10-letter words containing u, a, w
- walnutwood — the wood of a walnut tree
- wampumpeag — wampum.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- war clouds — sign of trouble ahead
- ward round — a regular visit to patients in hospital by medical staff for the purpose of making decisions concerning patient care
- warehoused — Simple past tense and past participle of warehouse.
- warehouser — warehouseman.
- warehouses — Plural form of warehouse.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- wastefully — In a wasteful manner.
- watchfully — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watchguard — a security chain or cord for a watch
- water arum — an aquatic arum plant, Calla palustris, of the North Temperate Zone, having heart-shaped leaves, tiny green flowers, and red berries.
- water butt — A water butt is a large barrel for collecting rain as it flows off a roof.
- water cure — hydropathy; hydrotherapy.
- water jump — any small body of water that a horse must jump over, as in a steeplechase.
- water plug — a fireplug; hydrant.
- waterbucks — Plural form of waterbuck.
- 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)
- waterquake — The event in which an earthquake happens underwater, usually in an ocean or lake.
- 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.
- wavenumber — (mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
- 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.
- wenceslaus — 1361–1419, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1378–1400; as Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia 1378–1419.
- werejaguar — (fiction, mythology) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
- what about — You use what about at the beginning of a question when you make a suggestion, offer, or request.
- 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.
- whereabout — whereabouts.
- whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
- white amur — grass carp
- whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- wind gauge — anemometer.
- wire fraud — the crime of using interstate wire, television, or radio communications with the intent to defraud.
- wire gauge — a gauge calibrated for determining the diameter of wire.
- wire gauze — a gauzelike fabric woven of very fine wires.
- wire-gauge — a gauge calibrated for determining the diameter of wire.
- woman-hour — a woman honored by a group.
- womanfully — in a manner full of womanly spirit: She struggled womanfully to complete the task.
- 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.
- workaround — Computers. a strategy or technique used to overcome a defect or other problem in a program or system: This is a known bug in version 1.5, but a workaround is available.
- would that — If you say 'would that' something were the case, you are saying that you wish it were the case.
- wraparound — (of a garment) made to fold around or across the body so that one side of the garment overlaps the other forming the closure.