10-letter words containing w, a, i, l
- social war — Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- son-in-law — the husband of one's daughter.
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- swing loan — a bridge loan.
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- swiss ball — a very large inflatable ball made of strong elastic rubber, used for physical exercise and in physiotherapy
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- table wine — a wine that contains not more than 14 percent alcohol and is usually served as an accompaniment to food.
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- tidal wave — (not in technical use) a large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- trail away — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- twangingly — in a twanging manner
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- twin falls — a city in S Idaho.
- 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
- unbewailed — not bewailed or grieved for; unlamented
- unviewable — capable of being viewed; visible.
- unwinnable — that can be won: a winnable war.
- uphillward — in an uphill direction
- video wall — A video wall is a set of video screens that are connected together, so that each screen shows a part of the whole picture or so that the same picture is repeated on each screen.
- w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
- wadi halfa — a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.
- wage claim — the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives
- wages bill — the total amount of money that a company or organization pays to its employees
- wages slip — a small piece of paper with a printed record of a person's wages
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- waistlines — Plural form of waistline.
- wait table — to serve food as a waiter or servant to people at a table
- waitpeople — Plural form of waitperson.
- waldemar i — ("the Great") 1131–82, king of Denmark 1157–82.
- 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.
- walk in on — If you walk in on someone, you enter the room that they are in while they are doing something private, and this creates an embarrassing situation.
- wall fruit — fruit grown on trees trained against a wall for the shelter and warmth it provides
- wall light — lamp set into or hung from a wall
- wallachian — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- wallington — a town in NE New Jersey.
- wallopings — Plural form of walloping.
- walnut oil — oil obtained from walnuts
- walsingham — Sir Francis, c1530–90, English statesman: secretary of state 1573–90.
- walvis bay — an inlet of the S Atlantic Ocean, on the coast of Namibia, in SW Africa.
- wamblingly — in a wambling manner
- warblingly — in a warbling manner
- warlording — (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
- warlordism — a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
- wassailing — Present participle of wassail.
- watch list — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- water lily — any of various aquatic plants of the genus Nymphaea, species of which have large, disklike, floating leaves and showy flowers, especially N. odorata, of America, or N. alba, of Europe. Compare water lily family.