10-letter words containing w, a, l
- common law — the body of law based on judicial decisions and custom, as distinct from statute law
- common-law — of, relating to, or established by common law: a common-law spouse.
- commonweal — the good of the community
- contraflow — A contraflow is a situation in which vehicles travelling on a main road in one direction have to use lanes that are normally used by traffic travelling in the opposite direction, because the road is being repaired.
- cornwallis — Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738–1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786–93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees
- crawlspace — (in a building) an area accessible by crawling, having a clearance less than human height, for access to plumbing or wiring, storage, etc.
- crosswalks — Plural form of crosswalk.
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- de la warr — Baron, title of Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware. 1577–1618, English administrator in America; first governor of Virginia (1610)
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- decree-law — an executive decree made pursuant to a delegation from the legislature and having the full force of legislation.
- delawarean — of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants
- delta wave — any of the slowest electrical brain waves, having frequencies less than four hertz and indicating, in adults, deep sleep or brain disease
- delta wing — a triangular sweptback aircraft wing
- disallowed — Forbidden.
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- downfallen — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- downloaded — Simple past tense and past participle of download.
- downloader — Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
- downplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of downplay.
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- downwardly — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw table — a table having one or more sliding leaves that may be drawn out as an extension.
- draw-slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- dreamwhile — the duration of a dream
- dreamworld — A fantastic or idealized view of life.
- duckwalked — Simple past tense and past participle of duckwalk.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- eagle-hawk — a large aggressive Australian eagle, Aquila audax
- early wood — springwood.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- enamelware — Enameled kitchenware.
- face towel — a small towel for the face.
- fallowness — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- false dawn — zodiacal light occurring before sunrise.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.
- family way — family (def 18).
- farewelled — Simple past tense and past participle of farewell.
- fellwalker — a person who hikes over fells