10-letter words containing i, a, w
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- drawstring — a string or cord that tightens or closes an opening, as of a bag, clothing, or the like, when one or both ends are pulled.
- dreamwhile — the duration of a dream
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- drive away — depart in a vehicle
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- earth wire — a wire connecting an appliance to earth
- earwigging — any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- ecowarrior — Alternative spelling of eco-warrior.
- edward iii — 1312–77, king of England 1327–77 (son of Edward II).
- edward vii — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- either way — whichever is true
- enwrapping — Present participle of enwrap.
- family way — family (def 18).
- fan window — a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.
- fat-witted — stupid; dull-witted.
- fine-drawn — drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.
- firewalled — Simple past tense and past participle of firewall.
- firewarden — a person having authority in the prevention or extinguishing of fires, as in towns or camps.
- flat white — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and nonfrothy steamed milk.
- foilswoman — a woman who uses or specializes in using a foil
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- galaxywide — Throughout a galaxy.
- glaswegian — of or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants.
- go haywire — to behave or perform erratically
- go walkies — to be lost or stolen
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- hair weave — the process of hairweaving.
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- half-white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- halfwitted — Foolish or stupid.
- hard-wired — Computers. built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed. (of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
- hardwarily — /hard-weir'*-lee/ In a way pertaining to hardware. "The system is hardwarily unreliable." The adjective "hardwary" is *not* traditionally used, though it has recently been reported from the U.K. See softwarily.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- hawksbills — Plural form of hawksbill.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- headwaiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- high water — water at its greatest elevation, as in a river.
- higher law — an ethical or religious principle considered as taking precedence over the laws of society, and to which one may appeal in order to justify disobedience to a constitution or enacted law with which it conflicts.
- highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hillwalker — a person who goes hillwalking
- hitherward — hither.
- imari ware — Japanese porcelain noted for its rich floral underglaze decoration in iron-red, blue, and gold, and later copied in China and Europe.