(South Africa) One of numerous acacias and mimosas and relatives. / Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn, Cape thorn) / The grapple plant (Uncarina leptocarpa).

The common prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). / The greenbrier (Smilax spp., esp. Smilax rotundifolia) / Any of various species of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli, etc.).

(idiomatic) A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.

(chess) A move that is not tactical except in that it puts the burden to move on the opposing player.

plural of waiting move

An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.

A room in some public place for people to wait.

(computing) Any of several instances in which a computer's processor cannot execute instructions (either for the entire computer, or just for a specific task) until an I/O operation completes, or until an interrupt is resolved

A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.

plural of lady-in-waiting