10-letter words containing w, e, m
- 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-loom — a loom operated by mechanical or electrical power.
- presswoman — a female reporter
- prizewoman — a female prize winner
- pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
- randomwise — in a random manner
- 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.
- reform jew — a Jew who adheres to a system of religious worship adapted from Orthodox Judaism to meet the demands of contemporary life, frequently simplifying or rejecting traditional religious law and custom.
- rewriteman — a newspaper employee who writes articles from available information or who reworks the copy written by reporters.
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- semiweekly — occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week: semiweekly visits.
- semmelweis — Ignaz Philipp [ig-nahts fee-lip] /ˈɪg nɑts ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1818–65, Hungarian obstetrician.
- shrew mole — a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the U.S. and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm).
- shrewmouse — a shrew.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- smart well — A smart well is a well which has equipment that can be controlled either automatically or by an operator at a remote location.
- smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
- smile away — to drive away or get rid of by a smile or smiling
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- solemn vow — a perpetual, irrevocable public vow taken by a religious, in which property may not be owned by the individual, and marriage is held invalid under canon law.
- somewhence — from somewhere
- somewheres — in or at some place not specified, determined, or known: They live somewhere in Michigan.
- spacewoman — a woman astronaut.
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- summerwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by compact, thick-walled cells, formed during the later part of the growing season.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- swammerdam — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.
- swamp rose — a shrub, Rosa palustris, of eastern North America, having pink flowers nearly 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
- swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
- sweetmeats — a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
- swimfeeder — a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- thimblewit — a silly or dimwitted person; dunce
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
- thumbwheel — a small, partially exposed wheel that can be turned with a thumb or finger and is found on various devices such as computers or instruments
- timberwork — structural work formed of timbers.
- tom sawyer — (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.
- tower-mill — a windmill of which only the cap rotates to face the sails into the wind.
- trawlerman — a person working on a fishing trawler at sea
- tumbledown — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- tumbleweed — any of various plants, as Amaranthus albus, A. graecizans, or the Russian thistle, Salsola kali, whose branching upper parts become detached from the roots and are driven about by the wind.
- tweedsmuir — Baron, Buchan, John.
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- two-master — a vessel rigged with two masts.
- underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- unmellowed — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.