10-letter words containing w, d, o, a
- goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
- greasewood — a shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, of the amaranth family, growing in alkaline regions of the western U.S., containing a small amount of oil.
- greatsword — Any generally straight bladed double edged sword large enough that it required the use of two hands to wield it effectively.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- hand mower — a lawn mower that is pushed by hand (distinguished from power mower).
- hand towel — small towel for drying the hands
- hand-woven — woven by hand rather than by machine
- handbarrow — a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
- hands down — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-down — easy: a hands-down victory.
- handywoman — Female equivalent of handyman.
- handywomen — Plural form of handywoman.
- hard power — the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force
- head wound — a wound to the head
- heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hold water — 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.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- iron-jawed — having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
- laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
- longmeadow — a town in S Massachusetts.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- low-loader — a road or rail vehicle for heavy loads with a low platform for ease of access
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- macroworld — A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
- madderwort — A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
- maned wolf — a South American wild dog, Chrysocyon jubatus, having a shaggy, reddish coat and long ears and legs: now reduced in number.
- marblewood — any of several trees having wood somewhat resembling marble in graining or texture, as Diospyros marmorata, of southern Asia, or Olea paniculata, of Australia.
- meadow rue — any of several plants belonging to the genus Thalictrum, of the buttercup family, having leaves resembling those of rue, especially T. dioicum, of North America.
- meadowland — an area or section of land that is a meadow or is used or kept as a meadow.
- meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- metal wood — a structural material consisting of a sheet of metal glued between two veneers or of a veneer glued between two sheets of metal.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- moonwalked — Simple past tense and past participle of moonwalk.
- moudiewart — a mole
- narrowband — Of or involving signals over a narrow range of frequencies.
- narrowbody — (aeronautics) An airliner capable of seating six or less passengers in a single row of economy seating, with one aisle.
- narrowhead — Applied to various kinds of animals with a narrow head.
- nationwide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
- nonallowed — Not allowed.
- northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- old-siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.