10-letter words containing w, a, v
- 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.
- silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- straw vote — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- theta wave — any of the brain waves constituting theta rhythm.
- tidal wave — (not in technical use) a large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.
- unavowable — to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances.
- unavowedly — in an unavowed or concealed manner
- unviewable — capable of being viewed; visible.
- unwavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- vapourware — new computer software that has not yet been produced and which is likely never to be released or not to work as promised
- video wall — A video wall is a set of video screens that are connected together, so that each screen shows a part of the whole picture or so that the same picture is repeated on each screen.
- vijayawada — a city in E Andhra Pradesh, in SE India, on the delta of the Krishna River.
- wabiserver — (operating system, tool) An addition to Wabi which allows the Microsoft Windows application to run on a server, e.g. a powerful Intel-based computer, with users accessing it from their desktop which can be a cheap computer such as an X terminal.
- wage slave — a person who works for a wage, especially with total and immediate dependency on the income derived from such labor.
- waldgraves — Plural form of waldgrave.
- walvis bay — an inlet of the S Atlantic Ocean, on the coast of Namibia, in SW Africa.
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- water vole — A water vole is a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers.
- water-wave — to set (hair) in a water wave.
- waterdrive — (of an oil or gas reservoir) using water to force out the oil or gas
- watersaver — a person, device, or practice that reduces water consumption, as during a drought.
- waterville — a city in SW Maine.
- watervliet — a city in E New York, on the Hudson: oldest U.S. arsenal.
- wave aside — If you wave aside something such as a suggestion, explanation, or idea, you decide that it is not important enough to consider seriously.
- wave front — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- wave power — power extracted from the motion of sea waves at the coast
- wave train — a series of successive waves spaced at regular intervals.
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- waveguides — Plural form of waveguide.
- wavelength — Physics. the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation.
- wavelessly — (of water) Without being disturbed by waves; tranquilly.
- wavemeters — Plural form of wavemeter.
- wavenumber — (mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
- waveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- weave bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- weaverbird — any of numerous African and Asian finchlike birds of the family Ploceidae, noted for their elaborately woven nests and colonial habits.
- west haven — a town in S Connecticut, near New Haven.
- whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).
- william iv — ("the Sailor-King") 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1830–37 (brother of George IV).
- woodcarver — a person whose occupation is woodcarving.
- wove paper — paper that exhibits a pattern of fine mesh when held up to the light.