10-letter words containing w, a, e, n, s
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- spacewoman — a woman astronaut.
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- sternwards — towards the stern; astern
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- 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.
- sunset law — a statute that includes provision for automatic termination of a government program, agency, etc., at the end of a specified time period unless it is reauthorized by the legislature.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
- sweatpants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
- two oceans — an annual road marathon run in Cape Town, South Africa
- unanswered — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- unshadowed — not shadowed; not darkened or obscured by shadow; free from gloom.
- unswayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- unwareness — unwariness or lack of caution: carelessness
- unwashable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wagon seat — a plain, unupholstered settee, usually with a slat back, for use either indoors or in a wagon.
- wagonettes — Plural form of wagonette.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- waistlines — Plural form of waistline.
- waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
- waldensian — a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century.
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- wantonness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warmongers — Plural form of warmonger.
- warpedness — The state, quality or condition of being warped.
- warrantees — Plural form of warrantee.
- warranties — Plural form of warranty.
- warrantise — a warranty; security
- wart snake — either of two stout, nonvenomous snakes of the family Acrochordindae, ranging from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, and having the skin covered with wartlike, three-pointed scales.
- wassermann — August von [ou-goo st fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst fən/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, German physician and bacteriologist.
- waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- wastelands — Plural form of wasteland.
- water sign — any of the three astrological signs, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of sensitivity and emotionalism.
- wateriness — the state or condition of being watery or diluted.