10-letter words containing s, w, a, t
- wastepaper — paper thrown away as useless.
- wastewater — water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.
- watch list — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watch stem — a winder
- watchstrap — fabric strip on a wearable timepiece
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
- watcom sql — (database, product) A family of databases from Watcom International, based on scalable technology and a SQL database engine. Version 4.0 adds stored procedures and triggers. It is designed for environments ranging from large departmental networks with a diverse range of PC client systems, to peer-to-peer workgroups, to stand-alone PCs. It is available in stand-alone versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2 and MS DOS; and multi-user network server versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, NetWare NLM and MS DOS.
- water loss — evapotranspiration (def 2).
- 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 oats — wild rice.
- water seal — a small amount of water contained in the trap of a drain to prevent the passage of foul smells
- water sign — any of the three astrological signs, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of sensitivity and emotionalism.
- water-fast — (of a color or dye) resistant to the effects caused by water; not changed or faded by the action of water.
- 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.
- wax insect — any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pe-la.
- waziristan — a mountainous region in NW Pakistan.
- wealthiest — Superlative form of wealthy.
- weasel out — any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- webmasters — Plural form of webmaster.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
- welfarists — (rare, pejorative, derisive) Plural form of welfarist.
- west allis — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- west coast — the western coast of the U.S., bordering the Pacific Ocean and comprising the coastal areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.
- west fargo — a city in SE North Dakota: suburb of Fargo.
- west haven — a town in S Connecticut, near New Haven.
- west irian — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- west saxon — the Old English dialect of the West Saxon kingdom, dominant after a.d. c850 and the medium of nearly all the literary remains of Old English.
- westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.