10-letter words containing l, o, w, e, r
- 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.
- water hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- water loss — evapotranspiration (def 2).
- water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
- 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 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.
- watercolor — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- 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.
- wattlework — a simple covering for a human dwelling constructed from interwoven branches and leaved twigs
- wax flower — Madagascar jasmine.
- wellformed — Alternative form of well-formed.
- werewolves — (in folklore and superstition) a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.
- wheelhorse — a person who works steadily or hard
- whole rest — a rest equivalent in duration to a whole note.
- wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
- wholesaler — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wholesomer — Comparative form of wholesome.
- wild horse — horse which is untamed
- wildflower — the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation.
- willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
- willowherb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
- willowware — china using the willow pattern.
- windflower — any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.
- wire cloth — a material of wires of moderate fineness, used for making strainers, manufacturing paper, etc.
- withholder — Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.
- wolframate — tungstate.
- wolframite — a mineral, iron manganese tungstate, (Fe,Mn)WO 4 , occurring in heavy grayish-black to brownish-black tabular or bladed crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- wolverines — Plural form of wolverine.
- wonderfull — Archaic spelling of wonderful.
- wondergoal — (sport) An excellent goal.
- wonderland — a land of wonders or marvels.
- wonderless — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- woodlander — an inhabitant of the woods.
- wool store — a building where bales of wool are stored and made available to prospective buyers for inspection
- woolgather — to engage in woolgathering.
- woolgrower — a person who raises sheep or other animals for the production of wool.
- woolsorter — A farmworker responsible for sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.
- wordlessly — In a wordless manner.
- work rules — a set of rules, usually established by one or more unions in an agreement with management, specifying the tasks to be done by each employee.
- workfellow — One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
- workpeople — Plural form of workperson.
- workplaces — Plural form of workplace.
- worktables — Plural form of worktable.
- world beat — (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.
- world time — Coordinated Universal Time
- world view — outlook, mindset
- world-line — a line on a space–time path that shows the path of a body
- world-view — Weltanschauung.