10-letter words containing e, r, w, i
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- periwigged — wearing a periwig; by extension, excessively adorned
- periwinkle — Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- 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.
- pit worker — a person who works down a mine, esp a coal miner
- poor white — a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. See also white trash.
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
- 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 line — a line for conducting electric power.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- power trio — a format in rock music which emphasizes instrumental performance by limiting the sound to bass, drums, and guitar (with no rhythm guitar or keyboards and less emphasis on vocals if any)
- power trip — an act or instance of exerting one's power, authority, or influence: a new supervisor on a power trip.
- 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.
- 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
- press view — a showing of a film exclusively for the benefit of the press, before it goes on general release
- 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.
- prize draw — raffle in which sth is won
- prizewoman — a female prize winner
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- pull wires — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- qwertyuiop — Filler text.
- 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.
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
- randomwise — in a random manner
- rapidwrite — (language, tool) A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
- rapier wit — ability to deliver witty and cutting remarks
- raw sienna — a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- razor wire — concertina wire.
- red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
- reichswehr — the 100,000-man army Germany was permitted to maintain under the Versailles Treaty after World War I: the limit was secretly exceeded.
- reviewable — Reviewable premiums or payments are not guaranteed and may be increased or decreased.
- rewritable — A rewritable CD or DVD is a CD or DVD that you can record onto more than once. Compare recordable.
- rewriteman — a newspaper employee who writes articles from available information or who reworks the copy written by reporters.
- rhine wine — any of numerous varieties of wine produced in the Rhine valley.
- rhone wine — any of numerous varieties of wine produced in the Rhone River valley, between Lyons and the Mediterranean.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- riverwards — towards a river
- rottweiler — one of a German breed of large, powerful dogs having a short, coarse, black coat with tan to brown markings.