10-letter words containing w, a, r
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees
- craft brew — an all-malt or nearly all-malt specialty beer usually brewed in a small, regional brewery.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crawlspace — (in a building) an area accessible by crawling, having a clearance less than human height, for access to plumbing or wiring, storage, etc.
- crime wave — When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
- 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
- crown wart — a disease of alfalfa and clover, characterized by galls around the base of the stem, caused by several fungi of the genus Urophlyctis.
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- cruisewear — clothing which is suitable for wearing while on a cruise
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- dairywoman — a woman who owns, manages, or works in a dairy.
- dairywomen — Plural form of dairywoman.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- de la warr — Baron, title of Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware. 1577–1618, English administrator in America; first governor of Virginia (1610)
- dead water — water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
- decree-law — an executive decree made pursuant to a delegation from the legislature and having the full force of legislation.
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- delawarean — of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dinnerware — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- dog warden — dogcatcher.
- 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?
- down quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 0.005 to 0.015 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- downdrafts — Plural form of downdraft.
- downgraded — Simple past tense and past participle of downgrade.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- downloader — Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstairs — down the stairs.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream
- downwardly — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- draw poker — a variety of poker in which a player is dealt five cards and, after an initial bet, may discard usually up to three of these cards and receive replacements from the dealer.
- 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-sheet — a sheet that can be easily removed from underneath a patient in a bed
- 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.
- drawbridge — a bridge of which the whole or a section may be drawn up, let down, or drawn aside, to prevent access or to leave a passage open for boats, barges, etc.
- drawing-in — the act or process of threading warp ends through the heddle eyes of the harness and the dents of the reed according to a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- drawn work — ornamental work done by drawing threads from a fabric, the remaining portions usually being formed into lacelike patterns by needlework.
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- drawshaves — Plural form of drawshave.
- drawstring — a string or cord that tightens or closes an opening, as of a bag, clothing, or the like, when one or both ends are pulled.