10-letter words containing a, w, e, i
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
- randomwise — in a random manner
- rapidwrite — (language, tool) A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
- rapier wit — ability to deliver witty and cutting remarks
- raw sienna — a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- razor wire — concertina wire.
- red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
- reviewable — Reviewable premiums or payments are not guaranteed and may be increased or decreased.
- rewritable — A rewritable CD or DVD is a CD or DVD that you can record onto more than once. Compare recordable.
- rewriteman — a newspaper employee who writes articles from available information or who reworks the copy written by reporters.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- riverwards — towards a river
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- screw axis — a symmetry element of a space group such that a rotation of the lattice about the axis and a translation of the lattice some fraction of the lattice's unit distance brings the lattice back to its original position.
- screw nail — drive screw.
- sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shieldwall — a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers
- silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- smile away — to drive away or get rid of by a smile or smiling
- squarewise — in a square position or shape
- stage wait — an unintentional pause during a performance, usually caused by a performer's or stagehand's missing a cue.
- state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- 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.
- swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
- sweat suit — a set of garments consisting of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
- 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.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- table wine — a wine that contains not more than 14 percent alcohol and is usually served as an accompaniment to food.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- tegakwitha — Tekakwitha
- tekakwitha — Kateri [kah-tuh-ree] /ˈkɑ tə ri/ (Show IPA), or Catherine, 1656–80, North American Indian ascetic; convert to Roman Catholicism.
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- tidal wave — (not in technical use) a large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.
- tidewaiter — a customs officer who checks goods upon a vessel's landing, to secure the payment of duties.
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).