10-letter words containing w, r, i, t, e
- whethering — (obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
- white amur — grass carp
- white area — an area of land for which no specific planning proposal has been adopted
- white bear — polar bear.
- white crab — ghost crab.
- white race — fair-skinned people
- white rock — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, SE of Vancouver.
- white room — a room from which all contaminants have been eliminated and in which temperature, humidity, and pressure are controlled: used for assembly and repair of precision mechanisms, in preventing infection, etc.
- white rose — the emblem of the royal house of York.
- white rust — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by pustules of white spores on affected parts that become yellow and malformed, caused by fungi of the genus Albugo.
- white work — needlework done in white on fine white cloth, especially linen.
- whitebeard — an old man, especially one with a white or gray beard.
- whiteboard — a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.
- whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- whitecedar — (US) alternative spelling of white cedar.
- whitehorse — a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. About 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
- whitepaper — Alternative spelling of white paper.
- whiteprint — a proof print made by means of the diazo process.
- whitethorn — a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
- whitewater — of or moving over or through rapids: whitewater rafting down the Colorado River.
- whitterick — a weasel or stout
- wifebeater — One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats one’s wife, or a husband prone to violence.
- wild water — turbulent water in a river, esp as an area for navigating in a canoe as a sport
- wildcatter — an oil prospector.
- 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.
- wire cloth — a material of wires of moderate fineness, used for making strainers, manufacturing paper, etc.
- wiretapped — Simple past tense and past participle of wiretap.
- wiretapper — a person who taps wires to learn the nature of messages passing over them.
- withdrawed — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of withdraw.
- withdrawer — One who withdraws.
- withholder — Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.
- wittenberg — a city in central E Germany, on the Elbe: Luther taught in the university here; beginnings of the Reformation 1517.
- wolframite — a mineral, iron manganese tungstate, (Fe,Mn)WO 4 , occurring in heavy grayish-black to brownish-black tabular or bladed crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- work ethic — a belief in the moral benefit and importance of work and its inherent ability to strengthen character.
- world time — Coordinated Universal Time
- worthiness — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- worthwhile — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.