10-letter words containing i, r, a, w
- waldemar i — ("the Great") 1131–82, king of Denmark 1157–82.
- wall fruit — fruit grown on trees trained against a wall for the shelter and warmth it provides
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- war crimes — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
- war office — the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence
- warblingly — in a warbling manner
- ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- wardrobing — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- warfighter — A soldier in combat.
- warlording — (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
- warlordism — a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- 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.
- warrantied — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- warranties — Plural form of warranty.
- warranting — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- warrantise — a warranty; security
- warrantize — to guarantee the security of (land) to a person
- warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
- warrington — a city in Cheshire, in NW England, on the Mersey River.
- warrioress — a woman who is a warrior
- washateria — a launderette.
- washeteria — washateria.
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- water bird — an aquatic bird; a swimming or wading bird.
- water lily — any of various aquatic plants of the genus Nymphaea, species of which have large, disklike, floating leaves and showy flowers, especially N. odorata, of America, or N. alba, of Europe. Compare water lily family.
- 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 mill — a mill with machinery driven by water.
- water mint — a Eurasian mint plant, Mentha aquatica, of marshy places, having scented leaves and whorls of small flowers
- water pill — a diuretic pill.
- water pipe — a pipe for conveying water.
- water rail — an Old World rail, Rallus aquaticus, having olive-brown plumage marked with black and a long, red bill.
- water rice — wild rice.
- 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 taxi — a motorboat that transports passengers for a fare.
- 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.
- water-laid — noting a rope laid left-handed from three or four plain-laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow.
- water-pipe — a pipe for conveying water.
- water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
- waterbrain — gid, in sheep.
- waterdrive — (of an oil or gas reservoir) using water to force out the oil or gas
- wateriness — the state or condition of being watery or diluted.
- watersider — a wharf labourer
- waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
- waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
- watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- waterville — a city in SW Maine.
- watervliet — a city in E New York, on the Hudson: oldest U.S. arsenal.