10-letter words containing d, i, w, a, n
- unbewailed — not bewailed or grieved for; unlamented
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- united way — a nationwide civic organization (United Way of America) or any of its affiliated local groups that raise funds through individual contributions and allocate them to benefit civic and charitable programs and organizations, as the YMCA and Red Cross. Formerly Community Chests and Councils of America, United Community Funds and Councils of America.
- urban wind — a turbulent wind at street level around tall structures in a city, characterized by a warming of the air by the heat output from these structures.
- wad medani — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile.
- waddington — Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3994 meters).
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- waistbands — Plural form of waistband.
- waldensian — a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century.
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- wardrobing — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- warlording — (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
- warrandice — (legal) A form of warranty, in Scots law, in which a person conveying property was held liable for any outstanding claims on the property.
- warrantied — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- wayfinding — (biology) The ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting itself and navigating.
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- whitmonday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- wide-angle — of or relating to a lens having a relatively wide angle of view, generally 45° or more, and a focal length of less than 50 mm.
- wienerwald — a forested and wooded hill range in NE Lower Austria, W of Vienna: resorts.
- wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.
- wild senna — a subshrubby senna, Cassia marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having yellow flowers.
- wilson dam — a dam on the Tennessee River, in NW Alabama, at Muscle Shoals: a part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 4862 feet (1482 meters) long; 137 feet (42 meters) high.
- wind gauge — anemometer.
- wind plant — a grouping of devices, consisting of a tower, propellers, alternator, generator, and storage batteries, designed to produce electricity by converting the mechanical force of wind on blades or a rotor into electricity.
- wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- wind shaft — the shaft driven by the sails of a windmill.
- wind shake — Also called anemosis. a flaw in wood supposed to be caused by the action of strong winds upon the trunk of the tree.
- wind shear — the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction.
- windbreaks — Plural form of windbreak.
- windfallen — having fallen because of wind
- windjammer — (formerly) a merchant ship propelled by sails.
- windlassed — Simple past tense and past participle of windlass.
- windlasses — (nautical) Plural form of windlass.
- window ram — Window Random Access Memory
- window tax — a tax on windows in houses levied between 1696 and 1851
- windowpane — a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.
- wingbacked — Having wingbacks.
- winged pea — a trailing southern European plant, Lotus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, having purplish-red flowers and edible pods and seeds.
- wingspread — the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.
- withstands — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- wristbands — Plural form of wristband.