10-letter words containing e, a, r, w
- wave power — power extracted from the motion of sea waves at the coast
- wave train — a series of successive waves spaced at regular intervals.
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- wavemeters — Plural form of wavemeter.
- wavenumber — (mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
- waveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- wax flower — Madagascar jasmine.
- wax myrtle — an aromatic shrub, Myrica cerifera, of the southeastern U.S., bearing small berries coated with wax that is sometimes used in making candles.
- waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
- weak force — a force between elementary particles that causes certain processes that take place with low probability, as radioactive beta-decay and collisions between neutrinos and other particles.
- weaker sex — the female sex; women (usually used facetiously): my life as a member of the weaker sex.
- weaponeers — Plural form of weaponeer.
- wearyingly — In a wearying way.
- weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- weatherize — to make (a house or other building) secure against cold or stormy weather, as by adding insulation, siding, and storm windows.
- weatherman — a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
- weathermen — Plural form of weatherman.
- weaverbird — any of numerous African and Asian finchlike birds of the family Ploceidae, noted for their elaborately woven nests and colonial habits.
- webcrawler — (sometimes initial capital letter) a computer program that retrieves data from a website, as in order to index web pages for a search engine.
- webmasters — Plural form of webmaster.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
- weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
- weimaraner — one of a German breed of hunting dogs having a smooth silver-gray to dark-gray coat, a cropped tail, and blue-gray or amber eyes.
- weizsacker — Carl Friedrich von [kahrl free-drikh fuh n] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1912–2007, German physicist and cosmologist.
- welfarists — (rare, pejorative, derisive) Plural form of welfarist.
- well aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- well water — water drawn from a well
- well-aired — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- well-armed — bearing firearms; having weapons: a heavily armed patrol.
- well-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- well-drawn — past participle of draw.
- welsh harp — a type of harp in which the strings are arranged in three rows, used esp for the accompaniment of singing, improvisation on folk tunes, etc
- wentletrap — any of several marine gastropods of the family Epitonii (Scalariidae), having a whitish, spiraled shell.
- werejackal — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a jackal.
- werejaguar — (fiction, mythology) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
- west fargo — a city in SE North Dakota: suburb of Fargo.
- west irian — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- westwardly — having a westward direction or situation: the westwardly migration of the 1850s.
- whaikorero — the art of formal speech-making
- wharf shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- wharfinger — a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.
- what price — You use what price in front of a word or expression that refers to something happening when you want to ask how likely it is to happen. You usually do this to emphasize either that it is very likely or very unlikely.
- whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).
- wheat beer — any of various beers brewed using a mixture of wheat malt and barley malt
- wheat germ — the embryo or nucleus of the wheat kernel, used in or on foods as a concentrated source of vitamins.
- wheat rust — any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia.
- wheatgrass — any of several wheatlike grasses of the genus Agropyron, grown for forage in the western U.S.
- wheatworms — Plural form of wheatworm.
- wheel arch — The wheel arch is the semicircular part positioned above the wheel of a vehicle.
- wheelchair — a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.