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10-letter words containing w, a, n, g

  • king prawn — any of several large prawns of the genus Penaeus, which are fished commercially in Australian waters
  • landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
  • lengthways — Lengthwise.
  • longbowman — an archer who uses a longbow.
  • longmeadow — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
  • low german — the West Germanic languages not included in the High German group, as English, Dutch, Flemish, or Plattdeutsch. Abbreviation: LG. Compare High German (def 1).
  • lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
  • lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
  • magic wand — handheld stick for casting spells
  • meat wagon — an ambulance.
  • meganewton — a unit of force equal to one million newtons
  • morgantown — a city in N West Virginia.
  • new guinea — a large island N of Australia, politically divided into the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (West Irian) and the independent country of Papua New Guinea. About 316,000 sq. mi. (818,000 sq. km).
  • newfangled — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
  • news agent — newsdealer
  • newsagency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
  • newsagents — Plural form of newsagent.
  • night-hawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
  • nighthawks — Plural form of nighthawk.
  • no waiting — used on road signs to mean vehicles are not allowed to park, even for short periods of time
  • nowcasting — the preparation or production of nowcasts
  • orangewood — the hard, fine-grained, yellowish wood of the orange tree, used in inlaid work and fine turnery.
  • pit sawing — a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
  • prewarning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • preweaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • range wool — the wool of sheep raised west of the Mississippi River, especially in Washington and the Rocky Mountain States.
  • rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
  • sand wedge — a club with a flanged sole and a face angle of more than 50°, used in bunker shots to cut through sand, get under the ball, and lift it clear
  • shawinigan — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
  • snow gauge — an instrument for measuring the depth of snow.
  • snow grass — any of various grey-green grasses of the genus Poa, of SE Australian mountain regions
  • snowmaking — the creation of artificial snow at ski areas.
  • spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
  • stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
  • swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
  • swing band — a band that plays swing jazz
  • swing loan — a bridge loan.
  • swing pass — a pass thrown to a receiver, usually a running back, who is running toward a sideline
  • swinglebar — a whiffletree.
  • swung dash — a mark of punctuation (∼) used in place of a word or part of a word previously spelled out.
  • tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
  • tank wagon — a form of railway wagon carrying a tank for the transport of liquids
  • twangingly — in a twanging manner
  • unwavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
  • unwearying — not causing weariness
  • waddington — Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3994 meters).
  • wagner act — National Labor Relations Act.
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