10-letter words containing w
- bay window — A bay window is a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house.
- bay wreath — (In Greek and Roman times) a wreath of laurel leaves, worn by a victor
- be in with — If you are in with a person or group, they like you and accept you, and are likely to help you.
- beadswoman — a female inhabitant of a beadhouse
- beam trawl — a trawl net whose lateral spread during trawling is maintained by a beam across its mouth.
- bear's-paw — a clam of the genus Hippopus, having a ridged, white shell with purplish-red spots.
- beard worm — pogonophoran.
- bedeswoman — beadswoman
- bedfellows — Plural form of bedfellow.
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- bedwetting — Bedwetting means urinating in bed, usually by small children.
- beetleweed — galax.
- beflowered — adorned or decorated with flowers.
- beggarweed — any of various leguminous plants of the genus Desmodium, esp D. purpureum of the Caribbean, grown in the southern US as forage plants and to improve the soil
- bejewelled — A bejewelled person or object is wearing a lot of jewellery or is decorated with jewels.
- bell tower — a tower containing a bell or bells; belfry
- bellflower — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000
- bellwether — If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- belowdecks — below a ship's deck
- bench show — an exhibition of small animals, esp. dogs, or cats, displayed on benches and competing for awards on the basis of how closely they conform to ideal standards for the breed
- bench work — work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.
- bestowment — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- beta waves — a pattern of high-frequency brain waves (beta waves) observed in normal persons upon sensory stimulation, especially with light, or when they are engaging in purposeful mental activity.
- betweenity — the state of lying between two extremes
- beweltered — soaked with blood
- bewildered — If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bewitching — enchanting; charming; fascinating.
- bide a wee — to stay a little
- bikini wax — a treatment to remove hair from the bikini line with hot wax
- bilge well — bilge (def 1c).
- bilge-well — Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- biowarfare — biological warfare.
- bird-watch — to identify wild birds and observe their actions and habits in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- birtwistle — Sir Harrison. born 1934, English composer, whose works include the operas Punch and Judy (1967), The Mask of Orpheus (1984), Gawain (1991), Exody (1998), and The Minotaur (2008)
- bitterweed — any of various plants that contain a bitter-tasting substance
- bitterwood — any of several simaroubaceous trees of the genus Picrasma of S and SE Asia and the Caribbean, whose bitter bark and wood are used in medicine as a substitute for quassia
- bitterwort — yellow gentian.
- black hawk — 1767-1838; chief of the Sauk people: leader in the Black Hawk War against the U.S. (1832)
- black swan — a phenomenon that occurs even though it had been thought to be impossible
- blackwater — a stream stained dark with peat
- blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- blast away — If a gun, or a person firing a gun, blasts away, the gun is fired continuously for a period of time.
- blast wave — a violent propagating disturbance, produced by an explosion in air, that consists of an abrupt rise in pressure followed by a drop in pressure to or below atmospheric pressure.
- blaze away — to fire a gun rapidly a number of times
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blood flow — the flow of blood through blood vessels around the body
- blood work — a blood test or blood tests collectively.
- blow dryer — a handheld hair dryer