10-letter words containing n, w
- full-grown — completely grown; mature.
- funnel-web — any large poisonous black spider of the family Dipluridae, constructing funnel-shaped webs
- genomewide — (genetics) Throughout a genome.
- georgetown — an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- germantown — a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
- ghost town — a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out.
- glaswegian — of or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants.
- go down as — If you say that an event or action will go down as a particular thing, you mean that it will be regarded, remembered, or recorded as that thing.
- go down on — To go down on someone means to have oral sex with them.
- go in with — share cost
- go to town — a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- go-between — a person who acts as an agent or intermediary between persons or groups; emissary.
- going down — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goldwynism — a phrase or statement involving a humorous and supposedly unintentional misuse of idiom, as “Keep a stiff upper chin,” especially such a statement attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, as “Include me out.”.
- greensward — green, grassy turf.
- greenweeds — Plural form of greenweed.
- greenwoods — Plural form of greenwood.
- grind down — make into powder
- ground owl — the burrowing owl.
- ground row — a long, low piece of stage scenery, built to simulate part of a landscape, a building, a fence, or the like.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- groundwood — wood that has been ground for making into pulp.
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- growliness — The state or quality of being growly.
- growlingly — In a growling manner; with growls.
- grunt work — work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting, and boring.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- gujranwala — a city in NE Pakistan.
- gwendoline — a feminine name: dim. Gwen; var. Gwendolyn
- hagerstown — a city in NW Maryland.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- hallowe'en — the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve: observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.
- hand mower — a lawn mower that is pushed by hand (distinguished from power mower).
- hand screw — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
- hand towel — small towel for drying the hands
- hand-woven — woven by hand rather than by machine
- handbarrow — a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
- hands down — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-down — easy: a hands-down victory.
- handwarmer — a small, flat, usually pocket-size device containing material, as chemicals, hot liquids, or a battery-operated heating element, for warming the hands.
- handywoman — Female equivalent of handyman.
- handywomen — Plural form of handywoman.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- hashbrowns — Alternative spelling of hash browns.
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- head wound — a wound to the head