10-letter words containing t, a, w, d
- trade show — show (def 22).
- 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.
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- two-handed — having two hands.
- two-hander — a play for two actors
- 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.
- underwater — existing or occurring under water.
- 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.
- untowardly — in an untoward manner
- wacked-out — whacked-out.
- waddington — Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3994 meters).
- wage drift — the change in the amount by which actual earnings exceed negotiated earnings
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- waist-deep — being at or rising to the level of the waist.
- waistbands — Plural form of waistband.
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
- walnutwood — the wood of a walnut tree
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
- warrantied — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- washstands — Plural form of washstand.
- waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- wastelands — Plural form of wasteland.
- watchguard — a security chain or cord for a watch
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
- water bird — an aquatic bird; a swimming or wading bird.
- water down — 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.
- water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
- water-laid — noting a rope laid left-handed from three or four plain-laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow.
- waterboard — Subject (someone) to the process of waterboarding.
- waterdrive — (of an oil or gas reservoir) using water to force out the oil or gas
- waterflood — (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.
- watersheds — Plural form of watershed.
- watersider — a wharf labourer
- waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
- waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
- waterweeds — Plural form of waterweed.
- wattlebird — any of several Australian honey eaters of the genus Anthochaera, most of which have fleshy wattles at the sides of the neck.
- well acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- well-acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- westwardly — having a westward direction or situation: the westwardly migration of the 1850s.
- wheatfield — A wheat field; a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
- whiptailed — having a long slender tail
- white damp — a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.
- white lady — a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice
- white lead — a white, heavy powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO 3 ⋅Pb(OH) 2 , used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns.