10-letter words containing s, e, w, a, r
- water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
- water-soak — to soak or saturate with water.
- waterbucks — Plural form of waterbuck.
- waterbuses — Plural form of waterbus.
- watercress — a cress, Nasturtium officinale, of the mustard family, usually growing in clear, running streams and having pungent leaves.
- waterfalls — Plural form of waterfall.
- waterhouse — Alfred. 1830–1905, British architect; a leader of the Gothic Revival. His buildings include Manchester Town Hall (1868) and the Natural History Museum, London (1881)
- wateriness — the state or condition of being watery or diluted.
- watermarks — Plural form of watermark.
- watersaver — a person, device, or practice that reduces water consumption, as during a drought.
- waterscape — a picture or view of the sea or other body of water.
- watersheds — Plural form of watershed.
- watersider — a wharf labourer
- waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
- waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
- watersmeet — the point where two streams meet
- watersport — a sport played or practiced on or in water, as swimming, water polo, or surfing.
- waterspout — Also called rainspout. a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof.
- waterweeds — Plural form of waterweed.
- waterworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a complete system of reservoirs, pipelines, conduits, etc., by which water is collected, purified, stored, and pumped to urban users.
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- wavemeters — Plural form of wavemeter.
- waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
- weaker sex — the female sex; women (usually used facetiously): my life as a member of the weaker sex.
- weaponeers — Plural form of weaponeer.
- webmasters — Plural form of webmaster.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
- weizsacker — Carl Friedrich von [kahrl free-drikh fuh n] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1912–2007, German physicist and cosmologist.
- welfarists — (rare, pejorative, derisive) Plural form of welfarist.
- welsh harp — a type of harp in which the strings are arranged in three rows, used esp for the accompaniment of singing, improvisation on folk tunes, etc
- west fargo — a city in SE North Dakota: suburb of Fargo.
- west irian — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- westwardly — having a westward direction or situation: the westwardly migration of the 1850s.
- wharf shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).
- wheat rust — any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia.
- wheatgrass — any of several wheatlike grasses of the genus Agropyron, grown for forage in the western U.S.
- wheatworms — Plural form of wheatworm.
- wholesaler — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- widespread — spread over or open, or occupying a wide space.
- wind shear — the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction.
- windbreaks — Plural form of windbreak.
- winetaster — a critic, writer, buyer, or other professional who tests the quality of wine by tasting.
- wingspread — the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.
- winlestrae — windlestraw.
- wire glass — a pane or sheet of glass having a network of wire embedded within it as a reinforcement.
- wire grass — Canada bluegrass.
- wisecracks — Make a wisecrack.
- womanizers — Plural form of womanizer.
- womenswear — women's wear.