10-letter words containing m, a, e, w
- water jump — any small body of water that a horse must jump over, as in a steeplechase.
- water main — a main pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water.
- water mass — a large body of oceanic water usually identified by a well-defined relationship between temperature and salinity or chemical content: usually a mixture of two or more such bodies, each having a specified temperature and salinity
- 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 mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
- watermarks — Plural form of watermark.
- 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.
- watersmeet — the point where two streams meet
- wavemeters — Plural form of wavemeter.
- wavenumber — (mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
- wax museum — a museum containing wax effigies of famous persons, especially historical figures, usually in scenes associated with their lives.
- wax myrtle — an aromatic shrub, Myrica cerifera, of the southeastern U.S., bearing small berries coated with wax that is sometimes used in making candles.
- weatherman — a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
- weathermen — Plural form of weatherman.
- webmasters — Plural form of webmaster.
- weight man — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
- weimaraner — one of a German breed of hunting dogs having a smooth silver-gray to dark-gray coat, a cropped tail, and blue-gray or amber eyes.
- well-aimed — to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
- well-armed — bearing firearms; having weapons: a heavily armed patrol.
- well-meant — A well-meant decision, action, or comment is intended to be helpful or kind but is unsuccessful or causes problems.
- well-named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- well-woman — a woman who, although not ill, attends a health-service clinic for preventive monitoring, health education, and advice
- welshwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- whatsaname — Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember.
- wheat germ — the embryo or nucleus of the wheat kernel, used in or on foods as a concentrated source of vitamins.
- wheatworms — Plural form of wheatworm.
- whiggamore — one of a group of 17th-century Scottish insurgents
- white amur — grass carp
- white damp — a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.
- white meat — light-coloured poultry flesh
- widowmaker — Alternative form of widow-maker.
- wilhelmina — (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of Orange-Nassau) 1880–1962, queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948 (mother of Juliana).
- willamette — a river flowing N through NW Oregon into the Columbia River at Portland. About 290 miles (465 km) long.
- willemstad — the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
- windjammer — (formerly) a merchant ship propelled by sails.
- winemaking — the procedures and processes carried out in the making and maturing of wine; viniculture; vinification.
- 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.
- woman-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on a standard number of woman-days in a year of work.
- womanizers — Plural form of womanizer.
- womanpower — potential or actual power from the endeavors of women: the utilization of womanpower during a great national emergency.
- womenswear — women's wear.
- workmaster — a master workman
- workstream — The organised output of several distinct, and often unrelated, work groups.
- worm snake — any of several small, wormlike snakes, especially Carphophis amoenus, of the eastern and central U.S.
- worm-eaten — eaten into or gnawed by worms.
- wykehamist — a pupil or former pupil of Winchester College
- zimbabwean — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.