10-letter words containing a, n, s, w
- unswayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- unwareness — unwariness or lack of caution: carelessness
- unwashable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wagon boss — a man in charge of a wagon train.
- wagon seat — a plain, unupholstered settee, usually with a slat back, for use either indoors or in a wagon.
- wagonettes — Plural form of wagonette.
- wagonloads — Plural form of wagonload.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- waistbands — Plural form of waistband.
- waistlines — Plural form of waistline.
- waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
- waldensian — a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century.
- wallopings — Plural form of walloping.
- walsingham — Sir Francis, c1530–90, English statesman: secretary of state 1573–90.
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- wantonness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warmongers — Plural form of warmonger.
- warpedness — The state, quality or condition of being warped.
- warrantees — Plural form of warrantee.
- warranties — Plural form of warranty.
- warrantise — a warranty; security
- warrantors — Plural form of warrantor.
- wart snake — either of two stout, nonvenomous snakes of the family Acrochordindae, ranging from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, and having the skin covered with wartlike, three-pointed scales.
- wash-woman — washerwoman.
- washbasins — Plural form of washbasin.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- washstands — Plural form of washstand.
- wassailing — Present participle of wassail.
- wassermann — August von [ou-goo st fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst fən/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, German physician and bacteriologist.
- waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- wastelands — Plural form of wasteland.
- 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.
- wateriness — the state or condition of being watery or diluted.
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- wax insect — any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pe-la.
- waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
- waziristan — a mountainous region in NW Pakistan.
- weaknesses — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- weaponeers — Plural form of weaponeer.
- weaponless — Lacking a weapon.
- weaselling — (British) present participle of weasel.
- webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
- wednesdays — on or during Wednesdays; every Wednesday.