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10-letter words containing w, a, e, n

  • wind gauge — anemometer.
  • wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
  • wind shake — Also called anemosis. a flaw in wood supposed to be caused by the action of strong winds upon the trunk of the tree.
  • wind shear — the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction.
  • windbreaks — Plural form of windbreak.
  • windfallen — having fallen because of wind
  • windjammer — (formerly) a merchant ship propelled by sails.
  • windlassed — Simple past tense and past participle of windlass.
  • windlasses — (nautical) Plural form of windlass.
  • windowpane — a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.
  • wine glass — stemmed glass drinking vessel
  • winemaking — the procedures and processes carried out in the making and maturing of wine; viniculture; vinification.
  • winetaster — a critic, writer, buyer, or other professional who tests the quality of wine by tasting.
  • wing-weary — tired from flying or traveling.
  • wingbacked — Having wingbacks.
  • winged pea — a trailing southern European plant, Lotus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, having purplish-red flowers and edible pods and seeds.
  • wingspread — the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.
  • winlestrae — windlestraw.
  • winstanley — Gerrard. ?1609–60, English radical; leader of the Diggers (1649–50) and author of the pamphlet The Law of Freedom in a Platform (1652)
  • winter war — the war of the winter of 1939–40 between Finland and the USSR after which the Finns surrendered the Karelian Isthmus to the USSR
  • woadwaxens — Plural form of woadwaxen.
  • wolfsbanes — Plural form of wolfsbane.
  • woman-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on a standard number of woman-days in a year of work.
  • womanizers — Plural form of womanizer.
  • womanpower — potential or actual power from the endeavors of women: the utilization of womanpower during a great national emergency.
  • womenswear — women's wear.
  • wondergoal — (sport) An excellent goal.
  • wonderland — a land of wonders or marvels.
  • woodenhead — a stupid person; blockhead.
  • woodenware — vessels, utensils, etc., made of wood.
  • woodlander — an inhabitant of the woods.
  • worm snake — any of several small, wormlike snakes, especially Carphophis amoenus, of the eastern and central U.S.
  • worm-eaten — eaten into or gnawed by worms.
  • wrathiness — the state of being very angry
  • zimbabwean — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
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