10-letter words containing w, e, r, f
- 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.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- self-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
- soft power — the ability to achieve one's goals without force, esp by diplomacy, persuasion, etc
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- sweet fern — a North American shrub, Comptonia (or Myrica) asplenifolia, having scented fernlike leaves and heads of brownish flowers: family Myricaceae
- swimfeeder — a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface
- sword fern — any fern of the genus Nephrolepis, especially N. exaltata, characterized by sword-shaped, pinnate fronds, a common houseplant.
- twinflower — either of two slender, creeping, evergreen, caprifoliaceous plants, Linnaea borealis, of Europe, or L. americana, of North America, having pink or purplish nodding flowers borne in pairs on threadlike stalks.
- unfurrowed — (of a person's face) without the deep folds which appear in the skin when someone is annoyed, unhappy, or confused
- unpowerful — having or exerting great power or force.
- viewfinder — finder (def 2b).
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- waferboard — a structural material made from wood wafers of controlled thickness and length bonded together with waterproof phenolic resin under extreme heat and pressure.
- wage drift — the change in the amount by which actual earnings exceed negotiated earnings
- wallflower — a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance.
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- war office — the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence
- warble fly — any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.
- warfighter — A soldier in combat.
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- water flag — a European iris, Iris pseudacorus, naturalized throughout eastern North America, with blue-green leaves and violet-veined, yellow flowers and growing in moist places.
- water flea — any of various small crustaceans that move about in the water like fleas, as those of the genus Daphnia.
- water leaf — (in Greek architecture and sculpture) a motif of heart-shaped leaves having a conspicuous midrib.
- water-fast — (of a color or dye) resistant to the effects caused by water; not changed or faded by the action of water.
- water-free — containing no water
- watercraft — skill in boating and water sports.
- waterfalls — Plural form of waterfall.
- waterflood — (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.
- waterfront — land on the edge of a body of water.
- waterproof — impervious to water.
- 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.
- wax flower — Madagascar jasmine.
- weak force — a force between elementary particles that causes certain processes that take place with low probability, as radioactive beta-decay and collisions between neutrinos and other particles.
- websurfing — Present participle of websurf.
- welfarists — (rare, pejorative, derisive) Plural form of welfarist.
- wellformed — Alternative form of well-formed.
- west fargo — a city in SE North Dakota: suburb of Fargo.
- wharf shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- wharfinger — a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.
- whereafter — after which
- wherefores — Plural form of wherefore.
- wifebeater — One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats one’s wife, or a husband prone to violence.
- wildflower — the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation.
- 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.
- windflower — any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.