10-letter words containing k, w, e
- tekakwitha — Kateri [kah-tuh-ree] /ˈkɑ tə ri/ (Show IPA), or Catherine, 1656–80, North American Indian ascetic; convert to Roman Catholicism.
- teleworker — person who works from home
- tewkesbury — a town in N Gloucestershire, in W England: final defeat of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses 1471.
- the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
- timberwork — structural work formed of timbers.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
- two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- two-stroke — relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine whose piston makes two strokes for every explosion
- unawakened — (esp of the emotions or passions) not awakened or aroused
- under-work — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- unknowable — not knowable; incapable of being known or understood.
- unweakened — not weakened; remaining at full strength
- unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- upperworks — the parts of a vessel above the waterline when fully laden
- wacked-out — whacked-out.
- wackyparse — (Internet, slang) In Kibology, the practice of misreading text to humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
- wageworker — a member of the laboring class; wage earner.
- wake up to — If you wake up to something, you become aware of it.
- wake-robin — the cuckoopint.
- warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
- wart snake — either of two stout, nonvenomous snakes of the family Acrochordindae, ranging from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, and having the skin covered with wartlike, three-pointed scales.
- washbasket — Alternative form of wash basket.
- watchmaker — a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches.
- water back — a reservoir or arrangement of tubing at the back of certain stoves or fireplaces for containing water to be heated by the fire.
- water park — an amusement park featuring swimming pools, water slides, wave pools, fountains, or other attractions involving water.
- water tank — cistern
- water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
- water-soak — to soak or saturate with water.
- waterbucks — Plural form of waterbuck.
- watermarks — Plural form of watermark.
- waterquake — The event in which an earthquake happens underwater, usually in an ocean or lake.
- waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
- waterworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a complete system of reservoirs, pipelines, conduits, etc., by which water is collected, purified, stored, and pumped to urban users.
- wattlebark — a tanning substance obtained from black wattle tree bark
- wattlework — a simple covering for a human dwelling constructed from interwoven branches and leaved twigs
- weak force — a force between elementary particles that causes certain processes that take place with low probability, as radioactive beta-decay and collisions between neutrinos and other particles.
- weak point — an area of weakness
- weak-kneed — yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc.
- weaker sex — the female sex; women (usually used facetiously): my life as a member of the weaker sex.
- weakhanded — having weak hands.
- weaknesses — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- weakwilled — Alternative spelling of weak-willed.
- weedkiller — a herbicide.
- weekenders — Plural form of weekender.
- weeknights — Plural form of weeknight.
- weizsacker — Carl Friedrich von [kahrl free-drikh fuh n] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1912–2007, German physicist and cosmologist.
- well-known — clearly or fully known: The well-known reasons are obvious.