10-letter words containing w, i, s, e
- disownment — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- downslides — Plural form of downslide.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw-slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- eiderdowns — Plural form of eiderdown.
- eisenhower — Dwight David, known as Ike. 1890–1969, US general and Republican statesman; Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1943–45) and 34th president of the US (1953–61). He commanded Allied forces in Europe and North Africa (1942), directed the invasion of Italy (1943), and was Supreme Commander of the combined land forces of NATO (1950–52)
- eyewitness — A person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it.
- felixstowe — a port and resort in E England, in Suffolk: ferry connections to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Pop: 29 349 (2001)
- fellowship — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- fish wheel — a trap for catching salmon, consisting of a revolving wheel with attached nets set in a river so that it is turned by the current to capture the passing fish.
- five towns — the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- flyweights — Plural form of flyweight.
- fort lewis — a military reservation in W central Washington State, SW of Tacoma.
- ghostwrite — (intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- glaswegian — of or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants.
- go walkies — to be lost or stolen
- growliness — The state or quality of being growly.
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- horse-whip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsewhips — Plural form of horsewhip.
- house wine — a wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
- housewives — Plural form of housewife.
- ill-wisher — a person who wishes misfortune to another.
- in a sweat — perspiring
- insect wax — Chinese wax.
- intertwist — the act of intertwisting or the condition of being intertwisted.
- interviews — Hold an interview with (someone).
- interwinds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interwind.
- inwardness — the state of being inward or internal: the inwardness of the body's organs.
- irish stew — a stew usually made of mutton, lamb, or beef, with potatoes, onions, etc.
- jewishness — the state or quality of being Jewish.
- jimsonweed — (botany, US) A poisonous plant Datura stramonium, in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
- kieślowski — Krzysztof (ˈkrɪʃtɔf). 1941–96, Polish film director, whose later films were made in France; his work includes the television series Decalogue (1988–89) and the film trilogy Three Colours (1993–94)
- ladieswear — clothes designed for women
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- lewis base — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with an acid by transferring a pair of electrons to it.
- lewis bolt — an anchor bolt having a conical base around which concrete or lead is poured to hold it.
- lewisville — a town in N Texas.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.