10-letter words containing a, w, e
- wavenumber — (mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
- waveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- wax flower — Madagascar jasmine.
- wax insect — any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pe-la.
- wax museum — a museum containing wax effigies of famous persons, especially historical figures, usually in scenes associated with their lives.
- wax myrtle — an aromatic shrub, Myrica cerifera, of the southeastern U.S., bearing small berries coated with wax that is sometimes used in making candles.
- wax tablet — a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus.
- waxahachie — a city in NE central Texas.
- waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
- weak force — a force between elementary particles that causes certain processes that take place with low probability, as radioactive beta-decay and collisions between neutrinos and other particles.
- weak point — an area of weakness
- weak-kneed — yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc.
- weaker sex — the female sex; women (usually used facetiously): my life as a member of the weaker sex.
- weakhanded — having weak hands.
- weaknesses — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- weakwilled — Alternative spelling of weak-willed.
- wealth tax — a tax on personal property; capital levy
- wealthiest — Superlative form of wealthy.
- weapon dog — a dog, esp. a bulldog or pit bull terrier, kept as a pet and trained to intimidate and attack others
- weaponeers — Plural form of weaponeer.
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- weaponless — Lacking a weapon.
- wearyingly — In a wearying way.
- weasel out — any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- weaselling — (British) present participle of weasel.
- weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- weatherize — to make (a house or other building) secure against cold or stormy weather, as by adding insulation, siding, and storm windows.
- weatherman — a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
- weathermen — Plural form of weatherman.
- weave bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- weaverbird — any of numerous African and Asian finchlike birds of the family Ploceidae, noted for their elaborately woven nests and colonial habits.
- web beacon — a very small graphic image or other object embedded in an HTML-formatted web page or email, used to track the online actions and activity of users: Web beacons that monitor customer preferences.
- webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- webcrawler — (sometimes initial capital letter) a computer program that retrieves data from a website, as in order to index web pages for a search engine.
- webmasters — Plural form of webmaster.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
- wednesdays — on or during Wednesdays; every Wednesday.
- weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
- weight man — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
- weimaraner — one of a German breed of hunting dogs having a smooth silver-gray to dark-gray coat, a cropped tail, and blue-gray or amber eyes.
- 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.
- well acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- well aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- well water — water drawn from a well
- 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-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.