10-letter words containing w, a, t
- 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
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- browbeaten — intimidated
- browbeater — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown coat — arriccio.
- by the way — You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.
- can't wait — be impatient for
- cape wrath — a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland
- cape-wrath — Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
- carpetweed — an annual weed, Mollugo verticillata, native to North America, which produces small white flowers
- cartwheels — Plural form of cartwheel.
- cartwright — a person who makes carts
- cashew nut — edible nut
- cat's meow — Slang. someone or something wonderful or remarkable.
- cat's-claw — an acacia shrub (Acacia greggii) native to the Southwest and northern Mexico, having spikes of yellow flowers and thorns resembling claws
- catawampus — askew; awry
- catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
- catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
- caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- 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.
- coastwards — in the direction of the coast
- coatsworth — Elizabeth, 1893–1986, U.S. writer, especially of children's books.
- 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
- contraflow — A contraflow is a situation in which vehicles travelling on a main road in one direction have to use lanes that are normally used by traffic travelling in the opposite direction, because the road is being repaired.
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- cowboy hat — a wide-brimmed hat as worn by cowboys
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.