unoccupied, undeveloped or uncultivated. As a result the land could not be the source of any tax or other revenue to its owner. Borough governments were keen to obtain control (from the lord of the town) over wasteland within the town boundaries, since they could then a lease out plots of land. The term was similarly applied to property that had been allowed to deteriorate, or had even been purposely damaged, so that its value (whether in terms of selling price or rentability) decreased.

Waste (Real Estate)

An improper use or an abuse of a property by a possessor who holds less than fee ownership, such as a tenant, life tenant, mortgagor or vendee. Such waste ordinarily impairs the value of the land or the interest of the person holding the title or the reversionary rights.

Waste (Sanitation)

(1) Something that is superfluous or rejected; something that can no longer be used for its original purpose. (2) Any solid, liquid or gaseous emission that results from human activity.

Waste (Soccer)

To throw away

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