10-letter words containing e, n, w
- north-west — The north-west is the direction which is halfway between north and west.
- nose wheel — the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft.
- noteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- number two — someone or something that is second in rank, order, or importance.
- nut weevil — any of several snout beetles of the genus Balaninus, the larvae of which live in and feed on nuts and acorns.
- nutrasweet — a brand of artificial sweetener
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- on the way — en route
- on welfare — the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
- one or two — One or two means a few.
- onion weed — a plant of Australia and New Zealand, Nuthoscordum inodorum, having a strong onion-like smell and reproducing from bulbs and seeds
- open vowel — a vowel pronounced with the lips relatively wide apart
- open wound — injury in which skin is broken
- orangewood — the hard, fine-grained, yellowish wood of the orange tree, used in inlaid work and fine turnery.
- outsweeten — to be sweeter or make things sweeter than
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- overstrewn — scattered over
- overwinter — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- owen sound — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Georgian Bay of Lake Huron: summer resort.
- owl monkey — douroucouli.
- pared-down — If you describe something as pared-down, you mean that it has no unnecessary features, and has been reduced to a very simple form.
- part owner — a person who shares in the ownership of something
- patent law — the law relating to patents
- pawnbroker — a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed.
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- penny-wise — greatly concerned with saving small sums of money
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- periwinkle — Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
- phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- pigeonwing — a particular figure in skating, outlining the spread wing of a pigeon.
- pin wrench — a wrench having a pin for insertion into the heads of certain bolts to drive them. Compare spanner (def 2).
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- point-wise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- power down — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- power line — a line for conducting electric power.
- powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- powerpoint — (graphics, tool) A Microsoft application for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc.
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
- presswoman — a female reporter
- presweeten — to sweeten in advance
- prewarning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- preweaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- prewriting — preparatory work for a piece of writing, as idea formulation, an outline, or research.
- prewritten — a past participle of write.
- printwheel — daisy wheel.
- prizewoman — a female prize winner