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10-letter words containing w, e, a, r

  • pass water — to urinate
  • pawnbroker — a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed.
  • pequot war — a war in 1637 between Connecticut colonists, aided by British soldiers and friendly Indian tribes, and the Pequot Indians under their chief, Sassacus, that resulted in the defeat and dispersion of the Pequot tribe.
  • phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
  • piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
  • pine straw — fallen pine needles.
  • planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
  • power base — a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.: His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.
  • power game — You can refer to a situation in which different people or groups are competing for power as a power game, especially if you disapprove of the methods they are using in order to try to win power.
  • power pack — a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
  • power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
  • power yoga — a form of yoga involving aerobic exercises and constant strenuous movement
  • powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
  • powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
  • presswoman — a female reporter
  • prewarning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • preweaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • prewrapped — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
  • prize draw — raffle in which sth is won
  • prizewoman — a female prize winner
  • pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
  • quartersaw — to saw (lumber) from quarter sections of logs so that the annual rings in any board form at least a 45° angle with the faces of the board.
  • queensware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
  • quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
  • racewalker — a person who participates in racewalking
  • radio wave — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
  • rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
  • randomwise — in a random manner
  • range wool — the wool of sheep raised west of the Mississippi River, especially in Washington and the Rocky Mountain States.
  • ransomware — malware planted illegally in a computer or mobile device that disables its operation or access to its data until the owner or operator pays to regain control or access.
  • rapidwrite — (language, tool)   A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
  • rapier wit — ability to deliver witty and cutting remarks
  • raree show — peep show.
  • raw sienna — a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
  • rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
  • rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
  • ray flower — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
  • razor wire — concertina wire.
  • real wages — wages evaluated with reference to their purchasing power rather than to the money actually paid
  • real world — the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.: recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.
  • rear wheel — any wheel at the back of a motor vehicle
  • red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
  • renewables — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
  • reviewable — Reviewable premiums or payments are not guaranteed and may be increased or decreased.
  • rewardable — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
  • rewritable — A rewritable CD or DVD is a CD or DVD that you can record onto more than once. Compare recordable.
  • rewriteman — a newspaper employee who writes articles from available information or who reworks the copy written by reporters.
  • rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
  • riverwards — towards a river
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