10-letter words containing d, o, w, e
- powder boy — powder monkey (def 1).
- powder keg — a small, metal, barrellike container for gunpowder or blasting powder.
- powderless — lacking powder, not involving or containing powder
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- powderpuff — a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.
- power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
- power down — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- power grid — A power grid is a network of power lines and associated equipment used to transmit and distribute electricity over a geographic area.
- power-dive — a dive, especially a steep dive, by an aircraft in which the engine or engines are delivering thrust at or near full power.
- quiet down — stop talking so loudly
- radio wave — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- randomwise — in a random manner
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- 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.
- red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
- renownedly — celebrated; famous.
- sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
- second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
- 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.
- shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- sheet down — (of rain) to fall heavily in sheets
- showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- skewerwood — the spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus.
- 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.
- smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
- sneezewood — a tree, Ptaeroxylon utile, native to southern Africa: family Ptaeroxylaceae
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- spongewood — an Indian plant with a pith used in making tropical hats
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- steepdowne — very steep or precipitous
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- summerwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by compact, thick-walled cells, formed during the later part of the growing season.
- swear word — A swear word is a word which is considered to be rude or offensive. Swear words are usually used when people are angry.
- swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- sword fern — any fern of the genus Nephrolepis, especially N. exaltata, characterized by sword-shaped, pinnate fronds, a common houseplant.