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10-letter words containing t, a, w, d

  • hard wheat — a wheat, as durum wheat, characterized by flinty, dark-colored kernels that yield a flour used in making bread, macaroni, etc.
  • headwaiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
  • headwaters — The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
  • hitherward — hither.
  • hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
  • landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
  • lead white — a poisonous pigment used in painting, consisting of white lead and characterized chiefly by a fugitive white color, covering power, and tough, flexible film-forming properties.
  • leftwardly — leftwards
  • madderwort — A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
  • metal wood — a structural material consisting of a sheet of metal glued between two veneers or of a veneer glued between two sheets of metal.
  • moudiewart — a mole
  • nationwide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
  • netherward — bottom-most, lowest
  • newsstands — Plural form of newsstand.
  • northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
  • planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
  • rapidwrite — (language, tool)   A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
  • rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
  • rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
  • roadworthy — in suitable operating condition or meeting accepted standards for safe driving on the road: a roadworthy automobile.
  • saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
  • shadowcast — to enhance (a microscope image) by exposing it to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal in order to create a shadow
  • soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
  • southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  • stab wound — knife injury
  • stand down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
  • stand-down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
  • stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
  • sternwards — towards the stern; astern
  • stewardess — a woman flight attendant.
  • stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
  • strandwolf — brown hyena.
  • strawboard — coarse, yellow paperboard made of straw pulp, used in packing, for making boxes, etc.
  • streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
  • streetward — towards or in the direction of the street
  • sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
  • switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
  • tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
  • tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
  • tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
  • threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
  • 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.
  • top drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
  • top-drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
  • tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
  • track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • trade down — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
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