10-letter words containing w, r, u
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- groundwood — wood that has been ground for making into pulp.
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- group work — a method, used by professional social workers, of aiding a group or members of a group toward individual adjustment and increased participation in community activity by exploiting the mechanisms of group life.
- grub screw — headless metal bolt
- grunt work — work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting, and boring.
- guide word — catchword (def 2).
- gujranwala — a city in NE Pakistan.
- house crow — a black and gray crow, Corvus splendens, of India.
- house wren — a common American wren, Troglodytes aedon, that nests around houses.
- housewares — (North America) Domestic utensils, especially for the kitchen.
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- jury wheel — a device, containing slips with the names of prospective jurors, that when spun mixes the names for random selection.
- kiwi fruit — A kiwi fruit is a fruit with a brown hairy skin and green flesh.
- knackwurst — a short, thick, highly seasoned sausage.
- knockwurst — knackwurst.
- labour law — those areas of law which appertain to the relationship between employers and employees and between employers and trade unions
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- leeuwarden — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- liverwurst — a sausage made with a large percentage of liver, especially one made with pork liver and pork meat.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- louseworts — Plural form of lousewort.
- low church — pertaining to the view or practice in the Anglican Church that emphasizes evangelicalism and lays little stress on the sacraments, church rituals, and church authority.
- low ground — Often, low grounds. Southern U.S. bottom (def 4).
- lower hutt — an industrial town in New Zealand on the S coast of North Island. Pop: 100 300 (2004 est)
- lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
- lukewarmly — In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without extremeness.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- lusterware — ceramic ware covered with a luster.
- lustreware — Alternative spelling of lusterware.
- meadow rue — any of several plants belonging to the genus Thalictrum, of the buttercup family, having leaves resembling those of rue, especially T. dioicum, of North America.
- moudiewart — a mole
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- murder two — second-degree murder. See under murder (def 1).
- new labour — a rebranding of the British Labour Party and its policies undertaken by Tony Blair and his supporters in the run-up to the 1997 general election in Great Britain and maintained during the Labour Party's period of government under Blair's premiership. Never an official title, it denotes the more right-wing/social democratic trend in Labour thinking and policy intended to make the party electable after its electoral catastrophes of the 1980s
- new-sprung — newly or suddenly come into existence.
- newsgroups — Plural form of newsgroup.
- number two — someone or something that is second in rank, order, or importance.
- nutrasweet — a brand of artificial sweetener
- 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.
- outdweller — a person who dwells away from or is remote from a particular place.
- outgrowing — Present participle of outgrow.
- outgrowths — Plural form of outgrowth.
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- outworking — to work harder, better, or faster than.
- outworlder — (scifi) One who comes from another planet.
- outwrestle — to beat or be more successful than in wrestling, or in a struggle