10-letter words containing w, d, a
- walnutwood — the wood of a walnut tree
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- wanderjahr — a year or period of travel, especially following one's schooling and before practicing a profession.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- war clouds — sign of trouble ahead
- war record — the recorded achievements of a soldier, sailor, airman etc in a war
- ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
- ward round — a regular visit to patients in hospital by medical staff for the purpose of making decisions concerning patient care
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- wardrobing — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- warehoused — Simple past tense and past participle of warehouse.
- warlording — (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
- warlordism — a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- warp speed — an extremely rapid rate of speed: rumors traveling at warp speed.
- warpedness — The state, quality or condition of being warped.
- warrandice — (legal) A form of warranty, in Scots law, in which a person conveying property was held liable for any outstanding claims on the property.
- warrantied — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- wash goods — washable fabrics or garments
- washboards — Plural form of washboard.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- washstands — Plural form of washstand.
- waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- wastelands — Plural form of wasteland.
- watchguard — a security chain or cord for a watch
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
- water bird — an aquatic bird; a swimming or wading bird.
- water down — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
- water-laid — noting a rope laid left-handed from three or four plain-laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow.
- waterboard — Subject (someone) to the process of waterboarding.
- waterdrive — (of an oil or gas reservoir) using water to force out the oil or gas
- waterflood — (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.
- watersheds — Plural form of watershed.
- watersider — a wharf labourer
- waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
- waterslide — Alternative form of water slide.
- waterweeds — Plural form of waterweed.
- wattlebird — any of several Australian honey eaters of the genus Anthochaera, most of which have fleshy wattles at the sides of the neck.
- 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.
- waveguides — Plural form of waveguide.
- wayfinding — (biology) The ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting itself and navigating.
- weak-kneed — yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc.
- weakhanded — having weak hands.
- weakwilled — Alternative spelling of weak-willed.
- weapon dog — a dog, esp. a bulldog or pit bull terrier, kept as a pet and trained to intimidate and attack others
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- 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.