10-letter words containing w, e, d, a, t
- nationwide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
- netherward — bottom-most, lowest
- newsstands — Plural form of newsstand.
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- rapidwrite — (language, tool) A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- sternwards — towards the stern; astern
- stewardess — a woman flight attendant.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- streetward — towards or in the direction of the street
- sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- tidal wave — (not in technical use) a large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.
- tidewaiter — a customs officer who checks goods upon a vessel's landing, to secure the payment of duties.
- top drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
- top-drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- trade down — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trade show — show (def 22).
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- twice-laid — made from strands of used rope.
- two-handed — having two hands.
- two-hander — a play for two actors
- two-tailed — (of a significance test) concerned with the hypothesis that an observed value of a sampling statistic differs significantly from a given value, where an error in either direction is relevant: for instance, in testing the fairness of scales, an inspector will seek to exclude both overweight and underweight goods
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- underwater — existing or occurring under water.
- united way — a nationwide civic organization (United Way of America) or any of its affiliated local groups that raise funds through individual contributions and allocate them to benefit civic and charitable programs and organizations, as the YMCA and Red Cross. Formerly Community Chests and Councils of America, United Community Funds and Councils of America.
- wacked-out — whacked-out.
- wage drift — the change in the amount by which actual earnings exceed negotiated earnings
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- waist-deep — being at or rising to the level of the waist.
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- 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.
- warrantied — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- wastelands — Plural form of wasteland.
- 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.