10-letter words containing w, r, i
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchgirl — a woman who operates a telephone switchboard
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- swiveltree — swingletree.
- sword lily — a gladiolus.
- swordstick — a hollow walking stick containing a short sword or dagger
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- televiewer — a person who watches television
- telewriter — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting by converting the manually controlled movements of a pen into signals that, after transmission, control the movements of a similar pen
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
- thirty-two — a cardinal number, 30 plus 2.
- tidewaiter — a customs officer who checks goods upon a vessel's landing, to secure the payment of duties.
- timberwork — structural work formed of timbers.
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- towel ring — a circular hoop in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- tower-mill — a windmill of which only the cap rotates to face the sails into the wind.
- town crier — (formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements or proclamations, usually by shouting in the streets.
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- trail away — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- trowbridge — a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Wiltshire: woollen manufacturing. Pop: 34 401 (2001)
- tweedsmuir — Baron, Buchan, John.
- twice over — two times
- twice-born — Hinduism. of or relating to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.
- twig borer — any of several beetles, beetle larvae, or moth larvae that bore into the twigs of plants.
- twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
- twin-track — involving two simultaneous actions or processes
- twinflower — either of two slender, creeping, evergreen, caprifoliaceous plants, Linnaea borealis, of Europe, or L. americana, of North America, having pink or purplish nodding flowers borne in pairs on threadlike stalks.
- twist grip — a handlebar control in the form of a ratchet-controlled rotating grip, used on some bicycles and motorcycles as a gear-change control and on motorcycles as an accelerator
- twitterati — users of the social networking site Twitter
- two rivers — a city in E Wisconsin.
- two-spirit — (in some American Indian tribes) a person, especially a biological male, who adopts the gender identity, dress, and social roles traditionally assigned to the opposite sex.
- two-suiter — a suitcase designed to hold two suits and additional smaller items.
- two-thirds — Two-thirds of something is an amount that is two out of three equal parts of it.
- typewriter — a machine for writing mechanically in letters and characters like those produced by printers' types.
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- underwired — (of a woman's garment) containing thin metallic pieces to support and give shape to the breasts
- underwrite — to write under or at the foot of, especially under other written matter.
- unfrowning — to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
- unreviewed — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
- unswerving — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- unwavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearying — not causing weariness
- unwithered — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- unworthily — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- upgrowings — instances of growing upwards
- uphillward — in an uphill direction
- urban wind — a turbulent wind at street level around tall structures in a city, characterized by a warming of the air by the heat output from these structures.