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10-letter words containing w, a, r

  • strap work — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
  • straw boss — someone who works alongside other workers but who also acts in a supervisory role; assistant foreman
  • straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
  • straw vote — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
  • straw wine — a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.
  • straw-boss — to act as a straw boss to: She was assigned to straw-boss the night shift.
  • strawberry — the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior.
  • strawboard — coarse, yellow paperboard made of straw pulp, used in packing, for making boxes, etc.
  • streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
  • streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
  • streetward — towards or in the direction of the street
  • streetwear — fashionable casual clothes
  • strip away — remove entirely
  • strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
  • sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
  • superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
  • swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
  • swammerdam — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.
  • swamp rose — a shrub, Rosa palustris, of eastern North America, having pink flowers nearly 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
  • swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
  • swear word — A swear word is a word which is considered to be rude or offensive. Swear words are usually used when people are angry.
  • sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
  • sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
  • sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
  • sweetwater — a city in NW Texas.
  • swinglebar — a whiffletree.
  • swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
  • switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
  • switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
  • sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
  • swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
  • tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
  • tawny port — a type of port that is aged in wood for at least 7 years, giving it a 'nutty' flavour; its colour is tawny, as opposed to the red of a ruby port
  • tepe gawra — an archaeological site in N Iraq, near Mosul: excavations have revealed that numerous settlements have occupied this site since c5000 b.c.
  • the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
  • threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
  • throatwort — Campanula Trachelium, a bellflower having purplish flowers and a throat-shaped corolla and once thought to cure sore throats
  • throughway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
  • throw away — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • thwartways — sideways or crosswise
  • tidewaiter — a customs officer who checks goods upon a vessel's landing, to secure the payment of duties.
  • tokorozawa — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
  • tom sawyer — (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.
  • top drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
  • top-drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
  • tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
  • towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
  • towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
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