10-letter words containing w, o, d, g
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- guide word — catchword (def 2).
- gwendoline — a feminine name: dim. Gwen; var. Gwendolyn
- highbrowed — (of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured.
- know-ledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
- knowledged — Simple past tense and past participle of knowledge.
- knowledges — Plural form of knowledge.
- landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
- laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- longmeadow — a town in S Massachusetts.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- low ground — Often, low grounds. Southern U.S. bottom (def 4).
- low-budget — made or done on a small or reduced budget; costing relatively little money: a low-budget film.
- lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- mood swing — dramatic changes in emotion
- old growth — forest growth consisting of mature or overmature trees.
- old-growth — designating or of a forest characterized by very large, very old trees and great biodiversity
- orangewood — the hard, fine-grained, yellowish wood of the orange tree, used in inlaid work and fine turnery.
- outweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of outweigh.
- powder keg — a small, metal, barrellike container for gunpowder or blasting powder.
- power grid — A power grid is a network of power lines and associated equipment used to transmit and distribute electricity over a geographic area.
- showground — outdoor events venue
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- 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.
- swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
- swing door — a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself.
- tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
- trowbridge — a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Wiltshire: woollen manufacturing. Pop: 34 401 (2001)
- two-legged — having two legs
- undergrown — not grown to normal size or height: sickly and undergrown cattle.
- vogue word — a word or term that is fashionable for a time.
- waddington — Mount, a mountain in SW British Columbia, Canada: highest peak of the Coast Mountains. 13,104 feet (3994 meters).
- wagonloads — Plural form of wagonload.
- wardrobing — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- warlording — (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
- wash goods — washable fabrics or garments
- weapon dog — a dog, esp. a bulldog or pit bull terrier, kept as a pet and trained to intimidate and attack others
- wedge tomb — a Neolithic chamber tomb found in the British Isles, having a trapezoidal or D-shaped cairn and a long, narrow chamber opening into it from the wider, higher side.
- weigh down — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
- well-doing — good conduct or action.
- white gold — any of several gold alloys colored white by the presence of nickel, palladium, or platinum.
- wigged out — an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head, of either synthetic or natural hair, worn to be stylish or more attractive.
- wild goose — any undomesticated goose, especially the greylag of Britain or the Canada goose.
- willingdon — Freeman Freeman-Thomas [free-muh n-tom-uh s] /ˈfri mənˈtɒm əs/ (Show IPA), 1st Marquis of, 1866–1941, British colonial official: governor general of Canada 1926–31; viceroy and governor general of India 1931–36.
- wondergoal — (sport) An excellent goal.
- wood sugar — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 10 O 5 , the dextrorotatory form of xylose: used chiefly in dyeing and tanning.
- woodbridge — a city in NE New Jersey.