10-letter words containing w, a, t
- oswego tea — a North American plant, Monarda didyma, of the mint family, having a cluster of showy, bright-red tubular flowers.
- overthwart — to lie across
- pantywaist — Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- part owner — a person who shares in the ownership of something
- party wall — a wall used, or usable, as a part of contiguous structures.
- party whip — whip (def 21).
- pass water — to urinate
- patent law — the law relating to patents
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- pequot war — a war in 1637 between Connecticut colonists, aided by British soldiers and friendly Indian tribes, and the Pequot Indians under their chief, Sassacus, that resulted in the defeat and dispersion of the Pequot tribe.
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pit sawing — a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
- pohutukawa — a myrtaceous New Zealand tree, Metrosideros excelsa, with red flowers and hard red wood
- potawatomi — a member of an Algonquian Indian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin.
- powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
- pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
- quartersaw — to saw (lumber) from quarter sections of logs so that the annual rings in any board form at least a 45° angle with the faces of the board.
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- rabinowitz — Solomon, Aleichem, Sholom.
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
- rapidwrite — (language, tool) A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
- rapier wit — ability to deliver witty and cutting remarks
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- rewritable — A rewritable CD or DVD is a CD or DVD that you can record onto more than once. Compare recordable.
- rewriteman — a newspaper employee who writes articles from available information or who reworks the copy written by reporters.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- right away — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- roadworthy — in suitable operating condition or meeting accepted standards for safe driving on the road: a roadworthy automobile.
- rose-water — having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.
- salt water — water containing a large amount of salt.
- saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- scotswoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut.
- sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
- shadowcast — to enhance (a microscope image) by exposing it to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal in order to create a shadow
- shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- shearwater — any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
- shirtwaist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.