10-letter words containing w, i, n, e
- wharfinger — a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.
- wheeziness — The state of being wheezy.
- wheezingly — With a wheezing sound.
- whereuntil — until which
- whethering — (obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
- whickering — to whinny; neigh.
- whimpering — Present participle of whimper.
- whimsiness — the quality of being whimsy
- whip snake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whipper-in — Fox Hunting. a professional or honorary member of a hunt staff who assists the huntsman with the hounds.
- whippeting — the sport of racing whippets
- whippiness — flexibility
- whiskering — (fashion) The fading of creases in blue jeans, especially around the crotch; often added artificially in order to simulate a
- whispering — the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper.
- white line — a stripe of white paint, tiles, or the like, that marks the center or outer edge of a road.
- white lung — asbestosis.
- white nile — the part of the Nile that flows NE to Khartoum, Sudan. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- white pine — a large, irregularly branched pine, Pinus strobus, of eastern North America, having gray bark and yielding a light-colored, soft, light wood of great commercial importance.
- white wine — wine having a yellowish to amber color derived from the light-colored grapes used in production, or from dark grapes whose skins, pulp, and seeds have been removed before fermentation.
- whiteprint — a proof print made by means of the diazo process.
- whitethorn — a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
- wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
- wickedness — the quality or state of being wicked.
- wide-angle — of or relating to a lens having a relatively wide angle of view, generally 45° or more, and a focal length of less than 50 mm.
- widescreen — of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5.
- wieldiness — the quality or state of being easily handled
- wienerwald — a forested and wooded hill range in NE Lower Austria, W of Vienna: resorts.
- wieniawski — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1835–80, Polish violinist and composer.
- wiesenthal — Simon, 1908–2005, Austrian Holocaust survivor and hunter of Nazi war criminals.
- wifeliness — The condition of being wifely.
- wild senna — a subshrubby senna, Cassia marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having yellow flowers.
- wilderment — The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
- wilderness — a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between armies of Grant and Lee.
- wilfulness — The state or condition of being wilful; stubbornness.
- wilhelmina — (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of Orange-Nassau) 1880–1962, queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948 (mother of Juliana).
- wilhelmine — of, characteristic of, or like William II of Germany, his reign, etc.
- 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.
- willingest — Superlative form of willing.
- winceyette — a plain-weave cotton fabric with slightly raised two-sided nap
- winchester — (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester.
- wind chest — a chamber containing the air supply for the reeds or pipes of an organ.
- wind gauge — anemometer.
- wind power — power derived from wind: used to generate electricity or mechanical power.
- wind river — a river in W central Wyoming, flowing SE and joining the Popo Agie River to form the Bighorn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- wind shake — Also called anemosis. a flaw in wood supposed to be caused by the action of strong winds upon the trunk of the tree.
- wind shear — the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction.
- wind shelf — smoke shelf.
- wind surge — a wind-induced rise in the water level at the coast or the shore of an inland expanse of water. It has a definite frequency and if this is close to the tidal frequency serious flooding can result
- wind-borne — carried by the wind, as pollen or seed.