10-letter words containing w, a, l, o
- marrowless — Anatomy. a soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production.
- meadowland — an area or section of land that is a meadow or is used or kept as a meadow.
- meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- metal wood — a structural material consisting of a sheet of metal glued between two veneers or of a veneer glued between two sheets of metal.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- mollymawks — Plural form of mollymawk.
- moonwalked — Simple past tense and past participle of moonwalk.
- moonwalker — One who moonwalks; an astronaut who has walked on the moon.
- mosaic law — the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses.
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- new labour — a rebranding of the British Labour Party and its policies undertaken by Tony Blair and his supporters in the run-up to the 1997 general election in Great Britain and maintained during the Labour Party's period of government under Blair's premiership. Never an official title, it denotes the more right-wing/social democratic trend in Labour thinking and policy intended to make the party electable after its electoral catastrophes of the 1980s
- new-collar — pertaining to or designating middle-class wage earners holding jobs in a service industry.
- noblewoman — a woman of noble birth or rank.
- nonallowed — Not allowed.
- nonrenewal — the fact or act of not renewing
- old-siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
- on welfare — the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
- oral vowel — an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization
- oxbow lake — a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
- oxbow-lake — a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
- palmerworm — the larva of a tineid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, of the eastern U.S., that feeds on the leaves of apple and other fruit trees.
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- playfellow — a playmate.
- power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
- powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- range wool — the wool of sheep raised west of the Mississippi River, especially in Washington and the Rocky Mountain States.
- ray flower — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
- real world — the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.: recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.
- ropewalker — a ropedancer.
- rowlandson — Thomas, 1756–1827, English caricaturist.
- salad bowl — a large bowl in which a salad, especially a tossed salad, is served.
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- sallowness — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
- sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scapa flow — an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- scroll saw — a narrow saw mounted vertically in a frame and operated with an up-and-down motion, used for cutting curved ornamental designs.
- seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
- shadowland — a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties: the shadowland of imagination.
- shadowless — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- show a leg — to get up in the morning
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.