10-letter words containing d, e, w, l
- middlebrow — a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person.
- middletown — a township in E New Jersey.
- middleware — Software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, especially on a network.
- mildewcide — a chemical for destroying mildew.
- mindblower — a hallucinogenic drug.
- moonwalked — Simple past tense and past participle of moonwalk.
- needlework — the art, process, or product of working with a needle, especially in embroidery, needlepoint, tapestry, quilting, and appliqué.
- new candle — candela
- new london — a seaport in SE Connecticut, on the Thames River: naval base.
- newfangled — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- newsdealer — a person who sells newspapers and periodicals.
- nonallowed — Not allowed.
- odd fellow — a member of a social and benevolent society that originated in England in the 18th century.
- offworlder — Alternative spelling of off-worlder.
- old fellow — old chap.
- olive wood — olive (def 3).
- otherworld — A world beyond death; an afterlife.
- outdweller — a person who dwells away from or is remote from a particular place.
- outworlder — (scifi) One who comes from another planet.
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- powderless — lacking powder, not involving or containing powder
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- real world — the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.: recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.
- renownedly — celebrated; famous.
- rewardable — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- shadowless — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shieldwall — a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers
- side-wheel — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- silverweed — a plant, Potentilla anserina, of the rose family, the leaves of which have a silvery pubescence on the underside.
- skew field — a ring in which the equations ax = b and xa = b have solutions for x.
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- speedwalks — power walking.
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
- tidal wave — (not in technical use) a large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.
- tumbledown — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- tumbleweed — any of various plants, as Amaranthus albus, A. graecizans, or the Russian thistle, Salsola kali, whose branching upper parts become detached from the roots and are driven about by the wind.
- tweedledee — to play an instrument or sing in a high pitch
- twelvefold — having twelve sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
- twentyfold — having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- twice-told — having been told before; related two times.
- two-legged — having two legs