10-letter words containing i, a, w
- in a sweat — perspiring
- in a while — a short time from now
- in a whirl — If a person or their mind is in a whirl, they are very confused or excited.
- in the raw — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- in the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- in waiting — a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.
- insect wax — Chinese wax.
- interweave — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- inwardness — the state of being inward or internal: the inwardness of the body's organs.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iron-jawed — having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
- jayawijaya — a range in E central Irian Jaya, on New Guinea. Highest peak, Trikora, 15,584 feet (4750 meters).
- jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- king prawn — any of several large prawns of the genus Penaeus, which are fished commercially in Australian waters
- kitty hawk — a village in NE North Carolina: Wright brothers' airplane flight 1903.
- kowhaiwhai — a type of ornamental Māori art that uses elaborate scroll patterns
- ladieswear — clothes designed for women
- landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- lawn chair — a chair or chaise longue designed for use out of doors.
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- lawrentian — of, relating to, or characteristic of D. H. Lawrence, his works, or his ideas.
- lawyerlike — Resembling a lawyer or some aspect of one.
- lead white — a poisonous pigment used in painting, consisting of white lead and characterized chiefly by a fugitive white color, covering power, and tough, flexible film-forming properties.
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- lewis base — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with an acid by transferring a pair of electrons to it.
- lie fallow — to remain uncultivated, unused, unproductive, etc. for a time
- life arrow — an arrowlike projectile for carrying a line for use in maritime rescue operations.
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- like water — lavishly; freely
- lineswoman — a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.
- local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
- low-impact — Low-impact exercise does not put a lot of stress on your body.
- lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
- magic wand — handheld stick for casting spells
- maidenweed — a plant with finely separated leaves
- makeweight — something put in a scale to complete a required weight.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- mankiewicz — Joseph L(eo) 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.
- mark twain — Roger (William Roger Clemens"The Rocket") born 1962, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- markiewicz — Constance, Countess, original name Constance Gore-Booth. 1868–1927, Irish nationalist, married to a Polish count. She fought in the Easter Rising (1916) and was sentenced to death but reprieved. The first woman elected to the British parliament (1918), she refused to take her seat
- mawlamyine — Moulmein.
- mediumwave — Of radio waves, having a wavelength of approximately 100 to 1000 meters.
- microwatts — Plural form of microwatt.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- middleware — Software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, especially on a network.
- miles away — If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else.