10-letter words containing a, w, d, l
- water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
- water-laid — noting a rope laid left-handed from three or four plain-laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow.
- waterflood — (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.
- waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
- wattlebird — any of several Australian honey eaters of the genus Anthochaera, most of which have fleshy wattles at the sides of the neck.
- weakwilled — Alternative spelling of weak-willed.
- well acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- well-acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- well-aimed — to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
- well-aired — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- well-armed — bearing firearms; having weapons: a heavily armed patrol.
- well-drawn — past participle of draw.
- well-named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- westwardly — having a westward direction or situation: the westwardly migration of the 1850s.
- wheatfield — A wheat field; a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
- whiptailed — having a long slender tail
- white lady — a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice
- white lead — a white, heavy powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO 3 ⋅Pb(OH) 2 , used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns.
- wholesaled — Simple past tense and past participle of wholesale.
- wide-angle — of or relating to a lens having a relatively wide angle of view, generally 45° or more, and a focal length of less than 50 mm.
- wienerwald — a forested and wooded hill range in NE Lower Austria, W of Vienna: resorts.
- wikileaked — pertaining to or noting private or classified information or documents that are anonymously disclosed, especially when published on a website: WikiLeaked diplomatic cables.
- wild basil — a European plant, Satureja vulgaris (or Clinopodium vulgare), with dense clusters of small pink or whitish flowers: family Lamiaceae
- wild beast — savage animal
- wild calla — water arum.
- wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.
- wild senna — a subshrubby senna, Cassia marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having yellow flowers.
- wild track — a soundtrack recorded other than with a synchronized picture, usually carrying sound effects, random dialogue, etc
- wild water — turbulent water in a river, esp as an area for navigating in a canoe as a sport
- wildcarded — (computing) Replaced or supplemented with a wildcard character to allow matching against a range of possible values.
- wildcatted — Simple past tense and past participle of wildcat.
- wildcatter — an oil prospector.
- willemstad — the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
- wilson dam — a dam on the Tennessee River, in NW Alabama, at Muscle Shoals: a part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 4862 feet (1482 meters) long; 137 feet (42 meters) high.
- wind plant — a grouping of devices, consisting of a tower, propellers, alternator, generator, and storage batteries, designed to produce electricity by converting the mechanical force of wind on blades or a rotor into electricity.
- wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- windfallen — having fallen because of wind
- windlassed — Simple past tense and past participle of windlass.
- windlasses — (nautical) Plural form of windlass.
- withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
- wizardlike — Resembling a wizard or some aspect of one.
- wondergoal — (sport) An excellent goal.
- wonderland — a land of wonders or marvels.
- woodlander — an inhabitant of the woods.
- word class — a group of words all of which are members of the same form class or part of speech.
- word salad — incoherent speech consisting of both real and imaginary words, lacking comprehensive meaning, and occurring in advanced schizophrenic states.
- world bank — an international bank established in 1944 to help member nations reconstruct and develop, especially by guaranteeing loans: a specialized agency of the United Nations.
- world beat — (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.
- world fair — an international exhibition of industrial, scientific, artistic etc achievements of different countries in the world
- worldscale — the standard scale of freight rates for oil tankers