10-letter words containing a, w, o, r, l
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- untowardly — in an untoward manner
- unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- walkaround — A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century.
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wall brown — any of three species of brown butterfly, esp the common Lasiommata megera, that habitually sun themselves on rocks and walls
- wallboards — Plural form of wallboard.
- wallflower — a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance.
- wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.
- war clouds — sign of trouble ahead
- warlording — (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
- warlordism — a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- water hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- water loss — evapotranspiration (def 2).
- water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
- water polo — an aquatic game played by two teams of seven swimmers each, the object being to score goals by pushing, carrying, or passing an inflated ball and tossing it into the opponent's goal, defended by a goalkeeper.
- water vole — A water vole is a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers.
- water-cool — to cool by means of water, especially by water circulating in pipes or a water jacket, as an engine or machine gun.
- watercolor — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- 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.
- watermelon — the large, roundish or elongated fruit of a trailing vine, Citrullus lanata, of the gourd family, having a hard, green rind and a sweet, juicy, usually pink or red pulp.
- wattlework — a simple covering for a human dwelling constructed from interwoven branches and leaved twigs
- wax flower — Madagascar jasmine.
- whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
- wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
- wholesaler — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wikitorial — an online newspaper or magazine editorial that can be altered by readers
- willowware — china using the willow pattern.
- wolframate — tungstate.
- wolframite — a mineral, iron manganese tungstate, (Fe,Mn)WO 4 , occurring in heavy grayish-black to brownish-black tabular or bladed crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- wondergoal — (sport) An excellent goal.
- wonderland — a land of wonders or marvels.
- woodlander — an inhabitant of the woods.
- woolgather — to engage in woolgathering.
- 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.
- workaholic — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
- workplaces — Plural form of workplace.
- worktables — Plural form of worktable.
- 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