10-letter words containing a, w, s
- crosswalks — Plural form of crosswalk.
- cruisewear — clothing which is suitable for wearing while on a cruise
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- death wish — A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- despawning — Present participle of despawn.
- disallowed — Forbidden.
- disavowing — Present participle of disavow.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- dogwatches — Plural form of dogwatch.
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- downcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of downcast.
- downdrafts — Plural form of downdraft.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- downstairs — down the stairs.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream
- downwashes — Plural form of downwash.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw-sheet — a sheet that can be easily removed from underneath a patient in a bed
- draw-slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- drawshaves — Plural form of drawshave.
- drawstring — a string or cord that tightens or closes an opening, as of a bag, clothing, or the like, when one or both ends are pulled.
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- dwarf star — any of the ordinary main sequence stars, as those of spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- expressway — A highway designed for fast traffic, with controlled entrance and exit, a dividing strip between the traffic in opposite directions, and typically two or more lanes in each direction.
- eye shadow — make-up for the eyelids
- f & ws — Fish and Wildlife Service
- fallowness — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- false dawn — zodiacal light occurring before sunrise.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.
- farnsworth — Philo Taylor [fahy-loh] /ˈfaɪ loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1906–71, U.S. physicist and inventor: pioneer in the field of television.
- flawlessly — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- floodwalls — Plural form of floodwall.
- flop sweat — a sudden heavy perspiration caused by embarrassment
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- flyswatter — A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.