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10-letter words containing a, w, n, i

  • drinkwaterJohn, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
  • duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
  • earwigging — any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
  • earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
  • enwrapping — Present participle of enwrap.
  • fan window — a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.
  • fine-drawn — drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.
  • firewarden — a person having authority in the prevention or extinguishing of fires, as in towns or camps.
  • foilswoman — a woman who uses or specializes in using a foil
  • forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
  • glaswegian — of or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants.
  • guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
  • hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
  • hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
  • highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
  • highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
  • in a sweat — perspiring
  • in a while — a short time from now
  • in a whirl — If a person or their mind is in a whirl, they are very confused or excited.
  • in the raw — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
  • in the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • in waiting — a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.
  • insect wax — Chinese wax.
  • interweave — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
  • inwardness — the state of being inward or internal: the inwardness of the body's organs.
  • 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.
  • jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
  • king prawn — any of several large prawns of the genus Penaeus, which are fished commercially in Australian waters
  • landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
  • lawn chair — a chair or chaise longue designed for use out of doors.
  • lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
  • lawrentian — of, relating to, or characteristic of D. H. Lawrence, his works, or his ideas.
  • lineswoman — a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.
  • local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
  • lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
  • magic wand — handheld stick for casting spells
  • maidenweed — a plant with finely separated leaves
  • malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
  • mankiewicz — Joseph L(eo) 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.
  • mark twainRoger (William Roger Clemens"The Rocket") born 1962, U.S. baseball pitcher.
  • mawlamyine — Moulmein.
  • miswandred — having strayed or become lost or gone off course
  • nationwide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
  • new guinea — a large island N of Australia, politically divided into the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (West Irian) and the independent country of Papua New Guinea. About 316,000 sq. mi. (818,000 sq. km).
  • new iberia — a city in S Louisiana.
  • news media — media1 (def 2).
  • night-hawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
  • nighthawks — Plural form of nighthawk.
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