10-letter words containing w, d, r
- brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
- bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
- butterweed — a North American herbaceous plant, Senecio glabellus, with yellow flowers
- caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
- cadwalader — 7th century ad, legendary king of the Britons, probably a confusion of several historical figures
- carpetweed — an annual weed, Mollugo verticillata, native to North America, which produces small white flowers
- cashdrawer — a drawer, as in a cash register, that has separate compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.
- catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- churchward — in the direction of the church
- coastwards — in the direction of the coast
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- cold-drawn — (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- cross wind — a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.
- crosswinds — Plural form of crosswind.
- crosswords — Plural form of crossword.
- crotchwood — wood from a tree crotch, characterized by a swirling, irregular figure and used for furniture and veneers.
- crowd surf — to engage in crowd surfing.
- crowd-surf — to engage in crowd surfing.
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- curse word — a profane or obscene word, especially as used in anger or for emphasis.
- dairywoman — a woman who owns, manages, or works in a dairy.
- dairywomen — Plural form of dairywoman.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- de la warr — Baron, title of Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware. 1577–1618, English administrator in America; first governor of Virginia (1610)
- dead water — water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
- decree-law — an executive decree made pursuant to a delegation from the legislature and having the full force of legislation.
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- deflowered — Simple past tense and past participle of deflower.
- deflowerer — One who deflowers.
- delawarean — of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dewberries — Plural form of dewberry.
- dexterwise — on or to the right hand side (of a heraldic shield)
- dinnerware — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- dirty word — a vulgar or taboo word; obscenity.
- dirty work — disagreeable, often tedious tasks.
- discrowned — Simple past tense and past participle of discrown.
- disempower — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disendower — One who disendows.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- disworship — to refuse to revere or worship