10-letter words containing w, i, n, t, e, r
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- twice-born — Hinduism. of or relating to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.
- twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
- 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.
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- underwrite — to write under or at the foot of, especially under other written matter.
- unwithered — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- warrantied — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- warranties — Plural form of warranty.
- warrantise — a warranty; security
- warrantize — to guarantee the security of (land) to a person
- water line — Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
- water main — a main pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water.
- water mint — a Eurasian mint plant, Mentha aquatica, of marshy places, having scented leaves and whorls of small flowers
- water sign — any of the three astrological signs, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of sensitivity and emotionalism.
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- waterbrain — gid, in sheep.
- wateriness — the state or condition of being watery or diluted.
- wave train — a series of successive waves spaced at regular intervals.
- weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
- west irian — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- westernise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of westernize.
- westernism — a word, idiom, or practice characteristic of people of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- westernize — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- whereuntil — until which
- whethering — (obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
- whiteprint — a proof print made by means of the diazo process.
- whitethorn — a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
- wilderment — The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
- winchester — (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester.
- winetaster — a critic, writer, buyer, or other professional who tests the quality of wine by tasting.
- winlestrae — windlestraw.
- winter war — the war of the winter of 1939–40 between Finland and the USSR after which the Finns surrendered the Karelian Isthmus to the USSR
- winterfeed — to feed (cattle, sheep, etc.) during the winter when pasturage is not available.
- winterized — Simple past tense and past participle of winterize.
- winterkill — an act or instance of winterkilling.
- winterless — Without a winter.
- wintersome — (archaic) A crop, a kind of sweet sorghum.
- winterthur — a city in Zurich canton, in N Switzerland, NE of Zurich.
- wintertide — wintertime.
- wintertime — the season of winter.
- wintriness — of or characteristic of winter: wintry blasts; wintry skies.
- wittenberg — a city in central E Germany, on the Elbe: Luther taught in the university here; beginnings of the Reformation 1517.
- worthiness — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- wrathiness — the state of being very angry
- wrestlings — Plural form of wrestling.