10-letter words containing a, i, r, s, w
- shirtwaist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- snow train — a train that takes passengers to and from a winter resort area.
- social war — Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- squarewise — in a square position or shape
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- straw wine — a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.
- strip away — remove entirely
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- wabiserver — (operating system, tool) An addition to Wabi which allows the Microsoft Windows application to run on a server, e.g. a powerful Intel-based computer, with users accessing it from their desktop which can be a cheap computer such as an X terminal.
- waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
- waitress's — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waitresses — Plural form of waitress.
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- war crimes — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warlordism — a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- warranties — Plural form of warranty.
- warrantise — a warranty; security
- warrioress — a woman who is a warrior
- washateria — a launderette.
- washeteria — washateria.
- water sign — any of the three astrological signs, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of sensitivity and emotionalism.
- water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
- wateriness — the state or condition of being watery or diluted.
- watersider — a wharf labourer
- waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
- waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
- waziristan — a mountainous region in NW Pakistan.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
- weizsacker — Carl Friedrich von [kahrl free-drikh fuh n] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1912–2007, German physicist and cosmologist.
- welfarists — (rare, pejorative, derisive) Plural form of welfarist.
- west irian — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- whip-smart — extremely clever
- whirlblast — a blast of wind
- widespread — spread over or open, or occupying a wide space.
- wind shear — the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction.
- windbreaks — Plural form of windbreak.
- winetaster — a critic, writer, buyer, or other professional who tests the quality of wine by tasting.