10-letter words containing w, a, t, e
- clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
- clearwater — city in WC Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico: suburb of St. Petersburg: pop. 109,000
- club wheat — a wheat, Triticum compactum, characterized by compact, club-shaped spikes, used for making pastry flour and the like.
- cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- cowcatcher — a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
- cowfeteria — a calf feeder with multiple teats
- craft brew — an all-malt or nearly all-malt specialty beer usually brewed in a small, regional brewery.
- dead water — water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
- deadweight — (of a shot) leaving the other balls in the ideal position
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- death wish — A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- deathwatch — a vigil held beside a dying or dead person
- deck watch — (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- delta wave — any of the slowest electrical brain waves, having frequencies less than four hertz and indicating, in adults, deep sleep or brain disease
- delta wing — a triangular sweptback aircraft wing
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- dogwatches — Plural form of dogwatch.
- downcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of downcast.
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream
- 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
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- earth wave — any elastic wave traveling through the material of the earth, as a wave caused by an earthquake.
- earth wire — a wire connecting an appliance to earth
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- either way — whichever is true
- enwrapment — the action of enwrapping
- enwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of enwreathe.
- face towel — a small towel for the face.
- fat-witted — stupid; dull-witted.
- flat white — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and nonfrothy steamed milk.
- flat-water — pertaining to or moving over a calm, level, or slow-flowing water channel.
- flat-woven — (of a carpet) woven without pile
- floodwater — the water that overflows as the result of a flood.
- flop sweat — a sudden heavy perspiration caused by embarrassment