10-letter words containing w, e, n, o
- viewpoints — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- wagon seat — a plain, unupholstered settee, usually with a slat back, for use either indoors or in a wagon.
- wagonettes — Plural form of wagonette.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
- wake-robin — the cuckoopint.
- wantonness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
- war bonnet — an American Indian headdress consisting of a headband with a tail of ornamental feathers.
- warmongers — Plural form of warmonger.
- watchwomen — Plural form of watchwoman.
- 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.
- waterborne — floating or moving on water; supported by water: The ship was waterborne ten months after the keel was laid.
- waterfront — land on the edge of a body of water.
- watermelon — the large, roundish or elongated fruit of a trailing vine, Citrullus lanata, of the gourd family, having a hard, green rind and a sweet, juicy, usually pink or red pulp.
- wave front — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
- weak point — an area of weakness
- weapon dog — a dog, esp. a bulldog or pit bull terrier, kept as a pet and trained to intimidate and attack others
- weaponeers — Plural form of weaponeer.
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- weaponless — Lacking a weapon.
- web beacon — a very small graphic image or other object embedded in an HTML-formatted web page or email, used to track the online actions and activity of users: Web beacons that monitor customer preferences.
- weblogging — (computing) The design and editing of a weblog; blogging.
- weigh down — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- well-doing — good conduct or action.
- well-found — well-furnished with supplies, necessaries, etc.: a well-found ship.
- well-known — clearly or fully known: The well-known reasons are obvious.
- well-noted — well-known; celebrated; famous: a noted scholar.
- well-shown — a past participle of show.
- well-toned — any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
- well-woman — a woman who, although not ill, attends a health-service clinic for preventive monitoring, health education, and advice
- wellington — a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Capital: Wellington.
- welsh pony — one of a breed of small, sturdy ponies raised originally in Wales.
- welshwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- west point — a military reservation in SE New York, on the Hudson: U.S. Military Academy.
- west saxon — the Old English dialect of the West Saxon kingdom, dominant after a.d. c850 and the medium of nearly all the literary remains of Old English.
- wetterhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 12,149 feet (3715 meters).
- whalebones — Plural form of whalebone.
- wheatstone — Sir Charles, 1802–75, English physicist and inventor.
- whensoever — Whenever; at any time at all.
- whetstones — Plural form of whetstone.
- whitethorn — a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
- whole note — a note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes.
- whole tone — an interval of two semitones, as A-B or B-C♯; a major second.
- wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
- whorehound — (US, vulgar, slang) Someone who often has sex with prostitutes.
- willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
- wind power — power derived from wind: used to generate electricity or mechanical power.
- wind-borne — carried by the wind, as pollen or seed.