10-letter words containing w, e, r, l
- sweltering — suffering oppressive heat.
- swerveless — tending not to swerve
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- swiveltree — swingletree.
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- televiewer — a person who watches television
- teleworker — person who works from home
- telewriter — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting by converting the manually controlled movements of a pen into signals that, after transmission, control the movements of a similar pen
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- towel ring — a circular hoop in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- tower bolt — barrel bolt.
- tower-mill — a windmill of which only the cap rotates to face the sails into the wind.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- trawlerman — a person working on a fishing trawler at sea
- 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.
- underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underworld — the criminal element of human society.
- unpowerful — having or exerting great power or force.
- unwearable — not suitable for wear or not able to be worn
- unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
- waldemar i — ("the Great") 1131–82, king of Denmark 1157–82.
- waldenburg — German name of Wałbrzych.
- waldgraves — Plural form of waldgrave.
- wallenberg — Raoul (raʊl). 1912–?, Swedish diplomat, who helped (1944–45) thousands of Hungarian Jews to escape from the Nazis. After his arrest (1945) by the Soviets nothing is certainly known of him; despite claims that he is still alive he is presumed to have died in prison
- wallflower — a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance.
- wallpapers — Plural form of wallpaper.
- wallpepper — a small Eurasian crassulaceous plant, Sedum acre, having creeping stems, yellow flowers, and acrid-tasting leaves
- wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- warble fly — any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.
- warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
- 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 hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- water leaf — (in Greek architecture and sculpture) a motif of heart-shaped leaves having a conspicuous midrib.
- water lily — any of various aquatic plants of the genus Nymphaea, species of which have large, disklike, floating leaves and showy flowers, especially N. odorata, of America, or N. alba, of Europe. Compare water lily family.
- water line — Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
- water loss — evapotranspiration (def 2).
- water mill — a mill with machinery driven by water.
- water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
- water pill — a diuretic pill.
- water plug — a fireplug; hydrant.
- water polo — an aquatic game played by two teams of seven swimmers each, the object being to score goals by pushing, carrying, or passing an inflated ball and tossing it into the opponent's goal, defended by a goalkeeper.
- water rail — an Old World rail, Rallus aquaticus, having olive-brown plumage marked with black and a long, red bill.
- water seal — a small amount of water contained in the trap of a drain to prevent the passage of foul smells
- water vole — A water vole is a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers.