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10-letter words containing l, a, w, r, e

  • silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
  • smart well — A smart well is a well which has equipment that can be controlled either automatically or by an operator at a remote location.
  • square-law — of or relating to an electronic circuit or device that produces an output voltage proportional to the square of its input voltage over the range of input voltages for which it is designed to function: square-law detector.
  • starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
  • stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
  • streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
  • swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
  • swinglebar — a whiffletree.
  • the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
  • towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
  • towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
  • trawlerman — a person working on a fishing trawler at sea
  • unwearable — not suitable for wear or not able to be worn
  • unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
  • w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
  • waldemar i — ("the Great") 1131–82, king of Denmark 1157–82.
  • waldenburg — German name of Wałbrzych.
  • waldgraves — Plural form of waldgrave.
  • wallenberg — Raoul (raʊl). 1912–?, Swedish diplomat, who helped (1944–45) thousands of Hungarian Jews to escape from the Nazis. After his arrest (1945) by the Soviets nothing is certainly known of him; despite claims that he is still alive he is presumed to have died in prison
  • wallflower — a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance.
  • wallpapers — Plural form of wallpaper.
  • wallpepper — a small Eurasian crassulaceous plant, Sedum acre, having creeping stems, yellow flowers, and acrid-tasting leaves
  • wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.
  • wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
  • wanrestful — uneasy or restless
  • warble fly — any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.
  • warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
  • water flag — a European iris, Iris pseudacorus, naturalized throughout eastern North America, with blue-green leaves and violet-veined, yellow flowers and growing in moist places.
  • water flea — any of various small crustaceans that move about in the water like fleas, as those of the genus Daphnia.
  • water hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
  • water leaf — (in Greek architecture and sculpture) a motif of heart-shaped leaves having a conspicuous midrib.
  • 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 loss — evapotranspiration (def 2).
  • water mill — a mill with machinery driven by water.
  • water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
  • water pill — a diuretic pill.
  • water plug — a fireplug; hydrant.
  • water polo — an aquatic game played by two teams of seven swimmers each, the object being to score goals by pushing, carrying, or passing an inflated ball and tossing it into the opponent's goal, defended by a goalkeeper.
  • water rail — an Old World rail, Rallus aquaticus, having olive-brown plumage marked with black and a long, red bill.
  • water seal — a small amount of water contained in the trap of a drain to prevent the passage of foul smells
  • water vole — A water vole is a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers.
  • water-cool — to cool by means of water, especially by water circulating in pipes or a water jacket, as an engine or machine gun.
  • 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.
  • watercolor — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
  • watercycle — any of various small watercraft that are moved by working pedals or treadles
  • waterfalls — Plural form of waterfall.
  • waterflood — (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.
  • watermelon — the large, roundish or elongated fruit of a trailing vine, Citrullus lanata, of the gourd family, having a hard, green rind and a sweet, juicy, usually pink or red pulp.
  • waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
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