10-letter words containing w, r, i
- moudiewart — a mole
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- networking — network
- new berlin — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- new empire — the period in the history of ancient Egypt, 1580–1085 b.c., comprising the 18th to 20th dynasties, characterized by the predominance of Thebes.
- new iberia — a city in S Louisiana.
- newswriter — A journalist who writes the scripts for a newsreader.
- night work — work that is done or undertaken at night-time, as by workers on night shift, etc
- nipplewort — a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
- nitwittery — foolishness; stupidity
- no worries — it is not a problem
- nongrowing — That does not grow.
- nonswimmer — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
- nonworking — not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income: Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.
- norristown — a borough in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- otherwhile — at another time or other times.
- outgrowing — Present participle of outgrow.
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- outworking — to work harder, better, or faster than.
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwinter — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
- paderewski — Ignace [French ee-nyas] /French iˈnyas/ (Show IPA), or Ignacy Jan [Polish ig-nah-tsi yahn] /Polish ɪgˈnɑ tsɪ yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1860–1941, Polish pianist, composer, patriot, and statesman.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- party whip — whip (def 21).
- periwigged — wearing a periwig; by extension, excessively adorned
- periwinkle — Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- pin wrench — a wrench having a pin for insertion into the heads of certain bolts to drive them. Compare spanner (def 2).
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pit worker — a person who works down a mine, esp a coal miner
- plain-wrap — packaged in a plain wrapper, especially one displaying no brand name; no-frills: the growing popularity of plain-wrap products.
- playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
- poor white — a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. See also white trash.
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
- power grid — A power grid is a network of power lines and associated equipment used to transmit and distribute electricity over a geographic area.
- power line — a line for conducting electric power.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- power trio — a format in rock music which emphasizes instrumental performance by limiting the sound to bass, drums, and guitar (with no rhythm guitar or keyboards and less emphasis on vocals if any)
- power trip — an act or instance of exerting one's power, authority, or influence: a new supervisor on a power trip.
- power-dive — a dive, especially a steep dive, by an aircraft in which the engine or engines are delivering thrust at or near full power.
- powerpoint — (graphics, tool) A Microsoft application for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc.
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
- press view — a showing of a film exclusively for the benefit of the press, before it goes on general release
- prewarning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- preweaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.