10-letter words containing a, r, o, w
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- grow apart — friends: become less intimate
- hagerstown — a city in NW Maryland.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- hand mower — a lawn mower that is pushed by hand (distinguished from power mower).
- handbarrow — a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
- hard power — the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force
- harmsworth — Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe, 1865–1922, English journalist, publisher, and politician.
- hashbrowns — Alternative spelling of hash browns.
- hateworthy — Worthy of being hated, detestable, despicable.
- heartworms — Plural form of heartworm.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- hollowware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- hot-walker — a person whose job is walking racehorses after races, workouts, etc. to allow them to cool off gradually
- housewares — (North America) Domestic utensils, especially for the kitchen.
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iron-jawed — having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
- korean war — the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
- labour law — those areas of law which appertain to the relationship between employers and employees and between employers and trade unions
- lake worth — a city in SE Florida.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- law of war — rules or a code of rules governing the rights and duties of belligerents in an international war.
- lawn mower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.
- left arrow — (character) The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95.
- life arrow — an arrowlike projectile for carrying a line for use in maritime rescue operations.
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- low german — the West Germanic languages not included in the High German group, as English, Dutch, Flemish, or Plattdeutsch. Abbreviation: LG. Compare High German (def 1).
- low-loader — a road or rail vehicle for heavy loads with a low platform for ease of access
- lower back — lumbar region
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower mast — the lowermost spar of a compound mast, stepped in the hull of a vessel and carrying a topmast and any other upper spars.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- macroworld — A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
- madderwort — A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.