10-letter words containing d, o, w, n, a
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
- smash down — If you smash down a door, building, or other large heavy object, you hit it hard and break it until it falls on the ground.
- snow board — a board serving as a snow guard.
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- stab wound — knife injury
- stand down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
- stand-down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- 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 cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- 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.
- track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- trade down — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- two-handed — having two hands.
- two-hander — a play for two actors
- unavowedly — in an unavowed or concealed manner
- unhallowed — not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred: unhallowed ground.
- unshadowed — not shadowed; not darkened or obscured by shadow; free from gloom.
- untowardly — in an untoward manner
- waddington — Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3994 meters).
- wagonloads — Plural form of wagonload.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- walkaround — A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century.
- walnutwood — the wood of a walnut tree
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- ward round — a regular visit to patients in hospital by medical staff for the purpose of making decisions concerning patient care
- 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.
- water down — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- weapon dog — a dog, esp. a bulldog or pit bull terrier, kept as a pet and trained to intimidate and attack others
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- whitmonday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- 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.
- 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.
- woadwaxens — Plural form of woadwaxen.
- wondergoal — (sport) An excellent goal.
- wonderland — a land of wonders or marvels.
- woodenhead — a stupid person; blockhead.
- woodenware — vessels, utensils, etc., made of wood.
- woodlander — an inhabitant of the woods.
- workaround — Computers. a strategy or technique used to overcome a defect or other problem in a program or system: This is a known bug in version 1.5, but a workaround is available.
- world bank — an international bank established in 1944 to help member nations reconstruct and develop, especially by guaranteeing loans: a specialized agency of the United Nations.
- wraparound — (of a garment) made to fold around or across the body so that one side of the garment overlaps the other forming the closure.