10-letter words containing t, a, i, w
- state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- straw wine — a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.
- strip away — remove entirely
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- sweat suit — a set of garments consisting of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- table wine — a wine that contains not more than 14 percent alcohol and is usually served as an accompaniment to food.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- tegakwitha — Tekakwitha
- tekakwitha — Kateri [kah-tuh-ree] /ˈkɑ tə ri/ (Show IPA), or Catherine, 1656–80, North American Indian ascetic; convert to Roman Catholicism.
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- tidal wave — (not in technical use) a large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.
- tidewaiter — a customs officer who checks goods upon a vessel's landing, to secure the payment of duties.
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- trail away — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- twangingly — in a twanging manner
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- twin falls — a city in S Idaho.
- twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
- twin-track — involving two simultaneous actions or processes
- twitterati — users of the social networking site Twitter
- two-tailed — (of a significance test) concerned with the hypothesis that an observed value of a sampling statistic differs significantly from a given value, where an error in either direction is relevant: for instance, in testing the fairness of scales, an inspector will seek to exclude both overweight and underweight goods
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- united way — a nationwide civic organization (United Way of America) or any of its affiliated local groups that raise funds through individual contributions and allocate them to benefit civic and charitable programs and organizations, as the YMCA and Red Cross. Formerly Community Chests and Councils of America, United Community Funds and Councils of America.
- w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
- waddington — Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3994 meters).
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- wage drift — the change in the amount by which actual earnings exceed negotiated earnings
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- wainwright — Jonathan Mayhew [mey-hyoo] /ˈmeɪ hyu/ (Show IPA), 1883–1953, U.S. general.
- waist pack — fanny pack.
- waist size — circumference of one's waist
- waist-deep — being at or rising to the level of the waist.
- waist-high — extending as high as the waist: a waist-high hedge.
- waistbands — Plural form of waistband.
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- waistcoats — Plural form of waistcoat.
- waistlines — Plural form of waistline.
- wait table — to serve food as a waiter or servant to people at a table
- wait-a-bit — any of various plants bearing thorns or prickly appendages, as the grapple plant or the greenbrier.