10-letter words containing s, w, u
- waterbuses — Plural form of waterbus.
- 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)
- 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.
- waveguides — Plural form of waveguide.
- wax museum — a museum containing wax effigies of famous persons, especially historical figures, usually in scenes associated with their lives.
- weasel out — any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- websurfing — Present participle of websurf.
- weisswurst — a variety of bratwurst in which the meat is cooked before being stuffed into the casing
- wenceslaus — 1361–1419, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1378–1400; as Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia 1378–1419.
- wesermunde — former name of Bremerhaven.
- what's up? — If you say to someone 'What's up?' or if you tell them what's up, you are asking them or telling them what is wrong or what is worrying them.
- whatabouts — what one is doing generally; things that are occupying someone
- wheat rust — any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia.
- wheelhouse — pilothouse.
- whisperous — whispery.
- whistle up — to call or summon (a person or animal) by whistling
- white rust — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by pustules of white spores on affected parts that become yellow and malformed, caused by fungi of the genus Albugo.
- whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- whodunnits — Plural form of whodunnit.
- whorehouse — a house or apartment in which prostitutes are available for hire; house of prostitution; brothel.
- wilfulness — The state or condition of being wilful; stubbornness.
- wind surge — a wind-induced rise in the water level at the coast or the shore of an inland expanse of water. It has a definite frequency and if this is close to the tidal frequency serious flooding can result
- windsucker — a horse afflicted with cribbing.
- windsurfed — Simple past tense and past participle of windsurf.
- windsurfer — A person who takes part in windsurfing.
- wire brush — tool with steel bristles
- wire house — a brokerage firm with branch offices connected with their main office by a private system of telephone, telegraph, and teletype wires.
- wire-brush — to clean or remove with a wire brush.
- woefulness — The quality of being woeful.
- wolfhounds — Plural form of wolfhound.
- wondrously — wonderful; remarkable.
- wood louse — any of certain small, terrestrial crustaceans of the genera Oniscus, Armadillidium, etc., having a flattened, elliptical body.
- wood mouse — any of various mice living in woodlands.
- wood pussy — a skunk.
- wood sugar — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 10 O 5 , the dextrorotatory form of xylose: used chiefly in dyeing and tanning.
- wood-pussy — a skunk.
- woodchucks — Plural form of woodchuck.
- woodgrouse — the capercaillie.
- woodrushes — Plural form of woodrush.
- woodthrush — a North American thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, known for its beautiful song
- word burst — a greater than normal rate of occurrence of a particular word in a given context, esp in weblogs
- work rules — a set of rules, usually established by one or more unions in an agreement with management, specifying the tasks to be done by each employee.
- work-study — an examination of ways of finding the most efficient method of doing a job, esp in terms of time and effort
- workhouses — Plural form of workhouse.
- world soul — the animating principle or the moving force of the universe; world spirit.
- worshipful — feeling or showing worship.
- woundworts — Plural form of woundwort.
- wristguard — A band of leather or leatherlike material worn around the wrist for support and protection, especially for athletic activities such as archery and fencing.
- wrongously — in an unjust or unfair manner
- wutai shan — a mountain range in NE China, rising to 10,033 feet (3058 meters).