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10-letter words containing w, a, i, l

  • water line — Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
  • water mill — a mill with machinery driven by water.
  • water pill — a diuretic pill.
  • water rail — an Old World rail, Rallus aquaticus, having olive-brown plumage marked with black and a long, red bill.
  • 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.
  • waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
  • waterville — a city in SW Maine.
  • watervliet — a city in E New York, on the Hudson: oldest U.S. arsenal.
  • wattlebird — any of several Australian honey eaters of the genus Anthochaera, most of which have fleshy wattles at the sides of the neck.
  • waveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
  • weakwilled — Alternative spelling of weak-willed.
  • wealthiest — Superlative form of wealthy.
  • wearyingly — In a wearying way.
  • weaselling — (British) present participle of weasel.
  • welfarists — (rare, pejorative, derisive) Plural form of welfarist.
  • well-aimed — to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
  • well-aired — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • west allis — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
  • westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
  • wheatfield — A wheat field; a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
  • wheelchair — a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.
  • while away — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
  • whip-stall — a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane falls forward and downward in a whiplike movement.
  • whiplashes — Plural form of whiplash.
  • whipstalls — Plural form of whipstall.
  • whiptailed — having a long slender tail
  • whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
  • whirlblast — a blast of wind
  • white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.
  • white flag — an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
  • 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.
  • white lias — a type of rock composed of pale-coloured limestones and marls
  • white sale — a sale of sheets, pillowcases, and other white goods.
  • whitewalls — Plural form of whitewall.
  • wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
  • wide-angle — of or relating to a lens having a relatively wide angle of view, generally 45° or more, and a focal length of less than 50 mm.
  • wienerwald — a forested and wooded hill range in NE Lower Austria, W of Vienna: resorts.
  • wiesenthal — Simon, 1908–2005, Austrian Holocaust survivor and hunter of Nazi war criminals.
  • wikileaked — pertaining to or noting private or classified information or documents that are anonymously disclosed, especially when published on a website: WikiLeaked diplomatic cables.
  • wikitorial — an online newspaper or magazine editorial that can be altered by readers
  • wild basil — a European plant, Satureja vulgaris (or Clinopodium vulgare), with dense clusters of small pink or whitish flowers: family Lamiaceae
  • wild beast — savage animal
  • wild calla — water arum.
  • wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.
  • wild senna — a subshrubby senna, Cassia marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having yellow flowers.
  • wild track — a soundtrack recorded other than with a synchronized picture, usually carrying sound effects, random dialogue, etc
  • wild water — turbulent water in a river, esp as an area for navigating in a canoe as a sport
  • wildcarded — (computing) Replaced or supplemented with a wildcard character to allow matching against a range of possible values.
  • wildcatted — Simple past tense and past participle of wildcat.
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