10-letter words containing w, n, p
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- spongewood — an Indian plant with a pith used in making tropical hats
- springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- steepdowne — very steep or precipitous
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- 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.
- sweatpants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- 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
- tawny port — a type of port that is aged in wood for at least 7 years, giving it a 'nutty' flavour; its colour is tawny, as opposed to the red of a ruby port
- throw open — to open completely and suddenly
- top twenty — the twenty most important or successful items in a particular list
- 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
- unpowdered — not covered or sprinkled with powder
- unpowerful — having or exerting great power or force.
- 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.
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warpedness — The state, quality or condition of being warped.
- 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
- weapon dog — a dog, esp. a bulldog or pit bull terrier, kept as a pet and trained to intimidate and attack others
- weaponeers — Plural form of weaponeer.
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- weaponless — Lacking a weapon.
- well up in — well acquainted with (a particular subject); knowledgeable about
- well-spent — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- wellspring — the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead.
- welsh pony — one of a breed of small, sturdy ponies raised originally in Wales.
- wentletrap — any of several marine gastropods of the family Epitonii (Scalariidae), having a whitish, spiraled shell.
- 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.