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10-letter words containing w, a, r, t, i

  • water mint — a Eurasian mint plant, Mentha aquatica, of marshy places, having scented leaves and whorls of small flowers
  • water pill — a diuretic pill.
  • water pipe — a pipe for conveying water.
  • water rail — an Old World rail, Rallus aquaticus, having olive-brown plumage marked with black and a long, red bill.
  • water rice — wild rice.
  • water sign — any of the three astrological signs, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of sensitivity and emotionalism.
  • water taxi — a motorboat that transports passengers for a fare.
  • water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
  • 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.
  • water-pipe — a pipe for conveying water.
  • water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
  • waterbrain — gid, in sheep.
  • waterdrive — (of an oil or gas reservoir) using water to force out the oil or gas
  • wateriness — the state or condition of being watery or diluted.
  • watersider — a wharf labourer
  • waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
  • waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
  • watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
  • 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.
  • wave train — a series of successive waves spaced at regular intervals.
  • waziristan — a mountainous region in NW Pakistan.
  • weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
  • weatherize — to make (a house or other building) secure against cold or stormy weather, as by adding insulation, siding, and storm windows.
  • websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
  • welfarists — (rare, pejorative, derisive) Plural form of welfarist.
  • west irian — a former name of Irian Jaya.
  • what price — You use what price in front of a word or expression that refers to something happening when you want to ask how likely it is to happen. You usually do this to emphasize either that it is very likely or very unlikely.
  • whip graft — a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and securing them by tying or taping.
  • whip-smart — extremely clever
  • whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
  • whirlblast — a blast of wind
  • white amur — grass carp
  • white area — an area of land for which no specific planning proposal has been adopted
  • white bear — polar bear.
  • white crab — ghost crab.
  • white race — fair-skinned people
  • whitebeard — an old man, especially one with a white or gray beard.
  • whiteboard — a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.
  • whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
  • whitecedar — (US) alternative spelling of white cedar.
  • whitepaper — Alternative spelling of white paper.
  • whitewater — of or moving over or through rapids: whitewater rafting down the Colorado River.
  • wifebeater — One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats one’s wife, or a husband prone to violence.
  • wikitorial — an online newspaper or magazine editorial that can be altered by readers
  • 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
  • wildcatter — an oil prospector.
  • winetaster — a critic, writer, buyer, or other professional who tests the quality of wine by tasting.
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