10-letter words containing w
- indwelling — to inhabit.
- insect wax — Chinese wax.
- intergrown — That have grown together and through each other.
- intertwine — Twist or twine together.
- intertwist — the act of intertwisting or the condition of being intertwisted.
- interviews — Hold an interview with (someone).
- interweave — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- interwinds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interwind.
- interworld — A world between other worlds.
- interwoven — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- inwardness — the state of being inward or internal: the inwardness of the body's organs.
- inworld vr — (company, virtual reality) Manufacturers of the CyberWand.
- irish stew — a stew usually made of mutton, lamb, or beef, with potatoes, onions, etc.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iron-jawed — having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
- ironworker — a worker in iron.
- irrenowned — not famous or renowned
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jackscrews — Plural form of jackscrew.
- jackstraws — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- james watt — James, 1736–1819, Scottish engineer and inventor.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- jasperware — a compact, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually colored red: often used in decorative carvings.
- jaw's-harp — Jew's harp.
- jawbreaker — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jayawijaya — a range in E central Irian Jaya, on New Guinea. Highest peak, Trikora, 15,584 feet (4750 meters).
- jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
- jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- jew's harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jew's-harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jewel case — a small box or chest, often lined in a soft fabric and fitted with compartments, designed to hold jewelry.
- jewelweeds — Plural form of jewelweed.
- jewishness — the state or quality of being Jewish.
- jimsonweed — (botany, US) A poisonous plant Datura stramonium, in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
- jobsworths — Plural form of jobsworth.
- john wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- johnny law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
- jointworms — Plural form of jointworm.
- jolly well — Jolly well is sometimes used to emphasize an opinion or intention, and to express annoyance or anger.
- jury wheel — a device, containing slips with the names of prospective jurors, that when spun mixes the names for random selection.
- keep watch — observe, maintain a vigil
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- key worker — a social worker, mental health worker, or nursery nurse assigned to an individual case, patient, or child
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.