10-letter words containing a, w, o
- mosaic law — the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses.
- mother yaw — the initial lesion of yaws, occurring at the site of inoculation.
- moudiewart — a mole
- mowrah fat — a yellow, semifluid fat expressed from the seeds of several trees of the genus Madhuca, used in making soap and as an adulterant in butter.
- nameworthy — worthy of or deserving a name
- narrowback — a person of slight build who is unfit for hard labor.
- narrowband — Of or involving signals over a narrow range of frequencies.
- narrowboat — A canal boat less than 7 feet (2.1 m) wide with a maximum length of 70 feet (21.3 m) and steered with a tiller rather than a wheel.
- narrowbody — (aeronautics) An airliner capable of seating six or less passengers in a single row of economy seating, with one aisle.
- narrowcast — to aim a program or programming at a specific, limited audience or sales market.
- narrowhead — Applied to various kinds of animals with a narrow head.
- narrowness — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- nationwide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- new labour — a rebranding of the British Labour Party and its policies undertaken by Tony Blair and his supporters in the run-up to the 1997 general election in Great Britain and maintained during the Labour Party's period of government under Blair's premiership. Never an official title, it denotes the more right-wing/social democratic trend in Labour thinking and policy intended to make the party electable after its electoral catastrophes of the 1980s
- new potato — a variety of potato that is intended to be harvested and eaten during the summer while the individual potatoes are still comparatively small
- new-collar — pertaining to or designating middle-class wage earners holding jobs in a service industry.
- no waiting — used on road signs to mean vehicles are not allowed to park, even for short periods of time
- noblewoman — a woman of noble birth or rank.
- nonallowed — Not allowed.
- nonrenewal — the fact or act of not renewing
- norsewoman — a female member of the peoples of ancient Norway or Scandinavia
- northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- norway rat — an Old World rat, Rattus norvegicus, having a grayish-brown body with whitish underparts and a long, scaly tail, now common in the U.S. in or near homes, barns, wharves, etc.
- not a whit — You say not a whit or not one whit to emphasize that something is not the case at all.
- nowcasting — the preparation or production of nowcasts
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- old-siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
- on the way — en route
- on welfare — the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- oral vowel — an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization
- orangewood — the hard, fine-grained, yellowish wood of the orange tree, used in inlaid work and fine turnery.
- orb weaver — any of numerous spiders of the family Argiopidae, characterized by loosely woven, spiraling webs that have support lines radiating outward from the center.
- oswego tea — a North American plant, Monarda didyma, of the mint family, having a cluster of showy, bright-red tubular flowers.
- overdrawer — a person who overdraws something, especially a bank account.
- overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
- overthwart — to lie across
- overwarmed — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- oxbow lake — a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
- oxbow-lake — a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
- palmerworm — the larva of a tineid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, of the eastern U.S., that feeds on the leaves of apple and other fruit trees.
- pared-down — If you describe something as pared-down, you mean that it has no unnecessary features, and has been reduced to a very simple form.
- part owner — a person who shares in the ownership of something
- pawnbroker — a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed.
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pequot war — a war in 1637 between Connecticut colonists, aided by British soldiers and friendly Indian tribes, and the Pequot Indians under their chief, Sassacus, that resulted in the defeat and dispersion of the Pequot tribe.
- phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
- phossy jaw — gangrenous condition of the lower jawbone
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.