10-letter words containing a, w, o
- hawseholes — Plural form of hawsehole.
- head wound — a wound to the head
- heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
- heartworms — Plural form of heartworm.
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- hollowware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- hot-walker — a person whose job is walking racehorses after races, workouts, etc. to allow them to cool off gradually
- housewares — (North America) Domestic utensils, especially for the kitchen.
- how's that — If you say 'How's that?' to someone, you are asking whether something is acceptable or satisfactory.
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- 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.
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- john wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- johnny law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- korean war — the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
- kowhaiwhai — a type of ornamental Māori art that uses elaborate scroll patterns
- labour law — those areas of law which appertain to the relationship between employers and employees and between employers and trade unions
- lake worth — a city in SE Florida.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
- laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
- laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- law of war — rules or a code of rules governing the rights and duties of belligerents in an international war.
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- lawn mower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.
- lay sb low — If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill.
- left arrow — (character) The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95.
- lie fallow — to remain uncultivated, unused, unproductive, etc. for a time
- life arrow — an arrowlike projectile for carrying a line for use in maritime rescue operations.
- 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.
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.