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

  • red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
  • renownedly — celebrated; famous.
  • rewardable — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
  • 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
  • sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
  • 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.
  • screwed up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
  • sedge wren — a small wren, Cistothorus platensis, of the Americas, inhabiting wet, sedgy meadows.
  • showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
  • shrewdness — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
  • sidewinder — a severe swinging blow from the side.
  • silverweed — a plant, Potentilla anserina, of the rose family, the leaves of which have a silvery pubescence on the underside.
  • skewerwood — the spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus.
  • sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
  • smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
  • snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
  • soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
  • spider web — the web that is spun by a spider, made of interlaced threads of viscous fluid that harden on exposure to air.
  • spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
  • spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
  • stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
  • 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
  • summerwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by compact, thick-walled cells, formed during the later part of the growing season.
  • swammerdam — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.
  • swear word — A swear word is a word which is considered to be rude or offensive. Swear words are usually used when people are angry.
  • swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
  • sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
  • swimfeeder — a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface
  • swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
  • sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
  • sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
  • sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
  • sword fern — any fern of the genus Nephrolepis, especially N. exaltata, characterized by sword-shaped, pinnate fronds, a common houseplant.
  • tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
  • threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
  • 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.
  • trowbridge — a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Wiltshire: woollen manufacturing. Pop: 34 401 (2001)
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