10-letter words containing w, i, p, n
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- swamp pink — a bog plant, Helonias bullata, of the lily family, native to the eastern U.S., having a dense spike of small, fragrant pink flowers.
- swing pass — a pass thrown to a receiver, usually a running back, who is running toward a sideline
- swiss pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra,, found especially in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
- unpillowed — having no pillow or pillows
- upgrowings — instances of growing upwards
- viewpoints — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
- wallopings — Plural form of walloping.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- weak point — an area of weakness
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- well up in — well acquainted with (a particular subject); knowledgeable about
- wellspring — the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead.
- west point — a military reservation in SE New York, on the Hudson: U.S. Military Academy.
- whimpering — Present participle of whimper.
- whip snake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whip-round — When a group of people have a whip-round, money is collected from each person so that it can be used to buy something for all of them or for someone they all know.
- 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
- whipsawing — Present participle of whipsaw.
- whispering — the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper.
- 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.
- whiteprint — a proof print made by means of the diazo process.
- wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.
- wind plant — a grouping of devices, consisting of a tower, propellers, alternator, generator, and storage batteries, designed to produce electricity by converting the mechanical force of wind on blades or a rotor into electricity.
- wind poppy — a Californian plant, Stylomecon heterophylla, of the poppy family, having satiny, brick-red flowers with purple centers.
- wind power — power derived from wind: used to generate electricity or mechanical power.
- wind-swept — open or exposed to the wind: a wind-swept beach.
- winding-up — to change direction; bend; turn; take a frequently bending course; meander: The river winds through the forest.
- windowpane — a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.
- windows xp — (operating system) The version of the Microsoft Windows operating system that, when it was released on 2001-10-25, finally merged the Windows 95 - Windows ME strain with the Windows NT - Windows 2000 one. XP comes in two main versions: Windows XP Professional Edition and a simplified subset for home users, Windows XP Home Edition.
- wine press — a vat in which grapes are trodden, or a machine for pressing them, to extract the juice for making wine
- wine-press — a machine in which the juice from grapes is pressed for wine.
- winged pea — a trailing southern European plant, Lotus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, having purplish-red flowers and edible pods and seeds.
- wingspread — the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.
- worshiping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- wristphone — A mobile phone that is built into a wristwatch.