10-letter words containing o, n, w, a
- forewarner — One who forewarns.
- fort wayne — a city in NE Indiana.
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- freedwoman — a woman who has been freed from slavery.
- freshwoman — A female first-year student at a university, college, or high school.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- frontwoman — The lead female singer in a band.
- germantown — a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
- 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.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- 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 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.
- handywoman — Female equivalent of handyman.
- handywomen — Plural form of handywoman.
- hashbrowns — Alternative spelling of hash browns.
- head wound — a wound to the head
- heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iron-jawed — having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- john wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- johnny law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- korean war — the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
- laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- lawn mower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.
- lineswoman — a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.