10-letter words containing wa
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- bushwalker — a person who hikes through bushland
- by the way — You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.
- cadwalader — 7th century ad, legendary king of the Britons, probably a confusion of several historical figures
- cameo ware — jasper ware with applied decoration of classical motifs, resembling a cameo
- can't wait — be impatient for
- carry away — to remove forcefully
- catawampus — askew; awry
- catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
- caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
- censorware — (computing) Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage. Content filtering software, or a component in an operating system or console used to disable reception of media on the basis of content believed to be objectionable.
- chase away — If someone or something chases away worries, fears, or other bad feelings, they cause those feelings to change and become happier.
- chilliwack — city in S British Columbia, Canada: pop. 60,000
- china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- chuck away — If you chuck something away, you throw it away or waste it.
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- chuckwalla — a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas)
- churchward — in the direction of the church
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
- clearwater — city in WC Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico: suburb of St. Petersburg: pop. 109,000
- coastwards — in the direction of the coast
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- copperware — Articles made from copper.
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- cornwallis — Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738–1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786–93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- courseware — computer software designed to be used in an educational course
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees
- crime wave — When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
- crosswalks — Plural form of crosswalk.
- crown wart — a disease of alfalfa and clover, characterized by galls around the base of the stem, caused by several fungi of the genus Urophlyctis.
- de la warr — Baron, title of Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware. 1577–1618, English administrator in America; first governor of Virginia (1610)
- dead water — water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
- deathwatch — a vigil held beside a dying or dead person
- deck watch — (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- delawarean — of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants
- delta wave — any of the slowest electrical brain waves, having frequencies less than four hertz and indicating, in adults, deep sleep or brain disease
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dinnerware — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.