10-letter words containing w, a, l, t, o
- 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
- untowardly — in an untoward manner
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- waitpeople — Plural form of waitperson.
- walkabouts — Plural form of walkabout.
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wallington — a town in NE New Jersey.
- wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.
- walnut oil — oil obtained from walnuts
- walnutwood — the wood of a walnut tree
- washcloths — Plural form of washcloth.
- watcom sql — (database, product) A family of databases from Watcom International, based on scalable technology and a SQL database engine. Version 4.0 adds stored procedures and triggers. It is designed for environments ranging from large departmental networks with a diverse range of PC client systems, to peer-to-peer workgroups, to stand-alone PCs. It is available in stand-alone versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2 and MS DOS; and multi-user network server versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, NetWare NLM and MS DOS.
- water hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- water loss — evapotranspiration (def 2).
- water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
- water polo — an aquatic game played by two teams of seven swimmers each, the object being to score goals by pushing, carrying, or passing an inflated ball and tossing it into the opponent's goal, defended by a goalkeeper.
- water vole — A water vole is a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers.
- water-cool — to cool by means of water, especially by water circulating in pipes or a water jacket, as an engine or machine gun.
- watercolor — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- waterflood — (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.
- watermelon — the large, roundish or elongated fruit of a trailing vine, Citrullus lanata, of the gourd family, having a hard, green rind and a sweet, juicy, usually pink or red pulp.
- wattlework — a simple covering for a human dwelling constructed from interwoven branches and leaved twigs
- weasel out — any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- whaleboats — Plural form of whaleboat.
- wheat pool — (in Western Canada) a cereal farmers' cooperative
- whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
- white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.
- wholewheat — Denoting flour or bread made from whole grains of wheat, including the husk or outer layer.
- wikitorial — an online newspaper or magazine editorial that can be altered by readers
- wolframate — tungstate.
- wolframite — a mineral, iron manganese tungstate, (Fe,Mn)WO 4 , occurring in heavy grayish-black to brownish-black tabular or bladed crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- wool table — a slatted wooden table in a shearing shed where fleeces are skirted and classed
- woolgather — to engage in woolgathering.
- worktables — Plural form of worktable.
- world beat — (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.
- would that — If you say 'would that' something were the case, you are saying that you wish it were the case.
- yellowtail — a game fish, Seriola lalandei, of California.