10-letter words containing w, e, a
- 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
- rogue wave — a random, enormous ocean wave that sometimes travels at an angle to prevailing seas.
- ropewalker — a ropedancer.
- rose-water — having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.
- rowanberry — a mountain ash tree
- rubber jaw — a condition in which the mandible becomes demineralized and excessively mobile in animals with advanced renal disease
- rubberwear — clothing made of rubber
- sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- sallowness — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
- salt water — water containing a large amount of salt.
- sand wedge — a club with a flanged sole and a face angle of more than 50°, used in bunker shots to cut through sand, get under the ball, and lift it clear
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scapewheel — escape wheel.
- scare away — frighten off sb, sth
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
- screw axis — a symmetry element of a space group such that a rotation of the lattice about the axis and a translation of the lattice some fraction of the lattice's unit distance brings the lattice back to its original position.
- screw bean — a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.