10-letter words containing w, a, r
- barrenwort — a herbaceous European berberidaceous plant, Epimedium alpinum, having red-and-yellow star-shaped flowers
- barrow boy — A barrow boy is a man or boy who sells fruit or other goods from a barrow in the street.
- barrow pit — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- barrow-boy — a man or boy who sells wares from a barrow; costermonger.
- basaltware — hard fine-grained black stoneware, made in Europe, esp in England, in the late 18th century
- basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
- bath water — Your bath water is the water in which you sit or lie when you have a bath.
- bay wreath — (In Greek and Roman times) a wreath of laurel leaves, worn by a victor
- beam trawl — a trawl net whose lateral spread during trawling is maintained by a beam across its mouth.
- bear's-paw — a clam of the genus Hippopus, having a ridged, white shell with purplish-red spots.
- beard worm — pogonophoran.
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- beggarweed — any of various leguminous plants of the genus Desmodium, esp D. purpureum of the Caribbean, grown in the southern US as forage plants and to improve the soil
- biowarfare — biological warfare.
- bird-watch — to identify wild birds and observe their actions and habits in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- blackwater — a stream stained dark with peat
- blue-water — designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.
- boatwright — a craftsman who builds wooden boats.
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- borrowable — to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- bowerwoman — a chamber-woman
- bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
- bowser bag — doggy bag.
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- brain wave — any of the fluctuations of electrical potential in the brain as represented on an electroencephalogram. They vary in frequency from 1 to 30 hertz
- brainpower — Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
- brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
- break away — If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away.
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
- breakwater — A breakwater is a wooden or stone wall that extends from the shore into the sea and is built in order to protect a harbour or beach from the force of the waves.
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
- brewmaster — a person who is in charge of brewing beer in a brewery
- brick wall — a wall made out of brick
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- broadsword — a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing
- browbeaten — intimidated
- browbeater — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown alga — an alga of the class Phaeophyceae, usually brown owing to the presence of brown pigments in addition to the chlorophyll.
- brown bear — a large ferocious brownish bear, Ursus arctos, inhabiting temperate forests of North America, Europe, and Asia
- brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
- brown coat — arriccio.
- bushwalker — a person who hikes through bushland
- cabin crew — The cabin crew on an aircraft are the people whose job is to look after the passengers.
- caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
- cadwalader — 7th century ad, legendary king of the Britons, probably a confusion of several historical figures