10-letter words containing w, a, t
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- trail away — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- trawlerman — a person working on a fishing trawler at sea
- trojan war — a ten-year war waged by the confederated Greeks under Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, and ending in the plundering and burning of Troy.
- tug of war — an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
- tug-of-war — an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
- tupperware — Tupperware is a range of plastic containers with tight-fitting lids that are used for storing food.
- twangingly — in a twanging manner
- tweetheart — a sweetheart on the Twitter website
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- twin falls — a city in S Idaho.
- twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
- twin-track — involving two simultaneous actions or processes
- twitterati — users of the social networking site Twitter
- two oceans — an annual road marathon run in Cape Town, South Africa
- two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- two-bagger — two-base hit.
- two-handed — having two hands.
- two-hander — a play for two actors
- two-master — a vessel rigged with two masts.
- two-seater — a vehicle accommodating two persons.
- two-tailed — (of a significance test) concerned with the hypothesis that an observed value of a sampling statistic differs significantly from a given value, where an error in either direction is relevant: for instance, in testing the fairness of scales, an inspector will seek to exclude both overweight and underweight goods
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- underwater — existing or occurring under water.
- united way — a nationwide civic organization (United Way of America) or any of its affiliated local groups that raise funds through individual contributions and allocate them to benefit civic and charitable programs and organizations, as the YMCA and Red Cross. Formerly Community Chests and Councils of America, United Community Funds and Councils of America.
- untowardly — in an untoward manner
- unwatchful — not watchful or not alert to danger; inattentive
- w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
- wacked-out — whacked-out.
- waddington — Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3994 meters).
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- wage drift — the change in the amount by which actual earnings exceed negotiated earnings
- wage rates — rates of pay based on per unit of production or per period of worktime on the job
- wagner act — National Labor Relations Act.
- wagon seat — a plain, unupholstered settee, usually with a slat back, for use either indoors or in a wagon.
- wagonettes — Plural form of wagonette.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- wainwright — Jonathan Mayhew [mey-hyoo] /ˈmeɪ hyu/ (Show IPA), 1883–1953, U.S. general.
- waist pack — fanny pack.
- waist size — circumference of one's waist
- waist-deep — being at or rising to the level of the waist.
- waist-high — extending as high as the waist: a waist-high hedge.
- waistbands — Plural form of waistband.
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- waistcoats — Plural form of waistcoat.
- waistlines — Plural form of waistline.
- wait table — to serve food as a waiter or servant to people at a table
- wait-a-bit — any of various plants bearing thorns or prickly appendages, as the grapple plant or the greenbrier.
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter