10-letter words containing e, n, w
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- wantonness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- war bonnet — an American Indian headdress consisting of a headband with a tail of ornamental feathers.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warmongers — Plural form of warmonger.
- warpedness — The state, quality or condition of being warped.
- 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.
- warrantees — Plural form of warrantee.
- warrantied — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- warranties — Plural form of warranty.
- warrantise — a warranty; security
- warrantize — to guarantee the security of (land) to a person
- warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
- wart snake — either of two stout, nonvenomous snakes of the family Acrochordindae, ranging from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, and having the skin covered with wartlike, three-pointed scales.
- wassermann — August von [ou-goo st fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst fən/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, German physician and bacteriologist.
- waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- wastelands — Plural form of wasteland.
- watchwomen — Plural form of watchwoman.
- 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.
- water line — Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
- water main — a main pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water.
- water mint — a Eurasian mint plant, Mentha aquatica, of marshy places, having scented leaves and whorls of small flowers
- water sign — any of the three astrological signs, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of sensitivity and emotionalism.
- water tank — cistern
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- waterborne — floating or moving on water; supported by water: The ship was waterborne ten months after the keel was laid.
- waterbrain — gid, in sheep.
- waterfront — land on the edge of a body of water.
- wateriness — the state or condition of being watery or diluted.
- watermelon — the large, roundish or elongated fruit of a trailing vine, Citrullus lanata, of the gourd family, having a hard, green rind and a sweet, juicy, usually pink or red pulp.
- wave front — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- wave train — a series of successive waves spaced at regular intervals.
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- wavelength — Physics. the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation.
- 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 insect — any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pe-la.
- waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
- weak point — an area of weakness
- weak-kneed — yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc.
- weakhanded — having weak hands.
- weaknesses — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- weapon dog — a dog, esp. a bulldog or pit bull terrier, kept as a pet and trained to intimidate and attack others
- weaponeers — Plural form of weaponeer.
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- weaponless — Lacking a weapon.
- wearyingly — In a wearying way.
- weaselling — (British) present participle of weasel.